Suggestion: change default "rating" to "positive"

[MarisaSF]

There was a thread in the lounge today that pointed out how easy it is to mistakenly rate another community member with a "neutral." Since hardly anyone uses the neutrals or negatives, can we change the default to positive?

Thanks!
Original thread: http://www.windsorpeak.com/dc/dcboar...d=258085&page=

[DebbieJ]

Chiming in to agree with Marisa! I've inadvertantly given neutral ratings before because of this.

~ deb
DS born at home 12/03
Breastfed for 20 months and 6 days

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[Saccade]

I third this. Please make it harder to give a yellow square!

-- Saccade

DS #1, 7/13/05
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[karolyp]

I just did this to a fellow BBB mama and I feel HORRIBLE!!! Did any action on this request get taken? Is there anything I can do to fix it???

[Jo..]

This is a good idea. I "fourth" it :D. Okay I don't think that's a word.

I also wish you could edit feedback at least once after you give it.

I rushed thru a feedback rating the other day and spelled a word incorrectly.

I feel terrible that this user is forever stuck with my illiterate feedback!

[alandenisefields]

We apologize about this---we know this has been suggested in the past.

Let us explain a bit of how the board script works: some of the board features we can adjust and others we can't. And you guessed it, the user rating default is not a parameter we can fix. The board script is an off-the-shelf software product that unfortunately is a bit inflexible.

Now, that said, we have written to the developer and asked him if there is a way to hack this. And we do have another option: change out the board software all together. The advantage here woulbe a raft of new features that make the boards easier to use. The bad news: we mostly likely would not be able to "port" all the old threads to the new board.

What do you think?

alan & denise
authors

[karolyp]

Wow. That would be a HUGE change! It might be nice to have a fresh start, but at the same time I use the search feature all the time to research products/ideas.

Perhaps you can pin this idea for feedback too?

[stillplayswithbarbies]

If you do go to new software, can you keep the old boards for history and reference, but locked to new posts?

[alandenisefields]

Exactly. The old boards would be still on our site, but "closed" to new posts. You could search them for past discussions, though!

alan & denise

[missym]

The developer of DCForum might have more information on this, but I've read that vBulletin has a DCForum+ importer that works.

You might check them out. It seems to be a good forum package with active support and development.
http://www.vbulletin.com/

I really like the current forum (it's my favorite format of all the forums I frequent) but can understand the frustration of using a product which isn't being updated and supported.

Missy, mom to Gwen 03/03 and Rebecca 09/05

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