NEED MORE BOARDS /CRIPPLING ME

[sanga282]

we need more boards like uber more boards like; (c)Graphics- Graphic showcase, Graphic Tutorials, Graphic resources (c)Programming- Java, C varieties, Web Design Other prorgamming etc catch my drift?

[Charlie]

I have to agree I see no demand for this yet.

[digital0verdose]

I think you are right Rob, however, with the numbers of new people rolling in, it seems that the existing forums, in some cases, need to be more clearly defined, as well as a better way of highlighting exiting stickies and maybe a quick rules/guidelines as posts have been duplicated or put in the wrong spots. Granted the mods or doing a good job keeping up with it, all the moving of posts is cluttering forums with dead topics.

[Charlie]

I think the forum will be a bit smoother over the weekend when the subforums I requested get up and tweaking the wording on existing forums too. My hardest part is first thing in the morning when I have 8+ pages of new posts :P

[Ho0ber]

I don't think we need any more boards for now, and if we do add additional boards, they should be related to Chrome (maybe some forums for the open-source side of things or something).

Larger forums that lose focus tend to lend themselves to a smaller memberbase who only stay there because of their existing status. Potential new users are unlikely to want to join a forum without purpose.

A few off topic boards are okay, but they can't dominate the focus, the existential drive of the original boards.

[digital0verdose]

I am ALL for adding new boards if it makes sense... but I'd like to see the organization in tree form:

-Introductions
--Introduce Yourself

-Google Chrome Discussion
---General Google Chrome Talk
---ETCCCC

This kinds of helps put everything in perspective and see what the forums might be like with the inclusions?

So lets start here and everything below this I'll take into consideration as we try to adapt the forums to fit the needs. I'm also not against renaming forums and descriptions of forums but lets make sure the changes are for the best before we go around confusing people.

One thing is... I think that perhaps Google Chrome Themes is a necessary forum but again, its all about how it fits into the greater context of ChromeSpot?

Agreed, one source of confusion I see right now it the General Chrome Forum is defined as "Anything and Everything Related to Google Chrome" which is leading to a lot of posts that belong in more focused forums.

[Charlie]

Well I submitted my ideas just need to look for that thread. I think it is related to the forum.

[BlaqReaper]

One thing is... I think that perhaps Google Chrome Themes is a necessary forum but again, its all about how it fits into the greater context of ChromeSpot?

I don't think themes should have it's own forum. Rather a forum devoted to hacks/mods (maybe merge it with plug-ins/add-ons too?). Then you can make Themes a sticky. That's my 2 cents :].

[Charlie]

hacks/mods is the same as plug-ins/add-ons

What needs done I think is the plugins needs to stay a subforum call plugin request is needed to move those posts as people new users may think there are some. Under customizations there needs to be a sub forum or under the plugins called themes as well I think.

[BlaqReaper]

Yeah. I agree on the plug-in request part. Since there are no actual plug-ins right now, but when plug-ins do start appearing, the requests should be separated with the actual plug-ins. Makes things less confusing .