About 26 hours ago I posted about this board on the Pink'un and almost didn't do it, because I was worried that people wouldn't like the skin colours or the logo. Delighted that it has gone down so well with people.
I think users would be surprised if they knew just how much more there is to come, I consider it to be an unfinished project, and the existing functions have a lot of scope for additional uses. But just for a taster:
- A member map (optional for users) - this would enable people to pin their rough location (not necessarily their street address, but their town) with a pin which when clicked leads to their profile, where they can add them as a friend, drop them a line and arrange to meet up. Handy for international fans or exiled fans like myself, and would hopefully show that Norwich have a truly international fanbase.
- If this community did grow, the above could be integrated with an 'events' calender (which would also show on the top 'fixtures' tab, and in the sidebar as an 'event'. People can RSVP to events. So if we get a couple of fans from say Bristol, who want to meet up over a pint to watch a sky game in the pub, they could create an open event inviting other Bristol based fans to the pub. I have already discovered two fans on here who live very close to my current location up north, the more fans we get signed up the more realistic this prospect of social events becomes.
- A prediction league (software based). This will be very difficult for me to implement, but I know somebody who has the code for this running on another club forum who will allow me to use it in exchange for a favour or two from me. Probably looking at season 2015/16 for that. Already been in contact with them about it.
