6G Celicas Forums

I'm new to the site but I've searched it for a long time.

My suggestion would be to consolidate the forums to enhance traffic.

My Project <--- Just as it is. It has a nice amount of traffic and users like it.
Engine & Drivetrain <-- (Turbo/atmo, swaps, routine maintenance, transmission & axles all here)
Body & Chassis <-- (Exterior styling, interior, Suspension, bodyshell, stereos, etc)
For Sale & Wanted <--- As is.
General & Off-Topic <--- (A lounge-like forum. With no "today i..." masterthread.)

This merging of forums is what I would like to see. Allow me to illustrate how I think this could improve the forum. Consider please the currently seperate NA Engine and Forced Induction forums. The amount of activity is not enough between them to float two separate forums. Meanwhile, there's really nothing that a turbo user should know that an na user should not, and vice-versa. Syaoran has a thread in forced induction about engine balancing and it is very interesting. This thread is relevant to anyone with an engine, period. Even information about blow off valve problems can be enlightening to a non-turbo user. I would also suggest that there should be tolerance for neophytes to have "silly and pointless" arguments such as "Okay seriously guys, turbo vs na whats better?" Most healthy forums have a bit of this for a reason. In this case combining forums would make one forum with "More Bloodflow to it's Brain".

I'm OCD and like things separated, if you saw me at Thanksgiving lunch you'd understand. NOTHING CAN TOUCH.

then how do yo have ... nevermind......

whatever changes we get, it would be for the best.

I only have issues with things that aren't supposed to be touching. Like cranberries or yams touching the turkey, it's a very complicated process.

I am Zake and I approve these messages.

This post has been edited by Zake: Nov 29, 2013 - 6:39 PM

I'm working on this, and a start is here: http://www.6gc.net/about/contribute

Anything and everything is appreciated! I don't have any advantages setup for donations yet, but perhaps in the future. And since almost everyone shops on Amazon these days, if you shop by first using the links on that page, then Amazon pays me a little percentage and it helps out run the site, make necessary and long-overdue improvements, develop new stuff, etc.




It's actually a very easy thing to do, the community as a whole just needs to come to some decisions on what exact forum merges/subforums/addtions/etc. are needed.



Definitely working on it. This will be happening very soon.



This is my first priority, and I've been working on it for a couple days and will be working on it more today, hopefully finishing it up tomorrow.




This would be very time consuming, but improved search might be in the works later on. There's a lot that needs to be done before that though.




Definitely working on mods.




Also working on getting admin access setup. The unfortunate thing is that the out-of-the box admin stuff on the forums doesn't work because of the way that the database and codebase and site integration has changed over the years. So it's a fair amount of work, but there will definitely be better controls at least on a few things soon.




I agree that that would nice, but it's a fair amount of work at this point, especially because the chat was built in a language I never quite understood (hence the unfortunate crashes and limited features ) and still do not understand. But if I have time after the more important stuff is done, I'll see what I can do about adding this or perhaps changing the chat up entirely to something that works much better.



What's everyone's thought on this? I actually can't stand embedded videos on most sites because they're slow, particularly on phones, but also on my computer. I still build everything on an old under-powered computer because: 1. Computers are expensive. and 2. If a site is fast for me, it's also typically fast on most phones and super fast on most new computers. And I love fast websites.

Furthermore, I ESPECIALLY hate embedded videos that auto-play on one of twenty tabs I have open, forcing me to frantically search every tab for the culprit.



Perhaps, though bigger signatures I'm against for the same reasons I am with embedded videos. But if everyone but me wants it, then I can make it happen. I just don't want the site to slow down. Also, bigger signatures are tougher on the servers, and that can potentially make everything slow.




How's everyone feel about this? I've also found the lax rules (with more new moderators to keep things even better in check) can be nice for the local buying/selling, etc on various forums. Again, we'll have to come up with a good combination of forum/subforum changes that everyone likes.




Again, what's everyone think. And how should we come to a consensus.

I have to say, it feels good to be finally beginning to work on my own projects like 6GC again. I've been neglecting everything, getting caught up with work and injuries and other issues, but it's all getting better! Now that I've got a couple sites with good traffic and good community, a lot less stress, good health, and some spare time, I'm hoping to be able to continue working on them full-time.

Embedded videos that didn't automatically play would be ok.

I think the forum layout is fine as it is, though dividing things never hurts. I'm a meticulous person, so I like things divided neatly. Merging on the other hand, just makes a mess of things. As far as getting more traffic into certain areas, anything new shows up with the "view new posts" link at the top. So anyone that's interested will see it anyway through that.

Bigger signatures would be nice, I'd imagine most people have halfway capable computers. Mine is almost seven years old and is still fine with anything outside of new games.

Glad to hear things are getting better for you. Hopefully you can drop in once in awhile, pick up a 6GC project *cough* or what have you.

Contributed.

I'm actually against the embedded videos... I have my reasons, no need to air them out, but I kinda like the videos as they are.

How do we do the contribution thing with Amazon?

This post has been edited by Box: Dec 2, 2013 - 7:40 PM

no, no embedded videos, it crashes sites!!! we dont need that.

Meh, I personally don't find it much more work to click on a hyperlink. I rather have bigger signatures over embedded videos.

No embedded videos!! not sure if this would be admin only. but sometimes we double post. perhaps you can make it so website can recognize it that way admin or mods don't have to do double work. sometimes members create two of the same threads in one sub forum. perhaps deleting one!? i have no clue what takes to run a forum. but just trying to minimize clutter on the site.

ha quite amazing to see the original admin coming back on to work on his old website

and finally just as everyone has wanted to help now that the time has come(donations)

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Dec 3, 2013 - 5:57 PM

Other boards allow members to delete their posts within a few minutes of it being posted. Just for such instances, or perhaps you just change your mind.

i just made a purchase using the amazon tool. GL.

Ah well damn... Ad Blocker was keeping me from seeing the Amazon tool...

Thanks! I actually have a new Toyota project/commuter, I'll post in O/T once I have some time to snap some pics.



Thank you!



I'll look into this and see how difficult it would be.




Thanks!



Ah yes, I forget about Adblock. I'll see if I can also get a more normal link up there that will work.

And FYI, the site will be down for hopefully less than an hour tonight, starting at 11pm Pacific Time. I'm making backups and preparing a better development environment so that I can more easily and reliably work on the site.

I know we're all busy with life and growing up ect..

So just want to say thanks for the continued investment in the site

Just wondering if anything can be done to the profile comments.
like a notification when you get a new one or a notification when someone replies to one of yours.

I looked at my profile after the longest time and missed a couple questions from some members.

That would be pretty nice.
Even a list of post you've made on others profiles would be acceptable.

This used to happen, I think with a previous update it was lost.