Deathsythe's blog

Neoforums might feel a little lonely now-a-days, especially with the NeoWikis and NeoBlogs getting all the attention. (Sucks when you aren't the baby in the family anymore and have to grow up) What better way to cheer them up than to include them in the wikis!


You might not all be familiar with the < neoforum > tag, but it is an extremely useful bit of code.

By utilizing it in such a manner as:

code

<neoforum>FORUMID</neoforum>

(Where FORUMID is the number after /forums/, for example this forum is 39502)

...you can display the 10 most recent threads in a games respective forum.

Now this may not be a big deal for the older games, but for games from the current generation and their predecessors who have active communities and discussions certainly would benefit from such implementation.


There are a few ways to do this. If you look here, you will note that I opted to add another field to the game's infobox to include the "Recent Forum Threads".

This method could become problematic for games that are multiplatform, but I'm sure you can all think of something.


You are not limited to adding it to the infobox, that was just a suggestion. Be creative. Float another table underneath the infobox, or box art, add a separate heading section for them if you like, however you and your team feel like incorporating it, and further integrating your game pages with their respective neoseeker profiles.

Keep up the great work everyone!

Your friendly neighborhood Wiki Admin,
-Deathsythe