I don't like the way how the project threads are setup. It looks like a mess.
It would be more usefull to create some categories like math, astronomy etc and make the project threads sub-threads of those.
Similar to what SG does below the "Projekte" -> http://www.seti-germany.de/forum/
Sounds good.
EDIT: Done. Is that along the lines of what you had envisioned?
Last edited by DrPop; 10-24-10 at 10:35 PM. Reason: Finished proposed task
Looked kind of wonky... I took a stab at fixin it.Originally Posted by DrPop
Yes, that's more like it. Anyway, i'm still not done complaining
GPUGrid needs to be move to the bio sub category. DNETC (cryptography) and AQUA... well i guess those could be move to math..
Another thing that i'm not happy about are the "Gerneral" Threads... I see no need to have junk thread at the top of the list.
The "About SETI.USA" thread needs to be visible to the public.
I don't like how the RSS Feed grabber post the news... it would be better, imo, to create a "Project news" sub category in each project thread and let it post there.
Animated gifs don't work as avatar....
forum_old-48.png <--- that pic is far to big...
Do we have a template for the board that will be used as default(containing team logo etc) ?
While i'm at it ... can we phase out that fugly team logo and create a new one that doesn't look that crappy ?
The meta keys need to be edited. The important one is the description...
Where's the team only thread ? Every other team Like LAF,SG,P3DN etc. has one... why don't we ?Code:<meta name="keywords" content="Project Discussion, vbulletin,forum,bbs,discussion,bulletin board" /> <meta name="description" content="" />
That's all for now... need to get myself another coffee before posting more
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And stop messing around with the user settings...or it'll be the last time i visit this page here...
Last edited by Crunch3r; 10-25-10 at 05:58 AM.
Hahaha - you sure are good at that! All very valid points, I'm sure. I will fix the project categories tomorrow unless Hankey beats me to it. And as far as I know, yes, we are going to be re-doing the logo and the front page. I believe Mr. Hankey was cool with my wife drawing up something nice, but that was a while ago, so I better check in about that.
Some of those other issues you have, I think only Tera and Hankey have permissions to change - but ai could be wrong about that...
We can move things around easy enough...
All threads are visible once a person is registered and logged in. Unregistered and not logged in people can only see this:The "About SETI.USA" thread needs to be visible to the public.
http://setiusa.free-dc.org/vbforum/f...mp-New-Members
The plan is that we can work on a customized theme with smaller icons, our logos, colors etc down the road. Right now everything is stock, if I find some public themes that are nice I can load them in for people to check out.
The forums which you can see a description for have that meta tag filled in for example the upcoming challenges forum looks like this :The meta keys need to be edited. The important one is the description...
Which ones do you think need descriptions?Code:<meta name="keywords" content="Upcoming Challenges, vbulletin,forum,bbs,discussion,bulletin board" /> <meta name="description" content="Discussion of upcoming BOINC Challenges and strategy involving our team." />
For the RSS feeds, don't you think if we have a 3rd depth to the sub forum the news will get kind of lost? or be difficult to notice. The projects don't seem to be spamming away with news updates looks like at most 1 or 2 posts a month.I don't like how the RSS Feed grabber post the news... it would be better, imo, to create a "Project news" sub category in each project thread and let it post there.
The plan at this point is to not have a private team only area. When/if we need a private area for a challenge we can create a temporary private discussion for the duration of the challenge.Where's the team only thread ? Every other team Like LAF,SG,P3DN etc. has one... why don't we ?
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