Forum Ideas

[venture]

Just some random thoughts.

Could we maybe get a Science and Technology forum to replace Web Building and Tech Talk? There really isn't a lot of new topic discussion there, and I think some discussions like weather and the volcanic threads would be better in someplace other than Current Events.

Also the Nose Bleed has been dead for 2 months and the Political Arena pretty much replaced it - maybe merge those two?

Boardroom to Bedroom has been dead since the end of November and really serves no purpose but to take up space - and you have the Singles Lounge that covers any relationship things.

Just some ideas. There seems to be an area where things can get cleaned up a bit more and organized.

Thanks

[gmwise]

good idea venture!

[metro]

There seems to be an area where things can get cleaned up a bit more and organized.

I agree, also see the suggestions in the Urban Neighborhoods thread in this section. The site is do for an overhaul.

[Thunder]

Nose Bleed and Board Room to the Bedroom sections are not really used because of the requirement of 500 posts to enter. That's the problem.

Also, another problem is that people are unsure of what is allowed or not (the content of language) to post in these places.

[venture]

Oh people have no problem know what is allowed in those areas. LOL However, the bulk of the users have moved on and either have left the site or are posting elsewhere.

[nik4411]

Out of curiosity where else would they be posting? Are there other forums similar to this one?

[Karried]

LOL However, the bulk of the users have moved on and either have left the site or are posting elsewhere.

Or just changed their user names.<!-- / message -->

[venture]

Bumping this to see if Pete could share his thoughts on this.

[Lauri101]

I like the thought, venture!

Maybe "singles" coud be expanded to just be "relationships" - since not only single people have relationships.

And changing "Bricktown" to "Bricktown/Downtown" would be helpful. Or just roll it all into into the suburbia sub-forums.

OKCTalk is the main place I come to for information - it'd be good to have it cleaned up a bit and I'd be happy to help if needed.

[metro]

any word from Pete or the mods yet?.....................................

[Lauri101]

any word from Pete or the mods yet?.....................................

tap, tap, tap...
is this thing on?

[AFCM]

I'd like to see the OKCTalk page become more homepage-like and personalized. For example, today's weather/seven day outlook could exist on the top of the homepage. Breaking news, pertinent to OKC, could scroll underneath. These could be sponsored by NewsOK, kind of like an advertisement banner. The Breaking News scroll could state just the title of the story or score of a Thunder game and allow users to click on the stories that interest them, thus driving traffic to their site.

Additionally, I think having options to personalize the look and setup of OKCTalk would be cool, although they may not be feasible. Actually, nothing I wrote may not be feasible, but I thought they are worth consideration.

[Thunder]

AFCM, you're talking about a portal page. It consumes more resources. I'm not sure Pete would want to do all of that.

[venture]

Yeah, I've seen Pete around so if he could just drop a quick comment. If they need more help, I'm sure there are plenty of us with experience running these type of sites to chip in.

[venture]

So any mods wanna comment since it seems Pete is MIA or something? lol

[Martin]

our responses in this thread have been kinda sparse... but we are looking into all of your suggestions. -M

[Midtowner]

our responses in this thread have been kinda sparse... but we are looking into all of your suggestions. -M

Drop the nosebleed and bedroom forums. No one uses them.

We need fewer forums, not more. Some other things, e.g., OKC Underground and the general OKC forum could be consolidated.

Also, how about integrating a Google Calendar (pretty easy to do, I think) and putting metro area cultural events on it?

[OKCMallen]

Nose Bleed and Board Room to the Bedroom sections are not really used because of the requirement of 500 posts to enter. That's the problem.

Also, another problem is that people are unsure of what is allowed or not (the content of language) to post in these places.

I don't post there because they've never been unlocked for me despite requests.

[Thunder]

I don't post there because they've never been unlocked for me despite requests.

You should be able to view it. There must be settings with the permissions granted for the group that you're in. The mod with knowledge and access will need to fix it.

Those two sections are rarely used, because it requires 500 posts, so basically most on the forum have no clue it ever exist.

[Karried]

Thunder, have you ever moderated a board before? You seem so knowledgeable about moderator functions.

OKCMallen, check it now... I never received any requests.. try PM next time and I'll try to help you out.

We've been having issues with the board. Hang tight.

[OKCMallen]

I PMed mods and admins several times after I hit 500 posts...I just PMed the wrong ones, I suppose!

[Karried]

Can you see the Forums now? You're not missing much.. lol

[Thunder]

Yes, Karried, I have knowledge with forums, maintaining them, setting them up, and all the works. I have never use vBulletin, but a lot of features and functions is similar.

[venture]

Karrie has there been any word on the suggestions made here, or is the decision pretty much keep as is? I don't want to bump a thread and beat a dead horse if you guys already decided.

[OKCMallen]

Can you see the Forums now? You're not missing much.. lol

I saw them, an dyou're right, not much going on.


I do tend to agree we need fewer forums, not more. Also, I think we let threads get WAY too long. You lose the conversation when a thread is 10+ pages...