RE: Thoughts on the new board

[Tim5055]

 
Well, I was looking at the old forums and ran across this thread:
 
 [link=http://www.popuptimes.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=25666]STAYING? IDEAS FOR NEW BOARD?[/link]
 
 
 So we have been here for a while, what do you think??
 
 Comfortable with the new site?  Thisnk things should be added or removed?
 
 
 
 I for one am comfortable that the rating systems are gone.  At first I thought I would like to see them stay, but now I know other people post more than I do.
 
 I miss the active topics feature.  I used to let that run all day refreshing every five minutes or so.  It allowed me to keep up on what was happening whenever I walked up to the computer.
 
 

[Starryart]

 tim5055
I think the PUT boys  did a fine job on the new board.[]
     It is easy to maneuver around in and visually pleasing- simple. Some boards I ve seen are complicated at first glance and are visually hard to see and figure out. This does not make for a relaxing stay, but our board is very nice indeed!
      Keep up the good work guys. I am getting my moneys worth already. []
 

[garym053]

 tim5055
Yep, I like it! I feel that I m getting my money s worth. Especially when I get those discounts from the camp store! Keep up the great work!

[Gone-Camping]

 tim5055
I would like to have seen the " Member since"  date go back to the date we joined this forum in years past, it s not entirely accurate giving us all the date the new forum opened, after all, this is a continuation of the old one under a new format. The old ratings were nothing more than canon fodder used by many to gain additional icons by posting whatever they could post, glad they are gone too...

[Ab Diver]

 tim5055
Yeah, I like the new board, but have to echo Tim about the active topics problem.  I last looked at the forum this morning before going to work. When I came home tonight, I refreshed the " posts since last visit"  button and get only the last 50 posts. Problem is, everything posted from 7:30 AM to about 3:30 PM  today is missing, because there was more than 50 posts added to the board today. Same thing happens using the " today s posts"  link... only the last 50 posts show up.
 
 The only other problem is the ability to change the " Title"  of each post while still keeping it in the same thread. That makes it very hard to follow what is being posted to where. If the threads were displayed in an " outline"  form, this would work. But since they are not, you can t tell if a post concerns a thread you are following, or an entirely new thread. Maybe disable this option?

[Venatic]

 tim5055
I only wish that we could smileys or small images from other sites like some other boards that I subscribe to do. Man, this board would rock! []I know band width would be a problem and people with dial-up connections would have problems with pages loading slowly.[]

[The Eagle and the Hawk]

 tim5055
What we like most about the new board are the PEOPLE!  Everyone is so nice, and it seems the overall " feel"  of the board is friendlier than the old.

 tim5055
May I?
 
 1.  I agree on the active topics situation and am working on that one.
 2.  As for the member since date, this is the third board PUT has used.
      I did not have the bandwidth to get in to the religion of how far back to go.
      Some folks thought just to the beginning of snitz.  Others thought back to
      Cool Boards.  I felt better to just start fresh.
 3.  The linking of smilies causes performance problems and the potential for
      very messy messages, with so many images it can get confusing. We hoped
      to keep things as neat and tidy as possible for easy reading.
 
 Please keep the ideas coming.
 
 Steve
 

[ThunderRock]

 tim5055
Not having a hard time w/the board in general - just kinda miss the way the name of the topic would " change colors" , meaning that I already read that particular topic; like on the old Snitz board.

[texacokat]

 tim5055
Please keep it neat and tidy (no long-loading images)!  I dial in from home on occasion and although we live in an all-yuppie suburb of Chicago, my side of town STILL CAN T GET HIGH SPEED INTERNET CONNECTIONS!  The telecoms don t want to " build the infrastructure"  (until their share price increases, I ll bet).  So we are stuck (unless we build a 20  antenna on the roof to point to the Sears Tower where the Sprint dish is located -- and believe me the yuppie subdivisions are making up rules and convenants about that one!).
 
 I already got my membership investment back in the discount on my next year s subscription and my savings on our new Teepee!  Yippee!!

[cartooncaracter]

 tim5055
Enjoy the new board. And havent found any drop off in the amount of quality info that Ihave been able to use as a newbie.

[NightOwl]

 tim5055
While I miss the nice emoticons we used to have at snitz, and the update feature was helpful, I rejoice to see the ratings system GONE FOREVER!  (It was a cute idea, but it really got out of hand)  
 
 And I absolutely LOVE the spirit of the new board.  Everytime I log on, it is a joy to be here visiting with such wonderful  people, to read their camping accomplishments, their  worries, their joys, and their  foolishness (hmmm, I plead " guilty"  to plenty of the latter[])
 
 This board is worth every penny and I am grateful to be here with the rest of you--I cannot imagine my life without you and this place where we can gather together to share our love of the outdoors and our affection for each other!!

[RamblingWreck]

 tim5055
A search engine built into the board would be handy.
 
 I have enjoyed communicating with members and have learned a lot.
 
 Rambling Wreck

[moderator1]

 RamblingWreck

 

ORIGINAL:  RamblingWreck
 
 A search engine built into the board would be handy.
 

 
 Upper right hand corner of the screen is the search button.  It works very well[]
 

[Foxyladies]

 tim5055
I hate to be the first one to complain but I really liked the other form better. Popupexplorer is set up like we use to be. To me it was so much easier to read and it was nicer to my eyes. We probally can do more stuff with it but I m a simple person. RV2info, is set up the same as this forum is now and I didn t like it either.
 
 I still enjoy reading everyone s posts and I m glad we re still here[]