Being a Newbie to this forum (at the time of writing this message), I was surprised by how restricted I was, especially with the threads in the SMF Support area.



Some of my ideas for making the site and in particular, the Support threads easier for Newbies to use include


  1. Making threads posted in the Support area exempt from Moderator/Admin approval. This will allow the forum's experienced & long time members to help out the Newbies, potentially eliminating extremely long wait times for the posts to be approved
  2. Allowing Newbies to upload attachments in the Support Area so we can better explain our issues. Visual aids are some of the best things that can help solve an issue.
  3. Removing minimum post requirements for some of the most commonly used forum features such as signatures and personal text.
  4. Have unapproved threads visible to the person who created them.