MrSmite Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 Since 4.x seems to becoming more active with testers and even development, perhaps it would be wise to create a separate 4.x forum with its own "Help & Support", "Code Development" and "Custom Code" subforums. This will not only help to keep things less confusing to 3.x users when trying to find help or browse / merge code but it would also allow for easy archiving of the 3.x material for reference when 4.x finally goes live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sharanos Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 If you look we have cut the amount of subforums to reduce confusion of posting on incorrect places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmite Posted September 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 If you look we have cut the amount of subforums to reduce confusion of posting on incorrect places. Right, I can understand that for subforums. The problem is you really need a duplicate set of forums to separate out the 4.x stuff. As more and more 4.x stuff gets posted, it will muck up the 3.3.5a stuff. For example, if I search for "extract maps", I'll get results for both 3.3.5a and 4.x. If you had a "Help - 3.x" and "Help 4.x" forum then I can search the specific one and be sure to get the most appropriate results. Likewise, if I post a help request in the "Help - 3.x" forums then I hopefully wouldn't get an answer from someone running a 4.x server. So you could use something like this: Help and Support |---3.x |--solved issues |---4.x |--solved issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingPin Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 hmmm just a thought, would more labels / thread prefixes help any or just a bandaid idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nay Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 I'm with Smite, a different category for it would be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmite Posted September 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 hmmm just a thought, would more labels / thread prefixes help any or just a bandaid idea? I think the problem with labels and prefixes is people tend not to use them or they use the wrong ones (sometimes on purpose just to generate traffic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazy Chaz Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 +1 MrSmite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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