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01-26-2016, 05:16 PM #1Dennis Johnson
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2016 Site Enhancements Wish List
As I mentioned in the 2016 Bugs and other site usability issues thread, please suggest any site enhancements or improvements you'd like to see on WHT.
No suggestion is wrong. But we likely won't be addressing many of them until we've worked through the Bug Thread.
Let's make 2016 the best year of WHT ever.
So fire away! What's on your mind?Last edited by SoftWareRevue; 01-28-2016 at 12:04 PM.
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01-31-2016, 04:28 PM #2
This might be a good time to look at different forums and sub-forums. Do we want to add any new ones? Combine any existing ones?
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02-01-2016, 01:34 PM #3
The lack of a master reseller hosting forum is noticeable on WHT. It's true that master reseller hosting and reseller hosting both are considered reseller hosting. But they are not the same. When a user is searching for a master reseller hosting it's quite tough for him to find the resource he is looking for, considering most of the hosts offering reseller hosting don't offer master reseller hosting.
VPS, Shared Hosting , Reseller Hosting, Cloud - all are actually shared hosting but they are not same and have different forums. Only master reseller hosting does not have any forum. I think it's time for WHT to add it for the sake of users' looking for it.
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02-01-2016, 02:01 PM #4Web Hosting Evangelist
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Huh! Since when did the WHT staff decide they want to listen to their users? This is not the norm XD
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02-01-2016, 02:08 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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1. Reseller Hosting forum should be re-ordered to be after the Web Hosting section.
2. Community Groups should be removed. I feel that it contributes towards fragmentation of the forum. Those topics I think were just fine in the lounge section and I used to frequent the lounge section often before the community groups.
I'd be seriously against having anything which promotes or even encourages master reseller hosting. In my opinion, if you're offering master reseller, then you're not a serious web host or simply do not understand the implications or choose to be ignorant of it.
Harsh comments, but it's a topic I feel strongly about.
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02-01-2016, 02:29 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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That comment just proved my point.. You cannot seriously put master reselling on the same level as cloud hosting. Master reseller = no control over server. There is no magic formula or secret to avoiding that. It will happen.
But anyway - you're more than welcome to PM if you want to discuss this further.. I'm actually interested in the original topic of this thread so I think it's best it isn't derailed .
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02-01-2016, 02:33 PM #9
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02-01-2016, 03:39 PM #10Retired Moderator
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You've not heard of new years resolutions?
We've always listened. It's fair to say that much of the feedback in the past hasn't been acted on (bear in mind 'WHT Staff' are limited in what they can do personally). This thread wouldn't exist if there wasn't an opportunity to make changes.
Surprised it's so quiet in here. If you don't speak up we'll assume everything is perfect?
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02-01-2016, 03:56 PM #11Retired Moderator
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Just my opinion and it doesn't mean we'll not consider it. This suggests we might also need one for alpha master reselling, super alpha master reselling. What about one for domain reselling etc? I can't see why a member can't simply search 'master' within the Reseller Offers Forum. I don't remember a single thread where somebody is looking for a master reseller account and hasn't been able to find one in the offers forum. Happy for you to direct me to some if I've overlooked them.
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02-01-2016, 03:57 PM #12
Well I would rather be able to post every 3 days in advertising section but I think the cost is too much for what you get
Why not allow better pricing and just exclude everything else other than being able to post every 3 days instead of 6 days (Premium). I do not think I would really use any of the other extras included in the Corporate plan to be honest.HostXNow - Shared Web Hosting | Semi Dedicated Hosting | Enterprise Reseller Hosting | VPS Hosting
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02-01-2016, 03:58 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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I haven't a clue on how to fix it but a large amount of the hosting service forums boil down to the following dialogue:
(Nothing is wrong with these companies - they seem great! I think everyone will get the gist)
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02-01-2016, 04:00 PM #14Web Hosting Guru
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I would like to be able to delete my own post if I am still within the editing time, so that I don't have to resort to this:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1547383
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02-01-2016, 04:11 PM #15Web Hosting Master
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I agree with Cody. Get rid of the obvious bluff that people post. The problem and I assume this is why they allow it is that WHT has been on a decrease in traffic/users for years now and the people who add those bluff messages are the only "real" people left. If they stop that kind of communication, the forum will be dead.
Another thing, which I'm sure will not be a topic to be discussed here is selective moderation. I personally feel that we should get rid of all of the current moderators and get new blood in here. I can't count how many times I've opened up tickets about posts that shouldn't be allowed and my helpdesk tickets sit there for months, if not 1+ year... just because nobody wants to do anything about it.
If they don't agree with my report, they should say that and we can talk about it. Obviously ignoring helpdesk tickets is a joke and shows that some people are treated differently than others.
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02-01-2016, 04:20 PM #16Retired Moderator
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You just opened up a whole new line of conversation. What would make corporate membership 'worth it'?
What would you put in a sticky/announcement/notice that helps with this?
Fair enough. It is however *very rare* that somebody will want to delete their post within the 15 min window. Not sure it's really going to help many people.
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02-01-2016, 04:36 PM #17
No this doesn't suggest that, not in my opinion. You have a forum for web hosting. Why do you have different forums for VPS/Reseller/Cloud? A user could also search using the term 'VPS hosting', for example. I am just saying that to explain the impression of your logic of not having a master reseller forum. Currently when a user searches using master reseller, tons of other threads come up and really that becomes tough to find the actual thread. If want to have a look again, just go to reseller forum/offer forum, type master reseller and see what comes up.
Like other shared hosting products, master reseller hosting is also a product used by many with satisfaction and offered by some good hosts. Like cloud/VPS there are right tools to manage and offer master reseller hosting while for alpha or super alpha, I am yet to see the right tools and methods or a host offering that with customer satisfaction.
Alphas are scams while master is not. It helps people who don't want to learn the skillet required to run a server/vps. I can go on, but my suggestion was based on how we can make WHT better. By that, I meant ease of use, and definitely that will improve if you have a dedicated forum for master reseller.
There is no such thing as unlimited!Last edited by MechanicWeb-shoss; 02-01-2016 at 04:39 PM.
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02-01-2016, 04:36 PM #18
Well Premium membership costs around $50/year and so it works out at around $4.15/month to be able to create ads 1 day sooner. Times that by 4 and it costs around $16.60/month (or $199.20/year) to be able to post ads every 3 days like you can with Corporate membership. I would much prefer to be able to just pay around $16.60/month (or 199.20/year) or even better and offers 2 months free when paying yearly which would work out to around $166/year but I would settle for paying around $199.20/year if the 2 months free was pushing it.
I think I have worked that out correctly
Maybe just allow members to pay extra on top of Premium fee to be able to post ads more regularly as opposed to messing around with the Corporate plan which includes everything.HostXNow - Shared Web Hosting | Semi Dedicated Hosting | Enterprise Reseller Hosting | VPS Hosting
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02-01-2016, 04:38 PM #19
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02-01-2016, 04:42 PM #20
I think the issue some have with Master Reseller is that it not how cPanel/WHM works by default and is not officially supported by cPanel/WHM (you have to use plugins for it to work) and so I can see why many do not think it is right to create a forum just for Master Reseller as offering that is done by a plugin afterall. You could end up with categories for RVSiteBuilder Hosting, Softaculous Hosting well not quite like that but you get my point. On the fence with that one at the moment.
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02-01-2016, 04:44 PM #21
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02-01-2016, 04:48 PM #22
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02-01-2016, 04:54 PM #23
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02-01-2016, 04:57 PM #24
Could maybe add subforum under Reseller but I have saw so many negative threads created due to customer not being happy with provider in the past, which I think 90% of the time was caused by the provider running Master Reseller platform, and so I would not recommend anyone use it and nor would I use it myself. There are plenty of providers at WHT who do not offer Master Reseller e.g InnoHosting and I think one of the reasons they hardly have any negative reviews is because they run the best tried and tested platform like the majority of the popular providers at WHT. Yet check providers who offer Master Reseller and you will see far more unhappy customers who are using it. That's what I have found anyway. No doubt there are several who may offer good Master Reseller service but I do not know of any, but then I have not been at WHT much lately so what do I know...
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02-01-2016, 05:01 PM #25
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