I have a slight form of OCD when it comes to Forums that comes off as perfectionism, and so I noticed a few minor (mostly aesthetic) issues on these Forums that were bugging me to a small extent.
Add a "Guides" or "Tutorials" subsection to this, I will be posting a few tutorials in the near future:
OSBot :: 2007 OSRS Botting > Official > Community Discussion > Computer & Technology
When it comes to the user panel on the side of whatever posts you make (pictured below), change it so the "Joined" and "Location" match the format of that of the "Time Online:". It's just for a bit of a cleaner look, you'd just need to add a colon in ACP.
So, it would look like this:
As for more of a larger-scope suggestion, a revamp to the account section could be made in order to improve the organization and search-capabilities overall. It would take a very small amount of JavaScript and HTML knowledge coupled with a bit of time in order to complete it.
It's essentially where you can enter the skills of the account in which you are selling in a table, along with quest points, warnings, GP, etc. and it will store those entries in the database paired with the thread that was posted. Of course, pictures and further description of the account would be provided within the thread, but the table would serve as a search tool.
For those searching the database for an account, you would enter the skills of the account that you are hoping to find. It would generate a list of the accounts for sale that are close to the ranges entered.
Some easy and interesting things to add to this concept could be the following:
Search within fields using range (#-#), minimum (>#), and/or maximum (<#)
Starting bid, buyout bid (at $x , account is bought), and current bid fields
Membership days left and timer that subtracts one day every 24 hours. (timer starts when posted)
These sorts of ideas could be ported over to the currency section, where you could perhaps sort threads by price / mil.
As for other things to suggest:
When you are a guest (have no account), the view of the Forums is quite dodgy in terms of what sections are visible/accessible to you. All it would take to fix this is to sift through each Forum section in ACP and fix the viewing permissions.
Fix the registration name filters, for christ's sake you can use "********" in your name.
Add new themes.
Get rid of the troll emoticon
Either switch the emoticons up, or add some additional ones.
These are rough suggestions and serve no purpose as non-changeable ideas. The concepts of them must be adapted to what others feel is best for the site.
Thus, let me know what your thoughts are on some of these.