Forum Improvements

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!

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.

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

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

i too would be reluctant to alter the format too much. category headings would (in my view) be a mistake as often i am not looking for a particular topic, but just browsing all issues involved with 4WD'ing. for my money....keep it as is

this forum is fine as is. well done exploroz team you have the best web site of it's kind as it is comprehensive and very australian that is well suited to the users.

thanks in advance for your effort
charl makssi

Likewise David - I prefer this format ...

If it aint broke, don't fix it.
it's perfect the way it is.
by far the the best way to have a forum.

Thank you everyone. It is sometimes hard for us to know what you guys & gals need. I write this stuff and think it is good for me but we are always want to improve what we have so this is why we ask. At this stage I will make no changes to the forum and spend some time making the shop easier to use and more functional.Thanks again David

Forum is great. My only problem is you cant put paragraph breaks and formatting in the post. Keep up the excellent work, the site is a wealth of info.

It's fantastic just as it is !! Even if there are a few "emotionals" who think that there is only one kind of 4wd .... they get a bit much with the slanging but as others say... no smoke without fire !!!


Steve- (the real Steve)

David,leave it as is. We love browsing and have learnt so much about topics we would never think to investigate if they were in specific categories.

David, the only thing that I'd like changed is the capacity to edit our own posts, even for only 30 or so minutes after submitting them. This allows spelling mistake correction, etc, and also the ability to edit a post if we decide that it's inappropraite etc. Bill

It would also be nice to have a larger box to write replies in, and also the ability to see other replies when completing your own reply.

I think it works well the way it is, you are not limited to particular topics and if you are a member you only see those Q & A's since your last logon. Regards

yup, great forum. about the only change I'd make is before a post/reply/follow-on is accepted, a valid email/name is used and checked (if thats possible?)(for obvious reasons lately)

G'day all! My 2 cents worth is this. Can current (or hot) topics be sorted by "last entry date", thus keeping what is grabbing peoples attention to the fore and current. This gives people the opportunity to find what is new and what is not and should help new users asking common questions. Thank you and Cheers everyone!