I know you're playing around with new things...

[ScottS]

But I can't say I like how breaking out the announcements and stickies forces the first real new message much further down the page when it was before. YMMV, of course, but if you go with this, you'll have to be extra careful to really keep these announcements and stickies to an absolute minimum.

The "posting guidelines" perhaps takes up more space than it deserves under this new scheme. Perhaps it can go into its own POSTING GUIDELINES forum in the announcements category-- locked, of course.

[Johnnie]

Hi Scott-

Yes we are playing around with new things. In the General forum, once the SMF III sales have ended you will only see two stickies. You may have also noticed that we've consolidated a lot of other stickies or deleted them. We are trying to organize the site a little better. At first I didn't like it either but it really makes it a lot more organized and easier to find the first post.

J

[Blue As A Jewel]

Scott - point well taken - keep in mind a lot of the announcements and stickies will be cleaned up once the SMF III sales are over. This also keeps us on our toes to make sure things don't get too cluttered and stay organized!

EDIT: Sorry Johnnie - you beat me to the punch!

[ScottS]

Hi Scott-

Yes we are playing around with new things. In the General forum, once the SMF III sales have ended you will only see two stickies. You may have also noticed that we've consolidated a lot of other stickies or deleted them. We are trying to organize the site a little better. At first I didn't like it either but it really makes it a lot more organized and easier to find the first post.

J

OK-- I can certainly buy that. In fact, I appreciated the breakout on a different forum, but then I went to the General and didn't appreciate the way it pushed things around. But the point is well taken, as it will go away soon. I don't think the same will happen for future things like this, as with the format already in place, there would be less sticky threads for something along these lines.

[VinceFX]

But I can't say I like how breaking out the announcements and stickies forces the first real new message much further down the page when it was before. YMMV, of course, but if you go with this, you'll have to be extra careful to really keep these announcements and stickies to an absolute minimum.

The "posting guidelines" perhaps takes up more space than it deserves under this new scheme. Perhaps it can go into its own POSTING GUIDELINES forum in the announcements category-- locked, of course.

Let's try it for a week, then if you guys still don't like it I will remove this feature.

I'd really like to give mods a chance to first clean up any announcements and stickies first.

Vince

[SteveL]

I like the separation of the categories. It really makes the topics stick out from the stickies and annoucements. This way I can see what topics are new, and not just new replies to some old sticky I read eons ago.

[Austin]

Thanks Vince. I like it. It organizes the threads and makes it easier to read.

[Blue As A Jewel]

Thanks Vince. I like it. It organizes the threads and makes it easier to read.

Ditto, +1 and all that....

[VinceFX]

But I can't say I like how breaking out the announcements and stickies forces the first real new message much further down the page when it was before. YMMV, of course, but if you go with this, you'll have to be extra careful to really keep these announcements and stickies to an absolute minimum.

The "posting guidelines" perhaps takes up more space than it deserves under this new scheme. Perhaps it can go into its own POSTING GUIDELINES forum in the announcements category-- locked, of course.

How about a compromise? I merged Announcements and Stickies into a single section. This should reduce the amount of vertical space taken up.

Vince

[Austin]

Vince, I like it the other way better.

[Blue As A Jewel]

Vince, I like it the other way better.

Ditto, +1 and all that....

[VinceFX]

>.<

[yoyology]

>.<

Look, everybody! It's the patented Vince Wince!

[rustyblade]

>.<

Look, everybody! It's the patented Vince Wince!

That reminded me of this:

[Ben]

Hey, are we still playing with the whistle?

[Tye]

But I can't say I like how breaking out the announcements and stickies forces the first real new message much further down the page when it was before. YMMV, of course, but if you go with this, you'll have to be extra careful to really keep these announcements and stickies to an absolute minimum.

The "posting guidelines" perhaps takes up more space than it deserves under this new scheme. Perhaps it can go into its own POSTING GUIDELINES forum in the announcements category-- locked, of course.

May I be the new POSTING GUIDELINES Moderator?

-Tye

[Rob]

I just noticed the SMF University forum. I think that's a great idea. However, may I suggest you make it the top forum, above General Shaving? The reason for this is that when newbs come to a site they look for General first and post their "Help me, please!" topic in there (as I did). By putting the University on top, it should lower the possibility of newb putting their plea post in the wrong forum.

I really like the forum re-organization. I think it's much better.

[Str8G8r]

I just use the "View posts since last visit" selection and don't have to worry about stickies and announcements till they have been replied to.