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Suggestions for Forum Ranks

Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2023 4:50 am
by Sirlaughalot
I'd love to implement fun ranks for forum members based on the their post count. It's a staple of classic bulletin boards but aren't sure which direction I want to go for garthnixfans.com.
Posting Ranks are an indication of how many posts have been made by a registered member on a forum. As a member makes more posts on a forum, they increase in rank. Ranks are displayed in member profiles throughout the forum. -proboards.com

Do yall have any suggestions on ranks we can implement for this site?

Some ideas: The bells starting with Ranna and getting larger, charter mage/wallmaker/abhorsen-in-waiting...etc, colors like from the Seventh Tower, weekday theming from The Keys to the Kingdom

Thoughts?

Re: Suggestions for Forum Ranks

Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2023 12:01 am
by mysidian_rabbit
It somewhat depends on how many ranks you want to have. Using bells or colors limits you to seven ranks. If you wanted to have more, there are a lot of potential ones from Keys to the Kingdom. The house has a lot of titles like Ink-filler, 4th class or Paper-pusher, 3rd class you could pull from.

Alternatively, you could use weekday theming in conjunction with the Dusk/Dawn/Noon titles from Keys. So start at Monday's Dusk, then Dawn, then Noon, then Tuesday's Dusk, Dawn, etc. all the way up. That'd give you 21 total ranks. I don't really know how many ranks is normal for this type of board.

Re: Suggestions for Forum Ranks

Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2023 5:52 am
by Sirlaughalot
I'm not sure if there is a normal quantity and can definitely be an evolving format. Mostly it's just for fun. I do like the dusk/dawn/noon idea.