Website is reaching its limits

It has become necessary to delete some info on the website.

The webmaster has some ideas, but would like to know what the readers/users want or don't want.

Your inputs please?

Personally I think the forum has "replaced" some areas of the website in many ways.

I also think there are more people using the forum than there are visiting the website.

Just my thoughts...

Tend to agree with Sharkie

Take it you are referring to the Club’s home and sub-pages and not to this forum.

If so, my answer is no, very seldom use the sub-pages. Think it’s good to have a window to the outside……that must stay……. and the front page (News) as you utilize it, is excellent – maybe with a few links in tact like for example :

- Forum (as present)
- Club (as present)
- S & P (as present)

As for the rest – including birthdays – I would prefer it to all to be found on the forum, sort of a one stop for day to day activities. This is talking from a convenience point of view thus not taking into account sponsors etc

I agree with Jamie. The "front-page" of the website is great!

I always find the Trip Reports the most interesting part on the website and/or the forum, both for enjoyment and research.

I wonder if "non-official BMW club trip reports", like the Eastern Transvaal and Drakensberg trips by myself and Jamie, this last week-end, should be grouped on the forum in a certain way. At the moment they all fall under "Other".
Maybe a sub-group per province or Road / GS or even the Extreme Rides or something. It will make finding specific reports easier and so will ease the research of routes in a specific area of the country.

What do you think?


ps. How do you do a spell check, I always cut and paste into Word and then run the spell check and cut and paste it back.

Sharkie wrote:..I wonder if "non-official BMW club trip reports", like the Eastern Transvaal and Drakensberg trips .. should be grouped on the forum in a certain way. At the moment they all fall under "Other".
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Anything, almost anything is possible.

Thank you !!

It looks great and I think it will work just fine !!

MadnohB wrote: Take it you are referring to the Club’s home and sub-pages and not to this forum...

Yes, the Club's Home - the window to the outside world - as well as a base for info/facts/interesting titbits not covered on the forum... and a nice hobby for the webmaster!

Back to the forum: 2 hours, 5 replies . . not bad

Thanks for all the effort and the hard work Dani !!!!!

Sharkie wrote:.....How do you do a spell check.....

as far as I know the "new" folum deos ton hav da spel chek vasility........get my drift?

I also think that the Club website can be very basic. As you say, a window to the outside world. I also think by keeping the website basic, it would encourage/force club members to use the forum more regularly.

MadnohB wrote:

Sharkie wrote:.....How do you do a spell check.....

as far as I know the "new" folum deos ton hav da spel chek vasility........get my drift?

Serias ?????

MadnohB wrote:

Sharkie wrote:.....How do you do a spell check.....

as far as I know the "new" folum deos ton hav da spel chek vasility........get my drift?

Now we can see who concentrated in the English class...

I would love to see all the members of the club's photos on there in an easily searchable format. I am a fairly new member of the club (December 07), and would love to get to know more people. When was the last time the photos of members were updated?

steyngert wrote:. . . When was the last time the photos of members were updated?

Not recently, I'm afraid.
The album currently on the website under CLUB > MEMBERS, was set up by the designer, Brian Cannoo, who passed away in February. The software he used costs 49 Euros - but setting up the album is not the difficult part, it's collecting the pictures.

steyngert wrote:I would love to see all the members of the club's photos on there in an easily searchable format. ... would love to get to know more people..

I agree. I will start over with current members (2008) and available pictures - even it is not the same 'professional' manner it was done before?

Request to all 2008 members: E-mail a clear and recent 'head & shoulder' picture to dani@bmwclubs.co.za

see also following discussion:
http://bmwclubs.heavenforum.org/news-f23/photo-album-of-members-t52.htm

steyngert wrote:I would love to see all the members of the club's photos on there in an easily searchable format.

Besides the News and Events calendar, I agree that it is nice to look at the Mugshots and put a face to a name. To save space, I have seen sites where you can upload your photos and then reference them via an URL. We used something similar on the old forum.

Even though I fairly new to the club, I must say forum based websites tend to be very successful in allowing members to help each other, plan activities and the like. The main content pages are simply static and for general information purposes, such as club rules, committee members, events calendar (though could be placed in the forum by admin who could enter HTML code to build tables), vision & mission statements, and the like. Articles and technical can be moved to forum.