Wedge

Considering that it's a core SMF feature that's off by default (and is off by default for users), most people have never seen it, nor know what it looks like...

The thing is, I take the view that a description designed for the small confines of the board index (where it might be a 'line' or two there) isn't going to work so well when it has pride of place at the top of the board listing.

That relates to the above point.

Let's take this board, The Pub -> Features. According to the board listing in The Pub, this board's description is "This is the place to discuss upcoming features, existing features and brag about whatever we implemented in Wedge."

It's quite long on the board index, but it's barely a line wide when considered for the inside of the board.

That's my take on it too.

That's what I'm hoping to achieve - and I'm thinking about the whole short/long description facility, which implicitly functions as an option for the admin to configure it how they want, and then remove the user option. If the admin wanted it, they'd use it.

Or, I could remove it from display, not bother with the extra, and turn it into a plugin like the 'Board Notice' mod for SMF or similar.

Well, messageindex_buttons will do the job just admirably anyway, it's just badly named because it's a relic of the dark times. :P (Pull $board_info from global scope, grab the details, inject the new template into the list)

I like the short/long idea and removing the user option. Be it a plugin or core I like the idea.

I rather have it the other way around, just the board title in the board index with no description, on child board have a short description and with a full description in the board. Who says you can't have both though, maybe optional or leaving it up to the theme designer.