predefined primary tags are the basis of the forum section. These include Bull, Flame, Help, Torrents, Advice, etc and will appear on EVERY forum post. the list of categories is extensible by staff.
1 Forums main page
1.1 show a cloud with the forum primary tags
1.1.1 favorites appear in this cloud as well.
1.1.1.1 user defined tag searches. Primary tags only slightly relevant to this search.
1.1.1.2 As many tags per fave as the user wants. Should accept google-style boolean syntax. (dp -anal +boobs)
1.2 show list of threads: hottest, recent
1.3 (user pref) separately show a cloud of Group Forum Tags
1.3.1 the primary tag (set for each fangroup/gang by the owner) where the viewer is a member.
2 After clicking primary tag
2.1 small cloud of tags relevant to current "forum" (top 25)
2.2 show a table of all the posts whose primary tag is the name of the clicked link.
2.2.1 Table sortable via relevant columns.
2.3 New Post autopops the primary tag. Unchangeable except by staff to move a post.
3 View Forum Post
3.1 show typical forum info (owner, date, etc) plus tags,
3.2 a reply will copy in the tags from the post getting the reply.
3.3 Breadcrumb trail.
4 Colors
4.1 clouds show 'new post' color for tags with related new posts