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01-08-2007, 02:13 PM #1Dennis Johnson
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Proposed advertising forums layout [UPDATE: They're no longer proposed. They're live]
We'd like to revamp the advertising forums to make it easier for members to find what they're looking for and to submit threads to where they'd get targeted readers.
Here's what we have outlined.
Advertising Forums
Web Hosting Offers
Shared Hosting Offers
Reseller Hosting Offers
Dedicated Hosting Offers
Colo Hosting Offers
VPS Hosting Offers
Other Hosting Offers (Game Servers / VOIP / Related)
Domain Names Advertising
Domain Name Offers
Domain Name Requests
Domain Name with Web Site Offers
Domain Name with Web Site Requests
Domain Name Appraisals
Employment Offers and Requests
Employment Offers
Employment Requests
Systems Management Offers
Systems Management Requests
Design Offers and Requests
Design Offers
Design Requests
Related Offers and Requests
Other Hosting Related Offers
Other Hosting Related Requests
Advertising Offers
Advertising Requests
Software and Scripts Offers
Software and Scripts Requests
Other Offers and Requests
Free Hosting Offers and Requests (link to fWHT)
Community Reviews
Web Site Reviews
Other Reviews
Industry Announcements
Hosting Industry Announcements
Providers and Network Outages and UpdatesLast edited by SoftWareRevue; 01-12-2007 at 12:52 PM. Reason: Split Shared/Reseller
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01-08-2007, 02:25 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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That would be much better
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01-08-2007, 02:44 PM #3LORD OF THE RINGS
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Yeah, the new outlook looks fine, not much difference from the previous one though
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01-08-2007, 02:48 PM #4Web Hosting Master
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Reviews and Industry Announcements coming under the advertising forum?
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01-08-2007, 02:51 PM #5Originally Posted by linuxcares
If anyone wants to comment on why they like or don't like the proposed new layout or aspects of it, that feedback would be useful.
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01-08-2007, 02:53 PM #6Originally Posted by Lpal-Jay
Lois█ "Do what you can, where you are, with what you have." – Theodore Roosevelt █
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01-08-2007, 09:57 PM #7Web Hosting Master
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Design Offers and Requests
Design Offers
Design Requests
Free Hosting Offers and Requests (link to fWHT)
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01-08-2007, 10:05 PM #8Junior Guru Wannabe
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01-08-2007, 10:33 PM #9Retired Moderator
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I like it. It should get some more attention to those forums that not many people look in, and help to organize things a little more.
I do have one concern though; do we really have enough offers and requests to merit a separate forum for some categories? For example, are there enough Employment Offers and Requests for each to have a separate category? Although it's nice to get more ad time, we might have the problem of a thread sticking around on the front page for a very long time (making stickies a bit useless). Perhaps some of the offers and requests categories could be combined, until it was later deemed necessary to have separate categories?
Also, it looks like the advertising section will have a lot more forums, which may seem daunting for someone trying to find something. Then again, the new categories seem much clearer than before, and it will hopefully be easier for people to find the right forum to request something or look for an offer.
Alex
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01-08-2007, 10:37 PM #10Retired Moderator
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The only problem I can see is that what constitutes a design? I have a design that's in .PSD but I need it sliced. Would it go under employment, or would it go under design since it's still technically a design?
One thing I would (personally) would want changed is the domain w/ site. I believe this would become very popular. If we "hide" in it the middle of other subforums, I thin it would get overlooked more easily. I think sticking it at the very end would be a good idea.Tyler Cole
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01-08-2007, 10:42 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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That was my line of thought too Tyler. There seems to be a little grey ground with the wording and the way it is split up. Like I said before, I can't offer a solution because I don't have one. I'm beginning to think design and coding jobs should be combined, but I also see potential problems with that.
Oh and Tyler, I'm pretty sure your example would go in Employment, but I can see people getting confused and "throwing the papers in the air" and putting it in the first forum they click on because they can't be bothered to work out where it should go.
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01-08-2007, 11:05 PM #12Retired Moderator
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Originally Posted by Tyler
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01-09-2007, 01:31 AM #13Originally Posted by Tyler
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01-09-2007, 03:51 AM #14Disabled
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I don't think outages should be in the advertising forums. Additionally, I don't think the threads should be started by the hosts, but only their users.
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01-09-2007, 04:44 AM #15Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by ub3r
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01-09-2007, 05:21 AM #16Disabled
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I think a host should be allowed to reply to the thread, but not create the thread. By creating interest, they are in a sense advertising.
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01-09-2007, 05:47 AM #17
We have no problem with a thread started by a host about a possible problem. How is it advertising? Hosts wouldn't normally "advertise" that is going to be downtime. But the thread is there if a heap come in and say "is xyz down?"
That is also why that section is in the advertising forum
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01-09-2007, 08:54 AM #18
looks good to me
I'm not sure why you'd want to separate
systems management offers
systems management requests
System Management offers and requestsTom Whiting, WHMCS Guru extraordinaire
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01-09-2007, 09:09 AM #19Originally Posted by linux-tech
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01-09-2007, 09:17 AM #20Originally Posted by anon-e-mouse
Seriously though, I like it, will split things up a bit, maybe (maybe) clean the ad forums up. It'll take some getting used to, and of course mean more $$ for iNet (not that this is bad) , more forums, etc. Looks good though!Tom Whiting, WHMCS Guru extraordinaire
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01-09-2007, 04:33 PM #21Web Hosting Master
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I also like it. It seems like it would be more cleaned up and easier to search if it was done this way.
Ryan Smith
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01-09-2007, 05:32 PM #22Originally Posted by linux-tech
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01-09-2007, 05:38 PM #23Disabled
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Whynot give Game Server Hosting its own category. Separate it from VOIP?
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01-09-2007, 06:54 PM #24Retired Moderator
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Originally Posted by Kandahar
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01-09-2007, 10:36 PM #25Dennis Johnson
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Originally Posted by adb22791There is no best host. There is only the host that's best for you.