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Post subject: SCUK2
 Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 08:25 PM
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First post: Dec 20, 2009
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Location: Nottingham
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Not trying to cause offence Dunx, but is it every going to materialise? I've just done a search and there's a post by you from July 2008 saying that it's development is under way.
I love SCUK and whilst I'm still a relative newbie to it, I'm in my second year of membership now, I honestly believe that the current site doesn't sell SCUK to the best of it's ability or promote it as the largest snowboard club in the UK and that an updated site with more functionality and usability that people are used to from other sites would bring in more members.
I'm not trying to lecture or teach you to suck eggs, but 32 months is a hell of a long time to develop a new website and whilst the club does not solely revolve around the site it is it's most customer facing attribute and a huge part of the SCUK community. A community that I'd like to see become even bigger than it is now.
Anyway, I've said my piece and like I said I'm not trying to stir up sh1t or annoy anyone I'm just voicing my opinion and concerns as a club member and get some up to date information.
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Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 08:29 PM
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First post: Sep 24, 2007
Total posts: 4409
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| Dunx is currently in japow getting a shred fix so you might not get an answer for a while. |
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Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 10:58 PM
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First post: Oct 15, 2009
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haha true this SCUK2 has gone on a while, but I believe it's been a lot trickier than initially thought!
And I reckon that this is the last thing on Dunx's mind while he's shredding the GNAR in Japow  |
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Posted: Mar 05, 2011 - 12:03 AM
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First post: Nov 01, 2010
Total posts: 2056
Location: NW London
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| To be honest the current SCUK site does every I feel I need from a forum. You type in a box and press submit, then someone else types in a box and presses submit. What more do you need? |
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Posted: Mar 05, 2011 - 02:24 AM
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First post: Mar 04, 2009
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Location: Plymouth/Stroud
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phpBB3 is pretty sweet imo.
Would be cool to hear an update on progress etc, perhaps a post about what will definitely/is definitely included in the site so far. I know there are a lot of threads on features and content but most of these are well over a year old now and others not far off a year themselves. |
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Zetetic
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Posted: Mar 05, 2011 - 01:09 PM
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First post: Jul 15, 2008
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Location: Beckenham
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ChasKi wrote:
phpBB3 is pretty sweet imo.
Would be cool to hear an update on progress etc, perhaps a post about what will definitely/is definitely included in the site so far. I know there are a lot of threads on features and content but most of these are well over a year old now and others not far off a year themselves.
Prefer vBulletin, just seems more polished from a users point. |
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Posted: Mar 05, 2011 - 01:16 PM
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First post: Jan 09, 2006
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Posted: Mar 05, 2011 - 01:42 PM
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First post: Sep 10, 2006
Total posts: 10680
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| Improved search would be brilliant |
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Posted: Mar 05, 2011 - 02:11 PM
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First post: Feb 18, 2011
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CjKit wrote:
To be honest the current SCUK site does every I feel I need from a forum. You type in a box and press submit, then someone else types in a box and presses submit. What more do you need?
Sums it up for me! |
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Posted: Mar 05, 2011 - 07:27 PM
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First post: Dec 20, 2009
Total posts: 545
Location: Nottingham
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nickmotture wrote:
You do realise that this site is just a sideline and that he has a proper full time job to do dont you?
If the new site comes along then great, if it doenst then thats up to him and no one else.
I have no clue about Dunx's life/employment/anything or how SCUK runs tbh, all I know is that it's a limited company according to the footer and I pay subs each year lol. This isn't about Dunx though, I've only asked him directly as he is the only one I know of working on SCUK2 and he posts frequently, it's about the future of the forward facing website and therefore the club.
If it were a personal site and not a club with paying members I could agree with your opinion, but it is a club and members pay for the services provided, which includes running of the club and the upkeep; this includes the website/forum. I'm also pretty sure that there are plenty of geeks, myself included, in the club that would be happy to contribute their time and knowledge to helping with things (as the moderators do) where required.
I've made no bones about suggesting vBulletin be adopted for the new site. As a forum it's pretty much the web standard for large community sites and as a CMS it's gaining popularity and adoption rapidly. Downside is that it carries a yearly licensing cost but I doubt SCUK would notice £175 a year. But the pros massively outweigh the cons, it could be up and running in under an hour in a basic form, import all the current forum database so no data loss, has hundreds of plugins to allow it to be modified to suit the clubs/sites need and it's secure and regularly updated so shouldn't really need adhoc custom coding to it's core files. But this is the administrators/directors (however choices about SCUK are made) decision. |
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Posted: Mar 05, 2011 - 07:42 PM
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First post: Oct 11, 2004
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There are a lot of factors which have meant that it hasn't come along as quickly as possible. It's probably best for Dunx to make a comment. SCUK2 is more than just a new forum though and as Nick says, Dunx isn't working full time on it.
For the majority of members, all they are interested in is the discounts rather than posting on the forum. So £15 a year goes towards administering these discounts and most people are happy with that, it's just the few that post regularly on the forum who are massively bothered. |
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Posted: Mar 05, 2011 - 07:43 PM
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First post: Oct 11, 2004
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Location: York
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| Personally, I think that everything on here works fine and is all that I ask for. Anything new would just be a bonus. |
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CjKit
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Posted: Mar 05, 2011 - 07:49 PM
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First post: Nov 01, 2010
Total posts: 2056
Location: NW London
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I actually find that the 'slicker' looking forums just distract from what they're really about.
What more would people actually want from a 'better' forum?
Personally I can't really think of anything other than maybe forums within the forum - like a photography one, as has been mentioned elsewhere. It would be nice but then you could argue that you should just find a photography forum. |
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Posted: Mar 05, 2011 - 09:48 PM
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First post: Mar 04, 2009
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I really like the look and feel of the current forum. Its the content that's important not the bells and whistles. But I do understand the need to update the site as a whole, rather than the forum, to ensure SCUK can continue to grow.
I guess its a bit frustrating that we can't get some small improvements/fixes to the forum because development of the site is pretty much frozen while we wait for v2.
Personally I can wait forever for SCUK2, and even longer if we could get:
1. Better search - just add a little box which would do a google site search?
2. Stop you getting logged out when accessing from phone as well as PC.
3. Auto scaling of uploaded images. I know there are instructions, but obviously people have trouble finding software or whatever.
4. erm, that's about it. |
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Posted: Mar 05, 2011 - 11:26 PM
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First post: Oct 11, 2004
Total posts: 1777
Location: Tamworth
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