Re: [Killietalk] Forums

[LadysSolo at aol_com]

Okay, I have dial-up service. I have looked through what I thought were the 
 forums, but must have been archives because I marked to be notified of new 
posts  and have gotten nothing in over a week, and some of you are 
indicating forum  activity. I guess I will not be getting any notifications or 
anything useful  from the AKA site once Killietalk goes.....  Carolyn
 
 
In a message dated 8/17/2009 8:56:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
woodland_gardens at gmail.com writes:

Although  I'm likely going to use the forums less (maybe a good think-
more time for  water changes), I'm happy to see KT going.  The forum
layout has  improved over the last several weeks, and there are
starting to be more  posts.  It's good to see the club moving away from
old  technology.  Until KT goes, I will duplicate post here and the
forums  where appropriate.  I do have a couple of suggestions for  the
forums:

Have WTB and For Sale/trade listings like many forums  do, and do away
with the classifieds as a seperate section.  This  would likely make
the lonely hearts forum useless as well, since they could  be posted in
the appropriate wtb or for sale/trade forum.

We have  SAA, Nothos, West African Non-Annuals, and Lampeyes.  What
about Rivs,  all other old world, and natives?  Possibly combine some
forums: N and  S american non-annuals (rivs, natives, etc) as well as
including lampeyes  in all other old world.   Shouldn't our forums at
least somewhat  adhere to our show classes?  Obviously we don't need 15
forums, but at  least include a place for everyone.

Since many of us keep other fish,  possibly an off topic fish forum as
well.  There's a wealth of  non-killie knowledge here.

Should show results be open to the public or  members only?  This
kinda' seems like club business.  I guess  non-members can enter in
shows, so either way.  Just a  thought.

Even with a pretty fast connection here, I have sluggish load  times
due to the graphics intensity of the website.  I imagine the  forums
would be pretty hard to use for anyone with a slow connection.   Also
white on blue can be difficult to read (or in Lee's case  nearly
impossible).  Possibly link to the forums from the home page  and have
them black on white.

Nick Ternes
Oostburg,  WI
WAKO
AKA

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:20 AM,  Ken
Simolo<SIMOLO at chem_chem.rochester.edu> wrote:
> I still  like the KillieTalk format - it better meets my own individual
> needs.  With forums, i will not look at as many posts and respond to  
fewer
> (maybe a good thing).  Having said that, the newer version  of the forums
> that Barry implemented is much nicer than the previous  version.  I 
encourage
> people to give them a try and to customize  them to meet your needs.   I 
also
> think their value will rival  KillieTalk's once people make the switch.
>
> If the BOT wants  more input from members than they currently receive, I 
also
> encourage  the BOT to set up a forum in the members only area to post
> detailed  information on topics they are discussing, allowing for 
thoughtful
>  comments.  This would continue the atmosphere of openness that they  
started
> by posting the topics in the BNL.
>
> Roger  wrote:
> "being an actual member of the AKA, I was able to access the  "members 
only"
> forums and was somewhat dissapointed to find out they  were 4/5 club 
politics
> and 1/5 breeding. It appears the non-members  can discuss breeding fish 
while
> the members are encouraged to discuss  the club instead. This seems to
> suggest the AKA is about the AKA, not  killifish themselves."
>
> Roger, the whole purpose of the  member's only area is for those types of
> discussions.  The fish  discussions (by members and non-members) SHOULD 
be in
> the open area  only, I think.  Not restricted to members only or you are 
not
>  replacing the value of KillieTalk.
>
> Ken
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