Magical Holiday Home Chat -- Sunday, August 9th

[MrsSoup]

Minta- I've been known to go back and check old posts to figure out when something happened. LOL But I think deleting after a certain amount of time back would be good.

 

[Jeff Westover]

I want to explore this thread issue -- when we did this same upgrade at MMC there was some confusion at first about how to see unread posts. I think we built a tutorial there that we can share here.

 

[MrsSoup]

Mine usually goes right below the most recent post so I just have to scroll up a little

 

[Jeff Westover]

On the old thread issue, I'd tread lightly. Couple of reasons why -- first of all, search engines need to see how old the site is. If information is still relevant it should stay

 

[Jeff Westover]

If it is NO longer relevant it should go

 

[missjane]

I think being able to see the unread posts is very user friendly the way it is. I've not had a problem finding what I have and haven't read.

 

[Minta]

@MrsSoup there are a lot of good ones to keep but there are a lot that are just idle chatting especially by users that are no longer here and offer no real information that could be removed. Nothing on the past few years but there a lot from several years ago.

 

[Jeff Westover]

I set up two archives at MMC -- one visible, one hidden. Relevant stuff stayed but was "closed" to new posting...and old stuff was archived and out of view

 

[MrsSoup]

@Minta Agreed

 

[Jeff Westover]

The way to do this is to decide what the forum tree will look like first...then fit the old stuff within the new tree.

 

[Jeff Westover]

Doing it makes it faster, in my view, to get things streamlined.

 

[Jeff Westover]

Ok, folks...anything else on your mind? Was this chat useful?

 

[missjane]

@Jeff Westover that makes sense. I know when I first started looking at MHH site, I was overwhelmed. Maybe having a tree with fewer "branches" will make people less overwhelmed when they first see??

 

[Jeff Westover]

Is this something we want to do now and then?

 

[Jeff Westover]

@missjane -- exactly. We want to be comprehensive without being overwhelming

 

[MrsSoup]

I think it was useful! I really enjoyed being able to chat, even though I was late. I think now that we know how to use this maybe we'll hop on more often just to chat.

 

[PamelaG]

This was great and it's nice to have you run the first one so we can see how it works. Thank you, @Jeff Westover, for all you do for Christmas-lovers and you too, @Minta, for being our local go-to with questions!

 

[Myron's Mom]

This was nice!

 

[missjane]

If it was useful to you, @Jeff Westover, to have our feedback, then I say, yes, we should do it.

 

[Jeff Westover]

Another thing I think we want to do is to set up one area where premiere-only content shows -- visits can see it is there but can't access it. But we want there to be a special showcase for our best members