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[Romanos]

This may have been asked already, if so I apologize. Is there a link to see a list of the staff here? I sometimes like to know who I can call on with issues or concerns.

Here you go, you can also find the link at the bottom of the forum index.

http://christianityhaven.com/showgroups.php

 

[GenesisGirl]

As a former long-time admin on another site, I'd like to point out that there's a difference between between flaming and someone being offended. They aren't always the same.


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You are absolutely correct concerning this and I hope that if I ever forget that a member will call me out on it so I can correct my error. Thank you for stating this.

 

[Lamb]

I'd like the head smacking smiley icon please

 

[Hammster]

I'd like the head smacking smiley icon please

I'm sure I've incited some real life face palms.


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[Lamb]

Now that you mention it

 

[Hammster]

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[Lamb]

Aww, okay, I'll be nice to you I like your suit.

 

[Hammster]

It's the only one I own.


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[Lamb]

Tell Romanos you want clothes for your Avatar

 

[Romanos]

I'd like the head smacking smiley icon please

If you'd like to find a certain one, I'll add it.

Also giving this a friendly bump for all the new members.

 

[Romanos]

Bump

 

[Romanos]

Hi all!

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Romanos

 

[tango]

Just one thought on having lots and lots of subforums.

While the board is relatively small is it better to have a smaller number of forums with some activity in each, than to have dozens and dozens of forums that hardly ever see any posting? Just thinking if the threads are too spread out it looks like the kind of place where you have to watch out for tumbleweed blowing through.

It should be easy enough to move threads into a new board if it becomes clear there's enough demand for it. By then I'd assume that the board had grown, so the staff team would have grown, and it wouldn't suddenly become a Herculean task. Until then, does a single forum called Off Topic or General Fellowship or some such provide a suitable place to post jokes, recipes, anything that's just a bit of fun?

 

[Romanos]

Just one thought on having lots and lots of subforums.

While the board is relatively small is it better to have a smaller number of forums with some activity in each, than to have dozens and dozens of forums that hardly ever see any posting? Just thinking if the threads are too spread out it looks like the kind of place where you have to watch out for tumbleweed blowing through.

It should be easy enough to move threads into a new board if it becomes clear there's enough demand for it. By then I'd assume that the board had grown, so the staff team would have grown, and it wouldn't suddenly become a Herculean task. Until then, does a single forum called Off Topic or General Fellowship or some such provide a suitable place to post jokes, recipes, anything that's just a bit of fun?

Hi contango!

Thanks for your suggestion. We're going to be looking at the layout coming up soon, and actually I'll be archiving the Christian Theology section into the Theology area tonight since there isn't a need for both sections right now. The intention was to allow Non Christians to ask about Theology with Christians.

As we have in the Denominational forums, we're up for creating new forums to accommodate for those of that particular church and such. For right now, the plan looks like we will hold off any creating any more forums excluding denominational forums at this point.

Thanks again for your post.

 

[tango]

Hi contango!

Thanks for your suggestion. We're going to be looking at the layout coming up soon, and actually I'll be archiving the Christian Theology section into the Theology area tonight since there isn't a need for both sections right now. The intention was to allow Non Christians to ask about Theology with Christians.

As we have in the Denominational forums, we're up for creating new forums to accommodate for those of that particular church and such. For right now, the plan looks like we will hold off any creating any more forums excluding denominational forums at this point.

Thanks again for your post.

Where the denominational posts are concerned can I suggest there aren't too many of them? I can see how, for example, Catholics might want to discuss the Hail Mary without dealing with another round of people saying they are making an idol out of a human but at the same time if people get too comfortable in their own denominational groups doesn't that just create a fragmented forum?

If people ask "what do Catholics believe Hesitations 4:13 means?" they will inevitably get a far more restricted group of answers than if they ask "what does Hesitations 4:13 mean?". Maybe on that particular topic the Baptists or the Lutherans have a better handle on what it means. On a board I used to help mod years ago there were a lot of users who posted just about everything in restricted areas that really didn't need to be there. On other boards I've used I've noticed the same thing - questions posted in the men-only area, or the singles-only area, or whatever other restricted area, when the question is relevant to anyone rather than just that particular group. It does get frustrating if there are lots of restricted forums, because the New Posts link ends up almost useless because it throws up so many threads I'm not allowed to post in.

Personally I really like the idea of having something like two gender-specific areas that are invisible to members of the opposite sex, and aside from that having a simple rule that if you're a Christian member of good standing you can post anywhere. If there is enough demand for denomination-specific subforums, I'd really like them to be invisible unless I'm allowed to post in them.

 

[Romanos]

Thanks again for your post. We're actually working on a Male and Female section of the area, actually thank you for reminding me. I'll put that on my list for tonight to do.

When you refer to them being invisible, how would you propose that be done?

 

[psalms 91]

I would say limit access based on gender. If you register as a male then you only have access to the male section.

 

[NewCreation435]

I like to see what recommendations others have about books. I read all the time. I am reading this now!!

 

[Romanos]

I would say limit access based on gender. If you register as a male then you only have access to the male section.

Well that would involve linking the profile fields to the back end to grant access, which wouldn't be easy. I'm thinking along the lines of having individuals requesting access to those respective areas would be easier to manage and do.

 

[tango]

Thanks again for your post. We're actually working on a Male and Female section of the area, actually thank you for reminding me. I'll put that on my list for tonight to do.

When you refer to them being invisible, how would you propose that be done?

When viewing the main list of forums presumably there's some kind of query that goes along the lines of "select f.name, f.description, f.postcount from forum f, forumaccess fa, user u where fa.forum=f.id and fa.user = u.id" (slightly more complex to take account of grouping and sequence but trying to keep it simple here).

You could potentially create user groups where each user can be a member of multiple groups - there will already be groups with names like "administrators", "moderators", "members" etc so if you can be a member of many groups you could also have "men", "women", and groups for however many denominational forums you want to have. Either that or have something along the lines of:

select f.name, f.description, f.postcount from forum where accesstype = 0 union select f.name, f.description, f.postcount where accesstype = 1 and f.accesscode = (my gender) union select f.name, f.description, f.postcount where accesstype = 1 and f.accesscode = (my denomination)

(in this example accesstype would be a field where 0 = open access, 1 = gender specific, 2 = denomination specific. The accesscode field would define who could access it based on accesstype, so for a gender-specific forum you might say male=1 and female=2, for a denomination-specific forum you'd do something similar for denominations.)

Just like when I click on the New Posts I don't see new posts within the moderators-only areas, when I click on the forum list I don't see the moderators-only forums, so the same would apply regarding the women's area and denominational forums that don't match my own denomination. If you wanted to you could hide all the Christian-only forums from anyone who isn't listed as some variation of Christian.