Author Topic: How to get people to read the sticky topics  (Read 944 times)

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Offline blackhole

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How to get people to read the sticky topics

 

Offline The E

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Re: How to get people to read the sticky topics
Wow. That's actually quite cool. Can we have that on the Support board here?
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Offline Herra Tohtori

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Re: How to get people to read the sticky topics
It's a bigass floating link to the forums.

Is it supposed to link to a thread?
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Offline Commander Zane

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Re: How to get people to read the sticky topics
Yes, but I also think just making sticky titles larger and flash obnoxious colors would do it too.

 

Offline colecampbell666

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Re: How to get people to read the sticky topics
It didn't work for me, I clicked it and it went away.

EDIT: Nvm, I saw the link destination.
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Offline Snail

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Re: How to get people to read the sticky topics
Yes, but I also think just making sticky titles larger and flash obnoxious colors would do it too.
That would also be less annoying for people who don't have a problem and might actually want to help people who do.

  

Offline Flipside

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Re: How to get people to read the sticky topics
Possibly not flashing colours, but larger text and a different colour might help.

 

Offline blackhole

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Re: How to get people to read the sticky topics
It could link to a thread, yes, but the purpose of the demonstration was simply to show the link itself. a <div> with position:fixed and 100% height/width will cover the entire screen. You can then stick in whatever crazy message you want and thus force people to click on a link to some forum rules thread.

If I were to ever implement this, I'd implement a do-it-once system and only make it apply to new members, so you only had giant text screaming at you to click a link once.