We're trying to develop a community look and feel to the forums. If you have feedback on how to do this, in addition to the current plans, let us know (reply to this post, or start a new thread).
How you can help:In addition to the above, here are some other things you can do:
* Support my idea of customizable forum ranks that sub-forums would inherit. This would be shown by your avatar in your posts, along with the number of posts you've made in the forum and the date you joined. Go to
Nabble Support if you wish to suggest/support it. This would also be incentive for people to post more (as frequent posters would have higher ranks).
Here's an example from a different forum with this feature:
http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3844* Set up an avatar:
Click on your nickname in the upper right corner. Click on Personal Settings, and click on Change Avatar.
* Invite writers and readers to the forum
* Be personable, in non-intrusive ways.