Forum Improvements
Submitted: Thursday, Apr 25, 2002 at 00:00
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ExplorOz Team - David
Hello All,It is really excellent to see how
well the
forum has been going lateley, thank you everyone. I want your honest
feedback on how to improve the system. One of the areas that interests me the most is the page dispays, we are currently showing 20 items per page however we are now receiving 10+ questions per day. Should we show more per page or create category headings. I am reluctant to force changes so please tell me how you think it could be improved.Any
feedback on the fourm is most welcome on this thread as we want to make our
forum the best on the net (as if it isn't already).Regards David
Reply By: Tony- Thursday, Apr 25, 2002 at 00:00
Thursday, Apr 25, 2002 at 00:00
David, I think the
forum is fine they way it is. Easy to navigate and find what I'm looking for. Category headings can make finding info/questions a bit harder as they is often more than one category that a question/info could fit into. Also, many postings have more than one question involved. I like the KISS principle (Keep It Simple Stupid). I have abandoned other forums because often I will read a question that say, is about a problem with a particular vehicle. Many months later I may have the same problem and want to
check the responses. But what category was it in? Takes too much time to sort through all those headings. This
forum is great - just start at the top and go back through the pages (or use the search engine but that sometimes is a bit of a pain). The present format makes it really easy and quick to
check new postings and reply to those that I may have input for. Anyway, thats my two bobs worth. Keep up the good work!
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Follow Up By: Exploroz Team - David - Thursday, Apr 25, 2002 at 00:00
Thursday, Apr 25, 2002 at 00:00
Tony,Thanks for that I thought it was pretty good but I was just wondering if others felt the same. Is there something I can do to make the search better as you mentioned it can be a bit of a pain? As we develop the software that runs the site inhouse we can make almost any change. Thanks for the feedbackDavid
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Follow Up By: Justin - Thursday, Apr 25, 2002 at 00:00
Thursday, Apr 25, 2002 at 00:00
I agree with Tony - KISS - the current format is fine.
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Reply By: Mark - Thursday, Apr 25, 2002 at 00:00
Thursday, Apr 25, 2002 at 00:00
Hey David. I reckon 20 per page would be better. I really like the Overlander
Forum as
well, but this covers more camping oriented topics, so it is quite different. Also to try and cut out some of the less genuine posts, we could have usernames and email addresses. And one more idea from Overlander having the posts sorted by date of reply, so the last post replied to goes to the top of the page. Like I said your
forum is great for more camping oriented questions, and your search facility is great.
Cheers.
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Follow Up By: Slunnie - Thursday, Apr 25, 2002 at 00:00
Thursday, Apr 25, 2002 at 00:00
Yup, I agree fully with you Mark.
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Reply By: Guy North - Thursday, Apr 25, 2002 at 00:00
Thursday, Apr 25, 2002 at 00:00
I would welcome 20 listing per page. But each listing should be readable.
I would NOT like to see the format change.
The way it is classified by posting is excellent and would NOT like to see the
LATEST POST or ANSWER to a posting being the first in the
forum.
I am on
forum which have the latest posting or answer to a post and this is bad news
when the thread start to be "hot or very hot".
Then this particular posting tends to claim all the space and NO other subject can any
display space.
In conclusion: the way it is with 20 posts subjects instead of 10.
Guy
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Reply By: Jinki - Thursday, Apr 25, 2002 at 00:00
Thursday, Apr 25, 2002 at 00:00
David -
I like the
forum as is - easy to read for an old
grey gal! In fact I like the whole site - enter it each day to
check on road conditions, petrol prices, trek notes, travel diary and the user
forum. It is great to read what others are up to and planning. Hubby and I have gained much from this site. I would say continue to show 20 questions.
Keep up the good work.
Best wishes and Regards Jinki
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