Forum rearrangement

Post by **Ron2K** » 24 Jun 2008, 19:20

Hi all,

After some discussion involving the powers that be over at Intelligence Publishing, it's been decided to rearrange the structure of the forums somewhat.

This will be the forum structure in future. I'll be implementing these changes at 14:00 on Saturday, 28 June.

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The Website

- PCFormat Online
- Moderator nominations

Moderator nominations will be locked, as we no longer accept moderator nominations from the community; instead, we appoint them based on a need for them. However, it is felt that this section should, for now, be retained for historical purposes.

The Mags

- PCFormat
- T3
- Computeractive
- Reader Reviews

Net Plus will be deleted; all posts contained within this section will be permanently removed.

Operating Systems

- Windows
- Linux/Unix
- Mac OS
- Other OS

Mac OS will be a new section; any relevant posts in Other OS will be moved into here. The Mandriva Linux, Fedora Core and SUSE Linux sections will be deleted, all posts contained within these sections will be moved to Linux/Unix.

Computers

- Hardware
- Software
- Gaming
- General
- Security
- Networking
- Cooling & Overclocking
- Benchmarking
- Modding

This category will remain unchanged from its current state.

Development and Design

- Applications Development
- Web Development
- Databases
- Graphics Design

This category will be an amalgamation of the current Web Development and Programming categories. Applications Development will be the current programming section (just renamed), while Web Development will be the current HTML, Flash, WSIWIG, CGI and PHP/ASP sections merged into one. The Databases and Graphics Design sections will remain as they are.

General Chat

- Chillout...relax
- The Ward
- Skidmarks
- The Locker Room
- Anime & Manga

The For Sale and Services Offered/Wanted sections will be moved to the new Classifieds category, explained below.

Classifieds

- For Sale
- Services Offered/Wanted

Permissions on these two sections will be changed so that users not logged in will be unable to view them. In addition, Services Offered/Wanted will have forum pruning enabled: any topics not posted to in 30 days will be automatically deleted. (This is currently in effect in the For Sale section.)

Sections not mentioned above

The remaining sections - WISP, SharkNet and Member Action Required will be deleted. Topics in WISP will be moved to Networking; topics in SharkNet will be moved to Security.

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » 24 Jun 2008, 19:54

Good going Ron, things have started moving since you became admin. A forrum needs an active admin with php knowlage.

badguy · Post by **badguy** » 24 Jun 2008, 20:03

Looks in order

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 24 Jun 2008, 20:04

Awesome

I have ONE suggestion. Could we perhaps have a Project Logs section in the modding category?

TheModDoctor · Post by **TheModDoctor** » 24 Jun 2008, 20:19

Nice. How about a section is added like proposed by Andy.

andyddr wrote:I would however like to see a section where owners of online shops like myself could post prices of components up as I am one of the few that I know of who takes time to post in forums and get feedback from ppl 'on the ground'.

I see other members like schase and Hex_rated agreed.

Post by **Anakha56** » 24 Jun 2008, 20:25

That is being looked at however it will probably only happen when the upgrade happens to the forum not the re-arrangment

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DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 24 Jun 2008, 20:26

TheModDoctor wrote:Nice. How about a section is added like proposed by Andy.

andyddr wrote:I would however like to see a section where owners of online shops like myself could post prices of components up as I am one of the few that I know of who takes time to post in forums and get feedback from ppl 'on the ground'.
I see other members like schase and Hex_rated agreed.

Yep, i agree to this one too. I think that dealers should have to pay a small fee though, like on SS.

Post by **Anthro** » 24 Jun 2008, 20:33

Finally some action.
Where is that from again ? Must be some game..anyway

I see great things happening for PCF - do you ?
Involvement in the Magazine (IE cover choices), redesigning the forum//
WHAT ELSE ??

Shoot suggestions here people

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 24 Jun 2008, 20:39

Um on a hardware side

Could we maybe mix modding and cooling in one section and overclocking and benchmarking in another?

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 24 Jun 2008, 20:40

I34z1k wrote:Um on a hardware side

Could we maybe mix modding and cooling in one section and overclocking and benchmarking in another?

Cooling doesn't really have anything to do with modding though. It's got far more to do with benching.

SoulBlade · Post by **SoulBlade** » 24 Jun 2008, 20:48

I think I like this new admin.

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 24 Jun 2008, 20:52

I'd disagree actually Djv, well WRT wc and such :\ But w/e

Dam I can't think of the word I want. Benchmarking and overclocking go hand in hand so I withdraw my last statement and say

Overclocking + Benching

and

Cooling

Post by **Ron2K** » 24 Jun 2008, 20:53

DAE_JA_VOO wrote:I have ONE suggestion. Could we perhaps have a Project Logs section in the modding category?

Not now. I'll definitely consider it if we move to phpBB 3, which has subforum support.

Post by **Stuart** » 24 Jun 2008, 20:59

Ron2K wrote:Classifieds

- For Sale
- Services Offered/Wanted

Any chance of having separate sections for For Sale and Wanted?

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 24 Jun 2008, 21:02

I34z1k wrote:I'd disagree actually Djv, well WRT wc and such :\ But w/e

Dam I can't think of the word I want. Benchmarking and overclocking go hand in hand so I withdraw my last statement and say

Overclocking + Benching

and

Cooling

Well, even WC. WC has WAY more to do with overclocking, Modding is only about making something LOOK different. Sometimes people include high end cooling in this, but it's certainly not a requirement.

No real benchmarking can be done without at LEAST WC, we all know that

However, maybe we need a section for cooling, a section for modding, and a section for benching and OCing.

Ron2K wrote:
DAE_JA_VOO wrote:I have ONE suggestion. Could we perhaps have a Project Logs section in the modding category?
Not now. I'll definitely consider it if we move to phpBB 3, which has subforum support.

Alrighty

schase wrote:
Ron2K wrote:Classifieds

- For Sale
- Services Offered/Wanted
Any chance of having separate sections for For Sale and Wanted?

+1

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 24 Jun 2008, 21:08

Well exactly, 1 for Cooling, 1 for benching + clocking

DarkRanger · Post by **DarkRanger** » 25 Jun 2008, 09:03

DAE_JA_VOO wrote:
schase wrote:
Ron2K wrote:Classifieds

- For Sale
- Services Offered/Wanted
Any chance of having separate sections for For Sale and Wanted?
+1

+1

Post by **maxxis** » 25 Jun 2008, 11:33

Nuke wrote:Good going Ron, things have started moving since you became admin. A forrum needs an active admin with php knowlage.

What do you call me then?

D3PART3D · Post by **D3PART3D** » 25 Jun 2008, 11:36

maxxis wrote:What do you call me then?

Scary?

Post by **Stuart** » 25 Jun 2008, 11:54

Nuke wrote:A forrum needs an active admin with php knowlage.

And withOUT an irritating bug avvie!

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 25 Jun 2008, 11:56

maxxis wrote:
Nuke wrote:Good going Ron, things have started moving since you became admin. A forrum needs an active admin with php knowlage.
What do you call me then?

Oh oh...

D3PART3D wrote:
maxxis wrote:What do you call me then?
Scary?

ROFL!!!

Post by **Ron2K** » 28 Jun 2008, 10:08

OK guys, I've made the changes as outlined in the first post of this thread - a bit earlier than I was planning for, but something came up on my end and I realised that I wouldn't be online this afternoon.

Post by **Monty** » 28 Jun 2008, 10:13

Thanks Ron!

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 28 Jun 2008, 10:59

Looks good Ron, thanks man

Zana · Post by **Zana** » 28 Jun 2008, 14:09

Ah, so this is what you been up to... maybe your rearranging things triggered some odd thing inside me to bring up an old thread unsubconsiously (i have been noted to sence strange things and act on them).. or it could be something else...

I like the arrangement, clean and simple , and like the adia of adding a MAC OS section since apples are getting more popular here in SA again. By the way, i also looked at UK forum, it is not as aestheticly pleasing as the south african one.

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