WHT has evolved since I joined 8 years ago. And it's likely evolved since you've joined too.

When I joined, there was a Forum in the navigation bar. Now there's a Forum, Web Hosting News, Web Hosting Wiki, Find A Host, Memberships and RSS Feeds. All of those seem to have numerous sub-navigation as well. We have these pretty fandangled Enhanced User Profiles (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/profile).

If you could choose, what would you like to see next?

Some form of verification which is able to identify registered hosting providers from the rest. Maybe some form of membership for hosting providers and possibly an in depth review of the provider to make sure that they are legally registered as a company and not a 13 year old boy running his "business" from a "master" reseller account. :wht:

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Some form of verification which is able to identify registered hosting providers from the rest. Maybe some form of membership for hosting providers and possibly an in depth review of the provider to make sure that they are legally registered as a company and not a 13 year old boy running his "business" from a "master" reseller account. :wht:

Excellent suggestion!

Some form of verification which is able to identify registered hosting providers from the rest. Maybe some form of membership for hosting providers and possibly an in depth review of the provider to make sure that they are legally registered as a company and not a 13 year old boy running his "business" from a "master" reseller account. :wht:

Agreed, that is a good suggestion. But IMO, it isn't time effective and may just end up wasting time.

Some form of verification which is able to identify registered hosting providers from the rest. Maybe some form of membership for hosting providers and possibly an in depth review of the provider to make sure that they are legally registered as a company and not a 13 year old boy running his "business" from a "master" reseller account. :wht:

It's a good idea, but how would they be able to verify that the business is registered? If the business is a limited company (in uk), then yes it's easy to verify, but if they are operating as a soletrader, then it will not be so easy to verify.

It's a good idea, but how would they be able to verify that the business is registered? If the business is a limited company (in uk), then yes it's easy to verify, but if they are operating as a soletrader, then it will not be so easy to verify.
Don't you have any form of business formation certificate, etc type of documents in the UK? I believe there are such documents for sole proprietorship as well.

Agreed, that is a good suggestion. But IMO, it isn't time effective and may just end up wasting time.Make it cost like a hundred bucks? Making it too expensive like the Coporate membership be not be a good idea though. I'm sure those fly-by-night host won't bother to spend the extra dollars in company registration, not to mention paying a sum to get verified on WHT. Give those who had paid for this verification a badge like those Premium & Coporate members. ;)

It would be nice if on the homepage there was a section which showed if there had been any updates to the threads that you had posted in, and another section for a list of people who most recently quoted you. It just makes managing the threads you are interested in so much easier to deal with, I've seen other forums do it so know it is possible.

If the provider profile thing proposed above is implemented, have a "featured provider" in the WHT newsletter, randomly or with an activity (WHT presence/recent history post count) based selection. It would make providers want to be "verified", and encourage all providers to have active WHT accounts.

Have a "WHT saves you money" program, where WHT uses its negotiating power to help members get cheaper services/products. Like say, and this is just one example, arrange for special WHMCS pricing for a month, for any WHT member with at least 20 posts in the last 2 months or something like that.

and another section for a list of people who most recently quoted you. That would be interesting to see. I usually quote as I just did above, with no username mentioned, but most members don't do that.

Dan, your suggestion is pretty good, however, it may invite more useless posts to increase post count instead, which is a big con.

Free Pie

Yes, I said it. Free Pie yo.

which is a big con. True. We can make the requirement "5 high quality posts in 2 months" as determined by whomever runs the show. :)

Free Pie Wishful thinking. :P

I would like to see more web2.0 features. Possibly a better Twitter/Facebook intergration with profiles.

Would be nice to setup a chat feature that is integrated into the website. Instead of the archaic IRC format. Would be nice to also setup webcams with this type of chat.

An arcade would be fun... I like those ;)

How about a NO HOLD BARRED message base Denny?? (It would be a private base and members would have to sign up for the group via thier control panel)

The name of the base would be this: No Holds Barred

The description would be

"This is a place where the moderating rules are relaxed somewhat and it is intended to be a place where members can vent their spleen,post their rants,or unleash a little bit at a fellow poster."

Lauguage rules would be relaxed on this base (AND ONLY THIS BASE) any member that can not handle having access,WILL BE BANNED FROM THE GROUP!! (Then they cant view the base)



Whadda think buddy?

Don't you have any form of business formation certificate, etc type of documents in the UK? I believe there are such documents for sole proprietorship as well.

Yes Sole Traders like myself will have a certificate of Registration if they have registered their business Name and are operating Legally. They would also be registered with HM Revenue and Customs as well if they were going by the book so to speak.

How about a NO HOLD BARRED message base Denny?? (It would be a private base and members would have to sign up for the group via thier control panel)

The name of the base would be this: No Holds Barred

The description would be

"This is a place where the moderating rules are relaxed somewhat and it is intended to be a place where members can vent their spleen,post their rants,or unleash a little bit at a fellow poster."

Lauguage rules would be relaxed on this base (AND ONLY THIS BASE) any member that can not handle having access,WILL BE BANNED FROM THE GROUP!! (Then they cant view the base)



Whadda think buddy?






Sounds like the social issues forum? :confused:

I'd quite like to see the feeds in the Enhanced Profiles (Twitter, RSS, etc) automatically refresh. I don't visit my own profile often enough to manually refresh. It kind of makes the content I've set up there pretty useless to anyone visiting my profile (not that it happens often, I bet :))

Sounds like the social issues forum? :confused:But that base isnt private....

I mean it IS private as guests cant view it,but every member is allowed in (W/o signing up for it)

And the staff might get upset if language was used there also...... (We wouldnt want that)

I don't see why we'd create a totally unprofessional area on "the largest, most influential web hosting community on the Internet". The Social Issues forum is enough of a compromise as it is. :)

Hehe i guess your right :D

Might prove interesting though.....

A ping test that can check if a domain/ip is online (ping, port scan (say if HTTP is up) & traceroute) from multiple locations. See http://www.webhostingtalk.nl/quicktest.php

(powered by http://www.hyperspin.com/en/)

i think some form of group for hosting companies (and staff of) could be good, have it so that all requests to join are moderated by a mod (imagine that) who will use several methods to make sure that they are a decent (non flyby night) host including calculating forum posts and content and such like.

Would also like to see more for premium members, more goodies and competitions to make it more interesting as im kinda peeved that the premium forums are a little lame in terms of activity

I would like to see more work being put into premium member features.
It wouldn't be a bad idea to give premium members the ability to close, move, or edit their own threads. (edit meaning, thread titles, nothing more)

Mark;6239822']i think some form of group for hosting companies (and staff of) could be good, have it so that all requests to join are moderated by a mod (imagine that) who will use several methods to make sure that they are a decent (non flyby night) host including calculating forum posts and content and such like.

I don't know about manual verification, since post count and content have nothing to do with being staff of a hosting company, but an idea like that would be interesting. Maybe it would auto-verify like Facebook does (i.e. if I have an e-mail chris@hostabc123.com, then I am a staff member of HostABC123). Then again, we already have a lot of knowledge being shared in the "normal" forums that involve a lot of staff-to-staff interaction between companies, and that can end up benefiting a lot of people.

A ping test that can check if a domain/ip is online (ping, port scan (say if HTTP is up) & traceroute) from multiple locations. See http://www.webhostingtalk.nl/quicktest.php

(powered by http://www.hyperspin.com/en/)

Yanno, that's actually a pretty cool idea. I'd be curious to know if that's something we'd be able to easily add here.

Great idea!

Sirius

I'd like an arcade. :angel:

Some form of verification which is able to identify registered hosting providers from the rest.
Why? That favors individuals that have spent 100s of $$$ to "register" when it may not be legally required to do so. That's just like saying a one man show doesn't do the job. You never know unless you actually TRY all of them.


I would like to see more web2.0 features. Possibly a better Twitter/Facebook intergration with profiles.

Yeah, facebook/twitter/myspace integration, not a bad idea, but it'd have to be a custom developed app (obviously). The easiest one to get done would be facebook, obviously.

An arcade would be fun... I like those ;)
Arcades are nice, but rarely get used in my experience. From what I've seen over the years, they detract more from the actual forum experience.


How about a NO HOLD BARRED message base Denny?? (It would be a private base and members would have to sign up for the group via thier control panel)



I don't see why we'd create a totally unprofessional area on "the largest, most influential web hosting community on the Internet". The Social Issues forum is enough of a compromise as it is. :)
Exactly. Do we really need another detraction from business here? ;)



A ping test that can check if a domain/ip is online (ping, port scan (say if HTTP is up) & traceroute) from multiple locations. See http://www.webhostingtalk.nl/quicktest.php

that's possible, but it'd have to be very heavily moderated, like you can only use it after X number of posts and X number of times a day. Why? If you just let it run free, it'd give people an EASY way to DOS servers, courtesy of WHT, and believe me, there's enough members that would do that just to get an edge!

I think, honestly, something should be done about the standardization of prices. Even better, CHARGE people for placing ads. I'd have no problem paying $10-$20 for the ability to place an ad. This would be an EXCELLENT source of income for I-Net, and it would clean up the garbage from the ad forums as well!!

I think, honestly, something should be done about the standardization of prices. Even better, CHARGE people for placing ads. I'd have no problem paying $10-$20 for the ability to place an ad. This would be an EXCELLENT source of income for I-Net, and it would clean up the garbage from the ad forums as well!!
This is a great suggestion as well. I am willing to pay to post in the offers section and maybe even a request section. We will definitely see less kiddy host or fly-by-night operations in :wht: after this is implemented. :agree:

This is a great suggestion as well. I am willing to pay to post in the offers section and maybe even a request section. We will definitely see less kiddy host or fly-by-night operations in :wht: after this is implemented. :agree:The stickies already cost a bomb... I doubt even if this is implemented, it will have a decent pricing....

Anyway, instead of changing advertising to a paid standard, just create a "premium" advertising forum, for those who are capable of advertising in the premium for that extra fee. ($10~$20, not hundreds like the stickies)

that's possible, but it'd have to be very heavily moderated, like you can only use it after X number of posts and X number of times a day. Why? If you just let it run free, it'd give people an EASY way to DOS servers, courtesy of WHT, and believe me, there's enough members that would do that just to get an edge!


I cannot remember the specifics but I believe we've talked with Hyperspin before about this type of offering. (I think they even linked to the WHT.nl page as an example) The tests come exclusively from their servers and are rate limited by default. So this should remove the possibility of being an attack vector.

Hi guys, I'm a small business owner just getting started in the hosting industry, I'd love to use this forum to obtain business but I can't afford the $100/month to do it. I'll have to find somewhere else, bye!

Registration charges are stupid.