In an effort to get one of my better ideas more widely known and lobbied for, I have created this thread. Over the past few months we've had a flood of newcomers to the site. They come from all over the continent in search of an internet community to call home, and to make new friends. But alas we've come to the age old conclusion.... Noobs can sometimes be annoying. One of the main problems we've seen lately is a tremendous increase of duplicated threads. Some ask questions that have already been answered, some even have the same EXACT topic, that has already been thoroughly discussed in another thread. The problem.... The newcomers aren't using our wonderful search feature. Now before anyone starts calling the noobs lazy, you have to admit, the control panel can be quite intimidating to someone who has only been on the site for 5 mins! You have all these new buttons, and words, and links and you just dont know what to press first! So, in an effort to make the site more friendly, and even more accessible. I propose that we relocate the search bar to the main page conveniently located right underneath the control panel. There, everyone will be able to search for a topic, question, or even another member within seconds of thinking to do so!
Here is a little Feedback on my idea so far!
Quote by STD:
APPLAUDS! That is a good idea. and I like the thread the idea went into.
Quote by Melissa Evol:
That's not a bad idea.
Quote by Durtie:
Yes, the search bar is a great idea
Quote by AJ:
Nick, I think you might be onto something...
Quote by iKidd:
I agree, I think the search bar would be great if implemented. Seeing that if we did tell a mod about a thread being duplicated they wouldn't do anything about it other then tell us " to ignore ignore ignore" *thumbs up* Great Idea
Quote by Super Hyper X:
I think, a search engine on the home page of Xbox America will help it work efficiently.
EDIT LOL
Quote by Melissa Evol:
I glowingly endorse this idea, especially given a post from someone earlier who did not know there was a search feature.
There you go, many members are already hoping for a search bar relocation!
Here is a conceptual screen shot i made showing what i think it would look like!
So please if you think this is a good idea, say SO! the more noticed this thread is the more Jackson may go for it!