The future
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Re: The future
Morning folks.
Some excellent points raised there, and a few interesting name suggestions too. On the name issue though, John has made a very good case for the search engine aspect of it, so I will hold off doing anything else about that until you hear back from your guy.
With regard to growth etc though, we probably should consider having a Xantia, C5 section etc, as people obviously do diversify and move to different cars, as it was with Club-XM. Obviously it wont be the main focus of the site, but a useful sideline.
On the moderation front, I believe Paul (CitroenXM) has already expressed an interest, and we also have John, Dean? (were you offering there, I'm not sure?), and possibly Peter if you felt upto it, but don't feel pressurised if its not your thing.
Jim, I was hoping to enlist your assistance with some backend administration at some point, will give you a shout seperately.
That should about cover us on that for now.
So we're moreless in agreement about the self help section being a forum on its own, which can later be sub-sectioned if needs be. I'll get that created shortly, and expect that you guys will take the initiative on how you best think it should be laid out, I think John's suggestion of individual edited posts / threads is a good idea.
Ciarán
Some excellent points raised there, and a few interesting name suggestions too. On the name issue though, John has made a very good case for the search engine aspect of it, so I will hold off doing anything else about that until you hear back from your guy.
With regard to growth etc though, we probably should consider having a Xantia, C5 section etc, as people obviously do diversify and move to different cars, as it was with Club-XM. Obviously it wont be the main focus of the site, but a useful sideline.
On the moderation front, I believe Paul (CitroenXM) has already expressed an interest, and we also have John, Dean? (were you offering there, I'm not sure?), and possibly Peter if you felt upto it, but don't feel pressurised if its not your thing.
Jim, I was hoping to enlist your assistance with some backend administration at some point, will give you a shout seperately.
That should about cover us on that for now.
So we're moreless in agreement about the self help section being a forum on its own, which can later be sub-sectioned if needs be. I'll get that created shortly, and expect that you guys will take the initiative on how you best think it should be laid out, I think John's suggestion of individual edited posts / threads is a good idea.
Ciarán
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Re: The future
Hi Ciaran
We may well eventually need sections for other cars, particularly Citroen and other PSA but for now I would much prefer a section that starts with links to active established sites for those cars. FCF should be top of the list not only because they helped us out, they are just the best place to send someone looking for non XM French car help. It also would do no harm to add a sub-section for us to note about common spares that can be used in XM's.
John
We may well eventually need sections for other cars, particularly Citroen and other PSA but for now I would much prefer a section that starts with links to active established sites for those cars. FCF should be top of the list not only because they helped us out, they are just the best place to send someone looking for non XM French car help. It also would do no harm to add a sub-section for us to note about common spares that can be used in XM's.
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Re: The future
Sounds good, I was hoping to have associations with FCF anyway.
I'll just investigate the software and see about the best way of adding links to the forum listing.
Ciarán
I'll just investigate the software and see about the best way of adding links to the forum listing.
Ciarán
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Re: The future
Ciaran
I dont mind helping out at all on the moderation side of things but i think im in about the same position as Peter, not that computer literate but willing to learn, see how things go.
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I dont mind helping out at all on the moderation side of things but i think im in about the same position as Peter, not that computer literate but willing to learn, see how things go.
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Re: The future
Hi Ciaran
Given that we are all best served by the greatest possible amount of interest in the XM, I definitely think 'Citroen' should be included in the end name selected as that is likely a much bigger search entry than just 'XM'. Keen XM ers will find their way here anyway; including Citroen may bring some new recruits.
Mike.
Given that we are all best served by the greatest possible amount of interest in the XM, I definitely think 'Citroen' should be included in the end name selected as that is likely a much bigger search entry than just 'XM'. Keen XM ers will find their way here anyway; including Citroen may bring some new recruits.
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Re: The future
Hi Ciaran,
Will we be having a scrapyard and breaking section?
Will we be having a scrapyard and breaking section?
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Re: The future
Hi Demag,
Certainly can add one, though maybe it should be a subforum of the 'Sales and Wants' forum?
Mike, you do have a good point, and it ties in well with John's earlier assertion that many non-English speaking people would tend to search for just 'Citroen' and 'XM', and other words like Forum and Club etc wouldn't feature. I am therefore inclined to say that we need to think about limiting the possible names to those. I just want to wait until John reports back regarding Google search optimisation, then we'll move to decide the name as soon as possible.
Also tonight and tomorrow I would like to create the moderation groups and get the list of people we mentioned actively administering the forums and content (not that there's much of it yet, but we're not doing too bad considering its only 3 days old!).
Can anyone think of anyone else at the minute?
Ciarán
Certainly can add one, though maybe it should be a subforum of the 'Sales and Wants' forum?
Mike, you do have a good point, and it ties in well with John's earlier assertion that many non-English speaking people would tend to search for just 'Citroen' and 'XM', and other words like Forum and Club etc wouldn't feature. I am therefore inclined to say that we need to think about limiting the possible names to those. I just want to wait until John reports back regarding Google search optimisation, then we'll move to decide the name as soon as possible.
Also tonight and tomorrow I would like to create the moderation groups and get the list of people we mentioned actively administering the forums and content (not that there's much of it yet, but we're not doing too bad considering its only 3 days old!).
Can anyone think of anyone else at the minute?
Ciarán
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Re: The future
Hi Ciaran
Sorry cannot pin him down yet.
Its not been the same since just after christmas when they closed the pub he used as his office.
Has quite upset him.
John
Sorry cannot pin him down yet.
Its not been the same since just after christmas when they closed the pub he used as his office.
Has quite upset him.
John
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Re: The future
That'll be perfect! Be very and extremely happy to...Ciaran wrote: Jim, I was hoping to enlist your assistance with some backend administration at some point, will give you a shout seperately.
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Re: The future
Just found this.
norrie Posted: Apr 20 2009, 10:05 AM
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Hi all,
Apologies again but we're still trying to resurrect the corrupt table. Please be patient. I understand its a pain but we're doing what we can.
You may find the forum unavailable periodically, even if entering by the back door. Some fixes require the board to be down whilst the fix is attempted.
Please lets not throw the baby out with the bath water here.
Regards
norrie Posted: Apr 20 2009, 10:05 AM
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Hi all,
Apologies again but we're still trying to resurrect the corrupt table. Please be patient. I understand its a pain but we're doing what we can.
You may find the forum unavailable periodically, even if entering by the back door. Some fixes require the board to be down whilst the fix is attempted.
Please lets not throw the baby out with the bath water here.
Regards
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