I think we could do with fewer than we had in the last board. For instance, the sports and entertainment with drop downs for each. I'd rather not have drop downs. Maybe a sports forum and an entertainment forum separately and no drop downs at all.
What do folks want to see?
What forums do we want?
Re: What forums do we want?
Aside from what you mentioned. I’d agree that too many sub forums is unnecessary.
Politics and current events is a must IMO, since it’s familiar and was the main forum.
Politics and current events is a must IMO, since it’s familiar and was the main forum.
"Some of those that work forces,
Are the same that burn crosses"
- Rage Against the Machine
Are the same that burn crosses"
- Rage Against the Machine
Re: What forums do we want?
Yeah I never understood that, no need for all that.gounion wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 7:21 pm I think we could do with fewer than we had in the last board. For instance, the sports and entertainment with drop downs for each. I'd rather not have drop downs. Maybe a sports forum and an entertainment forum separately and no drop downs at all.
What do folks want to see?
Breaking news
Politics and Current Events
Sports and Entertainment
Introduce Yourself
If we had a bigger group we could have DIY forum but that wont get any attention here unless I need to stop the ping ping ping of my drain pipe and Sam tells me how to fix it.
I sigh in your general direction.
Re: What forums do we want?
yah.
Who are these..flag-sucking halfwits fleeced fooled by stupid little rich kids They speak for all that is cruel stupid They are racists hate mongers I piss down the throats of these Nazis Im too old to worry whether they like it. Fuck them.
HST.
HST.
Re: What forums do we want?
I think that Breaking News and Politics and Current Events is redundant. So far, I've got "All about You" and split Sports and Entertainment into two forums.Libertas wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 7:35 pm Yeah I never understood that, no need for all that.
Breaking news
Politics and Current Events
Sports and Entertainment
Introduce Yourself
If we had a bigger group we could have DIY forum but that wont get any attention here unless I need to stop the ping ping ping of my drain pipe and Sam tells me how to fix it.
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sam lefthand
- Posts: 678
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Re: What forums do we want?
I don't use the forums to index anyway, I use active topics as my index and read all the new posts.
With so few of us posting I don't see a reason to have more than just this one Politics and Current Events forum.
We need YouTube enabled.
More smilies.
The ability to up load avatar photos if it's not already enabled.
One thing you might consider is telling the search engine bots to go away. Make our board private. It's been a long time since Google would bring a link to our board to the top such that we're visible there anyway.
With so few of us posting I don't see a reason to have more than just this one Politics and Current Events forum.
We need YouTube enabled.
More smilies.
The ability to up load avatar photos if it's not already enabled.
One thing you might consider is telling the search engine bots to go away. Make our board private. It's been a long time since Google would bring a link to our board to the top such that we're visible there anyway.
Re: What forums do we want?
i remember when we lost essmb...was it 50,000 lehman posts gone. sumthin like that. 
Who are these..flag-sucking halfwits fleeced fooled by stupid little rich kids They speak for all that is cruel stupid They are racists hate mongers I piss down the throats of these Nazis Im too old to worry whether they like it. Fuck them.
HST.
HST.
Re: What forums do we want?
Thanks for the suggestions. Pretty much agree.sam lefthand wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 8:05 pm I don't use the forums to index anyway, I use active topics as my index and read all the new posts.
With so few of us posting I don't see a reason to have more than just this one Politics and Current Events forum.
We need YouTube enabled.
More smilies.
The ability to up load avatar photos if it's not already enabled.
One thing you might consider is telling the search engine bots to go away. Make our board private. It's been a long time since Google would bring a link to our board to the top such that we're visible there anyway.
YouTube - that requires an extension, I had earlier messaged Plunderer to give me the ability to upload extensions (requires FTP into his files) or have me send them to him to upload. I'll keep everyone posted.
I'll work on Smilies. Have any you prefer?
Avatars are enabled. Go to your user control panel.
Bots - nice idea. I'll look and see if there's something on the board for that, or if I'll have to deal with Plunderer on it.
But we do have one new member who says he found us on Google.
Re: What forums do we want?
Yeah, but that was because they didn't want it anymore. I think what happened was the hosting company decided to raise the price to a crazy amount, and they said no, soooooo... Poof!
Luckily, Plun and I were playing with this one, so we got it rolling quick.
Sad, I really liked having all the old posts to go back through. Good way to hold people to their own words.
Re: What forums do we want?
We may have some problems with spam accounts. I'll delete as needed.
As of now we don't have it set up to clear them first. I'll look into that - some you can tell right away.
I won't be around much tomorrow. I'll be going to breakfast than to the big city for some business and watching Dune. I'll be back late afternoon. May sneak in here and there on my phone. But I don't know if I can admin on the phone. Don't bother to report spammers, I'll take care of them as I see them.
*Edit* Okay, found the Admin activation setting. Not going to set it for a few days, so that our regulars can register and immediately post.
As of now we don't have it set up to clear them first. I'll look into that - some you can tell right away.
I won't be around much tomorrow. I'll be going to breakfast than to the big city for some business and watching Dune. I'll be back late afternoon. May sneak in here and there on my phone. But I don't know if I can admin on the phone. Don't bother to report spammers, I'll take care of them as I see them.
*Edit* Okay, found the Admin activation setting. Not going to set it for a few days, so that our regulars can register and immediately post.
Re: What forums do we want?
Just enjoy the day and don’t worry about this. Build it out slowly through the week. Remember, you’re retired.gounion wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 8:26 pm We may have some problems with spam accounts. I'll delete as needed.
As of now we don't have it set up to clear them first. I'll look into that - some you can tell right away.
I won't be around much tomorrow. I'll be going to breakfast than to the big city for some business and watching Dune. I'll be back late afternoon. May sneak in here and there on my phone. But I don't know if I can admin on the phone. Don't bother to report spammers, I'll take care of them as I see them.
*Edit* Okay, found the Admin activation setting. Not going to set it for a few days, so that our regulars can register and immediately post.
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Tao Jones Sr.
- Posts: 31
- Joined: Sun Oct 24, 2021 10:15 pm
Re: What forums do we want?
I want to leave it open for now, so that everyone can come on and not have to wait. I may re-institute the Admin approval Tuesday. Don't bother reporting, gang. As soon as I log in each time, I'll take care of them.
Re: What forums do we want?
I forced email activation. This should help mitigate spammers. If not, I have a few other tricks up my sleeve. I was hoping the new software was better out of the box.
-P
-P
Re: What forums do we want?
Add ons usually require some coding. Are you okay with that?
-P
Re: What forums do we want?
The all bad things not nice to say forum from the old board i wanted to post there but it was locked.
Re: What forums do we want?
I relied on
NEW POSTS
option, I could click on it and see all the new posts since last I visited or posted...please add if possible gounion and thank you for all your work...
NEW POSTS
option, I could click on it and see all the new posts since last I visited or posted...please add if possible gounion and thank you for all your work...
I sigh in your general direction.
Re: What forums do we want?
We're still getting them. I changed it to Admin activation. I'll handle it. I got a lot to delete now.
Re: What forums do we want?
Is there a way (tags) to post direct video links from Twitter?
"Some of those that work forces,
Are the same that burn crosses"
- Rage Against the Machine
Are the same that burn crosses"
- Rage Against the Machine
Re: What forums do we want?
I see new posts, thanks
WAIT, I see that my LINK from the prior board brings up new posts, but I dont see a way to bring it up if I am on the main page...
And, when you click on a link it takes you to that link on the page of the board, can you make it so it opens a new *tab? These are just suggestions, appreciate everything, not expecting anything, everything is appreciated.
How do we direct link youtube?
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*not a browser setting, I have my browser settings for that, it is a board setting pretty sure....and again, only a suggestion as you are being asked to do too much as it is so THANKS!
This is the link that gets me NEW POSTS
search.php?search_id=newposts&sid=57f89 ... 7c1b21746f
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I sigh in your general direction.
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marindem01
- Posts: 1763
- Joined: Sun Oct 24, 2021 12:10 pm
- Location: S.F. Bay Area
Re: What forums do we want?
Favorite Books. Hobbies. Science.
Love of Country is not Blind Patriotism. It is not devotion to one person or one party. It is knowing fighting for your country is single most important thing you can do. Do not accept the notion violence is the answer.
Re: What forums do we want?
How bout a good dose of Roberts Rules?
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat. [Will Rogers]