Creating Boards

Boards are the foundation of FeedbackFlow, allowing you to organize feature requests by product, project, or category.

What are Boards?

Boards are separate feedback portals, each with:

• Unique branding (colors, images, text)
• Custom form labels
• Independent feature requests
• Own settings and statuses

Example boards:

• "Mobile App Ideas"
• "Website Features"
• "API Requests"
• "Bug Reports"

Creating Your First Board

Step 1: Navigate to Boards

1. Log in to admin dashboard
2. Click Boards in sidebar
3. Click Add Board

Step 2: Basic Information

Fill in the board details:

Field	Description	Required
Board Name	Display name	✓ Yes
Slug	URL-friendly identifier	✓ Yes (auto-generated)
Description	Brief explanation	Optional
Heading	Header text on board page	Optional

Example:

Board Name: Product Feature Requests
Slug: product-features (auto-filled)
Description: Submit and vote on new features for our product
Heading: What features would you like to see?

Step 3: Introduction Section

Add an introduction shown at the top of the board:

Field	Description
Intro Heading	Section title (e.g., "Welcome")
Intro Text	Description or guidelines

Example:

Intro Heading: Share Your Ideas
Intro Text: We value your feedback! Submit feature requests,
           vote on ideas you love, and help shape our roadmap.

Step 4: Form Customization

Customize the feature request submission form labels:

Field	Default	Customize
Title Label	"Feature Title"	Your custom text
Title Placeholder	"Enter a title..."	Your custom placeholder
Body Label	"Description"	Your custom text
Body Placeholder	"Describe your idea..."	Your custom placeholder
Footer Text	(none)	Additional info below form
Button Text	"Submit Request"	Your custom button text

Example customization:

Title Label: What's your idea?
Title Placeholder: Briefly describe your feature request...
Body Label: Tell us more
Body Placeholder: Provide details about how this feature would help you...
Footer Text: All submissions are reviewed within 24 hours.
Button Text: Share My Idea

Step 5: Board Settings

Configure board behavior:

Visibility

• Public: Anyone can view and submit (default)
• Private: Only logged-in users can access

Enable Voting

• Toggle on/off to allow upvoting/downvoting on this board

Default Status

• Choose which status new feature requests receive automatically
• Example: "Under Review", "Submitted", "Open"

Step 6: Save Board

Click Save Board to save.

You'll be redirected to the board's feature request list.

Accessing Your Board

After creation, users can access the board at:

https://yourdomain.com/board/{slug}

Example:

https://yourdomain.com/board/product-features

Creating Multiple Boards

Create as many boards as needed:

Common use cases:

• Separate boards per product
• Different boards for features vs bugs
• Internal vs external feedback boards
• Department-specific boards

Example structure:

├── Mobile App Features
├── Web Platform Ideas
├── API & Integrations
└── Bug Reports

Board Slug Guidelines

Slugs must be:

• Lowercase
• URL-friendly (no spaces or special characters)
• Unique across all boards
• Permanent (changing breaks existing links)

Good slugs:

• product-ideas
• mobile-features
• api-requests

Bad slugs:

• Product Ideas (contains spaces and capitals)
• features!!! (special characters)
• temp (not descriptive)

Default Data

Each new board inherits:

• System-wide statuses (from satus table you can set order of status also)
• Default priority levels
• Tag system

You can customize these per-board if needed.

Board Permissions

By default:

• Admins: Full access to all boards
• Users: Can submit Feature request to public boards
• Guests: Can view public boards (based on board visibility setting)
• TeamMembers: Full access to all boards (based on roles and permissions assigned)

Next Steps

After creating a board:

• Board Customization - Advanced branding and customization
• Board Settings - Detailed board configuration