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Post by H2O on Aug 20, 2017 15:42:01 GMT -5
Hey everyone,
I think that we should get this final vote up now and see where people are at.
For any No voters I would love to know your concerns and see if we can address them before moving forward.
For Yes voters feel free to add any thoughts of things you would like to see on the new forum. One of our awesome members is doing up a new logo and I got to see the rough outline for it, all I can say is that it is looking epic!
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Post by WillyCKH on Aug 20, 2017 17:21:26 GMT -5
Woo hoo!!! I think it would be great if we have a DIY section where people can share their gadgets, or write up some tutorials (like using Arduino) to make something relating to CPs. Cheers, Willy
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Post by yukondave on Aug 20, 2017 19:26:44 GMT -5
+1 for the DIY section.
I don't want to sound like a broken record but it would be good if it was enabled to allow Tapatalk access, it's the only way I know how to post photos.
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Post by Justintime on Aug 20, 2017 20:50:17 GMT -5
+1 for the DIY section. I don't want to sound like a broken record but it would be good if it was enabled to allow Tapatalk access, it's the only way I know how to post photos. Why would you need Tapatalk to post pictures when you can do it the same as Tapatalk without Tapatalk dundun duuuh diy is a must!! Looking forward to it once we move I have a billion pictures of how I'm building my highland/ultra high system. Which is almost completed. Soooo close!!!
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Post by Samskwatch on Aug 20, 2017 22:53:58 GMT -5
DIY and tutos is a must. I would also like to have a care guide or links to care guides in the sticky section of each different type of plant. Many people will come looking for information more than for community stuff and this can get so complicated sometimes. Can't blame them and I think our role is to help them care for their plants as if they were in the community. After all, this will also help their plant!!
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Post by yukondave on Aug 21, 2017 6:11:20 GMT -5
Like I said in an earlier post it's been a long time since I've posted photos on a forum from a browser but this is how I recall the process. I take a photo with my phone then save it to a cloud. I then go to my laptop or desktop, find the photo on the cloud and download it. I then open up a third party photo editing software and modify the photo based on the restrictions of the particular forum. Sometimes is the width in pixels, sometimes it's total file size, sometimes I have to attempt the post a few times to get it right. Then I save the photo locally and then go to the forum create the message and add in the photo.
On Tapatalk I take the photo, create the post, add in the photo and Tapaptalk does all the other stuff behind the scenes. I like the convenience.
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Post by ep31 on Aug 21, 2017 9:59:45 GMT -5
I agree with the DIY section! I also like the idea of having care guides in the sticky section or something where people can find info. I think this will be really helpful to people and also it'll reduce the number of threads saying the same stuff over and over again.
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Post by joeelliott on Aug 26, 2017 20:32:50 GMT -5
My concerns were stated in the other thread but I voted yes since photos are very much an intergral part of what we do here and this photobucket thing is ticking me off.
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Post by WillyCKH on Aug 26, 2017 21:43:57 GMT -5
Photo posting will only get better when we move to the new forum
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Post by craigam on Aug 26, 2017 22:35:23 GMT -5
What software are you looking into? phpBB? pun/fluxBB? vBulletin?
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Post by WillyCKH on Aug 26, 2017 22:39:53 GMT -5
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Post by vraev on Aug 30, 2017 8:40:49 GMT -5
Hey Justin, Glad to see you going through this buddy. I know we talked about this months ago when you sent those awesome plants for the RBG events...but yea, I would support switching forums to a new and more capable software. The only concern would be long term financial assurance. I would be more than happy to donate a portion of sales of my plants to help fund it as well. I think that is a good idea. However, to be sustainable, I think some sort of membership fund is the best way to go. Even if 10 members pay $10/year, that should be enough to fund the server/software. Cheers V
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Post by H2O on Aug 30, 2017 13:20:51 GMT -5
Willy, Love the idea of a DIY section, I'll be sure to add that to the list. yukondave, as far as I am aware you will still be able to use tapatalk Samskwatch, I've wanted to do care sheets and tutorials of each section for a while now. I've held off on doing them for the last year but have plans to implement them on the new forum. I want to source them through our own members and will be sending out messages in the hopes that some of skilled growers can share their ways. joeelliott, I will do my very best to address every concern that comes up! craigam, what Willy said the added benefit of going over to a paid software is that if we even feel like it we can easily change over to other software without starting over. Everything we create from this point on will be ours to do what we want. vraev, I agree with long term financial stability, I think we will try to bank extra cash for the following years as well. At this point the cost is the least of my worries as I have had members message me offering to donate most of the money or donate very rare plants for auction. I'm actually hoping we can use the new forum to raise money for conservation in the long run but that might be a pipe dream haha
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Post by H2O on Aug 30, 2017 13:26:48 GMT -5
So it looks like the vast majority of people agree that we should switch to a new platform. I want to assure any skeptics that any and all problems will be address and we value everyones opinions and thoughts. I also want to add that if some catastrophic happens to the new forum and it doesn't work out, this forum will always be here, I will not be deleting anything and it will be here forever. I will however lock most of the old threads to ensure traffic is sent to the new forum. As mentioned I think it will be best to fund raise through auctions and donations to start. I don't want to add any more traffic to the old forum so I will purchase and fund all of the costs up front and we can start our new forum with a bang Now the work switches over to me and I will have to set everything up. I'm hoping this only takes a couple weeks an I will keep people updated here.
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Post by Samskwatch on Aug 30, 2017 13:42:32 GMT -5
I'm not here since a long time, but the thing is I feel good about this place because everyone seems to value respect, knowledge, generosity, hard work and honesty. This is worth spending time and money to preserve. I respect your devotion to this community.
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