Hi admins! Question / suggestion for you.
I'm brand new here, as you know & am just finding my way around the site.
So far liking it a lot. The forum engine is certainly a big improvement on the old PHPBB boards & feels much more stable... and you guys look to be doing a great job of organising things neatly.
Wondered if there's a section somewhere for us to post our individual build diaries, like a running bio for our trucks instead of posting them as discussion threads?
I see there's a dedicated sub for blogs & websites, which is a really good idea. Just thinking it'd be great to have somewhere in-house to post our progress in a way that's not open to discussion, so that people can see a photo / avatar of a truck they like, click on it & see the story of what went into building it in the order it happened but without having to wade through lots of replies from other members to get to the next bit - a timeline kind of thing.
People would of course want to leave comments & ask questions, so perhaps a separate comments section for each bio page? Commenters might then reference a post number or something when they want to discuss a particular aspect of the build.
Not sure if this is something within the scope of the software to do or even something you'd want for the site but I think it could be a valuable resource. Also a good way to give owner-members a sense of belonging and help everyone keep track of whos truck is whos (so many trucks around these days, I can't be the only one who has a job remembering a truck to a name to a screen-name!)
There was the beginnings of a similar thing on The Overlander forum - a bio page for each truck. It only had scope for answering a few basic questions and giving a description of the project with a few photos but most of the owner-members there did use it to good effect. It was useful to newcomers too, as they'd see something they liked and immediately know who to contact to ask about it.
Thanks for putting this site together in any case. I can see that it'll be popular once word gets around.
I'm brand new here, as you know & am just finding my way around the site.
So far liking it a lot. The forum engine is certainly a big improvement on the old PHPBB boards & feels much more stable... and you guys look to be doing a great job of organising things neatly.
Wondered if there's a section somewhere for us to post our individual build diaries, like a running bio for our trucks instead of posting them as discussion threads?
I see there's a dedicated sub for blogs & websites, which is a really good idea. Just thinking it'd be great to have somewhere in-house to post our progress in a way that's not open to discussion, so that people can see a photo / avatar of a truck they like, click on it & see the story of what went into building it in the order it happened but without having to wade through lots of replies from other members to get to the next bit - a timeline kind of thing.
People would of course want to leave comments & ask questions, so perhaps a separate comments section for each bio page? Commenters might then reference a post number or something when they want to discuss a particular aspect of the build.
Not sure if this is something within the scope of the software to do or even something you'd want for the site but I think it could be a valuable resource. Also a good way to give owner-members a sense of belonging and help everyone keep track of whos truck is whos (so many trucks around these days, I can't be the only one who has a job remembering a truck to a name to a screen-name!)
There was the beginnings of a similar thing on The Overlander forum - a bio page for each truck. It only had scope for answering a few basic questions and giving a description of the project with a few photos but most of the owner-members there did use it to good effect. It was useful to newcomers too, as they'd see something they liked and immediately know who to contact to ask about it.
Thanks for putting this site together in any case. I can see that it'll be popular once word gets around.
