Potential Forum Update? YOUR thoughts needed (In progress!)

Old announcement of past promotion rounds and updates to Wolfhome.

How do you feel about a potential change in forum lay out?

Poll ended at Sun Aug 17, 2014 4:31 pm

1.) Change it up!
36
69%
2.) I do not want to see any changes.
7
13%
3.) I am unsure how I feel about any changes.
9
17%
 
Total votes: 52
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Hi guys! So it is no secret that the forums aren't exactly intuitive. Unless you've been around here for awhile, finding your way around can be quite a challenge :(. I'm hoping, if you guys all think it is a nice idea, to potentially move around some of the forums and subforums to make the forum look more efficient and tidy. I've been brainstorming this for awhile, it only includes forums and subforums that we currently have, there's no new forums. Sorry :(. I figure it is best to get what we have organized, before thinking about adding anything else. So with that being said, this is what we have now:
Spoiler! :
Messages For the Administration
General Questions for the Administration
  • Subforums: Answered Questions Archive
Questions for the Art Review Team
  • Subforums: Answered Questions Archive, Permissions Section, Artist Terms Of Service forum
WolfHome Resource
  • Subforums: Archives
Chat & Forum Technical Support
  • Subforums: Archives
Suggestions
  • Subforums: Suggestions Archive, Forum Suggestions, Chat Suggestions, ART suggestions and discussions
General
Forum Rules, Guidelines and FAQs
Announcements!
  • Subforums: Announcements Archive
General Wolfhome Discussion
  • General Wolfhome Discussion Archive
Introductions and Interviews
Events and Contests
  • Subforums: Event Archives
Critter Chatter
  • Subforums: Critter Chatter Archive
Games!
  • Subforums: Game Archive
Wolfhome Screenshots
  • Subforums: Chatlands Screenshots
The Artsy Section
Art Gallery, Streams, and Critiquing!
  • Subforums: Art Gallery, Writing & Photography, LiveStreaming, Critiques and Redlines, Artwork Archives
User Hosted Contests
Freebie Emporium
Artists Giving Back
  • Subforums: Free Colouring/Shading/Grayscaling/etc.
Trades
  • Subforums: Trades Archive
WolfHome Markets
  • Subforums: Artist Market, Premade Market, Service Section, Other Market, Wanted Items and Services, Character Market, Prospective Market, WolfHome Markets Archive
References

Forum
Admin Ask Me Anythings
  • Subforums: Gamma Answer Section, Beta Answer Section, Alpha Answer Section
Miscellaneous
Holiday Greetings, Birthdays & Community Announcements
  • Subforums: Holiday Greetings, Birthdays & Community Announcements Archive
Semper Fidelis
Websites
  • Subforums: Websites Archive
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Changes that could make the forum easier to understand for everyone:
Spoiler! :
The Official Wolfhome Board
Wolfhome Resources, FAQs, and Guidelines
  • Subforums: Wolfhome Resources, FAQs, and Guidelines Archive
Wolfhome Announcements - this would be where Wolfhome's announcements would be.
  • Subforums: Wolfhome Announcements Archive
General Questions for the Administration
  • Subforums: General Questions for the Administration Archive
Questions for the Art Review Team
  • Subforums: Questions for the Art Review Team Archive
Chat & Forum Technical Support
  • Subforums: Chat & Forum Technical Support Archive
Ask the Administrators Anything
  • Subforums: Gamma Answer Section, Beta Answer Section, Alpha Answer Section, Ask the Administrators Anything Archive
Suggestions for Wolfhome - combining all suggestion threads together to conserve space; one would just need to specify what the suggestion pertains to specifically.
  • Subforums: Suggestions for Wolfhome Archive
The Wolfhome Community Board
Introductions and Interviews
General Wolfhome Discussion
  • Subforums: General Wolfhome Discussion Archive
Critter Chatter
  • Subforums: Critter Chatter Archive
Community Announcements - AKA Holiday Greetings, Birthdays & Community Announcements -- just a shorter name.
  • Community Announcements Archive
Character Reference Section
Forum Games
  • Subforums: Forum Games Archive
Semper Fidelis
Event Committee Hosted Contests
  • Subforums: Event Committee Hosted Contests Archive
Websites
  • Subforums: Websites Archive
Wolfhome Screenshots
  • Subforums: Chatlands Screenshots
The Wolfhome Art Section
The Art Gallery
  • Subforums: The Art Gallery Archive
Writing & Photography Gallery
  • Subforums: Writing & Photography Gallery Archive
Art Related Resources
  • Subforums: Artist Terms Of Service forum, Permissions Section, Critiques and Redlines, LiveStreaming, Freebie Emporium, Artistic Resources Archive
User Hosted Contests
  • Subforums: User Hosted Contests Archive
Artists Giving Back
  • Subforums: Artists Giving Back Archive
The Wolfhome Market Place
Artist Market
Premade Market
Character Market
Prospective Market
Other Market
Trades
Service Section
Review Section
Wanted Items and Services
Wolfhome Markets Archive
Nothing is going to happen unless you guys are on board with it. I hope you all keep an open mind about this though, as all the content will all the same it is just the location of the forums that would be changed. The new locations are just more logical imo :(. Think about all the happy new users who can navigate the forums more easily!

Anyway, I'm going to create a poll for you all to share your thoughts there as well. Please also feel free to comment with your thoughts, but just bare in mind this is for forums and subforums we currently have, this is not for adding new ones at this current time.

Thanks guys!

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Bump.

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this layout actually looks pretty good to me.
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Terms of service might be better placed under the markets? It's all connected in a way
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Casanova wrote:this layout actually looks pretty good to me.
ditto
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I think some kind of "site map" would be good to have, as well. A locked post where it lists the forum categories with their sub forums. That way, if you're looking for a particular section you can just read down the list. Maybe even have the list as links.
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I will definitely make a thread for that! Thank you for the suggestion.

I'm currently making the changes, as the majority agrees with them. The changes will slowly happen over the course of the week because classes consume a lot of my time :(

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Also... I like the way you have the new set up, if it were to be changed. Good idea to have the archive sections, would make things so much more organized and way less cluttered. I imagine it'd be more easily managed by the administrators.
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No worries! Your work is appreciated no matter the time frame, it's a good change to be happening.
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Forums look good so far :)
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It took me forever to find the freebie emporium. : (

I still feel like it should sort of stay it's own section, for easier access. And not to mention it's not a very minor section, it's quite popular. xD I think it feels very out of place as a sub-forum.
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i think you should subforum critiquing / redlining

in the art related resources
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Phantasma wrote:It took me forever to find the freebie emporium. : (

I still feel like it should sort of stay it's own section, for easier access. And not to mention it's not a very minor section, it's quite popular. xD I think it feels very out of place as a sub-forum.
In the "Wolfhome Art Section"?
chickadee wrote:i think you should subforum critiquing / redlining

in the art related resources
That's where it is.
Art Related Resources
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Subforums: Artist Terms Of Service forum, Permissions Section, Critiques and Redlines, LiveStreaming, Freebie Emporium, Art Related Resources Archive

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What exactly is the review section?
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Apodyopsis wrote:What exactly is the review section?
It's a forum where you can talk about a good experience with an artist you've commissioned and recommend them to the community. You can also review people as customers but it's not as common.
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