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Post by ko25 on Sept 15, 2019 15:34:42 GMT
Just thought I'd throw this out here if anyone has any ideas or suggestions for the site I'd be interested to hear them, sharing is caring after all. :beerchug
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2019 16:02:48 GMT
Naked Tuesday
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Post by ko25 on Sept 15, 2019 20:46:45 GMT
Tuesday isn't the best day really! hahaha |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2019 20:49:18 GMT
I'd love to give you a list if things to suggest but in reality its fan participation which would add to this site. Unless you plan to advertise it which I wouldn't waste money doing theres nothing. Unless you're willing to teach IRF what basketball is just keep it as it is mate
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2019 20:54:38 GMT
Wednesday? I'm at u14 practice the rest of the week. I don't think it would be appropriate. |
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Post by reallyoldfeenixfan on Sept 15, 2019 21:07:30 GMT
Wednesday? I'm at u14 practice the rest of the week. I don't think it would be appropriate. How about a special day for that activity, my suggestion would be the 31 September. |
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Post by josh lockett on Sept 15, 2019 21:38:56 GMT
How about person who creates most posts in one month then doesn't post for the next month  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2019 22:13:42 GMT
Add a bit of separation to the forum.
With only one section, there can be reasonably new posts almost moving onto the second page and falling out of view.
Categorise more.
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Post by baldereagle on Sept 15, 2019 22:14:38 GMT
How about person who creates most posts in one month then doesn't post for the next month Alternate IRF free months ? Now you're talking... |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2019 22:14:43 GMT
... and (controversial, but) change the forum colours. It's so bright it's difficult to look at. Neutralise the theme a bit more.
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Post by number23 on Sept 15, 2019 22:21:14 GMT
The ‘New Era’ thread mentioned some features from years gone by - games/quizzes, stuff like t-shirts/caps, meet-ups and casual games, more of a site to go with the forum... Is there anything like that people would like to see return?
Other than that, I can only think of using social media to (hopefully) draw in more visitors, which I think you’ve said there’s already plans for?
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Post by connors on Sept 16, 2019 6:06:05 GMT
I would urge caution over putting in separate forums again unless you had some real solid data to suggest they would all remain active.
Certainly the NBA one does not warrant a separate place of its own.
I like the fact that everything is mixed in together in one large forum. It encourages me to read more diverse topics. In the old days when each team had its own section I rarely strayed beyond TVT and the NBA.
Although I can understand why fans of other clubs may get a little bored reading another thread "hijacked" but a Riders versus Eagles debate at least there is activity and discussion.
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Post by interestedridersfan on Sept 16, 2019 6:52:25 GMT
I would urge caution over putting in separate forums again unless you had some real solid data to suggest they would all remain active. Certainly the NBA one does not warrant a separate place of its own. I like the fact that everything is mixed in together in one large forum. It encourages me to read more diverse topics. In the old days when each team had its own section I rarely strayed beyond TVT and the NBA. Totally agree with that I wouldn't look at the NBA or NBL threads if they weren't right in front or me Maybe that's a good thing!! |
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Post by youngrocks on Sept 16, 2019 7:09:02 GMT
... and (controversial, but) change the forum colours. It's so bright it's difficult to look at. Neutralise the theme a bit more. You can change your theme colours. Mine is blue. |
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Post by youngrocks on Sept 16, 2019 7:10:38 GMT
Old bev with its seperation was dieing a slow death. Some clubs sub forums would go weeks without posts.
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Post by ko25 on Sept 16, 2019 7:19:58 GMT
... and (controversial, but) change the forum colours. It's so bright it's difficult to look at. Neutralise the theme a bit more. Profile > Edit profile > Settings There's an option to change themes in there. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2019 11:41:29 GMT
I would urge caution over putting in separate forums again unless you had some real solid data to suggest they would all remain active. Certainly the NBA one does not warrant a separate place of its own. I like the fact that everything is mixed in together in one large forum. It encourages me to read more diverse topics. In the old days when each team had its own section I rarely strayed beyond TVT and the NBA. Although I can understand why fans of other clubs may get a little bored reading another thread "hijacked" but a Riders versus Eagles debate at least there is activity and discussion. Completely disagree. Having SO many topics puts me off bothering. I see there's so much in that one group that I have to look through every title to find something relevant to me where a lot of it I've got nothing to contribute at all. Some sort of separation would make that list smaller and allow the more relevant things to be more easily found instead of just having one big ****heap. When the season starts it gets even worse beause we have all the gameday threads and other stuff just gets lost in it all. ... and (controversial, but) change the forum colours. It's so bright it's difficult to look at. Neutralise the theme a bit more. You can change your theme colours. Mine is blue. That's great but having such an ugly forum puts off potential new users. |
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Post by ko25 on Sept 16, 2019 11:48:29 GMT
Completely disagree. Having SO many topics puts me off bothering. I see there's so much in that one group that I have to look through every title to find something relevant to me where a lot of it I've got nothing to contribute at all. Some sort of separation would make that list smaller and allow the more relevant things to be more easily found instead of just having one big ****heap. When the season starts it gets even worse beause we have all the gameday threads and other stuff just gets lost in it all. You can change your theme colours. Mine is blue. That's great but having such an ugly forum puts off potential new users. How would you alter it? In what way is it ugly, do you have anyone say they won't join just as how it looks? |
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Post by notoriousbigz on Sept 16, 2019 11:52:17 GMT
Completely disagree. Having SO many topics puts me off bothering. I see there's so much in that one group that I have to look through every title to find something relevant to me where a lot of it I've got nothing to contribute at all. Some sort of separation would make that list smaller and allow the more relevant things to be more easily found instead of just having one big ****heap. When the season starts it gets even worse beause we have all the gameday threads and other stuff just gets lost in it all. That's great but having such an ugly forum puts off potential new users. How would you alter it? In what way is it ugly, do you have anyone say they won't join just as how it looks? Never heard that in my life. I go on a forum to talk basketball, not for pretty colours. I don't find the site difficult to use either if that's what's being gotten at. Maybe trial unregistered users again see how that goes?
Re: Division of forums - I remember when the NBA, the BBL, the NBL and every BBL team had each individual forums - it took the mick navigating round all of them and I ended up not bothering with anything outside of BBL.
I'd maybe pin the NBA and EBL thread to the top of the page and have a pinned game day thread where fixtures are updated weekly instead of having a thread for every game.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2019 11:52:36 GMT
Completely disagree. Having SO many topics puts me off bothering. I see there's so much in that one group that I have to look through every title to find something relevant to me where a lot of it I've got nothing to contribute at all. Some sort of separation would make that list smaller and allow the more relevant things to be more easily found instead of just having one big ****heap. When the season starts it gets even worse beause we have all the gameday threads and other stuff just gets lost in it all. That's great but having such an ugly forum puts off potential new users. How would you alter it? In what way is it ugly, do you have anyone say they won't join just as how it looks? Neutralise the colours a bit more. I don't have anyone myself who says they won't, but it's just logic. Nobody makes a website, room of their house, their desk at work a bright colour like that because it's off-putting and makes you want to be there less. Either the orange should be toned down to a might lighter faded version or just league the orange in the past.
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Post by glasseyes on Sept 16, 2019 11:54:21 GMT
Maybe gameday/match threads in a separate subforum? Looking at the forum from about a year ago it looks like about half and half between match threads and other ones at times
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2019 12:16:50 GMT
I would urge caution over putting in separate forums again unless you had some real solid data to suggest they would all remain active. Certainly the NBA one does not warrant a separate place of its own. I like the fact that everything is mixed in together in one large forum. It encourages me to read more diverse topics. In the old days when each team had its own section I rarely strayed beyond TVT and the NBA. Although I can understand why fans of other clubs may get a little bored reading another thread "hijacked" but a Riders versus Eagles debate at least there is activity and discussion. Completely disagree. Having SO many topics puts me off bothering. I see there's so much in that one group that I have to look through every title to find something relevant to me where a lot of it I've got nothing to contribute at all. Some sort of separation would make that list smaller and allow the more relevant things to be more easily found instead of just having one big ****heap. When the season starts it gets even worse beause we have all the gameday threads and other stuff just gets lost in it all. You can change your theme colours. Mine is blue. That's great but having such an ugly forum puts off potential new users. Separate forums certainly didn't work on version three of Bev. EBL/women/international/junior/other were all tumbleweed and the NBA was only marginally better. Enough of us witnessed it to know it doesn't work. All of the current threads are on the front page. If people won't scroll down a page, they won't click on sub-boards. The only threads that would appear on sub-boards are the NBA, NBL and World Cup. The World Cup one will drop onto the second page in the next week or so, ,GB will reappear either in February or when (if) they get around to appointing a coach. So that's three threads, all of which are well used. It might be an idea to have one thread per night (or per weekend) for BBL games. And, TBH, if you don't post on a forum because you don't like its colour scheme, you probably won't post on it anyway |
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Post by DefyingGravity on Sept 16, 2019 14:01:38 GMT
How would you alter it? In what way is it ugly, do you have anyone say they won't join just as how it looks? Neutralise the colours a bit more. I don't have anyone myself who says they won't, but it's just logic. Nobody makes a website, room of their house, their desk at work a bright colour like that because it's off-putting and makes you want to be there less. Either the orange should be toned down to a might lighter faded version or just league the orange in the past.
You have to give off a good first impression and bright orange isn't it. oh good grief... |
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Post by notoriousbigz on Sept 16, 2019 14:47:52 GMT
Should also have said earlier as well - when you go onto www.whatsbev.com - you have a kind of title page that has a link to "What's Bev Basketball Chat" before you get into the main forum. I appreciate I'm being very very precious when I say this (and indeed it may not be possible!) but is there any way of the link to whatsbev.com sending you straight to the message board (I think the link is whatsbev.com/board/6/bev) - if I'm making any sense? |
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Post by notoriousbigz on Sept 16, 2019 14:53:54 GMT
Oh, and make me a mod, and I'll promise to not post when I've had a drink.
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