Ideas Hub

The Ideas Hub is where you can share feature requests and feedback directly with the Lumio team — and vote on suggestions from other community members. It is open to all registered users and, depending on configuration, to unauthenticated visitors as well.

Where to Find It

• Dashboard → Ideas (/hub/ideas) — accessible when logged in to any account.
• Public site (/hub/ideas) — may be open for browsing without a login (when the public flag is enabled by the Lumio team).
• RSS feed — subscribe at /hub/ideas/feed.xml to follow open, planned, and in-progress ideas in your feed reader.

Browsing Ideas

The main ideas page shows all submitted ideas. You can narrow the list using the controls at the top:

• Status filter — show only Open, Planned, In Progress, In Testing, Completed, or Closed ideas.
• Category filter — show ideas in a specific category.
• Search — type to filter by title or description.
• Sort — order by Most Votes, Newest, Oldest, or Trending.

Each idea card shows the title, a short description excerpt, the category badge, vote counts, and comment count. Pinned ideas always appear at the top of the list.

Statuses

Status	Meaning
Open	Accepting votes and comments
Planned	Acknowledged and on the roadmap
In Progress	Being actively worked on
In Testing	Feature built, being tested before release
Completed	Feature shipped
Closed	Declined or no longer active

Creating an Idea

To submit a new idea, click the Suggest an Idea button. A modal opens with the following fields:

Field	Required	Notes
Title	Yes	Short, descriptive headline
Description	No	Supports Markdown for formatting
Category	No	Choose from admin-configured categories
Tags	No	Type to search existing tags or create a new one inline

After submitting, the idea appears in the list with Open status and a vote count of zero.

You need to be logged in to submit an idea. Anonymous visitors can browse and read but cannot create.

Voting

Each idea has two vote buttons — thumbs-up (upvote) and thumbs-down (downvote). Click either button to cast your vote. Your active vote is highlighted. Click the same button again or the other button to change or remove your vote.

• You can only have one vote per idea at a time.
• Removing a vote is done by clicking your active vote button again.
• Vote counts update in real time via the live WebSocket connection.

Voting requires an account login.

Commenting

Open an idea by clicking its title to go to the detail page. A comment field appears below the idea content.

Posting a comment: type your message in the text area and click Post. Markdown is supported.

Replying to a comment: click the Reply button under any comment. A nested reply field appears inline.

Editing your comment: click the Edit (pencil) icon on your own comment. The body becomes an editable field; save with the Update button.

Deleting your comment: click the Delete (trash) icon on your own comment. A confirmation prompt appears. Deleted comments are replaced with [deleted] in the thread to preserve the reply context.

Comment counts and new replies update in real time.

@Mentions in Comments

When writing a comment, type @ to mention other users who have already interacted with the idea. An autocomplete dropdown appears showing matching participants — the idea author, users who voted, and previous commenters — filtered by whatever you type after @.

• Select a name from the dropdown to insert a highlighted mention into your comment.
• Mentioned users receive a notification in their bell dropdown and, depending on their notification preferences, an email as well.
• Mentions render as highlighted @Name links in the posted comment.

Only participants of the idea appear in the autocomplete — you cannot @mention arbitrary users.

@mentions require a login. The autocomplete dropdown is not shown to anonymous visitors.

Editing Your Idea

On your own idea's detail page, click the Edit button to open the edit form. You can update:

• Title
• Description
• Category
• Tags

Saving records a timeline entry noting what was changed.

You can only edit ideas you submitted. Editing other users' ideas requires a moderation role.

Timeline

The detail page for each idea shows a timeline of status changes and edits below the comments. This gives you a clear history of how the idea has progressed — when it moved from Open to Planned, when the description was updated, and any messages the team added alongside status changes.

Tags

When submitting or editing an idea, start typing in the Tags field to search existing tags. If the tag you want does not exist yet, type the full name and press Enter to create it. Tags are shared across all ideas.

RSS Feed

Subscribe to the feed at /hub/ideas/feed.xml to track new and in-progress ideas without visiting the site. The feed contains the 50 most recent ideas with status Open, Planned, In Progress, or In Testing. Each entry includes a link to the idea's detail page.

Troubleshooting

"I can't see the Ideas Hub"

The Ideas Hub requires the system:ideas_hub feature flag to be enabled by the Lumio team. If the page is not visible in the sidebar, the feature may be temporarily unavailable.

"I can't submit an idea or vote"

Creating ideas and voting requires a login. If you are already logged in and the buttons are still disabled, your account may have the Restricted user role which does not include submission or voting permissions. Contact the Lumio team.

"The submit button is greyed out"

Make sure the Title field is filled in — it is the only required field for a new idea.

"My comment disappeared but I didn't delete it"

Comments can be removed by Lumio moderators. Moderated comments are replaced with [deleted] rather than being fully hidden, to keep the reply thread readable.

Related

• Ideas (Admin) — moderation, categories, and tag management
• Ideas Hub feature doc — architecture, voting model, WebSocket channels