Forum Improvements?

bbqlearner

Better searching (why not use Google's search tool?); auto photo resizing; formatting to work on mobile devices (iPad/iPhone/etc); when quoting, don't include all of the photos from the original post;

 

+1

rcone

A somewhat palatable search function, ditch vanilla, a few more forums to handle equipment threads. 

SmokeyPitt

An events/calendar section would be cool.  

SmokeyPitt

A vendors section- that way people that want to sell something can be on the up and up and post there.  Perhaps they have to pay to be on the vendor section. 

SmokeyPitt

Accept spaces in mentions so we can give shout outs to @Little Steven and @The Cen-Tex Smoker

(or, don't accept spaces in user names when people sign up and suggest they use _)

bbqlearner

SmokeyPitt said:

Accept spaces in mentions so we can give shout outs to @Little Steven and @The Cen-Tex Smoker

(or, don't accept spaces in user names when people sign up and suggest they use _)

+1 - notice this as well.

Little Steven

I don't get the @whoever thing anyway. Is there a reason or a carryover from social sites?

bbqlearner

Well, I'm not a social media person so I learned it from this forum LS.

Little Steven

I'm not either. Never saw it before but here

 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Little Steven said:

I don't get the @whoever thing anyway. Is there a reason or a carryover from social sites?

people that have notifications set up will get notified if anyone @'s them. I don't have notifications set up so you guys are wasting your time with me (and Steven apparently)

Little Steven

Ahhh. Thanks @Centex

 

SmokeyPitt

Little Steven said:

I don't get the @whoever thing anyway. Is there a reason or a carryover from social sites?

Yeah- I think it started on Facebook.  Just a way to give props to someone that links back to their profile.  

It will show up on your notifications, and if you are on line you will see a little pop up "so and so mentioned you in the thread"..

That's really the only advantage I see.  If you are thanking someone (or cursing them or whatever) there is a better chance they will see it. 

bbqlearner

SmokeyPitt said:

Little Steven said:

I don't get the @whoever thing anyway. Is there a reason or a carryover from social sites?

Yeah- I think it started on Facebook.  Just a way to give props to someone that links back to their profile.  

It will show up on your notifications, and if you are on line you will see a little pop up "so and so mentioned you in the thread"..

That's really the only advantage I see.  If you are thanking someone (or cursing them or whatever) there is a better chance they will see it. 

Nice now, you know when someone is cursing you because inadvertently, they're notifying you as well.

Little Steven

I've only ever been on this and the other forum. Won't touch facebook

henapple

I got on Facebook to watch my kids...

SmokeyPitt

Little Steven said:

I've only ever been on this and the other forum. Won't touch facebook

I don't care for Facebook either.  I had an account for a while but closed it.  Too many stalker ex girlfriends .  I also hated the "tagging" feature, which appeared to be exclusively for my stupid friends to take a picture of me at 4 AM and then announce to the interweb what I look like after 10 Jager shots.  

Little Steven

There are a few people in my past that I really don't want to catch up with.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Little Steven said:

There are a few people in my past that I really don't want to catch up with.

And their restraining orders against you would say likewise )

Little Steven

The evidence was all circumstantial

Thatgrimguy

It would be great to see this using a Forum platform instead of a newsgroup platform which would effectively fix every issue stated in this thread.

Tapatalk support would be awesome too (and would come with most forum platforms)

Eggcelsior

mountaindewbass said:

It would be nice to click on the "new comments" and have it take you to that part of the webpage.  That way when you see that new people commented on a subject you can just click the yellow notification of people that added comments and it takes you to that part.  make sense?

Mine does now. When I click on a thread with new comments, it takes me to the last comment I read previously.

henapple

What if we have a survivor week where one member is banished...

Guess I'll see y'all later.

Deviledegger

I think it would be great to scroll back more than a few pages at a time. Sometimes I like to go back through the posts. Plus there's a lot of posts I haven't read.

pwg56

Little Steven said:

I sent this link to Rob at BGE FYI

Ever hear anything back?  Any chance any of these suggestions happen?

Little Steven

Nothing. Maybe someone can get it to a "contact us" at BGE. Brenda Miller was a moderator on here I heard but don't know for sure

damnedhooligan

after posting in the past, now I have to get a post approved X( This feature should be removed IMO.

caliking

How about a definitive mechanism/process for getting rid of trolls?

damnedhooligan

caliking said:

How about a definitive mechanism/process for getting rid of trolls?

for now we only have this: