Hee hee - cheer up Burnley Voice friends - we are trying now to simplify it all, with the aide of our administrator - IT wiz Michele.
You know that chat we had Sat whilst thrusting leaflets into Burnley and Nelson shoppers on clearing out the Voice, and looking at what's used and wots not - had a good think and look at the Voice just now Michele and thought I'd jot my ideas down here for all to see, and maybe also open it out for feedback on format from other users as well - any ideas welcome.
It's the changes in the design that we think may have confused - but I say these things are worth having a go, and if they have the odd hiccup then we go back to what we had before. Reckon it's grown too weighty, and with design changes slowing it down, has made it difficult to use.
This is a FREE service - none of us have any money - so it ain't the best for sure, but it's better than nought!!
And we can make it better!! First of all though, I wanna say enormous thanks to Michele, our administrator who brought this idea of the Burnley Voice forum in over a year ago now, and still here. Without her, it wouldn't of happened.
Roll on, then - here's a few of my ideas for changes to make it simpler and easier to use - keeping the areas that people are obviously wanting to use.
TO GET RID OF on Homepage:
Guests grips on home page - that could just be a thread in 'Burnley Voice News'.
Burnley Social Forum - might need it in the future, but didn't take for now! ;D
Apologies - we ain't apologising no more ;D Apologies could go in Burnley Voice news as a thread if needed
Reck the Pub Quiz
- unfortunately the pub quizzes are so bleeding boring round here, we couldn't keep it up! ;D
Quiz Time - Not taking, and it's got Steve's name on - yawn, get rid! ;D
COMBINEOn homepage - combine 'Welcome to the Site' & 'Meet & Greet'
On homepage - combine 'Ghost & Supernatural phenom with Ghouls/girls/guys
PUT ELSEWHERETransfer 'Dildo Days' on homepage to sub thread in GENERAL (I like this thread - it has real historical value, if you don't mind and we believe in women's pleasure on this site
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Ditto on Conspiracy Theories - like that thread, but could go as a sub-thread in GENERAL on homepage.
Put Monarchy on the homepage as a sub-thread in politics.
Ditto on Deaths in Custody - occassional news from Janet so good to keep, but could go as sub-thread in Politics on homepage.
PROPOSED CHANGES TO FORUM NAMES AND ARRANGEMENT and
MOVE SOME HOMEPAGE TITLES TO OTHER FORUM AREASChange name of HUMAN RIGHTS ARENA TO:
MENTAL HEALTH & COMMUNITY
(both these I reckon are massive and growing areas and deserve their own forum section - wot you reckon Michele?)
Move Animal Rights off the homepage to a sub-forum in POLITICS.
Instead of Animal Rights - make that forum BI/LESBIAN/GAY FORUM.
ARCHIVINGFor an archiving session now - end Oct 2005, I reckon every sub thread within main homepage titles that has a last date on it of JUNE 2005 could be archived, and then going forward an archiving session every four months - next one being Feb 2006.
These are just ideas - open to all, and if there's anything people wanna keep, don't like to these proposals do speak out.
Hope this all makes sense - eek!? I can help with archiving too Michele, if yous like - tell me how to do it (i'll probably need showing as I'm crap).
tara for now. Mitch xx
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(Yo Fred/Mr Boiler Suit, you got any ideas for changes, new threads etc.)
- unfortunately the pub quizzes are so bleeding boring round here, we couldn't keep it up! ;D
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