New Equipment Forum Layout

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As you guys have noticed by now, I've split the original Equipment forum into a Bags, Discs and Other section. Within the discs area I split off the manufacturers that had the most threads and gave them each a sub-forum. As other manufacturers get more popular they would also get a sub-forum. The main "Discs" forum would be for everything else, the X vs. Y threads, etc. The idea being that if you're searching for info on a particular disc it would be easier to find it in the Innova sub-forum versus searching through a ton of threads in an all inclusive "Discs" forum. This is still an ongoing process, there are many threads left to move.

That being said, a few people have mentioned they don't like having things compartmentalized like that. There are certainly pros and cons to this approach so I thought I'd put it to a vote. Should I kill off the manufacturer sub-forums in the Discs forum or keep it as is?

 

[Aim For The Chains]

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[ZAMson]

Any way to have a parent category view? Treat the sub-forums as child sections and have a link that displays all threads under the parent category of Equipment? Seems like a "View All in Equipment" link would achieve the old functionality.

edit: I do it by treating Sortby or ID values like cable channels... a range of them = this parent, etc etc.

 

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I could install a mod that would list those threads in the "main" forum... so they'd be listed twice, once in their sub-forum and once in the main one.

 

[DiscJunkie]

I voted to keep it the way it is now.
Great work, as usual, Tim.

 

[Emoney]

I like the bags part, but the disc variety is so huge, im not sure it fits. The idea is there

 

[teemkey]

The new categories should work, as long as the (for example) roc vs. buzzz threads are kept in the general "discs" main forum.

I do support Zam's idea of a "view all" option; but that's a coding thing you might not want to get into when running a bulletin board -- at least until you're forced into it

 

[jrawk]

i think it'll work real well with a "Equipment Spy" like the MP spy.

 

[Lucero 1]

I just hit "show new posts" so it's fine with me.

 

[BogeyNoMore]

making the best even better... Thanks Tim! :hfive:

 

[rocthecourse]

I only look through the forums using the "All New Posts" button, or by doing a search so it doesn't matter to me.

 

[plastic cannon]

I like the "show all" idea as well.

 

[captain jack]

Can you really have segregated disc threads like this without hurting someones feelings Tim ?

Like, I dunno, say Prodigy ?

 

[inscho]

Loving the new layout! Thanks!!

 

[onemilemore]

I really enjoy the splitting of the equipment forum into the bags/discs/other gear sub-forums, but I voted against the manufacturer sub-forums. The reason for this is - and I apologize if I don't articulate this well enough - if I look at the main display page and see, for example, that the most recent Innova thread is something about the Star Mamba, I may not be interested enough to click through and see whatever else has been posted about Innova subsequently. So, in order to go into those sub-forums, I have to be particularly interested in something and search it out, rather than let the recent discussion drive where I go.

In the grand scheme, it is not a big deal, but since it is being left to a vote I wanted to explain my choice. All in all, I think it is an excellent change that will help de-clutter things on the whole, which is sorely needed. Good stuff.

 

[jrawk]

Maybe make the Innova forum "Innova/Discmania/Millennium".
And Discraft could become "Discraft/DGA"
Latitude could become "Latitude 64/Westside/DynamicDiscs".

 

[plastic cannon]

Maybe make the Innova forum "Innova/Discmania/Millennium".
And Discraft could become "Discraft/DGA"
Latitude could become "Latitude 64/Westside/DynamicDiscs".

I like this. ^^

 

[DGfan68]

I like the new update just the way it is. That's all I've got to say about that.
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[Plankeye]

Maybe make the Innova forum "Innova/Discmania/Millennium".
And Discraft could become "Discraft/DGA"
Latitude could become "Latitude 64/Westside/DynamicDiscs".

This

 

[tomte]

Maybe make the Innova forum "Innova/Discmania/Millennium".
And Discraft could become "Discraft/DGA"
Latitude could become "Latitude 64/Westside/DynamicDiscs".

I voted no, mostly because of the incomplete manufacturer split. The solution above could be a compromise but is still incomplete.

But why can't we split into real life categories? Like:
Drivers
Midrange
Putt/Approach

The rest of the Equipment split is fine with me, except I don't get the "bag" and "bag suggestion/feedback" split.