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Post by H2O on Jul 7, 2014 16:19:18 GMT -5
Hello Everyone! As some of you might know I've been working to get the forum cleaned up and add as many features as possible. With the help of our lovely forum creator Syb I was able to start the ball rolling. As you'll notice I've changed around much of the forum to try to make it easier to post and to find information. I've split boards as well as combine them and I've added many new one as well. Because some of these are brand new they don't have any threads in them yet, I along with some others will be slowly moving old threads into these new boards to make it easier to find information. Ex. I've added a board JUST for Cephs and JUST for Helis as no one wants to sift through thread after thread of pitcher plants just to find the Ceph post they were looking for. There is also a brand new section just for our Plant of the Month Contest, to make it easier for everyone to vote As many members knows we are a very generous forum and there members often give free plants and seeds to those around. I have created a sections just for that as well as splitting the other section into "FOR SALE" and "WANTED." Hopefully this will make it easier for members. I've also changed up availability of some of the boards as some people couldn't see certain sections. They should all be able to be views by everyone logged in or logged off (except the Mod Section) This is a work in progress and any feedback is greatly appreciated. If you feel something should be changed just let me of one of the Mods know. If there are spelling mistakes you can also call me out on those. So please comment in this announcement if you have anything to add! Justin
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Post by Dennis Z on Jul 7, 2014 16:57:51 GMT -5
I think separating cephs and helis was a fantastic idea! Great job to all the moderators!
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Post by lloyd on Jul 7, 2014 17:03:37 GMT -5
Thanks for all the work, Justin.
And of course a big thanks for Syb for starting the forum in the first place!
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Post by bonfield on Jul 7, 2014 17:42:37 GMT -5
Great work, Justin! I especially like that now every section can be viewed regardless of whether or not you are logged in. I never could understand why the "Pests and Disease" and "General CP Discussion" forums were set up the way they were, and I would miss quite a few posts.
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Post by Maiden on Jul 7, 2014 18:04:24 GMT -5
Well done. I take over the helis section. Its mine =] Seriously, amazing work. The reserved place for our POTM contest is a great idea. Thanks for your time man
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Jul 7, 2014 19:47:57 GMT -5
Can't make fun at spelling spellcheck is my best friend lol!!
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Post by canuk1w1 on Jul 7, 2014 20:04:31 GMT -5
Great job mate!
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Post by vivgrows on Jul 7, 2014 20:08:20 GMT -5
Thanks for the work improving the forum. Now it is even greater.
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Post by hal on Jul 7, 2014 21:02:00 GMT -5
Great work, H2O! Thanks. Looking forward to the next evolution of the forum.
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Post by ng on Jul 7, 2014 21:46:49 GMT -5
And my favorite plant has a sub forum. Day=Made.
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Post by Apoplast on Jul 7, 2014 22:49:02 GMT -5
Hi Justin - It's fantastic! Seriously. If I had to create forum categories for a CP forum like this de novo, it would look much as you have organized it now. Even more than the new section, the reorganization creates more logical sets.
If you'll indulge me while I make a couple little suggestions. As much as I love the flypaper like plants, with your new classification systems, the "Other Sundews" section could probably be merged with the "All other CP" section. I suspect including these three genera will not likely increase the number of posts greatly on that board. Also, I'm uncertain why you have specifically listed Ibicella in "All other CP". To the best of my knowledge there are no members of the Martyniaceae that are known to be carnivorous.
With those minor, minor issues (just in my opinion), I think the changes you have made are an example of what a CP forum should be.
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Post by H2O on Jul 8, 2014 0:28:40 GMT -5
Thank you everyone! It is only a start and I'm sure there are going to be many more tweaks over the next few weeks. As I said before, please let me know if there is anything I can change.
Apoplast, its funny you brought up the other flypaper group as that was the hardest for me. I was going to just lump it with the Drosera but didn't feel that was right. After your comment I think it will be best to put it with "All Other CP" after all. The Ibicella was leftover from when Syb first made that board, good eye as I missed that when taking stuff out and adding others in. Thanks for all the input!
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Post by nwflytrap on Jul 8, 2014 19:17:43 GMT -5
It took me a bit wondering why I couldn't find stuff, then noticed your post and figured it might be worthwhile to read. The forum is looking great. I especially like having the helis and cephs in their own forums now.
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Post by cory on Jul 8, 2014 19:19:45 GMT -5
I'm going to have to view this site off my mobile device and see everything that way lol. Never used anything besides tapatalk on here. I'm sure everything is great!
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Post by Apoplast on Jul 8, 2014 22:41:24 GMT -5
Hi Justin - Glad my input wasn't too annoying. It's really looking very nice around here. Thanks for all the hard work!
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