Now We Have a Forum
29/09/06 22:03
I've finally done it and built a YourHead forum. Go
check it out.
Why do you need your own forum? Isn't RapidWeaver enough?
As RapidWeaver users you probably know how great the RapidWeaver forum is. If you don't then you owe it to yourself to go check it out. It IS great. But...
As YourHead has added more users it's become obvious that we're answering the same questions over and over again in our support email. And no amount of posting it to the RapidWeaver forum or putting it in our reference material really helps, because no one reads the manual or uses the forum search. The hope is that because our forum is just for YourHead plugins and is broken down in a way that organizes our information a bit more, that people will find the answers they need quickly and easily.
Are you afraid that you might diminish the RapidWeaver forum?
Yes. But just a little bit. As the first and one of the more prolific of the plugin makers (Loghound has a bunch too, go check it out), I'm a tad worried about diminishing the plugin forum. However my hope is that important things will be cross posted. Also, it might be a way for the smaller plugin developers to not be overshadowed by Blocks, Accordion, PlusKit, Blocks, Accordion, PlusKit all the time. So maybe it's a good thing.
That said, I have equal fear that the forum will be lost in a sea of YourHead links and will never amount to much traffic. In that case, at least it's got some FAQs that I've pre-populated it with. So it should be useful even if no one actually posts.
Is your forum perfect?
No. We're new to this. I've installed a forum that's similar (although it is quite different too) to the one over at RealMacSoftware. So hopefully everyone will feel right at home. But I think there's a long way to go in customization. I'd really like to hear from the more forum savvy users out there. Tell me what I need. (OK, I already know I need an RSS feed. I'm working on it.) But what else?
Why are you asking yourself questions?
Because I've been writing FAQs for the past few hours and now my brain is stuck that way. Hopefully it will pass.
Anything else?
Yep. We've done a bit of detailing on the old web site theme. Some new backgrounds, some details honed, better compatibility with IE, and some faster downloading images. Let us know what you think. My wife says that the new background pattern is "too random." What do you think?
Why do you need your own forum? Isn't RapidWeaver enough?
As RapidWeaver users you probably know how great the RapidWeaver forum is. If you don't then you owe it to yourself to go check it out. It IS great. But...
As YourHead has added more users it's become obvious that we're answering the same questions over and over again in our support email. And no amount of posting it to the RapidWeaver forum or putting it in our reference material really helps, because no one reads the manual or uses the forum search. The hope is that because our forum is just for YourHead plugins and is broken down in a way that organizes our information a bit more, that people will find the answers they need quickly and easily.
Are you afraid that you might diminish the RapidWeaver forum?
Yes. But just a little bit. As the first and one of the more prolific of the plugin makers (Loghound has a bunch too, go check it out), I'm a tad worried about diminishing the plugin forum. However my hope is that important things will be cross posted. Also, it might be a way for the smaller plugin developers to not be overshadowed by Blocks, Accordion, PlusKit, Blocks, Accordion, PlusKit all the time. So maybe it's a good thing.
That said, I have equal fear that the forum will be lost in a sea of YourHead links and will never amount to much traffic. In that case, at least it's got some FAQs that I've pre-populated it with. So it should be useful even if no one actually posts.
Is your forum perfect?
No. We're new to this. I've installed a forum that's similar (although it is quite different too) to the one over at RealMacSoftware. So hopefully everyone will feel right at home. But I think there's a long way to go in customization. I'd really like to hear from the more forum savvy users out there. Tell me what I need. (OK, I already know I need an RSS feed. I'm working on it.) But what else?
Why are you asking yourself questions?
Because I've been writing FAQs for the past few hours and now my brain is stuck that way. Hopefully it will pass.
Anything else?
Yep. We've done a bit of detailing on the old web site theme. Some new backgrounds, some details honed, better compatibility with IE, and some faster downloading images. Let us know what you think. My wife says that the new background pattern is "too random." What do you think?
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