A discussion was initiated by CharlesWil suggesting a feature that highlights top members and content on the home page, similar to how Yelp does it. This would give visitors a quick overview of what the community is about and its branding.
CharlesWil explained that current forums often have static home pages with content posted by date, which doesn’t reflect the current community. He mentioned Mumsnet as an example of a platform that effectively starts conversations on its home page and invites people to take part in the forums.
CodingHorror requested a screenshot with examples and commentary to better understand the idea. CharlesWil provided screenshots of Yelp’s home page, which highlights members and their posts in real-time, and explained how this concept could be applied to improve the community’s home page.
something like home page that highlights members and content the same way yelp does would be a good features. Just some emphasis what the community is about!
Apart from the domain of your site and titles of posts.
Thats only thing that gives you a bit of branding about the community
The email we get for the digest gives you a very quick over view
what the community is about and it high lights best members posts.
That idea can be taken further!
At moment I have wordpress blog that can highlight members top topic posts
but wordpress is static.
This is problem with nearly all current forums. They always have a static home page
with content posted by date. That doesn’t reflect the current community
Mums net does quite a good job of starting talks on it’s home page
and inviting people to take part in conversation on the forums