Hi Wix!
I have a few much needed features to keep my site running. Here is a list of my wanted features and bug fixes:
Quick Posts
I need a new feature where instead of making a full on post, you can make a short post with no title, only a post, like on Twitter.
Polls
Another type of post I need is polls. Polls will let you make posts where instead of a post content, there is just a poll where you vote.
Video Post
Instead of adding a video, I just want to make a video post, like on YouTube.
Sorry for the brief descriptions! Comment for me to clarify.
Hi, thank you for sharing your ideas! Could we dig a bit deeper into each of of your request so we could understand you better.
a) Quick posts - what is the main advantage of having these kinds of posts? What do you think about the possible content clutter in your site caused by combining both - normal posts and quick ones?
Please describe how do you imagine the quick posts will work / be placed if we implemented them?
b) Polls - gotcha! Adding this to the wish list.
c) Video Post - why the current solution does not meet your needs?
Thank you :)
Hi, thank you very much for replying! I'm happy to explain my requests!
Quick Posts - The reason I would like this feature is because it would improve the feed of communities. Instead of creating a title, you may just want to add a bit of text - E.G 'I just had lunch'. It would be great being able to just share what is on your mind.
Video Posts - The reason we need video posts is because adding a video to a text post just is not the same as uploading a video to YouTube. It would be great to be able to start the the equivalent of a channel on YouTube on my website.
The main reason for these additions is because I love the way a Mighty Network works. But because of the very scarce ability to customise on this website, I would like to stay with Wix. It would be great to be able to create the same thing on Wix.
Thank you!
The idea of quick posts is interesting - we need to think about the implementation and how it would fit into the context of normal posts.
Regarding video posts, your feedback briefed us to rethink the solution of uploading videos, we highly appreciate that :) Let's stay tuned and wait for the improvement.
You mentioned the Mighty Networks - could you specify what you like about it and why?
Thanks again for taking a part in making better decisions for Wix Forums :)!
@Greta Galubauskaitė -- re: Mighty Networks
Fewer bugs on MN (the Notifications system on my forum broke completely; Recent Posts app works only intermittently; sometimes my forum doesn't work at all and we get a "Nothing's showing up" error message constantly; hashtags on my forum return searches where the first letter of the hashtag is dropped in the search, thereby yielding nothing in the search)
@mentions (tagging) are not case sensitive on MN ... my users find the @mentions in the Wix forum really frustrating ... and @mentions on MN doesn't leave the stupid "@" symbol in front of the name
Notifications on MN come in a drop-down menu in the upper right (whereas Wix Forum opens up a page, thereby causing the user to lose their place in the forum stream). Notifications never seem to break at MN and you can "mark all as read" with a simple click. The number for the Notifications on MN is always accurate, but rarely on Wix Forum.
A user can upload images at full size on MN and the image, when clicked on, opens in a lightbox of its own at a larger size (a big deal and is something that prevents me from creating more Wix sites for forums, as well as considering moving my current learning forums over to MN)
MN has unlimited private "groups" (private forum categories for classes for paid members). Something that I've been wanting from Wix for a long time, with promises from the Wix team to add this feature, but no delivery
An "Online Now" feature –– since you guys at Wix now offer a Chat within forums this is essential to a forum with a Chat (the Chat is unusable without it).
"Chat" actually works on MN ... Wix's chat is horrible ... I get messages from my other sites on it (where I don't even have it installed as an app!) and messages I try to send to my members only end up in a "Send again" message (in red with the exclamation point icon after it)
MN's version of "Recent Posts" actually works
Clicking on a post at MN opens it in a sidebar (right-side pop-out light box), instead of a whole new page
There's more, but that's enough for now.
[@Robin Griggs Wood] Impressive
I love the way they work. They have a very simple design, with a good profile system, and they also have a bar down the side telling you if your friends are online. The members page is also sorted into a few sections - Near You, Like You and Featured. I just like them, but still want to stay with Wix.
About quick posts - what kind of things would we need to implement? I could give my ideas :)
Your ideas are highly appreciated, we'd be happy to hear them :)
The main idea is that a quick post would contain no media, and would be like just adding a title and no post :)
Thanks, @Greta Galubauskaitė.
Please note: Notifications are NOT fixed. I got an email from the support team that said they were, but it is some kind of laziness on their part to not follow up on what they've been told and actually test the system before reporting it fixed. I replied to them that it is still broken on my site. (I have Business VIP and this has been going on for 4 days, with very little actual help from the support team, only emails that say "we are escalating this to the appropriate team"... blah, blah. So disappointing, my experience with Wix has been).
Please don't bother forwarding my "Wix Chat" complaint to the Chat app team ... It's already been sent to Ofir and not even he can do anything about it. Just lots of talk, but I get no actual product at the end of all the talk and promises.
RE: Could you please specify ''MN's version of "Recent Posts" actually works''?
You should do your homework and not have me do it. I'm actually too busy with my clients to spend time fully explaining Mighty Networks system to you. Just create an account over there and do your research.
I tried Mighty Networks today. Tx @Robin Griggs Wood. What I can say it is super fast compared to the Wix Forum. I regularly got negative feedback from visitors that our Wix Forum is slow and they do not want to open it.
Wix Forum is more like a forum, and MN is more like Facebook with some forum features. But the option to ask questions without subject title is attractive option - some people are not good at writing subject titles and are discouraged to get engaged.
MN: Ambassador program is nice and encourages members to be involved more. Recent posts are well positioned on the top. You can make polls. Also the mobile version is brand oriented to the company instead of some kind of multi-purpose mobile application.
Wix: I like Wix Forum and its integration with the web site. Would like to see better performance, access to the posts via Corvid (like blog posts are having) and categories with different layouts and permissions. I do not like that when I invite people to join the mobile version, they install app with Wix logo - not all people are aware that when accepting the invitation, they are installing app with the name of Wix!!!??? Then they are trying to find the company branded app without success - and simply give up.
That is the brief feedback from me, @Greta Galubauskaitė .
Accurate comparison between Mighty Networks and Wix, @venko gligorov. Wix is SO slow, and yes my members complain all the time, too, and some have left for that reason alone. Now I am about to lose more because Wix is not fixing my notifications app in a timely fashion.
One thing I've noticed about Wix, I have the Business VIP, which clearly states "Remove Wix ads" which means that you think you are getting your own branding option––but Wix sneaks in "Wix" in so many places that they don't tell you about beforehand. There's absolutely no reason that my emails to my members now have "Wix" snuck into them. I've noticed lately that my site is now a "redirect" from Wix, which it wasn't when I started––and that redirect from Wix is on a slight delay that announces itself in the browser URL and favicon in the browser tab. I don't doubt that this is an entirely intentional move on Wix's part to advertise themselves. Business VIP should be full personal branding, and they try to make you think that it will be when you purchase, but it's not and quite underhanded in my opinion.
Yes, I have noticed that Wix has changed something in the email marketing operations recently - when this Ascend was introduced. I assume that they would like to ask customers to get some extra premium Ascend option for completely personal branded emails. This is not fair to change the policies to the existing customers.
To let you know, I am supportive of Wix branding and I have even put their logo/banners on my web site. Had very intensive discussions on social networks explaining that Wix as solid platform. But I do not like this kinds of inserting Wix information where it is only irritating us. I am sure that they understand the power of proud customers and the positive impact to other prospects - in opposite, if something is too much emphasized or is showing where it is not needed, the effect is opposite.
Hope that they will work hard to solve Wix Forum performance. And to introduce the goodies that this community is asking: permission on categories, personal branding of Wix App, member appraisals, polls, quick posts, better image management, more modern designs - all together with great performance as other Wix alternatives are having.
Well said, @venko gligorov