Suggestions on how to make the forums a better place...

[josh]

Ok hit us!

Keep it short and sweet, farout ridiculous suggestions will be frowned upon by myself and im willing to hunt anyone down to stick glue in their hair ;)

[curtisrider]

I know this was asked a month or too ago but maybe put in some state sub-forums to organise rides etc. maybe just for a trial period?

[josh]

I think perhaps seperate state forums would really spread out the whole community alot. I like at the moment the way everyone reads the general forums and discusses topics together. Maybe if we just had one forum dedicated to hooking up rides or races? Perhaps just putting in the topic of the thread (so people know whats going on and dont get confused).

I.E. Toowoomba, QLD, trail maintenance, 13th July
or NSW, STATE ROUND, 15th July

Something like that?

[curtisrider]

Also even though this is not about the forums.
is it possible to sub-divide the new photo gallery so that when you post pics you can put them under a heading then that opens up?
This would save having to look through endless pages for pics.
Especially when people post like 20+ pics at a time

[josh]

Im not sure, that would be a question for scott!

[curtisrider]

I think perhaps seperate state forums would really spread out the whole community alot. I like at the moment the way everyone reads the general forums and discusses topics together. Maybe if we just had one forum dedicated to hooking up rides or races? Perhaps just putting in the topic of the thread (so people know whats going on and dont get confused).

I.E. Toowoomba, QLD, trail maintenance, 13th July
or NSW, STATE ROUND, 15th July

Something like that?

Sounds good :)

[josh]

Alright then if the general consensus is that it would be beneficial, then Ill put one up (:

[CHEWY]

can the classifides be sub devided.ie seperate suspension/componets/bikes/frames ect.... maybe..
its just that the for sale section gets so much traffic that if u dont look at it for a few days u could miss out

[S.]

I wouldn't mind a calendar for each region, maybe make someone in each state a mod (just for that forum) so they can keep it updated.

[Ryan]

Calendars are works in progress, note the "Send us your Calendar" sticky in General Discussion. So far I've got 2 calendars as a result, so it's not working as well as we'd hoped.

[S.]

Where are they going to be posted?

[Ghost]

I would like to see the 5 dots under the status'. You get another dot each time you hit a certain number of posts. It helps to seperate the user names from the avatars and can be easily implemented. Looks a little better too.

Cheers Josh.

I wouldn't mind a calendar for each region, maybe make someone in each state a mod (just for that forum) so they can keep it updated.

BAGS PERTH!!! :wink: :wink:

I think the site is coming along nicley but that separate state forum thing would be good

[Turley]

the problem I can see with having the 7 seperate states thing is you will start to have too many forums. Just look at mtb.dknx. I reckon having the one forum which is dedicated to "organise a ride" is a great idea :)

[wombat]

I'm against the seperate forum thing. You're just going to cut down the number of people that are going to view each thread, because not everyone can be bothered to check 6 or so forums.

[Grip]

I'm against the seperate forum thing. You're just going to cut down the number of people that are going to view each thread, because not everyone can be bothered to check 6 or so forums.

Agree totally... but it's probably too old an issue now anyway.

[Gutty]

Suggestions on how to make the forums a better place...

1, sponsor me with beer

2, make me a mod with powers to edit even Admin posts

3, sponsor me with beer

4, limit Sockets daily post count to 500

5, sponsor me with beer

6, have a biker chick of the week

7, sponsor me with beer

8, spons.......whoops already said that.

That's all.

[Kram]

I second you on number 6 Gutty.

[Gutty]

I second you on number 7 Gutty.

thanks mate :D

[Grip]

Geeeez... I'd REALLY like to back you up on No.6 except for the fact that YOU'RE A SEXIST PIG WHO SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT AND CASTRATED!!!! Oh yeah... that and the fact that my wife is standing right behind me. Please, dear, put down the heavy blunt instrument.

[peachy]

4, limit Sockets daily post count to 500

AHAHAHAHA soooo very true.

Geeeez... I'd REALLY like to back you up on No.6 except for the fact that YOU'RE A SEXIST PIG WHO SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT AND CASTRATED!!!! Oh yeah... that and the fact that my wife is standing right behind me. Please, dear, put down the heavy blunt instrument.

lol rofl ahahahhaa.... maybe we should have a biker dude of the month.. oh but that wouldn't be fair to all the other guys cuz i'd win all the time cuz i'm a sexy man boy :roll: :roll: ahaha jokin

[peachy]

maybe we should have photo awards, like for the best MTB shot? and the winner gets a patt on the back

[lupine128]

no. you're right peachy, you dead sexy, you girly man you.
now you just need to post those photos of you in leather village people pants to be a star :)

[nhd]

yeah peachy, have like a shot of the week on front page somewhere.

[Scott]

we may have a shot of the week thing....

sounds like a plan.

[perfor8r]

How about having more contests - best photo, best wipeout, funniest riding story...

the caption contest you ran a couple months ago was great. More of those would get everyone participating and a chance for smaller brands, shops etc to get a little more exposure.

[Grip]

Well I reckon Scott's avatar is a contender for shot of the week on its own!! Christ... if ever there was proof that it's NOT a good idea to wrap a kid up in cotton wool till he's twenty and then suddenly fill him up with E's, show him a pic of Pamela Anderson in the nude and then dump him out of the car in the middle of King's Cross, then the expression on that face is IT!