SXN80 3.0

Alerts
Inbox
Reading List
Profile
Featured Albums
Navigation
Mention Groups
Quick Reply
Misc
History

The Alerts menu has been overhauled with several visual + under the hood adjustments...

Alerts are now grouped into categories
We’ve expanded the number of alerts that are retained overtime before auto-expiring, meaning that you’ll see a larger history of prior notifications
Your notifications will no longer auto-resolve just by clicking on the “Alerts” dropdown menu. A “read” status is applied upon click/view of the notification itself and/or when viewing the relevant content in the thread/post area
Want to follow-up on an alert later after reading? No problem — you can now mark individual alerts as unread
Similar-notifications (ex: “wobblywobbly liked 4 of your posts”) are now grouped together; threshold can be configured in your alert preferences

New view

Categories: All, Mentions, Mention Groups, Likes, Quotes, Reposts, Comments, Miscellaneous

Mark as unread

Similar-alert groupings

The Inbox menu has been overhauled with several visual + under the hood adjustments...

Inbox is now grouped into categories
We’ve expanded the number of messages which are retained & accessible from the new menu
Quickly toggle the read/unread & star/unstar statuses from within the menu itself
Compose a new message without leaving where you’re at
The PM interface has been re-worked to appear more like an actual conversation

New view

Categories: All, Unread, Read, Starred

Mark as read/unread

Mark as starred/unstarred

Quick Compose

New PM view

Reading List is a new concept, built off of the previously tucked-away "watched threads" activity. Access your favorite threads/topics as soon as you login

Customize the homepage to display X number of threads
Quickly add or remove a thread to your Reading List via the hyperlink, located near the thread title
Accessible on mobile as well

New view

Toggle settings -> Change # of threads in your Reading List to display
Threads with unread posts will display first

Add or remove from your Reading List from within the thread header

Hasman inspired, Loyalty conquered. We're proud of this one -- a complete overhaul to make your profile actually seem like *your* profile

Custom banners
Personalized content, a glimpse into who you are
Quick toggles to subcategories
A continued focus on statuses & profile discussions

New view

Customize your banner image

Personalize your profile

Easy access to your content & statistics

With the advent of the new "Popular" sub-homepage, we re-thought the concept of Featured Threads and ran in a new direction with a focus on music

Quick glance at what’s next to drop
Clicking on the album directs you to the discussion thread
Featured Albums will continue to be maintained by our Moderator staff

New Posts / Popular -> sidebar

Our previous homepage had an incredible amount of wasted valuable real estate. We went back to the drawing board and re-worked the forum-standard so that we're now presenting what's most important to you when logging in: content

The horizontal navbar is fully cusotmizeable: click the settings icon, located on the far right, to re-order and/or remove SNXs from your view
Settings will be remembered the next time you log in and can be adjusted at any time
“New Posts” shows all of the latest content across the SXNs
The “Popular” SXN shows an algorithmic list of the most-popular threads in recent past
Ignored SXNs are respected
The sidebar offers a variety of familiar + new concepts

Horizontal navigation

Toggle -> Re-order and/or disable -> save

New Posts

Popular threads

Prefix filtering

Mobile navbar

Mobile SXNs menu

Mobile Inbox/Alerts menu

Mention Groups have been a staple at SXN80 for some time now, but we've taken it to the next level in 3.0 by integrating the feature into nearly every on-screen activity that you create or view content. Look for the icon.

Subscribe to specific groupings of content
Ex: interested in keeping up with the latest Drake news & releases? Click the mention groups icon and you’ll be added to the “@DrakeSXN” group. Anytime another member of that group mentions it via the group tag, you will receive a notification to take you to the content
One-click mentions found in Quick Reply & when creating a new thread
One-click joins found in forum & thread views
Green = joined, Grey = can join, outline = not joinable
Quickly join, quickly mention, and quickly access group notifications

Mention Groups in forum view sidebars. Click to quick join.

Green = joined, Grey = can join, outline = not joinable

Artist SXN Mention Groups

Thread View descriptions w/ quick Mention Groups

Quick mentions via Quick Reply

The new Quick Reply was created with a continued focus to enable members to post quickly & easily

The reply bar will automatically increase its height with the length of your message
Alternatively, the height of the bar can be manually adjusted
Easy access to formatting options & smilies
Quick access to Group Mentions
Hope you love it. If you decide it’s not for you, then given the core function, we’ve baked in a way for you to revert to the old reply view: click the Quick Reply icon located on the far right to opt-out
Mobile is very much a work in progress and has been disabled by default, but can be enabled via the formatting header