Too many topics to wade through
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Forum Name: Suggestions, Comments, Feedback & Help
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Printed Date: 21 May 2013 at 4:11pm
Topic: Too many topics to wade through
Posted By: sandra
Subject: Too many topics to wade through
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2009 at 6:37am
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I think some of the topics can be combined and some eliminated. Here's my half-penny worth.
Caribbean Choice Announcements Welcome & Introduction General Discussion (instead of Caribbean Room & Pirate Room) Caribbean & International Cooking & Recipes Travel, Vacations, Tourism Health Relationships Music Literature - Books, Poems Sports Religion Photos Caribbean Cultural Events Fun Room - Jokes Movies, Plays, Celebrities Technology Promoting the Caribbean Caribbean Maraketplace World Marketplace Webmaster Zone Suggestions, Comments & Help Submit an Article for Review Test Forum Country-Specific Forums Comments Whatever - where nothing else fits I think that covers all. ------------- UPTOWN BABIES DON'T CRY; THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HUNGER IS LIKE. THEY GOT MOMMY AND DADDY; AND LOTS OF TOYS TO PLAY WITH. |
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Posted By: sandra
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2009 at 6:38am
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Originally posted by sandra I think some of the topics can be combined and some eliminated. Here's my half-penny worth. Caribbean Choice Announcements Welcome & Introduction General Discussion (instead of Caribbean Room & Pirate Room) Caribbean & International Cooking & Recipes Travel, Vacations, Tourism Health Relationships Music Literature - Books, Poems Sports Religion Photos Caribbean Cultural Events Fun Room - Jokes Movies, Plays, Celebrities Technology Promoting the Caribbean Caribbean Maraketplace World Marketplace Webmaster Zone Suggestions, Comments & Help Submit an Article for Review Test Forum Country-Specific Forums Comments Whatever - where nothing else fits I think that covers all. ------------- UPTOWN BABIES DON'T CRY; THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HUNGER IS LIKE. THEY GOT MOMMY AND DADDY; AND LOTS OF TOYS TO PLAY WITH. |
Posted By: sandra
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2009 at 6:39am
I guess you have to click on 'quote' to read all of the above.  ------------- UPTOWN BABIES DON'T CRY; THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HUNGER IS LIKE. THEY GOT MOMMY AND DADDY; AND LOTS OF TOYS TO PLAY WITH. |
Posted By: Citizen Eve
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2009 at 12:23pm
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Good point Sandy ... generally I just scan the active topics as time matters here ... or the first page of the categories ... that's it ... keep it simple I say ...
------------- "the time is always ripe to do right", Nelson Mandela. |
Posted By: vutjebal
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2009 at 12:24pm
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Here sandy...I agreed with you....
 [QUOTE=sandra]I think some of the topics can be combined and some eliminated. Here's my half-penny worth. Caribbean Choice Announcements Welcome & Introduction -------------  It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
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Posted By: vutjebal
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2009 at 12:25pm
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General Discussion (instead of Caribbean Room & Pirate Room) Caribbean & International Cooking & Recipes Travel, Vacations, Tourism Health Relationships ------------- It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
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Posted By: vutjebal
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2009 at 12:27pm
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Music Literature - Books, Poems Sports Religion Photos Caribbean Cultural Events Fun Room - Jokes Movies, Plays, Celebrities Technology ------------- It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
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Posted By: vutjebal
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2009 at 12:27pm
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Promoting the Caribbean Caribbean Maraketplace World Marketplace Webmaster Zone Suggestions, Comments & Help Submit an Article for Review Test Forum Country-Specific Forums Comments Whatever - where nothing else fits I think that covers all. ------------- It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
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Posted By: sandra
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2009 at 12:34pm
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So, do you all think that Scot and Joseph will go with it?
Thanks, vutje for high-lighting the threads. ------------- UPTOWN BABIES DON'T CRY; THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HUNGER IS LIKE. THEY GOT MOMMY AND DADDY; AND LOTS OF TOYS TO PLAY WITH. |
Posted By: Shucander
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2009 at 1:58pm
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As long we have the problem of the hackers who look all day long, to crack down this beautiful site, when we as user fail and quote some topics, and when the chiefs or moderators, have no trust to open the website, they still have clamp down it, to protect this side, and maybe because we have no help them with $33.000 they have need to restore this side, I think, 1 is no usefully to open large topic, 2 You have to make it short, and if you guys want to eliminate some topic, they can closed down the whole site. So For the time being it have to be so till they trust our behavior on this site. ------------- I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship. |
Posted By: Shucander
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2009 at 1:59pm
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Don't forget this motto at the top: Pardon Our Dust: Portions of the site are being redesigned. We apologize for the inconvenience. ------------- I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship. |
Posted By: vutjebal
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2009 at 5:27pm
brb.......going to find Scott or Joseph for you sandy.......... ------------- It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
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Posted By: Citizen Eve
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2009 at 11:47pm
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Oh oh ... I totally forgot ... thanks for the reminder Shuc ... do agree that we must do our part in helping to keep the site safe ... remember guys ... pay attention ...
------------- "the time is always ripe to do right", Nelson Mandela. |
Posted By: sandra
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2009 at 9:17am
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I do not see Scott here now-a-days. I guess he's busy sweeping the dust out of the room. ------------- UPTOWN BABIES DON'T CRY; THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HUNGER IS LIKE. THEY GOT MOMMY AND DADDY; AND LOTS OF TOYS TO PLAY WITH. |
Posted By: vutjebal
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2009 at 11:30am
IDK...sandy...  ------------- It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
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Posted By: Citizen Eve
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2009 at 10:45am
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No "quoting" V ... as hackers use to get access ... that's what Shuc was referring too ... meaning too, that as members we have a part to play in maintaining the site ... well, so I think ...
------------- "the time is always ripe to do right", Nelson Mandela. |
Posted By: Scott
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2009 at 10:56am
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Originally posted by sandra So, do you all think that Scot and Joseph will go with it? Thanks, vutje for high-lighting the threads. Interesting suggestion. When we upgrade the forums later in 2010 (which is just around the corner), We'll look into reorganizing some of the forum areas. I agree that some of the areas have not developed how we anticipated, while others are overloaded. Also, my absence has lead to a lot of topics being posted in the wrong forums, which has not helped matters. One issue is that too many items get posted in the General Discussion forums instead of forums where the fit. The other issue is people do not always stay on-topic and combine multiple topics in one thread. Now that I am around again, I will be enforcing some of the forum rules surrounding posting new topics in the right places, which should help. ------------- Scott M. Stolz CaribbeanChoice.com. Inc. Staff http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/community/start.asp - Welcome Page | http://caribbeanchoice.ourtoolbar.com/ - Toolbar |
Posted By: Scott
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2009 at 10:58am
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Originally posted by Shucander As long we have the problem of the hackers who look all day long, to crack down this beautiful site, when we as user fail and quote some topics, and when the chiefs or moderators, have no trust to open the website, they still have clamp down it, to protect this side, and maybe because we have no help them with $33.000 they have need to restore this side, I think, 1 is no usefully to open large topic, 2 You have to make it short, and if you guys want to eliminate some topic, they can closed down the whole site. So For the time being it have to be so till they trust our behavior on this site. It's not your behavior on the site that we don't trust. It's the hackers. Now that I am back, I am slowly fixing all the problems, even replacing some code & pages entirely in sections to update and protect the site. ------------- Scott M. Stolz CaribbeanChoice.com. Inc. Staff http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/community/start.asp - Welcome Page | http://caribbeanchoice.ourtoolbar.com/ - Toolbar |
Posted By: Scott
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2009 at 10:59am
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Originally posted by sandra I do not see Scott here now-a-days. I guess he's busy sweeping the dust out of the room. Sorry, I was absent for awhile, but I am back now. ------------- Scott M. Stolz CaribbeanChoice.com. Inc. Staff http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/community/start.asp - Welcome Page | http://caribbeanchoice.ourtoolbar.com/ - Toolbar |
Posted By: sandra
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2009 at 5:52am
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Here you go, Scott.
Posted: 30 Jan 2009 at 6:37am I think some of the topics can be combined and some eliminated. Here's my half-penny worth. Caribbean Choice Announcements Welcome & Introduction General Discussion (instead of Caribbean Room & Pirate Room) Caribbean & International Cooking & Recipes Travel, Vacations, Tourism Health Relationships Music Literature - Books, Poems Sports Religion Photos Caribbean Cultural Events Fun Room - Jokes Movies, Plays, Celebrities Technology Promoting the Caribbean Caribbean Maraketplace World Marketplace Webmaster Zone Suggestions, Comments & Help Submit an Article for Review Test Forum Country-Specific Forums Comments Whatever - where nothing else fits ------------- UPTOWN BABIES DON'T CRY; THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HUNGER IS LIKE. THEY GOT MOMMY AND DADDY; AND LOTS OF TOYS TO PLAY WITH. |
Posted By: Scott
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2009 at 6:32am
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We are thinking of one important change when we upgrade the forums and
do some sight redesigning. One of the things we are considering is
integrating the commenting for recipes and articles with the forums.
The more recent comments would be displayed underneath the article or
recipe, but if there are more than 20 or so comments, they view the
rest in the forums. What this means is that comments for every recipe or article will become a forum topic. This naturally has some advantages and disadvantages.
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Posted By: Scott
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2009 at 6:56am
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Over the next year, CaribbeanChoice is going to go through some major
changes and growth, and that means that there will be even more
activity on the forums and more posts to wade through. Sad to say, but at some point, you will not be able to follow all the topics. Typically what happens in forums once they become a certain size, which ours has not yet, is people start breaking off into different sections of the forums. For example, you have your recipe people, and you have your jokes people, and you have your carnival people, and your current events people. Most people pick a couple forums they like and go their first, and only view the others if they have time. So, they may be daily in Recipes & Cooking, but only visit General Discussion once a week or so. To help make the forums more useful and easier to use, the following measures need to be taken:
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Posted By: Scott
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2009 at 7:07am
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Ok, going through the suggestions, I see you are suggesting the following changes which I made in bold. It looks like most are additions. Correct me if I am wrong. Where applicable, I asked some questions. CaribbeanChoice Announcements (existing) Welcome & Introductions (existing) General Discussion (instead of Caribbean Room & Pirate Room) Caribbean & International Cooking & Recipes (renamed existing) Travel, Vacations, Tourism (existing) Health (existing) Relationships (NEW!) Music (NEW) Literature - Books, Poems (NEW) Sports (NEW) Religion (existing) Photos (new) Caribbean Cultural Events (existing multiple forums) Fun Room - Jokes (existing) Movies, Plays, Celebrities (New) Technology (existing) Promoting the Caribbean (existing) Caribbean Maraketplace (existing) World Marketplace (existing) Webmaster Zone (existing) Suggestions, Comments & Help (existing) Submit an Article for Review (existing) Test Forum (existing) Country-Specific Forums (existing multiple forums) Comments (How is this different from Suggestions & Comments forum?) Whatever - where nothing else fits (same purpose of General Discussion?) ------------- Scott M. Stolz CaribbeanChoice.com. Inc. Staff http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/community/start.asp - Welcome Page | http://caribbeanchoice.ourtoolbar.com/ - Toolbar |
Posted By: sandra
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2009 at 8:13pm
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Yes, Scott I added some new topics. Okay, so eliminate 'whatever and comments'. Caribbean & Pirate room is basically the same. I don't see any difference in the posts there, so it should be just called 'General Discussion'. Well, just my half-penny's worth. Feel free to ignore. ------------- UPTOWN BABIES DON'T CRY; THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HUNGER IS LIKE. THEY GOT MOMMY AND DADDY; AND LOTS OF TOYS TO PLAY WITH. |
Posted By: Scott
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2009 at 1:24am
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I like your new topic areas, and I think that they are needed. We have branched into new areas of discussion, and moving some of those discussions to the new forum areas would help people find what they want to discuss, as well as clear up the general discussion forum areas. At this point I am not going to combine the Caribbean Room and the Pirate Room, mostly because I would have to move all the posts from one into the other, making it even more cluttered than it is now. There currently is no easy way to mass move a lot of posts. They have to be done one by one. I'll add your new forum areas right now. Thanks for the suggestion.  ------------- Scott M. Stolz CaribbeanChoice.com. Inc. Staff http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/community/start.asp - Welcome Page | http://caribbeanchoice.ourtoolbar.com/ - Toolbar |
Posted By: Scott
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2009 at 3:14am
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Okay, the new forum areas have been added. Enjoy.
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Posted By: Scott
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2009 at 3:55am
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Originally posted by sandra Yes, Scott I added some new topics. Okay, so eliminate 'whatever and comments'. Caribbean & Pirate room is basically the same. I don't see any difference in the posts there, so it should be just called 'General Discussion'. Well, just my half-penny's worth. Feel free to ignore. I've noticed that a lot of our posts in the General Discussion forums are more like chat, rather than actual discussions. For example, there is a lot of discussions like "Where is everyone?" and "How was your day?" and stuff like that. It would be nice to be able to separate the chat from the discussions, but I am not sure how to define the difference between those. ------------- Scott M. Stolz CaribbeanChoice.com. Inc. Staff http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/community/start.asp - Welcome Page | http://caribbeanchoice.ourtoolbar.com/ - Toolbar |
Posted By: sandra
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2009 at 7:05am
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Scott, how about a topic thread, "Chat, just shooting the breeze", or just "Shooting the breeze"? Then for the discussion, 'General Discussion'. Play around with some ideas. You will come up with the right one.
How about 'The Gab Bag' for the 'chat' thread?  ------------- UPTOWN BABIES DON'T CRY; THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HUNGER IS LIKE. THEY GOT MOMMY AND DADDY; AND LOTS OF TOYS TO PLAY WITH. |