Staff Forums..
- Thread starter cyimking
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I have an area for general staff topics, I have a trash area and I have an area just for administrators.
I haz:
Community Team Area
Developers Area
General Staff Area
Administration Board
Trash Can
Pending Moderation Cases
And then a spam board that doesn't count against post counts for staff to just spam away when they need to. 😛
Now, I highly suggest a general staff board and a trashcan, the only reason why I have staff boards for each of my staff groups is because it makes for easier organization with my staff heads. 😛 Trash can is much needed though.
Moderation Note: I also moved this over to our brainstorming area. 🙂
Community Team Area
Developers Area
General Staff Area
Administration Board
Trash Can
Pending Moderation Cases
And then a spam board that doesn't count against post counts for staff to just spam away when they need to. 😛
Now, I highly suggest a general staff board and a trashcan, the only reason why I have staff boards for each of my staff groups is because it makes for easier organization with my staff heads. 😛 Trash can is much needed though.
Moderation Note: I also moved this over to our brainstorming area. 🙂
The main focus of your forum is obviously your forum. Don't create secret forums for your staff to stay and hide in instead of monitoring the forum.
Normally, one forum should be created for the administrators and team leaders. Another forum for general chat by staff is sufficient too.
Too many distractions keeps the staff from doing what they are supposed to be doing - monitoring your forum.
Normally, one forum should be created for the administrators and team leaders. Another forum for general chat by staff is sufficient too.
Too many distractions keeps the staff from doing what they are supposed to be doing - monitoring your forum.
cyimking said:
I use the same following structure on all my forums...
Staff Category Name
-Admin Area: For admins and admin topics only.
-Staff Area: For staff only and official forum staff topics.
--Problem Members: Discuss problem members, bans, warnings and member issues here.
--Forum Improvement: Discuss improving the forum here.
-Staff Information: Policies, Guides and Procedures for staff (only admins can post here, all staff can read)
-Post Storage: Where bad posts and deleted posts go.
-My Office: A board that only I can access (the forum owner) - mainly my "to do" list!
Cyber said:
The information could help someone else later down the road, though. 🙂 Necro-posting might not be liked by some people but I think further information added can help others with the same issues.
Usually just a general staff forum which contains topics pertaining to staff roles, guides, special staff rules etc.
Also, depending on the size of the forum and the forum software being used, you may want to add a section for pending moderation cases. Certain softwares will input user reports directly into it, but even if yours doesn't, it can be a good idea for moderators who may want some feedback on how to handle a situation. This would really only be needed on larger, very active forums which have large moderation teams. A forum with 1 or 2 moderators probably wouldn't benefit from it as much.
Also, depending on the size of the forum and the forum software being used, you may want to add a section for pending moderation cases. Certain softwares will input user reports directly into it, but even if yours doesn't, it can be a good idea for moderators who may want some feedback on how to handle a situation. This would really only be needed on larger, very active forums which have large moderation teams. A forum with 1 or 2 moderators probably wouldn't benefit from it as much.
Forces of Steel
Resident
If it's a huge forum, then you'll want to make child forums within your staff parent forum. If you get a lot of whiny manchildren on your threads, then have a forum for discussing those members in particular. Likewise, if you've got a team of programmers and/or skinners, then have a forum for keeping track of progress.
Otherwise, just one forum should be enough. I agree with protecting it with a password, just in case.
Otherwise, just one forum should be enough. I agree with protecting it with a password, just in case.
Rhino.Freak
New Arrival
Just 1, which is generally inactive unless there's something important going on.
We like to talk outside more than inside.
We like to talk outside more than inside.
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