Suggestions For FST

[{I}{K}{E}]

We could keep it, but we could let this url: www.filesharingtalk.com point to the forum index and let another url, like "www.filesharingtalk.com/portal" point to the portal.

That way it'll still be there to bring people in, but our frontpage proper would be the forum index. Like I want.

I've asked a few people and none of them had gone to the frontpage on purpose, some had seen it, but that was 'cos they didn't remember the full url to the forum index.

Just a thought, really.

We added the portal so we could have a decent frontpage. imo we need a decent frontpage if we want to increase traffic. pointing the 'main' URL to the forum will make the portal useless. The members who dont visit the portal are the once who have been a member here for ages.

[Snee]

We could keep it, but we could let this url: www.filesharingtalk.com point to the forum index and let another url, like "www.filesharingtalk.com/portal" point to the portal.

That way it'll still be there to bring people in, but our frontpage proper would be the forum index. Like I want.

I've asked a few people and none of them had gone to the frontpage on purpose, some had seen it, but that was 'cos they didn't remember the full url to the forum index.

Just a thought, really.

We added the portal so we could have a decent frontpage. imo we need a decent frontpage if we want to increase traffic. pointing the 'main' URL to the forum will make the portal useless. The members who dont visit the portal are the once who have been a member here for ages.

Err, why exactly would it work differently if it had another url?

Google would still find it, and so would any new members, the only actual difference there'd be would be that we couldn't end up there by mistake.

[SnowHorse]

Something like a invite-system seems cool to me. Users submit how many invites they can give, other users can submit which they want. After some criteria which needs to be passed, the user will be sent an email with the email address of the requester.

[bigboab]

For a wee while I could not access the Forum except through the front page. I eventually found a way to 'dump' it and access the forum direct. Then again I get out off breath if I have to walk far.

[Snee]

Something like a invite-system seems cool to me. Users submit how many invites they can give, other users can submit which they want. After some criteria which needs to be passed, the user will be sent an email with the email address of the requester.

teh fook?

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I suppose giving out gmail/oink/whatever invites could be seen as making a contribution, if we made a system out of it like that

Not really anything I think is worth doing, though, just trying to figure out what the bloke wants.

[manker]

When I read it this morning - SnowHorses' message - I didn't think it was a bad idea but couldn't be arsed to comment.

At the moment we've got a system where members give other members invites. This leads to people like me who have a load of invites but can't be arsed to check the threads to see if people want 'em and other people who use their invites as a way to get something for themselves, be it kudos or whatever.

If we all gave our invites into a pool and then the mods kept an eye on which people deseve invites and dole them out accordingly, then it would be a much smoother, more efficient process. It would also make our forum more attractive to newbies, I reckon.

Of course, this would involve a fair bit of work for the mods ... << insert sarcastic comment here >>

[Mr JP Fugley]

Something like a invite-system seems cool to me. Users submit how many invites they can give, other users can submit which they want. After some criteria which needs to be passed, the user will be sent an email with the email address of the requester.

teh fook?

I agree.

The point of invites is that you invite people you know and security is maintained.

No offence, but I am suspicious of someone who suggest giving invites out in what appears to be a random fashion. Particularly when it is their second post.

We could also get a dreadful reputation as being a forum which dishes out invites in order to increase it's own popularity. Possibly at the expense of other people's security.

Perhaps I misunderstood the suggestion tho'.

[peat moss]

Personally, I don't search for & post news for recognition, for credit or for access to some damn usergroup. I do it to encourage others to get involved again with (what used to be the main focus here) the filesharing scene rather than just getting the stuff in the networks.

Personally, I don't mind being moderated when submitting news - I made a cock-up with the news tag when I started adding news (Reality knows it ) and TBH it occasionally becomes better quality news if more than one person looks over it

As long as there's a few changes to the news system (Ross was on about redoing the news system anyway IIRC), I'm happy. No need for Forum Contributor or whatever.

Just come across it myself when trying to post about faulty ZA updates. Good idea but who's moderating the mods ? Some post two week old news or about a topic thats already in anouther forum . Just wondering .

[Mr JP Fugley]

I think we should bring back Apple Night.

That's the type of contribution we need.

In the spirit of Apple Night being about plagiarism, I have stolen this idea.

[tesco]

I think we should bring back Apple Night.

That's the type of contribution we need.

In the spirit of Apple Night being about plagiarism, I have stolen this idea.

What's apple night?