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skywatcher said:
Sounds very cool! Throwing out the suggestion to organize the new stuff by adding tabs for major categories, e.g. Forums (existing), Maps, Publications, Research...etc., each of which maintain your last selection until you log out. That would reduce the number of mouse clicks when you want to switch back and forth between a thread and Maps, for instance.
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Not quite sure the software would allow a saved session like that. I recommend opening multiple pages in new windows/tabs for now until I can look into it more.


Tarheel1 said:
Bricks own dedicated thread
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The board would crash.

accu35 said:
i would like to see on here a fresh feed. Instead of going back and returning to see new post, it would be great if we could have it live updated as we chat
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When an event is imminent, we enable live mode on a thread for our members who are logged in. If you are talking about a live feed on the home page, we tried that with our old forum system and people thought it was a bit cluttered. We can revisit this option in the future.

pcbjr said:
For the Weather Links Thread:
Is there a way to set it up so that we (members) can add to it by category and keep it on one "page" (sorta like Wikipedia edits or something?). The categories could be alphabetical or seasonal. That would let folks easily search what they are looking for (e.g., MJO, teleconnections, free Euro, seasonal models, location specific details (set to your own), wind maps ....) so that finding (or adding to) several alternative links, by some sort of categorization, would be easy and user friendly.

A "Library" Thread that is categorized in some logical fashion and capable of being added to by members would be nice (like suggested above). Stuff like I put in http://www.southernwx.com/community/threads/weather-links.112/#post-17046, and Larry's MJO materials in the Blog section, and Webb's snow maps and other informational items could go there (as submitted by members). Plus, Webb has sent me some articles and materials (most recently some neat stuff on the WPO) that could be included for everyone's benefit. My though is that when folks read stuff and are not "sure" of terms and interactions, they might have a place to go look rather than being in the dark or feeling "silly" by asking/posting what they might feel others would take as a "stupid" question. Example - I'd sure like some resources to learn about reading soundings better ...

An "Archive" Thread that preserves meaningful/significant events (like the past few days) would be nice so that folks can go back and study particular aspects - which would not have tons of threads cluttering up pages (sort of like a Mac OS with a main folder, and various sub-folders).

Respectfully Submitted,
Phil :D
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Our Wiki is in the works and will handle a lot of this.

pcbjr said:
... also - please do not put up a "post a picture of yourself" thread like on that other place - some of what is there is frankly disgusting .... LOL

but - a geographic (Google maybe) map of member locations (wouldn't know how to get all current members imported, but it could be done as folks sign up going forward?) would be interesting ...
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Our Google member map has now been created and linked into the navigation at the top of the site.

Arcc said:
Firstly free pizza.

Secondly free dr pepper or vanilla coke.

Thirdly, it would be nice to have a inboard storm chat room. It would be a lot less formal than posting and much faster. Would really add to the immersion of bouncing ideas off each other.
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The chat room idea isn't bad. Right now, we are fiddling around with things and we will visit that idea eventually. We are worried that discussion in the chat box will start to dominate the discussion and we want people to post in threads to be able to refer back to years from now.

ForsythSnow said:
Would it be a good idea to put the link to the map under the members tab as a permanent location? For instance, when you click on the member tab, it loads the members page, and below it are the current links. Maybe adding the map link there would be an ideal spot.
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I can add custom fields to the member profiles that would link to the map. Each person would have to put their own custom link in and it may become confusing. The main member map is now linked in the navigation area of the forum to help people get a general idea.

GaWx said:
Maybe it is just me, but it seems kind of hard to see new posts in unpinned threads here unless you look at the main page and a new post in one of those threads happens to be the latest post. For example, I just posted in the ENSO thread. Nobody else has posted there in nearly a month. For those who follow that thread, is it easy to miss new posts there or not? If not, then maybe it is just me and isn't something that needs fixing.

Another example: The golf thread has had only posts from me about the Masters. All other Masters related posts were in the banter thread. Is that because folks were forgetting about or unaware of the Golf thread or didn't realize there were Masters posts there?
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Some of this is just lazy administration. :) Anyways, threads usually show in bold when there are new, unread posts. Sometimes it's easy to overlook. I'll think of some ideas to possibly make it more apparent there is a new thread. Other sites have used banter type threads for sports talk in the past, and many of our members are likely used to that format. Maybe a rearrangement of the forum categories, or a trim down, may be in order soon.

ForsythSnow said:
I agree. There should be at max 4 pinned threads. I also think they should be separated from the unpimmed threads to reduce clutter and allow the other threads to be seen.
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Yes, threads should be unpinned when they are no longer relevant. Also, we have some threads spread across multiple sub forums that don't belong. We'll see if we can start getting it cleaned up.

GaWx said:
I agree 100% about the separation. I'm wondering if it would be a lot of trouble to add a 2nd red bar (or maybe another color for the bar) between the last pinned thread and the first unpinned thread. I'm thinking something more would be helpful to break up the page in addition to just having the "tacks" next to the pinned threads. I also agree about limiting the number of pinned threads except maybe during/near significant wx events that require extra pinned threads. I think that the 7 we have now is too many, especially with no major wx event.
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This would be a system change on the forum software. While totally possible, we likely will look into keeping this less cluttered and fresh looking instead of going the programming route for now. Some of your idea can be implemented with stylesheets and I'll look into it if the previous solution isn't working.

Storm5 said:
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Use coupon code Southernwx for free shipping

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The store is horrible. We will no longer be using a store hosted on our website. Soon, the actual store on an off-site secure area will be used. Hang tight guys.

Pycnic-Iso said:
Suggestion to declutter the forums... I'd remove the member picture thumbnails on the topic list. The thread creator is already mentioned below the thread topic.
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That may be a big change that many wouldn't like. I understand where you're coming from though and we'll talk about doing this or changing something about it in the future.
 
Arcc said:
The chat room I'm thinking of would be more of a special use type thing. Maybe set up the night or two before the big event for certain time frame. Maybe then post the transcript of it in the storm thread.
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I'm on your side with this one . I think posting a transcript is a great idea


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I see the new additions are showing up like the work in progress SouthernWX Wiki and the member map tab. Looking good so far, and of course it would be nice if members can edit the Wiki somehow, but have the pages approved before being finalized.
 
pcbjr said:
Looking forward to it! We'll need some "See Spot run" directions, no doubt ... :rolleyes:

Will we auto log in or do we need to create a new user?
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Hopefully auto login that would be the easiest


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pcbjr said:
Looking forward to it! We'll need some "See Spot run" directions, no doubt ... :rolleyes:

Will we auto log in or do we need to create a new user?
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On second thought I went to the pic site and didn't log in to my account and was still able to pull up the wiki page and all the information


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Storm5 said:
On second thought I went to the pic site and didn't log in to my account and was still able to pull up the wiki page and all the information


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Sure it all makes sense - but what is the "pic site"?
I see a log-in at top but no way to log in; I do a search (e.g.. models) and a page comes up but it's blank.
Probably b/c still under construction? Or is the Wiki page up and running and I'm just missing something?
Thanks, btw!
 
pcbjr said:
Sure it all makes sense - but what is the "pic site"?
I see a log-in at top but no way to log in; I do a search (e.g.. models) and a page comes up but it's blank.
Probably b/c still under construction? Or is the Wiki page up and running and I'm just missing something?
Thanks, btw!
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Yeah there are pages that haven't been worked on yet


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Wiki systems are a bit odd with configuration and index layouts. Stuff is being created now and we will be able to build an index page to lay everything out nicely. We just wanted to get the wiki up and linked to show we are currently working on it.

The wiki will be the home of links and all kinds of other info/products. Detaching it from the forum was the best option for search engines and for people to easily reference while they browse forum threads.
 
I added a lot of terms to the wiki but only a few definitions. I was trying to get as many as I could think of on there. That said it should be editable by everyone.

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SD said:
I added a lot of terms to the wiki but only a few definitions. I was trying to get as many as I could think of on there. That said it should be editable by everyone.

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Trace: • start • adiabat • playground • dokuwiki • sounding • nam • warm_nose
warm_nose
Warm Nose
The killer of all SE snow events

Lol
 
SD said:
I added a lot of terms to the wiki but only a few definitions. I was trying to get as many as I could think of on there. That said it should be editable by everyone.

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Might be a dumb question, but how do we edit the pages, or can we still not? I can't seem to find how to do so.
 
ForsythSnow said:
Might be a dumb question, but how do we edit the pages, or can we still not? I can't seem to find how to do so.
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I thought it didn't require registration but it looks like it does. Let us see if we can turn that off and just require admin approval for edits
 
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