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Forum sections

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:26 pm
by Armortek
In response to John Sander's question 'Will there be different forums (sections) for different models?'
we thought we would ask what you would all prefer as this is your forum!

I am going to set this as a poll - please add your thoughts and opinions and we will base our decision on the majority view.

thanks

Gill and Mark

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:28 pm
by John Sander
Yes! 8)

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:31 pm
by Derek Attree
Hi Gill
I think It would be handy to have sub sections for each model
and an area for general info and chat.

Derek

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:06 pm
by Jeffrey Goff
Hi Gill, I think it would be a good idea to have each model listed in its own section, although if you used SEARCH on the old forum, it listed the results in date order

great new website

regards
Jeff

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:10 pm
by Armortek
Hi

Thanks for your thoughts, please do not forget to vote however in the poll as this is what we will base our decision on.

Thanks
Gill

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:42 pm
by Doug Pinkerton
As there are often shared components among your different models, I would like to be able to easily view comments that may apply to one model even though they may have been posted under another model's subject matter. Placing each model's comments in a separate section only means lots more work going through all the subsections in order not to miss something. I assume we'll still be able to search by keywords and subject matter anyway. Therefore, I have voted for no separate sections.

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:22 pm
by Patrick O'Donnell
Good idea and I will be voting yes.

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:49 pm
by Ad Wouterse
I voted yes, but at the same time I support the thoughts from Doug. Some kind of cross-reference search possibillity would be very useful.

Cheers,
Ad

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:52 pm
by John Sander
My two pennyworth.

The search function on the board will allow users to find postings relevant to their query. It can function within a forum topic, or across the entire board. One clear advantage of having a structure is it can avoid having to browse past pages of postings that are not relevant to a user's interest. You will find that 99.9% of all forums have a fairly wide structure. If a model is the most common, it is probably because it is the most popular.

BR John

PS great to have an Armortek forum that accepts right click spell checking! Thanks guys. Google for ieSpell if you are looking for such a (free) tool.

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:18 am
by Matthijs Dijkstra
Yes please!! Excelent idea!!

Cheers,

Matthijs

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:20 pm
by Allan Richards
I think it would be a good idea to have a section for each model, but also to keep the general section for the stuff not particular to any model.

Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 12:27 pm
by Rich Stinchcomb
I've always been in favor of a separate section for each model. Who knows, maybe in ten years we'll see 20 different sections! :D An off topic section would be great too. Exciting new forum format, nice job Mark and Gill!

Rich

Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 2:15 pm
by Roland Wallick
A good idea, I agree. And as Rich mentioned an off topic area is a real good idea.

Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:20 pm
by Armortek
Well with 83% in favour I have just created all the new categories!

We will leave 'Armortek Owners' for now to cover all general discussion, on or off topic.

Gill

Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:25 pm
by Adrian Harris
Gill, you've forgotten a topic for the new model :wink: :wink: :wink: