How are Destination forums ordered?
Jan 1, 2012 | 9:10 am
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How are Destination forums ordered?
Just wondering, but how are the Travel&Dining: Destination forums ordered? (I'm assuming this is Talkboard-decided). The sequence doesn't seem to be alphabetical, nor geographic.
For example, United States forums show in this order:
Hawaii
Alaska
California
Florida
New England
Mid-Atlantic
South
Midwest
Texas
West
For example, United States forums show in this order:
Hawaii
Alaska
California
Florida
New England
Mid-Atlantic
South
Midwest
Texas
West
Jan 1, 2012 | 1:17 pm
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IB or I do it. It certainly looks random. Let me play with it a bit, and then you check and see if it makes better sense. I think I'll start with the east coast and work west.
Jan 1, 2012 | 3:36 pm
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Jan 2, 2012 | 12:21 am
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Looking forward to seeing the results of Carol's change. It has seemed a bit mish-mashed to me in the past.
Jan 2, 2012 | 12:27 am
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For some history, details, information and ideas pertaining to this topic, please refer to the following discussion:
Travel Destination Forums: can they please be reordered
Travel Destination Forums: can they please be reordered
Jan 2, 2012 | 7:34 am
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Once I get used to Hawaii being at the bottom of the list instead of the top (I use the Forum Jump menu at the bottom of the pages), this works.
Jan 24, 2012 | 7:04 am
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Jan 24, 2012 | 5:09 pm
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I never could figure out why The Middle East forum is listed last in the World category. It is not last alphabetically (M) and geographically the region belongs in Asia.
Jan 24, 2012 | 6:01 pm
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I've often wondered as well about 'The World' subfora. France and Germany have their own forum but there is also Europe; shouldn't we be subfora of Europe? I think that people are sometimes confused and post on Europe as a sort of catchall as a result.
Jan 25, 2012 | 9:07 am
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Jan 25, 2012 | 10:11 am
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I agree - and it's also true in Asia where many of the destinations should be subforums of Asia. But I haven't done it as there was a huge fuss by someone on TB some years back who hated having subforums. I don't even remember his reasons any more, but I am loathe to do it without member support. For me, yes, it makes good sense.
Jan 25, 2012 | 10:19 am
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I fully support changing to a subforum layout, similar to the American ones. I always read the 'Europe' forum to mean 'other Europe' ie not Germany, France, Scandinavia, the UK and Ireland, etc, and 'Asia' as 'other Asia'.
Does it require a TB motion to approve and to make the change? (Recognising that it also requires quite a bit of work from you, sorry!)
Does it require a TB motion to approve and to make the change? (Recognising that it also requires quite a bit of work from you, sorry!)
Jan 25, 2012 | 10:21 am
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I agree - and it's also true in Asia where many of the destinations should be subforums of Asia. But I haven't done it as there was a huge fuss by someone on TB some years back who hated having subforums. I don't even remember his reasons any more, but I am loathe to do it without member support. For me, yes, it makes good sense.
Jan 26, 2012 | 10:27 am
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I fully support changing to a subforum layout, similar to the American ones. I always read the 'Europe' forum to mean 'other Europe' ie not Germany, France, Scandinavia, the UK and Ireland, etc, and 'Asia' as 'other Asia'.
Does it require a TB motion to approve and to make the change? (Recognising that it also requires quite a bit of work from you, sorry!)
Does it require a TB motion to approve and to make the change? (Recognising that it also requires quite a bit of work from you, sorry!)
I can't speak for other TB members, but I think this is something the Community Director can do (realizing it's extra work for her & it should be fit in when she has time) since the sub-forums & main forums already exist - it's just doing a bit of re-arranging of them, and doesn't require a full TB motion/voting.
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Jan 31, 2012 | 7:09 pm
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I agree - and it's also true in Asia where many of the destinations should be subforums of Asia. But I haven't done it as there was a huge fuss by someone on TB some years back who hated having subforums. I don't even remember his reasons any more, but I am loathe to do it without member support. For me, yes, it makes good sense.
