View Full Version : New message board needed?
Instead of cluttering up the top of the message board with announcements and 'sticky' threads that (and let's be honest) everybody has read by now, could we not have a new 'announcements' message board for the purpose???
Colin Manson
09-Jul-03, 12:48
We could but then would people read it?
Also new people are signing up all the time, do you think they would read all of these messages in another section? I know many sites that use this forum and some have decided to put everything in a single section but most of them do it the way that we do.
They do need to be organised a little bit and maybe I just need to put everything in one place, a system I like is uses the following
Announcement (Read this first before posting) or
Announcement (Rule & Regulations)
and maybe
Announcement (FAQ)
Then we could use Sticky Threads for things of current interest.
I understand your point jjc but you have to consider that there are many different types of visitors, I'm sure that people that visit every day/week don't really need these things but other people find these topics useful.
I'll try and get around to adding more details and making the system a bit clearer.
Cheers
Colin
fairy-snuff... It was just a thought because the most recent thread has now moved down to fifth place and I doubt it will be long before it is pushed down a couple more.
For what it's worth, I do think that people would read the announcements as and when they arrived if they were in a different board... I would, anyway.
2little2late
09-Jul-03, 22:28
What we all should be doing is sticking with the subject matter for each thread. I think the message board is excellent, with a wide range of subjects from serious to funny.
But, what I do find annoying is when it starts to lead off the subject. The thread that has just been deleted was a fine example. Let's all just enjoy this message board. After all, there is a lot of hard work goes into it. I don't think we can thank Colin, Bill and Niall enough. If it wasn't for them we wouldn't be where we are now with Caithness.org
How about an Announcement Pop-up?
Each time you log in/visit a pop-up appears with new announcements etc.
Colin Manson
10-Jul-03, 00:37
MadPict,
Lots of people hate pop-ups and I don't blame them, there is also lots of software about that stop them. There used to be a feature that allowed me to put a message outside the general forum, above everything else.
Cheers
Colin
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