Here is how i divide the demographic of this forum

[gabrielcrowe]

I have been spending far too many hours re-rwiting the plugin code in actinic today, so I thought I'd do some creative writing. Forgive me, i'm was born into the web, so my language my be a little odd for some

Here is how i divide the demographic of this forum:

- Noobs
These are first timers, or possible more. They usually have nice easy problems that are fun to answer. They also cant resist asking people about their new fancy site.

- driveby noob
OMG! signed up for one question and then f****d off! silly noob. how on earth are we supposed to built a community with these buffoons around.

- mins
(thats 'admins' to you and me:). Those that are aloof, and control all things. We have some nice ones here. and you'd be surprised at how much they actually pay attention (any noobs that happen to be listening).

- users
These are regular users, with probably a few hundred posts. They have more complex problems, since they have explored a bit more and generally want more out of actinic. There are a LOT of users.

- l33t
The elite. Smartasses, that spend all day using the godawful slow version 8 until their eyes bleed. they run multiple actinic related businesses and have several actinic shops. Their shops are tricked out with all sorts of mad props.

- lurker
These are users that have an account, and have 0 posts. They simply read the forum, from the shadows, slurping up all the information, and are generally EXPERTS at using the search facility.


BTW:
this isnt an attacking post at anyone... i was just having a brain think. Dont be offended by my mouth words.
:cool:

[george]

lol, can we get wee badges made up 'n stuff?


*starts his own gang* hmmmm ...need help on the name for it.... :confused:

...and some more members...

...and conditions of membership...

...and an initial thingy...

:D

[TraceyHand]

ahhh....to be a lurker...maybe I should have stayed a lurker..life was so much simpler then.

Then V8 came along and dragged me outta my happy little lurk-home...turned me into a stark-raving loonie monster who can't control what she posts..

Oh well, life as a "user" isn't so bad...although...not sure I like the term "user"...makes me sound like a druggie! :eek:

[leehack]

LOL, maybe time for some group avatars sectioning you into a certain category. If vividly colour coded, you could easily sense the theme of a thread.

[acompton]

Hooray! I'm a "user" too! Makes a change from other posts complaining about the amateurs who are not proper businesses and not VAT-registered (which I am). :(

Most forums operate a rank system - rank title is based on number of posts, with special titles given to moderators etc. Here were are almost all listed as "Registered User".

[TraceyHand]

. Here were are almost all listed as "Registered User".

but would you want to be anything else?
Not sure I would!

[acompton]

but would you want to be anything else?
No, maybe not me, but others might.

[TraceyHand]

but would you want to be anything else?
No, maybe not me, but others might.

might?
*smirks*

I'm starting to think I'd rather vanish into the ether nowadays but even the ether keeps spitting me out and pushing me back into the forum again!
It seems i'm just too at home here :rolleyes:

I think of it as my staffroom :D

[gabrielcrowe]

this sir, is a BLOODY good idea
you could easily sense the theme of a thread

[Darren B]

Mornings Gabs - Slightly different post to the other one :D

Not to sure were i fit now after spending a while looking at a site only to be completely b******s right from the out set? feel a bit of noob at the moment:rolleyes:

anyway perhaps you might have something here, might also help to tame the responses if there is a nice bright colour for threads - likewise could end up being an all out bun fight :D whos' up for it then

D

[gabrielcrowe]

well, i ahve no idea whats possible with this forum.

but in other forums i'v written/edited it was possible to give the original posters box a different style, so that you could quickly scan the thread, to see their responses. it helped to determine if a problem was sorted or not, by finding the last post they made.

other hacks i'v done were similar to the one suggested, where each person, based on posts, or status, were given a rating, and that rating reflected in the colour of their post box, very subtly, as to not screw up the colours and such of the forum.

the upshot was, more blue posters meant that they were new users and the responses were not very useful and more reddish/purplish posters, meant the high flyers and those in the know posted a reply, and that the topic was of more use.

this automatically gave the topic more weight/kudos.

[gabrielcrowe]

i also like this hack:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=92677

[Darren B]

i also like this hack:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=92677

You on speed today or what, it's bloody chooseday slow down a bit, not suppose to get hyper until the weekend:rolleyes:

[TraceyHand]

actually, I was going to suggest that maybe it'd be better to be able to rate certain replies for usefulness rather than (or as well as?) whole threads?

[george]

i also like this hack:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=92677

Post of the Day.... FACT.

[Darren B]

Afternoon G, trust all's well today;)

[george]

Afternoon G, trust all's well today;)

Dunno fella. Feel like noising up the world today actually.

[TraceyHand]

Feel like noising up the world today actually.

glad I'm going out then
Keep me out of it!

[Darren B]

Dunno fella. Feel like noising up the world today actually.
Thought you saved this for fridays, bigger impact;)

[george]

Thought you saved this for fridays, bigger impact;)

Hmmmm, maybe. But I'll probably be hyper this Friday as I'm back in football manager mode this weekend. :D

[Darren B]

Go George, Go George, Go George - Funny never thought of you as the football type:rolleyes:

[george]

lol... proof...

http://www.inverurieherald.co.uk/sport?articleid=2976611

;)

[Darren B]

I'm impressed G :cool:

[george]

I'm impressed G :cool:

Cheers Dazz, you may be seated. :D

[leehack]

So has the nutter done our new avatars yet?

[Darren B]

what do you fancy Lee - should be able to knock something up for you;)

[jont]

Darren - do him one that reflects his personality as perceived by you from the forum posts.

[Darren B]

Darren - do him one that reflects his personality as perceived by you from the forum posts.

try this one - should have used one :D

Best add this is not as i percieve you Lee just thought i was quite apt

[leehack]

LOL Dazza if you or others think i'm a dick, i can handle that. I'm not the sensitive kind.

[jont]

I think he was referring more to baby Hack being on the way

[jont]

I'm not the sensitive kind.

You can get ribbed ones for that I hear ;)

[Darren B]

Couple for you lot to choose from, a little magic and even something for miss bumps

[Darren B]

I think he was referring more to baby Hack being on the way
I was :rolleyes:

[Duncan Rounding]

You can get ribbed ones for that I hear ;)
You certainly can - see my site on page....:D

(sorry much too early again)

[TraceyHand]

Couple for you lot to choose from, a little magic and even something for miss bumps

would that be the one of goofy bending over? :eek:
:D

[jont]

You certainly can - see my site on page....:D

(sorry much too early again)

Can the mods time limit the posting abilities from drounding until after 9.00pm please?

[george]

You certainly can - see my site on page....:D


Are they like time machine ones, I mean Mother Hack must be about to splash yer waters by now?

:eek:

[leehack]

Are they like time machine ones, I mean Mother Hack must be about to splash yer waters by now?

:eek:
LOL, she just popped in to say hi and saw your post and smiled. 38 weeks at the mo, so anytime i guess. One more site to start and finish before he comes and then i'm free too and haven't let anyone down - woohoo.

[jont]

The gestation period of the human is less than the PHP programming for an email script :p

[george]

I delivered a baby once you know.

[Darren B]

I delivered a baby once you know.

G I promise you if i ever come to bonnie scotland i tell you im coming to see you. I've not had a great yarn in years, a few drams and some great stories ;)