The Upcoming Upgrade

[Ryan Beal]

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Who's idea was it to have Other other topics not under the other topics categoy????

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That fits in with the whole communities category discussion.

Rather than repeat a lot of what's already been discussed, I invite any interested mods to sign up for the sandbox and read the other threads. I'll approve the registration if you use a similar name and the e-mail address used on this forum. Now that we're basically done with the preparation I don't see a problem with everyone here being able to look things over.

[Ryan Beal]

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Like 75% of the posts in ATF are about OOT or politics, and now it is at the top of the categories?

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The mod forum is in the Two Plus Two category as well.

The idea to move AtF and group it with those forums came about in the mod forum thread Dids was talking about. AtF isn't being moved up top with those forums because of its current traffic. That's just where it fits best, and it's more visible for everyone that way.

Part of the problem we've had is that certain forums almost get buried/lost in the current layout. Any decisions that have been made ultimately come back to maximizing visibility and keeping the forum order easy to follow.

[Nick B.]

what is the sandbox?

[Ryan Beal]

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what is the sandbox?

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test forum

http://test.twoplustwo.com/ubbthreads.php

[FeliciaLee]

Was I invited? I don't even know. I was in Vegas and Mat asked me if I was in. I didn't even know. I don't even know now. Chemo is fuuuun. NOT.

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[jman220]

I'm really going to miss General Texas Holdem.

[MEbenhoe]

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i am sure it makes 1 person happy that he could be in charge of reorganizing the sidebar, but it pisses everybody else off.

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Nick,

This wasn't the decision of just one person. Other people who favored this arrangement include myself, El Diablo, and MEbenhoe amidst other who tried out the test forum.

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I was not in favor of the current arrangement actually. I got one switch that I wanted made, but there were a couple points i disagreed with. not really a big deal, but just clarifying

[Mike Haven]

I'm curious as to whether most members know this is happening in two days' time.

The message above, in this forum, ("The forums will be closed for a major upgrade beginning early Saturday morning April 7 (approximately 2:45am ET). Expect the forums to be down for most of the day."), isn't showing in the Zoo or ATF. (I'm not sure if it was and has been removed.)

I put a post in the Zoo about it a few minutes ago, and linked it to Chuck's post in ATF. When I posted it, there had been only 318 Views of Chuck's post. Almost as many people that have read my post have since read Chuck's. I suppose this could be a natural reaction when a link is given, but it made me wonder if it was news to a number of these readers.

Perhaps other mods might consider posting in their forums along the same lines, if they haven't already?

[diebitter]

good idea.

[James.]

i like it. it seems to be more manageable perceptually.

i will admit that if it was possible, a forum shoutbox would be pretty freaking awesome. of course this is coming from someone that is completely ignorant about programming code and all this web creation crap. i'm sure(as was previously alluded to)that it's just too dificult to facilitate due to resources or whatever.