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With the amount of people not reading the forum names and just posting threads wherever they want, there really needs to be a layout change to make it easier.

I propose this layout and I don't mind if you make suggestions or ignore it.

Key: -- = depth 1, ---- = depth 2.

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What do you think of that hierarchy layout? It looks much more organised and things are easier to find this way.

I think this would make browsing MyBB.com alot easier. Good suggestion.

We wouldn't move support lower down, and we'll be doing away with the installation forum when thread prefixes come.

Thread Prefixes are bad for SEO imo.
Until MyBB 1.6 is released, one wouldn't hurt.

Imho support should stay first. Tons of users don't really care about resources. They just want there system working.


Edit: Sniped twice.

Edit2: MyBB 1.6 should be running here quite soon, when open beta starts, i'd assume this would be converted to it.

That's what I thought, but oh well. You can re-arrange this layout if necessary. I didn't say it was the final version :p

I don't think SEO on this forum has been a particularly high priority. We're still top results whenever I search for any MyBB issue. Plus prefixes would be added so if they didn't make a difference, wouldn't really matter, nothing's being removed. Installation forum gets a lot of general support threads, and installation threads get posted in general support, no real point in keeping it separated, plus thread prefixes can be searched etc and they're easier to keep track of.

I see your point. I will amend my listing above to reflect your point

In what way would prefixes affect SEO?

Prefixes are used on a lot of forums, both big and small. In no way will it affect your rankings,etc.

I heard it does. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. As Matt said, it doesn't matter since General Support counts towards all support, including the installer.

I have amended my OP again.