I'm looking for any suggestions, ideas, feedback, complaints, etc. that you may have. Perhaps we can make the forum even better. I can't make any promises, but both the chat and reputation system came about from a member's suggestion, so you never know.

Wow Tom,

I don't think there is much needed to be done at this point! I love that you keep improving the place all the time, as needed. This place has gone through a lot of change in 2 years!!

The only thing I can really think of, for guests and newbie's sake though - would maybe be under the FAQ section. There is a search there... but no questions are actually listed or referenced there. I think it would be a good section to explain about needing 25 posts before you can advertise anything, also about the reputation system, etc.... You know, have a list of actual questions there, that are linked with hypertext to other sections perhaps.... like User CP, etc..

That is really the only thing I can see right now! Thanks for always trying to improve this place Tom - you are great!!! :thumb:

:thanx: for asking, Oh Administrator Extraordinaire! The only improvement I can think of is.....oh heck, this place is fabulous just the way it is!

Love it! :loveit: :loveit: :loveit:

Could we have flash sigs :)

You are fabulous, Tom - just for asking the question.

For me, less is more, but nobody else will go for that so I'll keep quiet!

The only thing I can really think of, for guests and newbie's sake though - would maybe be under the FAQ section. There is a search there... but no questions are actually listed or referenced there.


:hmm:

There are some, no? I see some. Like about 30. I understand we may need more, but you do see some, right?

vBulletin FAQ

* User Maintenance
* General Forum Usage
* Reading and Posting Messages
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Do you see that menu, Julia? Click on either of the three options and the questions are displayed. :)

Nope; yer doin fine, boss.....:tiphat:

The only thing I can really think of, for guests and newbie's sake though - would maybe be under the FAQ section. You know, have a list of actual questions there, that are linked with hypertext to other sections perhaps.... like User CP, etc..

That is really the only thing I can see right now! Thanks for always trying to improve this place Tom - you are great!!! :thumb:

I don't think FAQ or Me need our own sections.

-CP

Was my suggestion ignorant or just over looked?!

I would love to be able to post swi's in our sigs!

:hmm:

There are some, no? I see some. Like about 30. I understand we may need more, but you do see some, right?

Okay Never mind.... I see them now! Did I tell you I was a real blonde Tom??

LOL@ CP!!

Could we have flash sigs :)

Probably not. There are too many ways to do malicious things with embed. Not suggesting you would, of course, but as more and more people come in, I'm sure someone would try. Not a definite no though...I will take a good look at the options, when I get time.

Your right, I myself never thought of what I could do with that. For example I could play music and also force someone to go to a webpage ect.

Thanks for being our papa-tom-bear! Protecting us against the evilnet!

That's been a big problem for myspace, from what I've read, forced redirects. Cookie stealing is another.

Each page only holds nine posts. I find this annoying as I have to trawl through pages to read an entire thread. Obviously it can't go on forever or else it will takes ages to load, but could we up the numbers of post per page up to around 15 or 20? I think that's about normal for other forums I visit.

That's the only thing I can nitpick at right now! Great job!

EDIT: I'm not sure if they use the same forum software as this site, but it would be great if you could toggle the option to let members select how many posts per page they want.

Ok, I changed the default to 20, but also note, that you can change that to more or less in your CP options.

Wow, reading this site just became so much easier. Thanks for such fast action, Tom. I've no complaints now! :lildevil:

Hey that is very cool Tom!! I didn't know we could change that ourselves... too cool !! Thanks!!

Add more skins :)

What about Mp3s?! I loved that! Maybe we can do it differently with a .com radio station?

Can we have emails

Martin(at)SuccessVibe.com

:D

If not SWI can we have LARGER sig space?!

Could you host a contest for a new SuccessVibe banner?! Not that the top one isnt awesome but people could compete to better the site?!

Are these suggestions helpful? Or are you looking for different kinds.

Yes, those are helpful suggestions.

I've tried a few different times to integrate music/radio, and so far nothing has really worked, but I will keep looking.

Emails are possible, but I wonder if the extra load on the server wouldn't hinder board performance. A definite maybe though.

How big of a sig do you need, lol?

Banner contest...not a bad idea.

If anything, my inclination would be to go with smaller sig space. Not that I'm going to impose that, but that would be my preference. The bigger sigs are, the more difficult it is to read the thread, at least for me.

Yes, those are helpful suggestions.

I've tried a few different times to integrate music/radio, and so far nothing has really worked, but I will keep looking.

Emails are possible, but I wonder if the extra load on the server wouldn't hinder board performance. A definite maybe though.

How big of a sig do you need, lol?

Banner contest...not a bad idea.

Umm big screen tv and a beer fridge????
lol no seriously Tom this is an awesome site and i cant think of a damn thing to improve it.

It's not that I want it bigger in size, just more detailed, My high class jpegs pics cant fit, I have to de-detail them :(


Banner contest yAAAAAAAAAAY!

It's not that I want it bigger in size, just more detailed, My high class jpegs pics cant fit, I have to de-detail them :(


Banner contest yAAAAAAAAAAY!

Tom used to have contests here before! :thumb: Ya never know Masera... Keep throwing your good idea's at him... You are a very good idea's person! ;) Something is bound to stick!! :yup:

I like contests, but it's harder than it looks to run a good one on a forum. Mosts posts in a given time? So easy to game that. Member of the month poll? Turns into a popularity contest, feelings get hurt. Random drawing? Not very exciting.

As for a banner contest, great idea for a lot of forums, but how many graphics people do we actually have here, you and Zaul? Are there more that I'm not aware of?

As to the image size in sigs, what kind of size were you looking for? I'm not opposed to upping it.

Could we have 100 kb :D

About the graphic artists I don't believe that I am any better then most here, I just use the programs. Besides a Success Vibe banner would HAVE to be simple because of its size, thus complex people like zaul and me(?) wouldn't have the advantage since anyone could go into paintshop, put the banner size and just pick a text/color, with a logo?

Then again maybe your right.

Ok 60k, done. :D

Awesome thanks!

I haven't contributed any ideas to this thread because I love it just the way it is.

Tom, you've been very thoughtful and I think it's fantastic that you would ask for our input. :)

Tom for some reason I can reply, but not create new threads, no rush as Im going to bed but just thought Id let you know

Was gonna welcome Silkess Tigeress or something like that!

:confused:

Let me know if that still happens when you come back on. It sure shouldn't be, and I can find no problems that would indicate something like that. Also, what browser are you using?

hmmm...there is a problem.

Ok, fixed.

Yup everything is awesome! You forgot my skins suggetion any chance?

Musta missed that, but yep, definitely. Gotta run though. I will look into adding skins tonight.

If anything, my inclination would be to go with smaller sig space. Not that I'm going to impose that, but that would be my preference. The bigger sigs are, the more difficult it is to read the thread, at least for me.Smaller is better - size and volume. Big pics are not condusive to easy reading. I already have one person on Ignore because of this, and I'm sure they have good things to say. I have contemplated switching off all pics but at the moment this works for me.

Heavy pics would slow down the page loading. I'd switch 'em off.

Also, I'd like to see sigs limited as to number of lines. Some sigs take up too much screen height, making reading the posts more difficult.

I like the SuccessVibe banner as it is.

Contests? Not interested. But others may be. I have enough time-wasting thigs to do off-line. I'd rather waste time out in the fresh air. Wasting time on-line is not a fun prospect for me.

After a lot of thinking, I finally came up with something trivial to make the board better. Problem is, the board rocks, as it is!

But perhaps in the chatroom, find a way so that people can type in an "other" status. Right now, we have BRB, Busy, Here and Away... I think. It might be cool to be able to have an "other" status that would allow us to type in something like "On the phone", "Out to lunch" or just something silly.

Of course, as I said, this is a trivial request. The board kicks butt just the way it is...

-CP

Yeah, it's hard to think of many things because this place is good at what it is.

I am not a big fan of big sigs with pics, but I wouldn't want to supress people's creativity.

Competitions - yeah I can see your point Tom. There is another "success" site which has regular 21-day challenges - for people to step up and challenge themselves. That kind of competition with ourselves might be good - not to steal ideas, but you get the idea. But then, nothing stopping us doing that now.

I did wonder about the idea of a group challenge - sort of like the book, but decided to encourage people to work together as time allows. Like for example, raising $x for a particular charity for a given month, or challenging us all to go into our wardrobes and donate any clothes we don't need during a given month. Again, nothing stopping us as individuals doing that now, but putting it up as a group challenge gives us a sense of connectivity and can remind or inspire others to do it (maybe for the first time).

Not sure if this is getting too commercial - but what about a swapshop? i.e. you have a personal development program you are finished with, or a book and want to swap it with someone else for something they have? It could have its own forum.

If I think of anything else, I will do so.

Paul

Awesome a SuccessVibe Self Help Trade Market!

How hard is it to have a spell checker and apostrophe checker for our posts? :D

How hard is it to buy a dictionary and keep it by the side of your computer?!!

Yeah spellcheck and thesourse would be awesome

I already have a spell check, it's in the right hand corner :hmm:

I find unless it checks as I type, I won't use it. 99% of the time, people understand what you mean anyway, so what's my outcome?

Grammer issues far outweigh spelling, if ya can't string a sentence together, I probably won't reply.

Mark

i for 1 mark agree

who r these guys think they are, so you like tuna$

never, mind

Heavy pics would slow down the page loading.

Good point.

Yeah, it's hard to think of many things because this place is good at what it is.

I am not a big fan of big sigs with pics, but I wouldn't want to supress people's creativity.

Competitions - yeah I can see your point Tom. There is another "success" site which has regular 21-day challenges - for people to step up and challenge themselves. That kind of competition with ourselves might be good - not to steal ideas, but you get the idea. But then, nothing stopping us doing that now.

I did wonder about the idea of a group challenge - sort of like the book, but decided to encourage people to work together as time allows. Like for example, raising $x for a particular charity for a given month, or challenging us all to go into our wardrobes and donate any clothes we don't need during a given month. Again, nothing stopping us as individuals doing that now, but putting it up as a group challenge gives us a sense of connectivity and can remind or inspire others to do it (maybe for the first time).

Not sure if this is getting too commercial - but what about a swapshop? i.e. you have a personal development program you are finished with, or a book and want to swap it with someone else for something they have? It could have its own forum.

If I think of anything else, I will do so.

Paul


Hmmm...Definitely some good ideas here!

Put the FORUM JUMP, which is on every page, above the QUICK REPLY.

If that's possible.

Tom if I made a banner would you consider it ? :yippee:

Put the FORUM JUMP, which is on every page, above the QUICK REPLY.

If that's possible.


The show thread template is a real beast. Nearly a thousand lines of code. Don't want to mess with it if I don't have to. Sorry, if it were simpler, I would.



Tom if I made a banner would you consider it ? :yippee:


Yep, PM me.

The show thread template is a real beast. Nearly a thousand lines of code. Don't want to mess with it if I don't have to. Sorry, if it were simpler, I would. No problem. It's not important enough to mess with.

Thanks for considering it - and thanks again for asking.

Dare I say, we can all also play a part in improving SV, by improving the quality of our posts, by being respectful of each and every person who posts here and generally challenging ourselves to live each day a little bit better than the day before and sharing our growth in this community?



THUD!!!!!


Ouch, who yanked my soap box away from me? :nono:

Paul

It would be cool if a Tone could be set up to Chime when a PM is received, perhaps associated with the pop-up notifier.

Tom for some reason I can reply, but not create new threads, no rush as Im going to bed but just thought Id let you know

Was gonna welcome Silkess Tigeress or something like that!

It may be on purpose, Mas, that you are being prevented from starting threads.

Yet another swipe at Masera?

Yet another swipe at Masera?

Affirmative, my dear.

Beautiful AND perceptive. You truly are the complete package.

Peace is aligning with “what is,”
and not resisting it.
Mary Allen

It may be on purpose, Mas, that you are being prevented from starting threads.

Your comment hurt my feelings. I have agreed to be more honest about how I feel and stop reacting. Thus I just thought you should know. Thanks,

:dontknow:

Your comment hurt my feelings. I have agreed to be more honest about how I feel and stop reacting. Thus I just thought you should know. Thanks,

:dontknow:

Words on a screen Mas....words on a screen.

If that hurts you, then I fear for your chances in the real world.

Thank you for your honesty with me, I respect you for that.

I want you to know that I have nothing agasint you in my heart anymore.

Simply put......there is way, way too much arguing here. :argue:

And it is the same old people fighting over and over and over and over and over again about everything and anything and on every single thread that is posted! :hopeless:

Change your attitude, change your outlook on life and your world will improve for the better as well as this success board. :yup:

Some people here only seem to be successful at one thing and that one thing is fighting all day long. Get a grip on yourself and stop poisoning this board with your toxic personality!! :nono:

And if you are reading this post and are insulted by it…..good!! Because that means that you have looked in the mirror and saw yourself in this post!! :yup:

This is a board about the art of being successful not a board about being a __________.

Which one do you want to be???? :hmm:

Successful or a total _________??

It would be cool if a Tone could be set up to Chime when a PM is received, perhaps associated with the pop-up notifier.

Ok done Manta. Can be turned off in user CP.

cool! I'd see what it sound like, but if I send myself a PM, I will already be on the in-box page, so it won't present a pop-up. I'll jest hafta wait for some fan mail from some flounder I guess.

man themz flounders are quick!

I hope that dun't happen one MEEEEEEEELION times! :thumb:

Tom, I forget ..... what did You do to have 181 people on line April 23, 2004? Hold a Party?

I think there was a flood of search engine spiders.

ahhhh ..... the new kid on the block

Exactly. There is supposed to be a way to reset that stat, but I've never got around to figuring it out.

It would be cool if a Tone could be set up to Chime when a PM is received, perhaps associated with the pop-up notifier.

OMG! I had my speakers turned up and the first PM scared the heck out of me! :yikes:

heads straight for userCP. Dammm thats annoying!

Manta I do hope you like your new toy.

love and hugs

FAQ

Q, if you make it a Ludditean Mission to find things at which to be annoyed, You'll have more than Your hands full for a veeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrry long time. My apologies You had to take the extra step to turn of a Feature on a Community forum Posting Board site.

OMG! I had my speakers turned up and the first PM scared the heck out of me! :yikes:

LOL - I wondered what everyone was going on about - the speaker on my lappie is broke and I only hear sound when I put headphones or external speakers in. Peace is blissful LOL!!!

Paul

I just heard a voice say I have mail... thought it was kinda cute. Glad I did't have my speakers turned up too loud though! LOL :biglaugh:

I need to find a movie phone guy saying "in a world where there is mail only you recieve..." or something funny

http://www.ilovewavs.com/Events/GotMail/GotMail.htm

How can we improve SV?

No disrespect to any of the ideas so far, but most of the suggestions are more akin to How could Tom improve SV?

What about some ideas that We as forumites could do, to help this place improve and grow?

Ideas for threads, new forums/sub-forums that we can populate, articles we can write etc?

Paul

I'm gonna have to kill the sound on PM thing, when I can get to my own computer. It is causing IE errors related to activex. GR8FUL2BME can't even get on the forum, with her main computer, and I just got an error from it on this computer.

hmmmmm ....... musta been that Dr Evil voice you used.


oh well ...... we definitely need the Catt Back back!

I'm gonna have to kill the sound on PM thing, when I can get to my own computer. It is causing IE errors related to activex. GR8FUL2BME can't even get on the forum, with her main computer, and I just got an error from it on this computer.

Thats what you get for using IE....

Yeah, turn in your geek card!

hmmmmm ....... musta been that Dr Evil voice you used.


oh well ...... we definitely need the Catt Back back!

You've got frikken mail!

I'm baaaack!!!

You've got frikken mail!

I'm baaaack!!!Crackin' the 10 again I see! :yippee: Welcome back Back! :kiss:

Crackin' the 10 again I see! :yippee: Welcome back Back! :kiss:

LOL....that's "Cat Back" to you! :cat:

I like the Top 10 and I cannot lie....
Ima bust up to number 9 before July....
Me n el gato's here to say....
You've got frikken mail today!