Portals

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Does your forum have a portal / home page?

How do you feel about forums that do have them?

 

[Bluezone777]

No I don't and I don't care about them as the only thing I want to look for and click on the portal is the link that sends me to the actual board.

 

[MrMetroid]

I personally don't see the point of them TBH

 

[hotspot]

I have them, becuase it's automatically there. But I pay very little attention to them.

 

[Ashley]

I dislike portals in general, and I don't have one on my own forum. If I ever did come across any site that had one, I would probably X out of there as quickly as I went in there, because I don't want to waste time trying to get to the forum when I could be spending time posting around on the board. So even if a demand for a portal ever became popular, I would never add one.

 

[Flurry]

I honestly don't see the point in having one.

 

[McConnaughay]

They can be convenient at times however, I feel that things are better without them.

 

[Raven]

Yes, I have one. It displays latest posts/threads, top 5 posters so I know who has been active daily, and a few other things.

 

[ChatBox]

I'd rather see a forum that has a portal link in their navigation menu rather than just seeing it when you first visit. People can save the portal as their favourite thing for your site so they see it each day.

 

[Nathan]

No my forum doesn't, I really dislike portals however a well structured and useful home page is always nice.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Well if you are running a straight discussion forum (not a support forum for a product / service / website),

they arent useful and serve no real purpose. A simple paragraph in a Welcome Guest box is all you need to tell potential members what you are all about. Nobody cares about what filler you put on your portal / homepage. Chances are they are just looking for the Enter Forum link.

 

[IcarusForde]

Hate em.



Portals are a waste of time and space. If you can't have a forum that pulls people in without a portal, then you're stuffed anyway.

 

[Corleone]

A mess of clutter. Don't have one.

 

[Peaceful]

I have a small portal. But you don't have to go through it to get to the forums, just like a little add-on thing which people can look at if they want.