Chainsaw Forum Questions?

[Darin]

Hello all,
While on vacation last week I thought of a few things. I read the polls concerning mod saw forums....and not a ton of people even look in there cause they don't even know it's there.
My questions on the poll above will be self explanatory. Here is the problem. At times we have so many new posts that come in if they are all in chainsaw that it is harder for some to keep up on all the new posts. Some say it's hard to keep up with all the new posts in different forums.
I am considering grouping all the chainsaw forums together, just having a bunch of subforums in the chainsaw section etc. I don't think it is totally working at the moment based on the mod saw poll I saw so I am picking your guys brains.

 

[056kid]

I think that is an excellent idea.

 

[ChrisF]

I think that is an excellent idea.

Seconded. Would make for far less confusion, and feel more intuitive.

 

[Tzed250]

That is the way to go...

 

[crmyers]

Sounds good to me.

 

[ZeroJunk]

It would probably increase the viewing of those other forums. I seldom look at anything but chainsaw, and I suspect others are the same way.

Never really knew modded work saw was there as others have mentioned.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Darin, ...if you can make it easily accessable and make it so that stands out alone and not just grouped up under another heading then more traffic will follow. If its chainsaw related and can be kept in the chainsaw forum it will get traffic.
Pioneerguy600

 

[Darin]

Make sure you all do the poll!!

I am also concerned about the stickies. There is too many but they are needed. That is why the subforums would be nice all under chainsaw BUT I really don't like sub forums.

 

[Work Saw Collector]

I voted:

Put it all together and while you are at it, get rid of the stickies!! The good threads stay on top anyway, and the search works if what your looking for is not on top.

 

[Darin]

I voted:

Put it all together and while you are at it, get rid of the stickies!! The good threads stay on top anyway, and the search works if what your looking for is not on top.

Right but newbies will post..need manual, ebay this... you know?

 

[ZeroJunk]

Go to My**********Forum and look at John Deere under the lawn and garden tractor subforum and see what they did with their stickies. I don't know what to call it, but they are all in one at the top of the page. I don't know whether that makes it so nobody looks at stickies anymore or not.

 

[Work Saw Collector]

Right but newbies will post..need manual, ebay this... you know?

Right, I forgot there would be a bunch of new ebay threads.

 

[Darin]

Go to My******Forum and look at John Deere under the lawn and garden tractor subforum and see what they did with their stickies. I don't know what to call it, but they are all in one at the top of the page. I don't know whether that makes it so nobody looks at stickies anymore or not.

I see how they do it...it's really no different than one of the choices. Problem is that somebody has to choose the right forum to see the sticky. Doubtful that will happen here.

 

[tlandrum]

if we had more threads per page then the new topics would not disappear as quickly

 

[gink595]

Can't you have a chainsaw sticky forum and then group the rest together.

 

[Darin]

Can't you have a chainsaw sticky forum and then group the rest together.

I can but are people going to look in it?

 

[dieselram]

I am not sure how to vote... I think it would be better if all the chainsaw related material be put together. Subforums would be the only way to keep it clean. You would also need to keep a few stickies, like the e-bay and manual threads.

 

[Darin]

I am not sure how to vote... I think it would be better if all the chainsaw related material be put together. Subforums would be the only way to keep it clean. You would also need to keep a few stickies, like the e-bay and manual threads.

I agree...it's a toughy.

 

[Art Vandelay]

I'm not much of a sub forum guy, but in this case I like the idea. The chainsaw forum just has tons and tons of info in it and it would help sift through the type of info each member is searching for. How bout a chainsaw 101 sub forum? Seems to be a bunch of "which saw should I buy" and "what oil ratio" questions cluttering up the forum.

 

[a. palmer jr.]

I'd just like the site to be more picture-friendly. I still can't put up a pic with any consistency. I thought I had it but then I didn't. I know it can be made easier, ebay does it.