Separate Forums - is done
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:38 pm
Well I did. Personally I think most of the concerns about navigation, etc. are not going to be major issues. The best thing to do is start on the home page of all the forums -
http://www.virgin-islands-on-line.com/forum/
There you can quickly see what forums have new posts, etc.
Also if you are logged (and registered of course) you will see the "View posts since last visit" link on the right hand side, sort of below the little banner ad. This gives you a customized page with just new stuff you have not looked at yet.
Then, there is the "Latest Forum Posts (all forums)" in the left hand column, where you can see the last 10 posts across all the forums.
Some people said they want to "filter" to just a specific island - that can easily be done by just clicking on the island you want to view, again, from the main page
http://www.virgin-islands-on-line.com/forum/
So for this forum, St. John, you click on U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
http://www.virgin-islands-on-line.com/f ... um.php?f=1
If people cross post or mis-post obvious things (like ask about a St. Thomas restaurant in the St. Croix forum) I will moderate those by moving them and leaving a shadow topic.
I also fixed the light blue nav bar above, so the pull down menu under "Forums, Blogs, Feeds" has a separate link for each forum, and the island navs all have a direct link into their specific forums.
I was thinking of a couple of other tricks but I think this is enough for the first go - looking forward to hearing feedback!
Thanks, as always, for your patience and enthusiasm. We have so much more stuff to bring that we have been working on for literally more than a couple of years - maps, dining info, new review system. I really hope to start launching more of this stuff as the year goes on.
http://www.virgin-islands-on-line.com/forum/
There you can quickly see what forums have new posts, etc.
Also if you are logged (and registered of course) you will see the "View posts since last visit" link on the right hand side, sort of below the little banner ad. This gives you a customized page with just new stuff you have not looked at yet.
Then, there is the "Latest Forum Posts (all forums)" in the left hand column, where you can see the last 10 posts across all the forums.
Some people said they want to "filter" to just a specific island - that can easily be done by just clicking on the island you want to view, again, from the main page
http://www.virgin-islands-on-line.com/forum/
So for this forum, St. John, you click on U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
http://www.virgin-islands-on-line.com/f ... um.php?f=1
If people cross post or mis-post obvious things (like ask about a St. Thomas restaurant in the St. Croix forum) I will moderate those by moving them and leaving a shadow topic.
I also fixed the light blue nav bar above, so the pull down menu under "Forums, Blogs, Feeds" has a separate link for each forum, and the island navs all have a direct link into their specific forums.
I was thinking of a couple of other tricks but I think this is enough for the first go - looking forward to hearing feedback!
Thanks, as always, for your patience and enthusiasm. We have so much more stuff to bring that we have been working on for literally more than a couple of years - maps, dining info, new review system. I really hope to start launching more of this stuff as the year goes on.