Forum and/or Club Suggestions

[bitn4ever]

Hi webmaster and moderators and thank you for a terrific forum.

Suggestion 1. Adding a "How to" section. This could include more basic tasks such as "how to post a picture, video etc. How to change the default font colour, size etc. How to send a private message, how to edit profile information etc.

Suggestion 2. Can you please increase the timeout? I am constantly having to log back in when I have to leave my pc during posting.

Thank you

[Web Driver]

Time out has now been increased to 3 hours.

[bitn4ever]

Fantastic! Thank you

[GTS Flyer]

It would be nice to have the states listed for each region in the smaller text (sub-title?) for easier navigation. For example Virgina is in the northeast region although we're south of the Mason-Dixon line and considered to be part of the southern United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau. I don't think it matters which region the various states are placed in, however additional navigational aids would be helpful.

Also, we've got lots of Vipers in Delaware yet that state is not included. There should be some amount of effort to make sure all states are included.

[City]

It would be nice to have the states listed for each region in the smaller text (sub-title?) for easier navigation. For example Virgina is in the northeast region although we're south of the Mason-Dixon line and considered to be part of the southern United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau. I don't think it matters which region the various states are placed in, however additional navigational aids would be helpful.

Also, we've got lots of Vipers in Delaware yet that state is not included. There should be some amount of effort to make sure all states are included.

Interesting point. Looking into that! From heye in Nu Yawk, everything west of Joisy is pretty much for covered wagons ... I probably wouldn't notice.
But seriously, it's a good idea.

[GTS Flyer]

Since the Viper Association has a notion of membership and the forum has an independent membership count, I often see people get confused with the vBulletin's Members vs Active Members in the Statistics area at the bottom the forum. Folks often think that Members is the number registered for the forum and Active Members is the number of paying club members. vBulletin's Active Member stat is actually the number of people who have logged in over the past 30 days (by default).

I believe it would be less confusing to remove the public facing vBulletin's Active Member stat. The options for this control can be found at the following path:

AdminCP > vBulletin Options > vBulletin Options > Forums Home Page Options > Active Members Options

[JonB ~ PartsRack]

I suggest that VOA Steering Committee members, Admins, Mods, etc.....who are transparent, reachable, inclusive, principled, and obviously willing to stand behind what they say and do, should display their true names in their signature lines. or at a minimum in your profiles?

Please? The VOA has one-time to make a good first impression. Dont ASSume that visitors here will know you by your Screen-Name. Thank You All.

[GTS Flyer]

Interesting point. Looking into that! From heye in Nu Yawk, everything west of Joisy is pretty much for covered wagons ... I probably wouldn't notice.
But seriously, it's a good idea.

I see that you made a change, but I was actually talking about adding subtext to the main page, so the user would know which states are included in each region. See the image below:

[GTS Flyer]

Interesting point. Looking into that! From heye in Nu Yawk, everything west of Joisy is pretty much for covered wagons ... I probably wouldn't notice.
But seriously, it's a good idea.

It would be nice to have the states listed for each region in the smaller text (sub-title?) for easier navigation. For example Virgina is in the northeast region although we're south of the Mason-Dixon line and considered to be part of the southern United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau. I don't think it matters which region the various states are placed in, however additional navigational aids would be helpful.

Also, we've got lots of Vipers in Delaware yet that state is not included. There should be some amount of effort to make sure all states are included.

I see that you made a change, but I was actually talking about adding navigational text to the main regions. See the image below:

[GTS Flyer]

I see you made a change but I was actually talking about the regions on the main page. See the attachment:

regions.jpg

It would be nice to have the states listed for each region in the smaller text (sub-title?) for easier navigation. For example Virgina is in the northeast region although we're south of the Mason-Dixon line and considered to be part of the southern United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau. I don't think it matters which region the various states are placed in, however additional navigational aids would be helpful.

Also, we've got lots of Vipers in Delaware yet that state is not included. There should be some amount of effort to make sure all states are included.

Interesting point. Looking into that! From heye in Nu Yawk, everything west of Joisy is pretty much for covered wagons ... I probably wouldn't notice.
But seriously, it's a good idea.

[Web Driver]

Not done yet.... only so many hours in the day before this body shuts down.

[GTS Flyer]

No problem. Thank you for all of your hard work.

I'm a developer and willing to help if needed...

[viperfred]

I would like membership login to also log me into the Forum? Sync does not seem to link the membership login with the forum. Presently have to login to both areas of the site?

Happy Holidays to the VOA and its members and their families.
Fred Kinder