Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of BoincBasics

Timestamp:

Oct 2, 2007, 1:16:45 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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BoincBasics

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  * A '''profile''' in which the user can provide a picture and text describing themselves, or their interest in the project or activity.
  * An avatar - a small image used to represent the user.
+ * A signature for message boards
  * Demographic attributes: birth year, sex, nationality, education level.
 
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 === Message boards ===
 
-BOINC Basics provides '''message boards'''
+BOINC Basics provides '''message boards''' supporting archived group communication.
 Message boards consist of 'forums',
 each one having a particular topic.
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 and each thread consists of a set of 'posts'.
 
-The message board software 
+BOINC Basics message boards support various features
+(all of them are optional):
+
+ * Keyword search
+ * BBcode for text formatting
+ * Spam filtering using Akismet
+ * User read history - keep track of last post read in each thread.
+ * Minimum credit total or average to post or to rate (per forum).
+ * Moderation (by project staff or designated users).
+ * User reporting of objectionable posts
+ * User rating of posts
+ * Subscription: a user can request email or RSS notification when there is a new post in a particular thread.
+ * Ordering options: forums can be sorted according to most recent post, most recent creation, most views, etc.; these options are stored per user.
+ * Sticky posts
+ * "Ignore" lists - a user can specify a set of users whose posts will not be shown.
+
 A project can provide a fixed set of forums.
+In addition, each group can have its own forum (see below).
 
 === Private messages ===
 
+A user has a queue of ''private messages''.
+A user can send a private message to another user.
+A user's home page has a link to a page showing the private message queue,
+and allowing the user to read and delete private messages.
+
 === RSS feeds ===
 
+Each user has an RSS feed containing one or more of:
+
+ * Messages from the project
+ * Notifications of new message-board posts
+ * Private messages
+
+The user can control which of these sources are included.
+Users can include this RSS feed in whatever RSS reader they use.
+In addition, the BOINC client will periodically scan the RSS
+feeds of all attached projects, and display any new items in a popup dialog.
 === Possible future mechanisms ===
  * Skype and Skypecast