A few Site Suggestions, Maybe they will help

[diggerdan11]

I have noticed that this site seems to be dead recently, and it seem like there are less and less “old” members every day. I think a lot of people have become frustrated with this site recently. I have a few suggestions that might help pick this site up and maybe make people happy. Some of these have already been suggested but I figured I would add them in as well:

 

 

Maybe we can add a “hobby” Section or multiple sections, where we can discuss Sports, Guns, Fishing, Other Vehicles Etc…. Not everyone joins this site just to learn about their trucks, we also are on here to make friendships and BS with each other just like car guys do.

 

 

What about a spotted section. People post on here all the time saying “hey I saw an SS, anyone on here? Or they post up SS’s on eBay or Craigslist (good or bad), but these post are sometimes in the off topic, or photo, or other random sections, I think it would be nice to have on place for them all.

 

 

I think the How to section needs lots of work. It is full of great information, but half the pictures and links no longer work. Of course this is one of the issues with using sites like photobucket, when you move the pictures or delete them from your account, you also lose them on any post you put them in. There are also lots of people asking questions in the How to Section. I would love to see some new how to topics in this section, but that will require members on this site to create ones.

 

We can also create a new Popular How to thread, the one in there was last updated in 09 and half the links no longer have the pictures you need to perform the how to. This “popular mod” thread can also have links to other sites that have really go how-2s. Hopefully this might help keep people from asking the same questions over and over again. Maybe we can change the name form how 2 to Walkthrough or something like that. This might help differentiate between the place where you go to ask questions and the place where you can find answers.

 

I would really like to see more topics pinned. Maybe we can have a frequently asked question post in the technical forums that has links to answers to frequently asked questions, so hopefully we don’t have the same questions asked over and over again.

 

 

How about some photo contests. We have truck of the month (every 2 months), but how about a contest let say where everyone post up a picture of your SS next to a Prius, then everyone post up pictures, we vote on the best and the winner gets to pick the topic of the next months contest. I have seen this on other sites and it has been lots of fun.

 

Maybe we can have cleaning and detailing section where we can discuss different cleaning and detailing supplies, we are all obsessed with keeping your trucks nice and shiny, and this is where we can talk about products and techniques. The Appearance section kind of fits this, but I still think we can have a separate one.

 

I think it would also be fun to have a member finder, so we can see where other members are located. I know there are people from Oregon on here other than me, there has to be, but IDK who they are.

 

These are just a few ideas that I have, please feel free to add some more. I love this site and have been a member for over 6 years, but day buy day I have become a little more frustrated with this site, and Im on here less and less, and I know Im not the only one who feels the same way. I would love to see this site return to its former glory.

Edited January 29, 2013 by diggerdan11 (see edit history)

[Downeast Johnny]

Working on things this morning:

 

1- Appearance forum focus has shifted slightly: It's now: Appearance, Cleaning, & Detailing

2- Added a new forum: MiSSed Connections & SSpotted

3- The Waiting Room has been renamed to: My New Truck

4- Added a new forum: Firearms & Hunting

5- Added a new forum: Sports & The Outdoors

6 - SS Truck News has been refocused to cover all automotive industry topics as : The Automotive Industry

 

We're working on more photo contests. Garage is back, along with truck of the month. A 48-state flag rally will start soon, too!

Supporting Membership will re-open in the next few weeks. We're installing and testing the new software to allow us to process subscriptions next week.

 

I think this addresses quite a few of the open concerns. Are we doing a better job?

 

Thanks again for you guys dedication and time spent on making a very good forum even better. It's much appreciated. :cheers:

[la122685]

How about having more space for the newest topics posted on the right side of the home page? more than the 5 currently showing.

[THATGUYCRUZ]

We'll be on the look-out for a IPB Forum Hook that has the functionality. We're not programmers, so we can only use what we find (and is well designed / maintained code).

 

Have you tried the View New Content Button near the right top of the page?

Okay I never noticed that. That is great. I think you should edit tho to it being recent content. it would have new content and recently replied content. Instead of having to go into everysingle section to see what has been replied to we could just go to this button on the top and see it all there in a nutshell.

[JC03SS]

Whatever was done to where we can't see videos from our iPhone's or what not sucks ass. Maybe we can fix this??