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What does everyone think about the condensed forum?
Thoughts, issues, feedback?
cleaner looking I however am a big fan of the new content button so I see all new posts each visit
Great job……the more organized the better.
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Love it. Too many sections is just asking for posts in the wrong forum and difficultly in reading all threads you’d be interested in, great job! 🙂
Looks good! I also use the forum via the ‘new content’ button comp56. It’s awesome to filter by threads I participated in or started. My TIA bookmark goes straight to ‘new content’.
Do we still need to separate Power Tools & Power Tools By Manufacturer? Couldn’t there just be an optional tag for manufacturers?
Thanks Conductor!
We talked about merging the manufacturer and general power tool sections. I had in my mind I was going to do it, but by the time we cleaned everything else up I started having second thoughts about it.
We may do it, I just want to see how this goes
dwain wrote:
Looks good! I also use the forum via the ‘new content’ button comp56. It’s awesome to filter by threads I participated in or started. My TIA bookmark goes straight to ‘new content’.
Do we still need to separate Power Tools & Power Tools By Manufacturer? Couldn’t there just be an optional tag for manufacturers?
Thanks Conductor!
I agree with that, I honestly don’t even click on that section to read because it’s separated by brand. It could just be us though because I imagine that some like that all *such and such* brand content is in one place.
To me they both have their place. I like the individual sections when we’re discussing new releases or details of a particular model, but that’s about the only time.
It has its place, it just isn’t very often.
Consolidation was a great idea. I agree that there were too many sub forums and you could easily get lost and quickly get discouraged if you were looking for something.
Typically when I visit the forum every day, I tend to click the new content button which is great for seeing what’s new. The only problem I have with it is that the results are based on the last time you hit the button versus a static time line of new posts in 24-72 hours.
What I mean by that is. If I visit the site and hit the new content button, I will see everything from the previous day. If I click on a thread and read it or make a post and then lick on new content again, The query will not bring back the thread that you just participated on. Since the logic already determined that you already read it, it’s no longer new. Until someone else makes a post, it will not be displayed as new content.
The results of it can be difficult to work with. If you wanted to revisit that post, you would need to go look at your posting history and figure out where it was.
That’s my only gripe, everything else looks great. 🙂
I like it so far
I know people wanted sub forums for grilling, sports, and outdoor stuff, but they just didn’t get enough traffic to be worth it. If the forum gets to a certain size it might be worth to reconsider later on adding them.
It’s a little while since I’ve been here and I must say I really like the condensed look. I thought there were too many sub forums. It’s nice to have fewer categories that get more action.
I’m digging it,, a bit easier to follow
I love the welding section, can’t wait for it to get more posts.