Forum layout proposition

CmdrFly

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  1. Delete Anything FFXI. Move those threads to General Discussion.
  2. Move Quests - Missions - Guides to be a subforum of General Discussion.
  3. Move Traveler's Tavern to the heading General Chat, as the stories in there are not always FFXI-related as is.
  4. Delete Linkshell Forum Requests. For the traffic there thus far, it's a waste. People who need 'em can post to QCDN Support & Feedback, or send a PM to Flymop / Alyada / Reeve.
  5. Move QCDN Support & Feedback to be under the General Chat heading (not sure about this one, since support-related things are typically at the bottom of any forum).
    • Move Crime and Punishment to be a sub-forum of QCDN Support & Feedback.

Final layout:

  • FFXI Discussion
    • General Discussion (all FFXI discussion not related to other boards goes here)
      • Quests - Missions - Guides
    • End-Game Discussion (End-Game discussion topics only, i.e. Sky / HNM / Dynamis, etc)
    • Flameboard
    • Good Times
  • FFXI Classifieds
    • Event Scheduling
      • Dynamis Scheduling
    • Auctionhouse
    • Crafter's Corner
    • Linkshell Recruiting
  • General Chat
    • Traveler's Tavern
    • Reality Sinks In
    • Fan Works
    • Off-Topic
    • Gaming (gaming-related posts here, use the subforums for specific games)
      • Nintendo Wii
      • Final Fantasy and other RPG's
      • World of Warcraft
    • QCDN Support & Feedback
      • Crime and Punishment

It'd be nice if the messaging system used here was dynamically and user-changable; I know there's a few forums I hardly ever visit so I could throw them in my "gizarbage" heading. That's a long stretch though from the looks of things, the above layout at least clears a couple of things out of the way.

Just my proposition, I'd like to hear other's comments. The thing I dislike the most about the QCDN index is that it's over a page long in 1280x1024. That's probably unavoidable given the number of forums here, but it's just one of those nuisances that tickles my pickle in the wrong way.


Addition: here's a visual representation that may help decipher my yammering above.

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This leaves only 3 headings which people can hide/show for easier jumping around.
 
I still don't think we need General Discussion and off topics. besides that I like the rest
 
True that they both serve the "general topics" sort of theme, but one is "general FFXI topics" and the other is "general non-FFXI topics". I can't myself see where people posting to either of those would put their posts, if one of them didn't exist.
 
Only Reeve now has admin abilites just FYI
 
Thanks to Cmdrfly I just realized I could hide the sections of the forum that I never read. I like the layout Cmdrfly suggested, it's simple and effective.
 
CmdrFly said:
True that they both serve the "general topics" sort of theme, but one is "general FFXI topics" and the other is "general non-FFXI topics". I can't myself see where people posting to either of those would put their posts, if one of them didn't exist.
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"General FFXI" right...then whats "Anything FFXI"?
 
Doesn't exist in my proposed setup on the right. I'm suggesting we delete Anything FFXI and move those threads to General Discussion.
 
CmdrFly - I made most of the changes you suggested.

I think were eventually going to phase out the Crime and Punishment forum since I think vbulletin has built in capabilities to accomplish that task. I also left gaming alone as the forums get enough traffic to warrent that for now at least.

I feel the pain about the number of forums... you should see it from my view since I have access to the dozens of linkshell forums!! OMG!! I've been pondering how information can be better displayed on the main index page and I have a few ideas but none that are easy to implement.
 
Yeah I couldn't really come up with anything better than what I had above. Gaming forum doesn't really matter to me since I hide it anyways, but thanks for making the other changes already... I know I'll like em at least.

edit: oh snap, where'd the datamining thread go? Casualty of the merge? I had that happen to me when I tried to merge some threads in our LS forum...
 
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probably... it was all moved so I guess its in general now as a thread.
 
Yeah nvm, It got bumped down from the merger. If I was less lazy I'd actually look for it before posting the /panic reply...
 
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