Thread Prefixes - what are yours?

[Fuzzy Logic]

Just wondered what prefixes other peeps have started to use on their own forums (I love the idea, but I'm stuck for ideas).

:)

[Wayne Luke]

Moved because this isn't a support issue.

To answer the question, I don't use thread prefixes.

[Joe Gronlund]

I don't use thread prefixes either..

[---MAD---]

Thread prefixes aren't something you use in every forum. They only apply to certain forums that have multiple topics that can be discussed such as a general chit chat forum like this one or if you have a coding forum you could have prefixes for PHP, HTML, Java, etc etc.

[Floris]

I think each forum has different prefixes ,if they choose to use them.
I have a tv forum, I could make prefixes for a mini serie / tv serie / or cancelled show for example, other forums wouldn't find those useful.

[Tolitz]

I don't use thread prefixes yet, either... although since I run a tech support site, I might logically use prefixes like "Question", "Tutorial" or "Guide" very soon... or further breakdown the Guide forums so that I can specify prefixes like "Windows XP", "Windows Vista", "Linux/Unix", etc...

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[pmkb]

Are thread prefixes mutually exclusive, or can a thread have multiple prefixes? I can't seem to locate in the ACP any setting controlling this.

I'd like to have a forum with a list of prefix options and let members choose more than one.

[Wayne Luke]

Each thread can have one prefix. If you want more than one category then have your users assign tags.

[pmkb]

Rats. I have forum for recipes and I wanted to allow members to tag their recipes as conforming to different diets. Tags are nice, but do not address the same function as allowing someone browsing the forum page (thread list) to see which threads/recipes fit for a given diet. Perhaps an enhancement for the future....

[Mark K]

On my gaming forum i used them for determining which server you are play on, so when you read the thread you know if its relevant to you or not.

[Floris]

Rats. I have forum for recipes and I wanted to allow members to tag their recipes as conforming to different diets. Tags are nice, but do not address the same function as allowing someone browsing the forum page (thread list) to see which threads/recipes fit for a given diet. Perhaps an enhancement for the future....
The search page has a tag cloud, allowing to quickly find which recipes are more popular and others of the same type are easier to find. Especially for recipes I would use tags instead of thread prefix. I'd use thread prefix to detemine if the thread was a how to, a original new idea, or a how do i question.. etc

[pmkb]

Hi Floris, the members of the community with the recipes sub-forum are not the most computer savvy people. In addition, most struggle with neurological issues (by nature of the forum's base subject). Tags will work fine for those adept enough to figure them out, but my members won't add them to threads nor likely understand how to search for them. Having thread prefixes (a guided selection process when creating a thread and a clear identification when viewing the forum page) would be ideal if they could assign multiple prefixes.

[Fusion]

I agree, but for now maybe a general tutorial (video?) may do the trick.

[Dean C]

Surely this is subjective to the forums topic? A movie forum is likely to have different prefixes to a forum about sport.

[Milado]

For example:

We have a forum which specialized in discussing the overseas postgraduate training exams.

We have prefixes for: USA, UK, Canada, Germany, France and others.

overseas postgraduate training exams (http://www.syrianmeds.net/overseas-postgraduate-training-exams-f19.html)

Another example:

We have a forum for internal medicine (http://www.syrianmeds.net/internal-medicine-f42.html):
We have prefixes for: cardiology, hematology, endocrinology and neurology. etc. ....

[Vtec44]

I thought I'd never use thread prefixes, until recently that I implimented on one of my new forums. So far, it has been working well for us.

Regional
[Pacific]
[Mountains]
[South East]
[North East]
[South West]
[Mid West]

General
*PW*
*TECH*
*NPW*
*NEWS*
*NWS*
*HOW TO*

[G3MM4]

I'm in the middle of setting up my digital art/web design/graphic design board and there will be tutorials so I have just implemented a prefix set for the tutorial forum which are, 'beginner,' 'intermediate,' and 'advanced.'

[cheat-master30]

The prefixes I use on my forums are:



Question
Announcement
Welcome
Rant
Opinion
Internet Humour
Awesome
Forum Game


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Request
Codelist
New Codes
Guide

By now, I've probably used every single feature in vBulletin and more...

[Shazz™]

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