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supersparky Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 6097 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	new features Apr 7^th, 2004, 9:28pm ok, so we have been up and running for all of today, is there anything anyone thinks could make the forum better? even things in the distant future... ss
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splitload GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0	Re: new features Reply #1 - Apr 7^th, 2004, 10:55pm My first excursion into this Forum and initial reaction is that it is too top heavy with statistics and the actual discussion topics and messages are not obvious. I think ScrewFix Talk has the edge in so far as easy entry navigation goes. Now where is the spell checker, um!
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Reply #2 - Apr 7^th, 2004, 11:05pm

Honestly this site has audacity with all the does, don'ts and PC compliance requirements yet immediately flaunts its own high moral standards by labelled me as a Newbie. That I do not appreciate, its not very polite and its not very welcoming.

Guess by tomorrow I'll be re-badged with another trashy label as an established one-day-old user! Roll on Christmas!

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supersparky Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 6097 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: new features Reply #3 - Apr 7^th, 2004, 11:22pm thank you for the input, the problem has now been resolved- no intent to cause offence was intended ss
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LSpark Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 8069 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 London, UK United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: new features Reply #4 - Apr 7^th, 2004, 11:30pm you wernt personaly labeled, thats just what the forum does to new registered users..why you need a spell checker?, and anyway there is 1!
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tellondon GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0	Re: new features Reply #5 - Apr 7^th, 2004, 11:33pm Hello lads !! i read you messages in screwfix, i hope you dont mind me joining you here?
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supersparky Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 6097 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: new features Reply #6 - Apr 7^th, 2004, 11:42pm not at all!
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supersparky Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 6097 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: new features Reply #7 - Apr 8^th, 2004, 1:05am ok, some people have said its hard to navigate the site, one saying that you couldent see if there were any new posts, so we changed the icon to something that stands out better! we hope it helps! ss
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Dewy GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0	Re: new features Reply #8 - Apr 8^th, 2004, 2:13am Most forums have some sort of rating system giving a name depending on the number of posts. SFX are different that way. I wonder what SS would be with all his posts? lol
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Reply #9 - Apr 8^th, 2004, 7:01pm

Sorry but I have to disagree with splitload (nice name aint it). I think that the GUI is just great and very intuitive indeed. I like thinks such as the ability to see the last 10 postings by simply clicking on the hyperlink at bottom.

So ar I can see eno probs at all (other then the fact that if I should click back-a-page (using MS Explorer 5.5 (dare not upgrade to 6 yet!) I get the lost link message page, no big deal as refresh re-loads OK everyt time and it may be my system.

I think the main issues for the short term future is getting the members and visitors into the site. i.e 'marketing' the site. And I have me thinking cap on so tell me to shut up should the time come!

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Reply #10 - Apr 8^th, 2004, 7:11pm

thanks for the positive feedback RR
its nice to get critisim and prase for these things, of course we will take not of any comments and try and improve from them, one comment that came up a number of times was that it was hard to see if there were new messages-
we hope we improved on this by changing the alerting system- a forum with new topics will now have a red folder on the left next to its name, one with no new messages will be yellow

another thing we have been told is that the forum is difficult to navigate, we are still trying to think of ways to make it simpler(any ideas wiould be looked at..)

Thanks to all who have joined, all who have contributed, and all who have made suggestions!

bear with us, its early yet!

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Reply #11 - Apr 8^th, 2004, 9:05pm

OK OK its me again (Oh No! do I hear!)

Point 1.

We need to attract both trade and DIY'ers. Why DIY'ers? Coz it is clear to me and in spite of what some have said about DIY'ers they DO throw down the gauntlet as a challenge to the Pro's. DIY'er like it Pro's like (even if it just to show off to other Pro's etc). That in turn attracts more Pros to the site. Its about the ONLY thing ScrewFix has going for it (I think).

By the way there is NOTHING derogatory in what I say above and if pushed I will explain why I say what I say above. No digs at ANYONE at all.

Point 2.

If Point 1 is true how do we get DIY'ers and Pros to this site?

Well to my mind and the fastest way would be by HyperLinks. OK so Screwfix won't put on one there site BUT who does NOT have such services? Just about every other DIY house (inc B&Q - yuk) AND I am sure they would be more than interested if for no other reason to be seen to be competitive in proved such facilities. Homebase, Focus etc. etc. THEN there are all the electrical, plumbing, - the lot - web sites.

THe timing has to be precise though and at the current arte of new memebr joining it won't be long as I think they wilL want to see ACTIVITY, PROFESSIONALISM, and a growing number of visits, and a NEW one something NEW.

Anyway me brain carries on tinking ....

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Reply #12 - Apr 8^th, 2004, 9:11pm

so what additional services should we provide for DIY?
the trade forums are quite a big hit, all the pros like it being pro only, but i agree we HAVE to do something for DIYERS!!

we need them to ask questions!
....hmmm..
what about the same set up as for trade with all the sub forums, but under the diy section so diy will have acsess to them, this could be the place to get questions answered..?

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Pro-Spark GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: new features Reply #13 - Apr 8^th, 2004, 9:20pm Hi guys That looks great , gives the casual visitor a much better idea of what the diy section is all about, I did think the other way was a bit offputing, should now get a good mix of trade and DIY Well done Tony
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Reply #14 - Apr 8^th, 2004, 11:17pm

One thing I immediately noticed was that images can only be shown from a URL.
It would be nice if they could be uploaded from your computer, just so long as they arent porn.
Many times a picture can say more than words & very often a sketch scanned in can be a lot of help.
I have seen some forums where images can only go onto a seperate image forum & others where images form part of the post.
Unsavoury ones get reported to the moderators to delete.

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Reply #15 - Apr 8^th, 2004, 11:24pm

hmm...problem is if we do that we are talking a serious performance loss, prehaps http://www.o-f.com would help, sign up for a free account and then link it...
plumber raised the same question, but unfortunatly its not something we will be able to do right now, the connection is only 500/250 and runs just about ok, with all those picys flying about...

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Reply #16 - Apr 9^th, 2004, 6:37am

[quote author=Forum Admin link=1081369712/15#15 date=1081463068]able to do right now, the connection is only 500/250 and runs just about ok, with all those picys flying about... [/quote]

Probably doesn't mean anything to most people here but it does to me

This seems to suggest that you are running this forum software on a broadband connection (ADSL or cable). That's going to make things a trifle tricky if you get large numbers of users all clamouring to get on the system (and I've already noticed the forum software failing to deliver content halfway thru an HTML image definition for example, this is quite frequent).

The other issue is that I've been on a broadband connection for about 3 years now (1M/256), and its reliability isn't so brilliant. From time to time it goes down on you, and that is going to make a difference to your client base - if they can't get their fix then they will probably go mug some old lady (or disturb their wifes sleep as an act of revenge Wink

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Sorry, I'm being extremely negative here and I really don't mean to be. You are a superstar for making the forums available and I vote you should be given a gong by her majesty!

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