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Closed 6 years ago

Last modified 5 years ago

#3595 closed enhancement (fixed)

Add link to "Create topic" above topic list in support forums

Reported by: tobifjellner's profile tobifjellner Owned by: obenland's profile obenland
Milestone: Priority: normal
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Description

For new users (and not only) it's not always obvious that the form to submit a new topic is located much further down on the page. On a relatively wide screen, there's a sidebar link ready + Create Topic, but on a narrow screen (like mobile) the sidebar is also located much further down the page (when you'd actually need it the most...)

Suggestion:
Add the same link + Create Topic just above the topic list.
And perhaps also on top of every single topic view.

This small change should give us quite a few less "hi-jacked" threads in the forums.

I'll add a home-cooked mockup.

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create-topic.png (42.0 KB) - added by tobifjellner 6 years ago.
An example what it might be like if we add the link "+ Create Topic" just before the topic list.

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Change History (5)

@tobifjellner
6 years ago

An example what it might be like if we add the link "+ Create Topic" just before the topic list.

This ticket was mentioned in Slack in #forums by tobifjellner. View the logs.


6 years ago

#2 @obenland
6 years ago

  • Owner set to obenland
  • Resolution set to fixed
  • Status changed from new to closed

In 7450:

Support: Add Create Topic link atop topics list

Hopefully helps avoiding hijacked topics by new users.

Props tobifjellner.
Fixes #3595.

#3 @obenland
6 years ago

In 7453:

Support: Button styles for Create Topic link

Helps it to stand out a little more.

See https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02QB8GMM/p1531439297000201
See #3595.

#4 @coffee2code
5 years ago

In 9463:

Support Forums: Also add 'Create Topic' link above support forums for plugins and themes, and reviews.

Props melchoyce, coffee2code.
See #3595.
Fixes #1977.

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