Could I have input please from other traders on this? This is the new system I'm proposing:
The emboldened part above is the key bit.
I'll only implement any changes if everyone is happy with the new proposals. Cheers! :)
Marco.
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I think that the temporary sticky thread is a little confusing Marco, as a sticky is a sticky, so is either there or not. Why not have the sub forums for items for sale or discussion and the sticky for trade members blogs? It just seems to me that you'd be making a rod for your own back introducing the additional admin of a temporary sticky plus it means more administration time/effort for traders. Marketing ought to be as admin-light as possible as time is precious.
I'd go along with that, since there are too many stickies and the whole section is a visual mess.
Do we actually need stickies as well? I feel that it's the trader's responsibility to maintain interest in his/her venture, so current threads will rise to the top and sink away when their job is done. My feeling is that stickies should only be used for important announcements, trade room rules etc.
Thanks for the feedback, chaps. Keep it coming! :)
It looks like what'll be happening, unless there are any major objections, is doing away with all the stickies (as they exist in their current form) and allocating each trader a 'shop window', via creating a sub-forum in the trade room, for that purpose.
However, all information currently held in the sticky threads will simply be unstuck (and possibly also soft-deleted, to save bandwidth), which means that the information won't be lost, but merely out of view, just incase any trader needs access to it in future, in which case they should PM me, and I can release the information that they need, and then remove the sticky thread again afterwards.
Sticky threads will therefore now only be used for posting notices from admin (on rules, etc) or if any trader wishes to operate an on-going 'blog', as Paul has requested.
If there are no objections, this new system will go live in due course, probably some time next week, when we've had a chance to implement it.
Cheers! :cool:
Marco.
Marco,
I await with great interest the new format you come up with.
Regards
Colin
Sounds a good idea to me , hope to post more later this year (family health issues permitting)