I'm glad to see things are looking up ^^
I haven't been as active but I have been lurking around.

1. What sections of the board do you use the most?
None so far. but I'd like to see the clubs/contests reinvigorated.

2. Is there anything you think could be added to our board? Is there anything you think could be removed from our board?
TO ADD: I think "Players helping Players" should be a category. Specifically for looking for stuff. sometimes I wanna see if someone's asked for a specific item already. It's hard to do so when there's 10+ pages to look through of random topics.
TO REMOVE: I don't think anything needs to be removed. the board doesn't have much to begin with

3. It seems as if most of the community has either stopped using the board or is meeting in private groups. What do you think could help to invigorate this board again? (aka: What would make you want to use this board more?)
The community needs events. or some kind of incentive/advertisement to get people onto the boards. The best part of OMD for me was always the boards. Maybe we can make contests that can get advertised on the main site as news. I don't know how that would work, but I feel like that's a great way to tell people "hey, the boards are great!"

Hope to see good things happen, I'll be here until the end ^^

Last edited by angelfire (2019-07-02 19:24:19)

Thank you for your replies. :)

darkjewels wrote:

added: search feature; maybe a spoiler button that would put the text in a quote box labeled "spoiler" with the text color set as the same as the quote box?

Unfortunately, I think those both are beyond my admin. abilities. :(  (I would love a search bar too.)

darkjewels wrote:

i would be more inclined to visit, post and reply if there were more people using the board

I'd like to see user activity increase (I know the other mods would as well), and that's one of the things this post was about - To see what kind of response there would be. Based on the fact that only 3 people have replied (so far), it makes me wonder if trying to revive/reinvigorate the board is even worth the effort? :( I have some ideas, I know other mods have some ideas, and I think we're willing to give it a shot, but ultimately, is anyone even going to take part?? (Is there any body out there?? Lol) ;)

darkjewels wrote:

chromium-based browsers rejecting flash player as well as adobe slowly terminating the plug-in are some of the things i blame the forum inactivity on

Yes, I guess this might be a part of it. :( Sadly, there's nothing anyone can really do about that aspect.

angelfire wrote:

I'd like to see the clubs/contests reinvigorated.

Me too! Players are absolutely free to run contests and clubs (as long as they're within the rules. ) I think us mods. are willing to try doing something along those lines, but here's a new question for everyone: what kind of rewards/prizes would you be interested in? We can't currently give out $$$ or feez, or anything like that. The best we could currently offer is the in-game gifts. Any other ideas for something that could be given out/you'd like as a prize? I'm thinking badges for your signature on the board or WIA in the game? That kind of stuff (aka: things we can actually do. Lol)

angelfire wrote:

The community needs events. or some kind of incentive/advertisement to get people onto the boards. The best part of OMD for me was always the boards. Maybe we can make contests that can get advertised on the main site as news.

I agree with you, but that is beyond current moderator/admin capabilities. :( All we could do is advertise on the board....but if very few people are coming to the board, well.....

andybel wrote:

Perhaps old posts solved or old posts (not quest guides), could be filed so that there are not many pages to load.

Yes,  we mods. definitely agree a board clean up is long over due. I imagine something might be happening along those lines soon....ish. (But it's a huge job that would take time.)

Last edited by willowskye (2019-07-06 20:57:36)

Is it possible to extand the forum like the french board ? 700 pixels
For example look at this post :https://www.ohmydollz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=111199

Loving the arrangements and sorting of topics. Now we won't have to sift through dozens of pages for a quest guide!
Is there a way to sort all of the archived 2014~2017 News threads into a section too? Or would that be doing too much?

willowskye wrote:

campanella wrote:

Loving the arrangements and sorting of topics. Now we won't have to sift through dozens of pages for a quest guide!
Is there a way to sort all of the archived 2014~2017 News threads into a section too? Or would that be doing too much?

Yay! Glad you like it. :)

A great idea!   It's just what we were looking for.

It is done. (I also included the Bugs, so we now have current and old bugs.)

Scroll all the way down to see The Archives (a Read Only forum.)

i'm loving what is being done in this forum! thanks a lot!
Edit: just noticed the Announcement. that's so neat :D

Last edited by darkjewels (2019-07-16 02:36:30)

I absolutely adore the new layout and design! I’m glad to be able to see things happening. It also looks/feels like the mods are getting their motivation back.

For rewards:
I dont have any suggestions except for what we used to do (avatar/signatures, wia layouts, doll edits, etc.) I like the idea of badges. I do remember forum titles being a reward a couple times recently as well.