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The Top 10 Suggestions that should be in a future Oxwall release | Forum

Peatech LLC
Peatech LLC Dec 19 '14
We listed the Top 10 user suggestions that should be in an Oxwall future build.


Check out our picks here:

http://www.ewtnet.com/2014/12/top-10-oxwall-suggestions-that-should.html


What do you think should be added to Oxwall and why it would impact the software and how it's used?

bobbi
bobbi Dec 19 '14
reply to comments/posts for newsfeed, forum etc, a much needed feature i think
David
David Dec 20 '14
Yes, extremely missing: reply to comments with e-mail notification and with exact link to answer!
Edson Francis
Edson Francis Dec 21 '14
Extremely wanted this features...
Edson Francis
Edson Francis Jan 1 '15
2)Search Bar as a core pluginA trending suggestion has also been for the Oxwall team to make a default search plugin that is fully functional like existing search plugins, but better at well...searching! The standard Oxwall software currently doesn't and never has included a native search bar option. The only search functions included on Oxwall by default or for searching for users.
Status: TBD


3)Privacy Choice on Each PostIf anything could go for more changes in Oxwall, it's the Newsfeed. While great, it's still imperfect and bare bones. This suggestion is to let post creators set the privacy for each post or their entire post, like on Facebook. However, in the terms of Oxwall this would help users that have their posts set to Friends only or Me only share things with other users without breaching their privacy.
Status: TBD
4)Newsfeed item notificationsThis suggestion is a personal favorite of mine. The idea is to send notifications to the user on new likes/comments for a post they liked or commented on. This would overall just make the social aspect more integrated and stringed, making the Oxwall newsfeed system a notch above other's.
Status: TBD


5)Real-timeA big thing for any social-oriented site anymore is getting everything without hitting your refresh button. Many sites and softwares have made use of this, including Oxwall. However, real-time refresh for newsfeed/comments has NOT been implemented. The impact it would have is self-explanatory.
Status: Will be put in development soon.


8)Make Comments EditableNo one likes to post grammatical errors or spelling mistakes anywhere online, especially on a website where they will be interacting with other humans. That's why the suggestion to edit comments is vital. There is a plugin on Oxwall to let users edit comments, but again with the philosophy of a default search in Oxwall, editable comments should also be a thing here.
Status: TBD


9)Private Photo Albums A common question across the Oxwall Forums is how to give users the option to make Photo Albums private. There is no answer yet, but we all are hoping that the Oxwall team will deliver this option in the future in an effort to make user privacy better for the sites running the software.
Status: TBD


10)Mobile AppOxwall is still young, but it's never too late to begin the process of creating a mobile application, Other softwares such as PHPFox already offer the option, and while there are several solutions on the OW Store, some people would recommend against it. Many Oxwallers have been swapping concepts about a Oxwall mobile app, and even our team at EWT Global Solutions has discussed it, but the best solution would be the one coming from the original software authors.
Status: TBD



These features are extremely wanted...Pleasee oxwall dev...it will be the best social network software...

Den Team
Den Jan 8 '15
Thank you for sharing this. We are looking constantly for feedback like this one and may change a feature's priority due this. Some of the features from the list are already planned for 2015. We share our global roadmap for this year soon. Follow our blog and social media accounts.