Suggestions for New Forum Categories
#1
Posted 21 June 2011 - 11:09 AM
Also, now would be a good time to explore possibilities of adding new forum categories, if you feel we need to add any. If you think some categories should be deleted, we can also discuss that, as well. What do you think of the forum's format and what would you change. Now is the time to speak up. If the changes are easy, they may be made fairly quickly. Otherwise, they will be made in August.
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#2
Posted 21 June 2011 - 10:02 PM
Today, David Love added a "Politics" forum to the board under "Websites and Other Things". This will be a place to say if you like the idea of adding this category as a specific area for discussion.
I think this is a good addition to the board. Thanks David.
#3
Posted 22 June 2011 - 07:04 AM
Pete, when I get through with my school project, I will take serious look at how you can upload photos directly to the forum.
#4
Posted 22 June 2011 - 11:48 AM
I'm surprised there aren't any other suggestions for changes.
Pete, when I get through with my school project, I will take serious look at how you can upload photos directly to the forum.
I've thought of a couple options but most are way too granular and when said and done, they just seem to be just another way to organize topics. The Politics segment makes sense, only because we have multiple threads in that genera pop up on a regular basis and because elected officials often have direct influence on the architectural landscape of their area of influence.
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#5
Posted 22 June 2011 - 11:51 AM
I'm surprised there aren't any other suggestions for changes.
Pete, when I get through with my school project, I will take serious look at how you can upload photos directly to the forum.
I've thought of a couple options but most are way too granular and when said and done, they just seem to be just another way to organize topics. The Politics segment makes sense, only because we have multiple threads in that genera pop up on a regular basis and because elected officials often have direct influence on the architectural landscape of their area of influence.
The only downside I can see where photo uploads are concerned is hosting prices are primarily based on bandwidth and size of content and where space is concerned, photos add up fast.
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#6
Posted 22 June 2011 - 03:55 PM
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#7
Posted 22 June 2011 - 06:50 PM
Today, David Love added a "Politics" forum to the board under "Websites and Other Things". This will be a place to say if you like the idea of adding this category as a specific area for discussion.
I think this is a good addition to the board. Thanks David.
I think so too. Again, thank you David.
#8
Posted 26 June 2011 - 11:18 PM
#9
Posted 27 June 2011 - 07:31 AM
#10
Posted 27 June 2011 - 08:23 PM
We will take the Restaurant section into consideration. Also, please take a look at other city forum sites to see how they are organized. You may get some ideas from them.
I've thought about a Foodie section, but then you have restaurants that are more pubs than restaurants, then pubs that serve food, then just pubs, clubs, dance clubs, discos, what have you. Since this is an architecture forum and just as politics and architecture go hand in hand, living, sleeping, eating, entertaining and being entertained are all the functional aspects of architecture.
We have Residential and Commercial sections within Projects and New Construction yet once built we still discuss the day to day happenings of each building, and often the re-tasking of commercial as residential and the reverse.
So maybe a section that breaks things down by use, foodie/restaurant, retail/merchandise, retail/perishables/foods, entertainment/pubs/clubs, mixed use, etc...
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#11
Posted 28 June 2011 - 08:41 PM
#12
Posted 29 June 2011 - 12:39 AM
#13
Posted 29 June 2011 - 10:39 PM
I'd like to suggest a forum for stadia, arenas, and other athletic venues. They may take a long time to build/renovate, cost a small (or large) fortune, and otherwise be a PITA; but once the job's done, they become significant parts to the municipal architecture.
I don't know... The construction process and associated issues fits nicely under "Public and Institutional" (or "Commercial" in the case of Cowboy's Stadium) and what happens afterwards fits under either "Sports and Activities" or "Arts and Entertainment".
I personally would prefer to see spectator sports separated off from sports and activities we actually do (watching a game vs. riding a bike or throwing a disk...) but there is really not the volume of postings to justify that.
#14
Posted 30 June 2011 - 07:24 AM
I also wonder if we will have much participation on the "Politics" forum.
#15
Posted 30 June 2011 - 09:04 AM
With elections looming, we might, but it seems to be sporadic, wonder if we could or should include city council items. I know I have a hard time actually going to the sessions, would like a place to gather the "what's happenings" and discussions.Pup, you are correct. There aren't enough posts to justify splitting spectator sports from participatory sports. We tried that in the early days and it was a big failure. I might look at changing the description or title to be a little more inclusive.
I also wonder if we will have much participation on the "Politicsl" forum.
If number of posts are a factor, maybe we should have a "Fort Worth vs Dallas" section?
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#16
Posted 30 June 2011 - 09:25 AM
#17
Posted 30 June 2011 - 11:58 AM
I'm all for that, was kind of just thinking out loud, I group those debates into the same category as siblings arguing over which parent is the coolest.Due to heavy criticism of individuals within city vs. city threads on other forums, we will never have a "Fort Worth vs. Dallas" section.
I think the politics section will probably have stagnate periods separated by brush fires here and there, then the once a year or once every four year bonfire.
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#18
Posted 01 July 2011 - 09:54 AM
#19
Posted 01 July 2011 - 10:04 AM
#20
Posted 01 July 2011 - 01:50 PM
The "Fort Worth Architecture" category has kind of evolved into a catch-all section that includes a ton of topics that could easily go into one of the existing categories and many are duplicates of topics in other sections.
And not to sound nitpicky, but the politics section was created after someone who hadn't posted on the forum for several months (and hasn't posted since) came on and scolded everyone for posting about politics. As best I could tell, the threads were all on-topic and had remained pretty civil. I guess it's all good in the end, but the reasoning behind it seemed like a knee jerk reaction at best.
#21
Posted 01 July 2011 - 02:14 PM
When posting a new thread, please think about posting in the correct area on the board. There have been several posts recently in the Fort Worth Architecture section that really do not belong there.
#22
Posted 02 July 2011 - 04:26 PM
#23
Posted 27 July 2011 - 08:25 AM
#24
Posted 07 August 2011 - 12:07 AM
#25
Posted 07 August 2011 - 02:04 PM
The forum filled a gap during its peak usage, when I started following it, I think in the late 90's it was absolutely the ONLY place where you could find any information on living downtown, lofts, condos, buildings that contained them. I must have lurked for a year or two before I started whining about ZERO options to purchase a residence downtown. At that specific point in time I had a Nokia phone swiveling on my belt, along with a pager the size of a digital camera and paying $125.00 a month for an ISDN connection, that's a 128K modem, which eventually turned into a fractal T1.
Fast forward to today, 2 of my three cell phones have a faster connection than my fractal T1 line did, many of the original forum contributors have their own blogs where they discuss their key interests, take Fortworthology for instance. Today, people can follow their favorite news, friends, stalking interests, etc... via FaceBook, Twitter, Google+, whatever their favorite news aggregation of choice may be.
What I see happening today, is less traffic, less noise for the most part, but many of the items vetted on the forum now become the source, sometimes just the muse for articles that wind up finding their way to the same people that use to discuss them in real time, they now read about them a few days later via their news feed of choice, probably due to the same lack of time and energy most of us deal with today.
It's only a matter of time before the early days of the Fort Worth Architecture Forum will become the heading of a nostalgia thread.
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#26
Posted 08 August 2011 - 11:56 AM
#27
Posted 08 August 2011 - 01:54 PM
Austlar, the IPB Board Banner is a result of a forum upgrade. Every time we do an upgrade the "Fort Worth Forum" Banner disappears. On the last upgrade, I was going to re-do it, but I haven't gotten around to it. I do doubt that is the reason forum traffic is down. David's assessment is very accurate. Also, one reason for the lack of activity is that there really aren't any major construction projects going on right now, other than the addition to Amon Carter Stadium. I'm partially responsible for the slowdown also because I am now working much, much more that I used to. Our office has staffed down to where I have to do everything and stay later to get the projects out. Our office is now running as a very lean and mean machine. I'm very lucky that I still have a job. The second reason for the lack of work on the site is that in order to relieve stress, I started bicycling much more that I used to do. I have lost some weight and I feel much better than I did when I worked on a computer from 8 until 5 and then came home and worked on the web site and the forum. Since I have been cycling 5,000 miles per year or more, I have really been feeling great. From time to time, my interests change focus, but they are always still there. I just returned from a four day, 200 mile, bike tour through the Davis Mountains. I had already planned to work on the site more this fall, if work eased up, and I hope that I can do that. All that I ask, is just to please be patient.
I'll have some photos of the deconstruction part of 2nd street, took some shots but no time to upload...
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#28
Posted 10 August 2011 - 12:56 AM
#29
Posted 10 August 2011 - 08:20 AM
I also appreciate everyone's comments and I know that all of you are not trying to be critical.
The one good thing about these boards, is that if a category or forum section doesn't work, then the threads can be moved to other locations within the board.
#30
Posted 16 August 2011 - 09:04 AM
#31
Posted 16 August 2011 - 11:32 AM
I was thinking about neighborhoods as well. I have a couple of ideas to share, not sure if they are worth implementing, more like jumping off points for discussion. First, the City website has several categories under its Planning and Development section, including Urban Design Districts and Urban Villages. Those two sections encompass most of the neighborhoods where stuff is "happening" or where there is significant history to discuss. They are not all-inclusive, tough.The Houston Architecture Forum has a neighborhoods section. I just wonder if it would be popular here and I also think it would duplicate some of the other categories for construction projects. I don't know how you would differentiate a "Downtown" section from "Projects and New Construction". On the other hand, neighborhoods like Berkeley, Mistletoe Heights, or Meadowbrook don't change much. Therefore, there might be duplication in "Historic Buildings and Preservation, even though many older neighborhoods are not designated as historic.
I also appreciate everyone's comments and I know that all of you are not trying to be critical.
The one good thing about these boards, is that if a category or forum section doesn't work, then the threads can be moved to other locations within the board.
The other thought I had was to maybe have a Neighborhoods forum that would encompass all neighborhood-specific discussions. When a topic is started in this section, maybe have a check box to select the specific neighborhood which would be inserted into the name, then the topic starter could add their own title (something like "[Fairmount] New book store"). Then have a pinned thread that has searches on each neighborhood (i.e., looks for "[Fairmount]" in thread titles) to show just threads for that neighborhood).
That way, there wouldn't necessarily be "dead" subforums for neighborhoods that don't have a lot going on.
I'm not sure how hard would be to write the code to insert neighborhood text labels into the thread titles.
#32
Posted 16 August 2011 - 04:59 PM
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#33
Posted 16 August 2011 - 08:09 PM
#34
Posted 11 October 2011 - 12:08 PM
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#35
Posted 12 October 2011 - 02:11 PM
#36
Posted 12 October 2011 - 03:11 PM
#37
Posted 13 October 2011 - 01:28 PM
#38
Posted 23 October 2011 - 04:31 PM
Retail, Wholesale, companies moving to Fort Worth, companies thinking of moving to Fort Worth, companies that should move to Fort Worth, lists of companies in Fort Worth.
Restaurants, Pubs, Clubs, Bars, Taverns...
Companies you should visit, companies you'd be better off not visiting.
...just thinking out loud here.
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#39
Posted 27 November 2011 - 10:29 PM
#40
Posted 09 December 2011 - 10:50 AM
#41
Posted 19 January 2012 - 08:28 AM
#42
Posted 19 January 2012 - 12:36 PM
A suggestion has been made recently to start a section on Mid-Century Modern Architecture. What do you think?
There's a lot of GOOD mid (20th)century modern architecture in Fort Worth so why not?
#43
Posted 19 January 2012 - 01:36 PM
#44
Posted 16 May 2012 - 10:13 AM
#45
Posted 17 May 2012 - 08:17 AM
#46
Posted 17 May 2012 - 09:06 PM
As for separate cities, I looked at all of the previous posts in Surrounding Cities and there are only a handful of topics for each town, other than Fort Worth. I'm not real sure any of these topics would have much activity.
#47
Posted 19 May 2012 - 09:46 PM
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#48
Posted 19 May 2012 - 09:57 PM
A second for a Bicycling category. I'd like a place where I can post after I get back from a new route or destination, to share my experience.
A complete coincidence that as you were writing those words I was thinking of starting a generic bicycle thread. I had a bicycle post that I tagged on to Bike Date. Pretty crazy timing. Exactly the same time I was thinking what you were thinking.
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#49
Posted 21 May 2012 - 10:42 AM
I rode down your street a few times this past week. One of these days we will meet. I also rode by John when he was out watering in his yard last week. It's kind of exciting changing up the routes once in a while, especially when you might run across someone you know.A second for a Bicycling category. I'd like a place where I can post after I get back from a new route or destination, to share my experience.
#50
Posted 22 May 2012 - 02:15 PM
Best believe I aint going no where!!
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