Forum reorganization

[Orio]

To address Attila's wish of placing emphasis on rescuing film, I have reorganized the forum.
Now Film and Digital have two separate sections. This will hopefully give more visiblity to film.
Lenses of course are in a section apart because it would be impossible to separate them between the two media.
I made the Forum Central section smaller to bring more up in the page the important sections (lenses, film, digital)
Now the moderator boards are at the bottom, as they are the less interesting I guess.

Maybe at first the changes will be a bit shocking, but I think that the forum is better organized now.

Let me know what you think - if you think it's a disaster I will bring back things as they were!

[Nesster]

It looks plenty pretty, no matter what else

[hexi]

Great !

Maybe some things should be sticky, like darkroom equipment etc....
anyway i'm gonna to open this new section right now . must find title

[estudleon]

EXCELENT !!

I really wait for more changes (perhaps into the lenses part)

Rino.

[Orio]

[Swappo]

I got lost!
But then I got hold of it.

I think it's pretty good idea to have the "Manual Focus Lenses" section separated as I think it's a main subject for this forum (no shit!).

I also like that the gallery sections are below all the technical stuff.

[SkedAddled]

The layout does seem a bit more intuitive, but where's the Reviews topic?

[hexi]

Ok Orio i've seen the topic, you can erase mine then.

[Orio]

[ChrisLilley]

[Orio]

[hexi]

Fine then.

Will there be a film review as well ? Or just help in darkroom ?

woot 100 post + ! i can access another forum


edit : seen slide show ! very good play on words actually

[Orio]

[my_photography]

Nice job but I need to get use of it.

[Orio]

[Farside]

I quite like the new layout. I know there was an initial intention to not sub-divide too much, but as time went on it became obvious some re-jigging would be needed.
As it is now, there's a good logic to it.

For an utterly nightmarish front listing page, visit www.boards.ie/vbulletin/ and your eyes will pop out. There, it seems that most users stick to the small areas they're interested in and don't stray around much. Problem with boards.ie is it's trying to be all things to all people. It works well enough most of the time, but it's an example of horrible complexity, brought on by its popularity.

[Attila]

[glockman99]

I like the changes. Usually, us old guys don't like changes, but in this case it's not a problem.

[Shiladitya]

Thanks Orio! The change looks Great. Feeling more at home!

[Rolf]

Hi Orio,

yes it is ok.

Btw I have another point I´m not sure whether it is correct here and you can change it within your forum software.

I´m looking very often in this forum to find and read about the experience of others regarding special lenses. For that I need to use the search function and sometimes I get hundred of entries. A long time to filter the info I need.

Is it possible to add additional input fields which must be filled in like

manufacturer name, type, focal lenght etc. when starting a new thread?

[poncho_morales]

I like the changes, thanks for the update Orio!

[Milanos]

Great changes and I fully agree with Rolf, the upgrade of searching parametres would help a lot. New members (I´m still new to this forum) are 100% searching for opinions, pictures and experiences of several lenses and If I input into searching bar e.g. Zeiss pancolar, it shows hundreds of thread where either of those words are mentioned. And that is only half of the function.

Otherwise the forum gets 5 out of 5.

Thanks

[Orio]

Thanks, I'm happy to see that the changes are liked

For the searching functions, maybe Attila can help, he's a programmer.

I am unable to go beyond a simple html page with Frontpage

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[djmike]

Yes, I got lost, too. But I love this change. Thanks, Orio.
Mike

[Attila]