Maybe only limited people can set as important (eg: topic creator, moderators and admin?) or u have to reach a certain level...?
well i guess it's good for some topics and not good for other ones...

That could be an idea. Definitively only mods or topics owners, so random ppl won't pin their "CH3CK M3 N3W NUMB4R G3N3R473R 3ND 1053 73H 643M!1!1LULULUL11" post.

I'll check on SMF site to see if the mod that allowed the first post on every page had options.

Worst-case scenario, people could just edit their first post, which by default limits it to the person who started the topic and staff.

Still gotta go back to the first page, though, so that was the original suggestion.

Maybe (if the mod works) label the first post as important by default?

Quote from: Darl181 on November 14, 2010, 05:00:48 pm

Worst-case scenario, people could just edit their first post, which by default limits it to the person who started the topic and staff.

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Maybe (if the mod works) label the first post as important by default?

I was implying that.  What I meant was the people who could edit it would already be limited, no changes required.
It would be nice to be able to select which post to pin/labal/flag/whatever, though.

looks like we have a good general idea of the public opinion... thanks guys!
And i know, DJ-Omni that it would be good for some topics but not good for others...
eg: most of the randomness topics wouldn't need one... but the calc game development topics would benefit becuz the author could note to everyone else the newest version of their program....

I have another idea... Possibly a subtitle or abstract of the topic?

I would like that very much, but maybe it could be minimizable like the OmnIRC, so that we aren't forced to have a longer page

Quote from: jhgenius01 on November 17, 2010, 05:32:52 am

looks like we have a good general idea of the public opinion... thanks guys!
And i know, DJ-Omni that it would be good for some topics but not good for others...
eg: most of the randomness topics wouldn't need one... but the calc game development topics would benefit becuz the author could note to everyone else the newest version of their program....

I have another idea... Possibly a subtitle or abstract of the topic?

Hmm topic descriptions might be good actually. Might be hard to implement, site-wide, but maybe I'll consider it in the future. I kinda like the important topic idea, though. Maybe someone with PHP knowledge in the Omnimaga staff or channel ops could eventually write a SMF mod that does it.

PHP, forums always need it, in forums usually you only have to change something in order for it to be available in the whole site

It could be something like OmnomIRC, minimiseable and stuff. I guess it would be hard to implement in some cases...

]PS: I guess my respect is still stagnant at +4

As a rule of thumb, such post typically gets rated down since it is seen as complaining about low respect. People don't like that.