Lets get this forum Organised!
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Hootyhoot! Thanks, Stu...I needed that.
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Simple solution...we should all have a forum each. Then we can just sit there in our own little realm and wait for people to drop by.
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"When everyone is somebody,
Then no one's anybody"Gilbert and Sullivan, "The Gondoliers"
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@stu said:
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I think there are still many groups or sub-groups that aren't catered for.....it would be very easy to break some of the sub-forums into sub-sub-forums and maybe some of those could have links to extra special interest groups.......Lets get with it! and make this a place for EVERYBODY!!!Thanks Stu for this great HINT!
---> My vote is for a special sub-sub-forum for... lurkers 
(and I mean ONLY for lurkers
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It is obvious we need a Sarcasm sub-forum as well.
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Im not sure theres enough sarcasm around, maybe a cynicism forum instead?
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how about a sub forum in each forum whereby we could discuss that forum.
just as my computer cannot handle a high poly count, i doubt this site could handle a high forum count.
oh how drole am i?
answers on a postcard
pav
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I almost didn't finish reading your fist post Stu because I thought you were serious (before I got to the sarcasm) and I thought I was gonna be sick. I rarely show up here because I can't tell where "here" is. There is no main focus forum. So anyhow, I agree. Fewer would be cooler in my opinion. But then again, I am one of those who likes to see every post on every topic that comes through. I want the woodworkers and the engineers and the architects to all be posting int he same forum. Its more enlightening
Chris
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I agree with Chris (really nice avatar BTW) wholeheartedly...architects talking just to other architects talk boringly, in this architect's opinion.
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@chris fullmer said:
But then again, I am one of those who likes to see every post on every topic that comes through. I want the woodworkers and the engineers and the architects to all be posting in the same forum. Its more enlightening
Chris
I couldn't agree more. I think it's significant that for the whole of yesterday there were only 9 threads started or replied to in the main SketchUp Discussion forum. In my opinion, that is below critical mass...like going into a near empty restaurant...no buzz factor.
There are now more than 50 forums and sub-forums...and it sometimes more than an hour before you get a single addition to any of them; that is spreading yourself way too thin. And as for the new National forums...if I want to know where someone comes from. I'll look beneath their avatar. If they're too uptight to tell that much about themselves, I'm not interested in meeting with them anyway.
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@unknownuser said:
Alan,
...do you know of any current method to see which people from your area or country participate in the forum? Because I sure don't.Yes there is. The IP-adress of forum members reveils their location.
Some websites check this info and adapt their content according to the location of the visitor.
For instance, the BBC website lets UK visitors view all their programs on-line for free, while foreign people can't benefit from this service.I would be careful though not to exagerate with tracking IP-adresses, as it can be experienced as a privacy invasion.
Big brother right? -
Coen,
simplicity means simplicity.
All at one look.Why not copy exactly as they were, from @Last ?
We are lacking the interchange we had with Jim Holman as a true mediator between us and the the team of developers. Main attention was in the main forumfor there were always expectations of improvements. Then it was the gallery forum to show the work and then the components forums to share work done.
That was all.
Of course the corner bar and the education forums.
It was neat.
You knew were to go.
There are so many chances now that I just dont care to go to any of them.
Just pull active topics and you know what it is being talking about.But it lacks structure by itself.
So, having got to this point I think the structure of the forums should be exactly as they were.
Jim Holman is gone. The mediator is gone. And there are no mediators now. So the main forum really dont have much sense.
I propose this order : 1) Corner Bar.
really we are friends who have been abandonned by their teachers and like to meet and to share.
2) Gallery .
Just one .
3) Components .
We all understand the purpose of sharing the work done. I include here the Ruby investigation, the Podium, the Kerkithea, etc. whatever that helps improving this software.
4) Education .
We could teach here what we know for the ones who wants to .And finally,
5 ) Main forum.
Maybe when we know what to do in the future we will start posting.
That is my view.
Cheers.
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HereHere, Juan! It's gotten way out of hand.
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Out of hand ?
you have mine when you want to Tom
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..."'out of control,' from the days when failure to keep a firm grip on the reins would result in a team of horses being 'out of hand.'"
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so it seems
lets see
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FIrstly let's not forget to compliment the creators of SCF without them we would all be in an empty room talking to ourselves...well I do that anyway but it's really the only way I can have a conversation with someone as intelligent as I am...hehehe...
SO THANKS to the moderators and creators of SCF we would be lost without you..
Now on to my 2 cents... I'll make this short.
I think thee are too many specialty sub forums.
But that is just my opinion for the most part I visit forums in this order (1) the Sketchup Gallery, (2)the Renders gallery, (3)The Sketchup Discussion Forum, (4) the Corner Bar, and (5)the Ruby Discussion. Rarely if ever have I visited other forums, but I understand the need for them for other users.
In the end you are not going to satisfy ALL of the people ALL of the time so the moderators must make decisions.
Is there a way to control the user interface based on user preferences. For example when I log in would it be possible to have a start page that just showed the forums that I chose in my user preferences. So for instance my SCF start page would only have (5) forums listed. I could always choose to display more forums in the future but it would allow me to focus my attention on my five favorite forums. Just a thought.
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Phil, i dont think thats really possible. From what i can gather, visible forums are controlled by which user groups your a member of, so to hide any specific forums, you must make that forum accessible to only 1 user group and then get people to sign up to that user group if they want to see the forum. Obviously this isnt practical if you were going to do it across all the forums.
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In my previous post I wasn’t trying to be sarcastic. Just wanting to point out (in irony) the irony of Stu’s first post. Having said that I’m for an SCF with not too many (sub-)forums to be able to ‘not miss any relevant new posts’. Right now with the constant changes I sometimes find it rather confusing. But I’m not complaining, just being patient and I’m with Phil, we owe these guys (creating, moderating etc. SCF) a lot. I can imagine there is quite some effort and energy put into it. Give it some time… and good criticism/feed back.
Wo3Dan
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