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Portals
- Thread starter Nebulous
- Start date
I think the only people interested in the portal of a forum is the person maintaining the forum. The rest of us just want to get into to the forum so we can interact with the community. I did a poll once on another forum and I was surprised at how many people didnt care about the portal and found it more of a nuisance.
Ports are pointless and not useful to me. I find it annoying when someone sets their board so the portal is the first you have to see when clicking the link. The only thing that does is make me look for whatever link I need to click to get to the actual forum.
I don't mind it as long as it's not annoying and the forum's link is at the top in the first navigation box. I do wish people would put it to better use besides showing the latest posts..perhaps just make announcements there or something.
I don't like portals on forums, personally. I don't mind them if they're the kind that have important announcements right on the page, or whatever, but at the same time, I find them distracting. Like Nebulous, I prefer going right to the forum and interacting with the community. If I stumble upon a forum with a portal on it, I'll just click the link that says Forums and just go right to the forums.
Bluezone777 said:
This. I'm not fond of portals at all. I think they're just an annoyance for when I try to view the forum and some times they make it impossible for you to view the board unless you sign up and register.
