Bump! WetWired has worked quite a bit on the portal project, which I haven't had time to be involved in for a long while now.

Anyway, here is a list of the suggested features, arranged by myself based on how important I regard them as:


Very important:

• Pre-selected Google search field (Replaces the need for using Google as your start page)
• Reviews by members (Games, movies, books)

Useful:

• Customizable module layout of portal index
• Customizable calendar with personal notes
• Easily reachable arcade games
• Software downloads
• Shipment tracking
• Gmail login
• User-definable RSS feeds
• Torrents
• Local weather and news reports

Unnecessary but possibly interesting:

• Customizable member profile pages (e.g. username.zelaron.com)
• Wallpapers
• Customizable stock ticker
• Sports ticker
• Dictionary
• Babelfish translation
• Links to funny videos (Or videos in general? Some kind of YouTube integration?)
• Links (To general, useful sites)

Available:

• Perfect integration with forum database
• Portal styles match forum styles
• Recent threads
• Weekly poll
• Wikipedia search
• Private messages
• Birthdays
• Buddy list
• Activity bars
• Shoutbox
• Users online
• Community statistics (Member, thread and post amount; newest member)

Post more ideas!

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