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Nailed topcs on this forum, Should we change the format? |
Pat Garvey |
May 3 2008, 05:25 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
Last night, as every other Friday for the last 12 years, I spoke for 2+ hours with my very best bud (35 years!), 1970 Neun vierzehn. We chitchat like old ladies every 2nd Friday about 914's, model railroad stuff, and ties to Cincinnati.
This time, a large part of the conversation was dedicated to the nailed threads of this forum. They are helpful (I hope), but disjointed (our opinion), and aren't a "ready reference". Oh, you can dig through them and maybe find the info you want, but you may need to dig through 2, 3 or more of them. Here's our thought - and it means quite a bit of work, but may be worth it. Instead or categorized 914 areas, which cover all years of 914's, what about re-sorting all the posts in those nailed threads to be model year specific? Instead of all engine compartments/interiors, etc being in one location, what about ALL items associated with a model & year 914 in one nailed thread? Say you have a newly acquired, or in-resto 1970 914/6. Instead of searching through interior/engine/etc threads for info - we put everything in one nailed thread. You want info on '73 front bumper tits - go to the '73 models thread. Need to know what correct wheels are for a '72 four or six - go to the '72 thread. With that in mind, what are your felings about the change? I would like to think of the nailed posts as a history binder for CW's of all vintages. How would you structure it? All comments are welcomed and appreciated. Pat |
McMark |
May 6 2008, 10:58 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
I'll have to create the subforums. And, to be honest, subforums will really 'hide' the information for new people. It's great for organization, but really poor for ease of use. What I can do is make a text box at the top of the page that would house links to the model threads. That way the threads would still be easy to navigate, without being moved into a separate area or being nailed. See the top of the parts vault section to see the type of text box I'm talking about.
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orange914 |
May 18 2008, 11:08 PM
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http://5starmediaworks.com/index.html Group: Members Posts: 3,371 Joined: 26-March 05 From: Ceres, California Member No.: 3,818 Region Association: Northern California |
I'll have to create the subforums. And, to be honest, subforums will really 'hide' the information for new people. It's great for organization, but really poor for ease of use. i think the way you suggest, pat, would be good for concourse guys and hard on someone looking to just find out why his vacuum advance doesn't work properly(probably bad example). not trying to drop a turd on anyone, i guess it may come down to what works best for the group or maybe whats easier to use. that may just be my ignorance speaking though, i still can't use the search (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif) mike |
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