Wrightpayne Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 looks like the wanted and for sale tick options have disappeared? Just a long list of forum categories - current, old and test? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted January 12, 2019 Leadership Team Share Posted January 12, 2019 Nope they're there, it's just that nobody uses them.Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 But the forum is not broken 'cos it's cost a fortune to set up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrightpayne Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 This is what I saw....I was laying down whilst typing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted January 13, 2019 Leadership Team Share Posted January 13, 2019 I'm using an iPad ... go to post new topic then click on the advanced tab, but it's pretty obvious that there's only a small proportion of users who use it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted January 13, 2019 Area Representative Share Posted January 13, 2019 I think it is easier just to put BULK BUY, FOR SALE or WANTED in the title.If I could do so, I would add this to all the posts on the front page. After that I think posters would pick up the idea. I believe that having all posts in the mix helps those searching for items and my or others' bulk buys.I'd rather like colours but CAPS or emboldened CAPS will do. Sadly we don't have colour nor can you embolden in the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted January 13, 2019 Leadership Team Share Posted January 13, 2019 So why have we (as a club) managed to get it so wrong, when other clubs have a well set up market place with separate sections for wanted, for sale, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Stu,That's because our forum is superior to others. Or maybe that the crowd here is not as intelligent as the forum requires... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted January 13, 2019 Area Representative Share Posted January 13, 2019 So why have we (as a club) managed to get it so wrong, when other clubs have a well set up market place with separate sections for wanted, for sale, etc?Stu, I guarantee that if I was arranging a bulk buy with the old system, I would just have put it in ChitChat and not in the sub-section of MarketPlace. To see the difference in visits or notice taken between the forums, just look at the expressions of interest here https://www.lotus7.club/forum/chitchat/there-interest-bulk-buy-wicking-base-layer with the number of orders we have received so far (17 shirts ordered, I don't have the detail of how many orders this represents but can make a decent stab at the number from the combination of colour and size and it looks like 9 orders, after the four pages of expressions of interest). ChitChat and TechTalk are busy, others are not and sub-forums of lesser used sections just don't give sufficient prominence. I can not say where the right balance between too few sections and too many is, nor do I think that it remains the same over time. I do think that the forums were over divided when there were 20 or 22 and that compositing them has good points as well as disadvantages.I no longer have the relevant data but the three sections of MarketPlace which were not "For Sale" had very few posts (which is not necessarily saying they were not visited). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian B Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Stephen, I'm sure you realise there is a often a big difference between "expression of interest" and "here's my money/order".Please listen to the members (and ARs) feedback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Stephen,I think the difference would be little as many use the "new and updated"We do, however need a decent way to see in which forum section we are which would make it much easier to navigate back when the post is no longer new - IE after having logged in as discussed at Autosport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted January 13, 2019 Area Representative Share Posted January 13, 2019 Stephen, I'm sure you realise there is a often a big difference between "expression of interest" and "here's my money/order". Clearly greater than I had hoped but we can always make refunds.However the division of Marketplace is not my decision, I'm expressing my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted January 20, 2019 Area Representative Share Posted January 20, 2019 And the good news is that orders have picked up well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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