The New forum layout!!!
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Steve Brookes
Moderator
I think Colin's right. It's not just our section that has been affected. The down time caused by the switch over and the new layout has somehow turned people off using the PGCB forum. I too have lost my enthusiasm to use it. I can't put my finger on the reason why people (including myself) can't be bothered to post much anymore.
Dekker
New member
I have a bi-annual Workers Conference to attend in November and I would appreciate any suggestions as to what needs to be done to improve the club.Steve Brookes said:
Try to keep it to one side A4
You can be assured that the layout is one thing I'll bring to the attention of the board.
MJB
New member
I suppose that it's natural for many people to resist change and I too was not keen on the new format initially. However, with a few tweeks having been made and also having got used to it (and the more you use it the quicker you get used to it) I feel that it's fine now. That said, some sections of this Forum are woefully underused, although this is something that had been happening for some time prior to the switch. In particular the old car/historical areas receive very few posts and I suspect that many of these owners may have migrated elsewhere and/or not be forum-using types.
I don't think that we should judge these things solely by the quantity of posts though, quality over quantity would seem preferable.
I dare say that I should read all posts in pages 1 & 2 and probably will at dawn tomorrow which is when I'll have the time. FWIW I'm a 2-year old member 62 years of age this very day. I find this layout okay and certainly navigable. My habit is to pop in twice daily and look down the "new posts" lists. Whilst I have only one Porsche and membership and activity in one region I'm probably representative of a type but you can fill in the blanks hahahaha. I'm used to interest group web fora and, tbh, the only thing I struggle to work with here is remembering/finding my PM inbox. Other than that the forum isn't visually very interesting and clearly I've failed to create an image to go with my signature so actually that's two things I struggle with.
pauljmcnulty
Active member
Thanks, Pete. Some good points there which I'm sure will be raised at the next conference.
It's hard to know what to do with the Region or Register forums that have no activity. It might be the members having a better forum somewhere else, or lack of input from the top, but in the end you can't force people, both car owners and PCGB officials, to get active and make their forum areas worth frequenting....
It's hard to know what to do with the Region or Register forums that have no activity. It might be the members having a better forum somewhere else, or lack of input from the top, but in the end you can't force people, both car owners and PCGB officials, to get active and make their forum areas worth frequenting....
I used to find some of the forums very good and helpful but the layout is not at all user friendly. You only have to look at some of the more popular sites (e.g. PHs, DDK) to see how much better it could be and easier to navigate. People have left PCGB and are using other sites more and unfortunately, it is due to the forum layout.
I pop back occasionally but hate using it to be honest. It's a real turn off.
I pop back occasionally but hate using it to be honest. It's a real turn off.
MJB
New member
Yoda said:
In what way is the layout not user friendly or easy to navigate? Having just looked at DDK and being familiar with PH I cannot agree re: their appearance, in fact they look very crowded by comparison.
However, I would agree that many of those with an interest in older cars certainly appear to have forsaken the Club, but still find it hard to believe that the Forum layout is the sole or even the main cause of this.
pauljmcnulty
Active member
I agree, Colin.
We have a worker's conference in a few weeks. I suggested it would be a good idea to theme it around Registers, as this hasn't been done in at least ten years.
It could be used to discuss why so many of the Club "officials" refuse to promote the forum. They don't have to use it: just promote it like they would any other part of the Club.
I didn't get a response, and it's likely that the conference will just be the usual list of dates and accounts that could be put in an email!
My personal opinion is that the Club IT has become too fragmented. With over 60 Regions and Registers, the website, forum, facebook, twitter, bulk emailing, there are just too many things going on.
I still think merging the forum groups in to fewer Registers would be the most sensible thing? Why have a busy 944 section, but almost dead 924, 968 and 928 areas? Group them in to one transaxle forum and it would get more activity in one place, create a bit of enthusiasm!
We have a worker's conference in a few weeks. I suggested it would be a good idea to theme it around Registers, as this hasn't been done in at least ten years.
It could be used to discuss why so many of the Club "officials" refuse to promote the forum. They don't have to use it: just promote it like they would any other part of the Club.
I didn't get a response, and it's likely that the conference will just be the usual list of dates and accounts that could be put in an email!
My personal opinion is that the Club IT has become too fragmented. With over 60 Regions and Registers, the website, forum, facebook, twitter, bulk emailing, there are just too many things going on.
I still think merging the forum groups in to fewer Registers would be the most sensible thing? Why have a busy 944 section, but almost dead 924, 968 and 928 areas? Group them in to one transaxle forum and it would get more activity in one place, create a bit of enthusiasm!
MJB
New member
colin129 said:
I certainly agree with that, although still feel that the reason is likely to be a lack of interested members rather than anything related to the Forum itself. For instance, I made the mistake of posting some stuff in the Classic & Heritage section a month ago, but that area appears to be the Forum equivalent of the Atacama Desert!
vitesse
Active member
I agree,Paul-although we have 2 regularly used 924's ,as they are both "S's",I post in the 944 section because after all they are actually virtual 944's although better[] and I feel the 924 section is perceived to be for 2L cars.
Generally ,I feel that such postings are received in "stunned " silence as though " how dare he"-even your goodself didn't introduce yourself to me at Althorp,despite me volunteering for many hours[&o]-a real snub if you ask me! -my excuse for not doing the reverse was not realising how handsome you actually are in the flesh(well not quite of course[]) so my apologies.
] and I feel the 924 section is perceived to be for 2L cars.Generally ,I feel that such postings are received in "stunned " silence as though " how dare he"-even your goodself didn't introduce yourself to me at Althorp,despite me volunteering for many hours[&o]-a real snub if you ask me! -my excuse for not doing the reverse was not realising how handsome you actually are in the flesh(well not quite of course[
]) so my apologies.
pauljmcnulty
Active member
I'm handsome in the flesh. Just not so great in clothes.....
You can have that image in your brain for free.
Sorry, didn't realise it was you at Althorp. We need name badges!
You can have that image in your brain for free.
Sorry, didn't realise it was you at Althorp. We need name badges!
Dekker
New member
pauljmcnulty said:
I didn't see our post otherwise I would have supported you.
pauljmcnulty said:
Or the Register Director could do what he should be doing and sort out those who hold the RS titles but appear to have expired and replace them with others who are more enthusiastic.
I think it highly unlikely that someone with a 944 will have the same knowledge or enthusiasm for other models.
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