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Old 11-08-2015, 01:09 PM
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Hi Mark, thanks for the updates again!

I've been thinking about what I'd like to do with the static "Featured Threads" page, and I think I'd like to work towards something like the example below. I'm wondering if we are on the same page, or if I should work on another solution (knowing me, hardcoding a page!).

I'd like the Featured Threads page to be a standalone page for my website. At the moment I use vBAdvanced (sadly no longer supported) for my home page and other web pages. So my home page articles are really just truncated forum posts with links to the main thread. I'd also really like the page to share the vBA page elements (side blocks).

My issue is that when I post a lot of new updates for my homepage to keep the content fresh, there is no way to highlight older articles that are worth reading historically, and not just the current news. This feature would solve that, but it must be a standalone page like my homepage.

I looked for some simple website examples, and I think the following would be a nice easy template that would fit most purposes:

http://myanimelist.net/featured

The part of this page I am looking at is just the main section, not the side menus (which would be added by vBA). It starts with a 2 column view with larger graphics, title, short description, and author. It would be nice to have the date posted next to the author too. Then after the top x threads, they move to a single column list of articles with small thumbnails etc.

That are your thoughts? Is this a direction you are interested in too, or should I look for another solution? Whatever your thoughts, thanks again for supporting this community - we need more people like you
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