1. Three considerations in the design of large-scale community navigation
1) Appear at the user’s fingertips “at any time”.
2) Minimize the occupation of the page.
3) Give users a good "sense of location".
Today's general large-scale communities are implemented using a frame design that can be hidden on the left side. Regarding the location feeling, the navigation bar reflects that the currently browsed bar item should be highlighted.
2. "Restore last submission" function
The HTTP protocol is a short connection. Due to network instability, users fail to publish, and a recoverable method should be provided.
3. Fully customizable visible and available editor, divided into three situations
1) Users can choose their favorite editor. For example, freetextbox,....
2) Users can customize certain functions of the editor. For example, some users like to post pictures and videos, but some really like to insert code, etc. Optional customization functions should be provided to avoid too many functions affecting the convenience and performance of use. Improve loading speed.
3) It has certain intelligence. For example, when entering the sticker area, the sticker function will automatically appear. When the user enters the program design area, the code insertion function will automatically appear.
4. You can reply to posts anonymously
There are many websites that provide this feature, and there are also many websites that do not. I think whether or not this feature is provided is a sign of whether a community is considerate of its users. Always remember to guide users to register instead of forcing them to register. The former will bring registered users a stronger sense of identity and stickiness to the community.
5. Consideration of paging
1) Users should be able to choose at any time whether to display 20 items per page, 40 items, or any other specified paging value. This can be used for list pages as well as content pages.
2) Try to use numbers to represent page numbers instead of previous/next page styles. Baidu and Google have good designs.
6. In-site short message function
1) Capacity should be limited. For example, a maximum of 20 items can be saved, etc. In-site short messages are used for instant communication and notification information, not for storage. To remind users to process their information in a timely manner. At the same time, you can also clean up the short messages of users who have not visited once in N years to avoid wasting system resources.
2) Short messages can be exported.
3) Draft box function. It meets two user needs: write it first and think about whether to send it; after writing it, you suddenly don’t want to send it, but you are not sure whether you want to send it in the future, and provide a save function.
4) You can set up not to receive information from certain users, or not to accept information from all users.
7. Intimate search function
Generally, old users who have stayed in your community for a long time will naturally add a lot of friends and collect a lot of posts. You may also have published a lot of posts, and you should provide a precisely targeted search function to search for your own or favorite posts, your friends' posts, etc. Most communities do not provide this feature.
8. Provide a search box in a suitable place in the user's writing area (editor)
You can use the search box of google or baidu. Some users like to write online and occasionally need to search for and cite information. This will provide users with certain convenience. There is also the potential to increase revenue for the website. But it should be noted that the premise is not to affect the user's writing. This feature is especially suitable for technical blogs.
9. Intelligent recommendation posts
Some communities also have the concept of recommended posts in addition to the essence posts. However, I think recommended posts are not determined by the website, but should be based on the user's past browsing records and collection records. Information such as user information and hobbies is intelligently judged to extract the posts that the user is most likely to like as recommended posts. Of course, various factors of the posts may also be considered to increase the success rate of recommendations.
10. "Highlight" the poster/blogger's reply
This can be useful at some point. But I think it's particularly useful for blogs. Because you read the articles on the blogger's blog, you are naturally interested in the blogger's replies, and you are not particularly interested in the forum.
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