We now have a wiki system for links and organization in the long term. Working on getting it filled out. We added a link in the top bar.
It's kicking my ass
We now have a wiki system for links and organization in the long term. Working on getting it filled out. We added a link in the top bar.
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.
Bricks own dedicated thread
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
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
... 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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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.
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.
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?
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.
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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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.
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.
Looking forward to it! We'll need some "See Spot run" directions, no doubt ...This wiki page is gonna be awesome
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Looking forward to it! We'll need some "See Spot run" directions, no doubt ...
Will we auto log in or do we need to create a new user?
Looking forward to it! We'll need some "See Spot run" directions, no doubt ...
Will we auto log in or do we need to create a new user?
Sure it all makes sense - but what is the "pic site"?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!
thanks! still at a loss, but i'll get it figured out!Yeah there are pages that haven't been worked on yet
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thanks! still at a loss, but i'll get it figured out!
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.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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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 editsMight 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.