Forum changes - your views please

[NotAllThere]

So what you're saying NAT, is that you would like a to see a forum called Coliseum, where you can put posters, while the flouncers standby and 'Shout Troll, Troll, Ban Him, Ban Him', you then get to stand on judgement and give him the thumbs up or down and ban them.

No, but it's a nice picture. We could have Dodgy Agent running the book.

[NickFitz]

I think that General needs to be lowered in the list - as its at the top of the fora list newbies are more likely to wander in rather than looking in the other sections .

+1. Bear in mind that usability studies show that most people don't actually read a web site; instead, they scan the page looking for trigger words or phrases that make them think they've found the right thing, and click on that. With the current layout, the phrase "General issues affecting and of interest to contractors" right at the top leads them straight into the bearpit, where they ask their question about brollies or VAT (which is an issue that affects and is of interest to them as a contractor) and get flamed.

As vBulletin allows forums to be grouped into subsets, something that would work well would be to group the serious topics at the top, with General and LR (and possibly an Intros section) in a second group below that. Something like:

Professional

Welcome / FAQs
If you're new here and have a question, there's a good chance you can find the answer in this section. Be sure to read the guide to forum etiquette before you post!

Business / Contracts
For IT contractor companies to discuss business and contract opportunities.

Accounting / Legal
Financial and legal issues affecting IT contractor companies, including IR35.

Technical
For software, hardware, bugs, reviews, questions.

Social

Greetings
New here? Say hello!

General
All hope abandon ye who enter here. Seriously.

Light Relief
For anything not too serious, now including sports-related banter and polls!

[norrahe]

Professional

Welcome / FAQs
If you're new here and have a question, there's a good chance you can find the answer in this section. Be sure to read the guide to forum etiquette before you post!

Business / Contracts
For IT contractor companies to discuss business and contract opportunities.

Accounting / Legal
Financial and legal issues affecting IT contractor companies, including IR35.

Technical
For software, hardware, bugs, reviews, questions.

Social

Greetings
New here? Say hello!

General
All hope abandon ye who enter here. Seriously.

Light Relief
For anything not too serious, now including sports-related banter and polls!

That suggestion gets my vote.

[cojak]

That suggestion gets my vote.

WSS +1

[NotAllThere]

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General
All hope abandon ye who enter here. Seriously.

Brilliant.

[Fred Bloggs]

WSS +1

Yep, works for Mr Bloggs too.

[Cliphead]

WSS +1

Me too

[AtW]

The plan looks good - add some explicit warning in white on white as well

Yes, just like I did it here.

[MarillionFan]

The plan looks good - add some explicit warning in white on white as well

Yes, just like I did it here.

It looks a good structure. Personally I would like to see post count filter added to general, a little like an executive bathroom. This would stop newbies accidently wandering in and getting flamed while also ensuring that anyone banned or creating a sockie cannot join straight in.20 posts or so should do it?

[Drewster]

.......post count filter added to general, a little like an executive bathroom. This would stop newbies accidently wandering in and getting flamed while also ensuring that anyone banned or creating a sockie cannot join straight in.20 posts or so should do it?

<gritted teeth> Thats not a bad idea </gritted teeth>
I assume they would be able to read - to get the hang of it