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As part of another discussion over here a discussion started on the visibility of important topics. Specifically, the issue came up of how to best make fundraisers more visible.

I can plaster notices all over the place, but that creates a lot of work for me and it will definitely annoy some people who arrive at the forum in certain ways. So, to most effectively decide how to improve the visibility of important topics, I want to discuss it with you.

(1) how do you arrive at the site?
(2) what is the best way to get your attention?

How do you get here?
Go to the front page? http://www.penturners.org/ ***
Have a bookmark on your desktop to Active Topics?
Go to the forum home page? http://www.penturners.org/forum/index.php
Read the RSS feed only?
Some other way?

What would best get your attention?
A notice box on just the front page? ***
A notice box across the top of every page?
A side column on every forum page?
Something else?

*** = What I would prefer :good:

Please let's discuss - THANKS!
 
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A notice box on just the front page? ***
That is the first place I for one look.
I have the site as an icon on my desk top
 
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I come in through the forum home page but always check the front page when I am on the site so a notice on the front page would work for the way I use the site. I am assuming that with the new organization, fund raisers will have to be "approved" before one is started. I see that as less permission and more coordination so we don't wind up with 2-3 running at the same time. Good work guys.
 
I check out the front page quickly, and then move to the 'new postings'....

I really, really preferred the old way of listing new topics by FORUM, rather than just showing ALL new topics...

That way, if I only wanted to view classifieds, I could...or if I wanted to view only Casual conversation, I could do that too...now it seems that every page is inundated with posts about creating new groups in new places - tough to find the stuff I'm looking for!

Andrew
 
I always get here through the home page. But prefer that notices be at the top of every page. I do not often pay a lot of attention to the home page because that is not where I am going. I am on my way to the forums and that is where I will begin to look around and notice additions. I like how you have the pens for service member stuff. it is important and easy to find but not annoying.
 
I hit the front page first, glance around for anything new and then click the "New Posts" link or go directly to the various forums I want to look at.
 
I read the RSS feed and then when something interesting peaks my interest I will go to the front page and click "active topics: new" and start reading from there.

I wish the RSS would take me to newest post rather than first post. But that is another issue. ;-)

GK
 
I came in through the bathroom window . . . uh . . . no, I guess that was somebody else!

My bookmark is to the home page. I look around a bit, then go to the listing of all forums, and from there I choose the ones I wish to visit. A box at the top of the main page would probably get my attention.

Scott.
 
We come through the front door always careful to wipe our feet.

From there we go a couple different ways but always through the front, unlike Cav who has to use the servants entrance. :laugh:

Mike
 
it's the front page for me also. Have it in my favorite's list. A 'flashy' box on the front page would get my attention.
 
The "forum home page" is completely new to me.

Come in through Penturners.org (usually screen is minimized and I see only the photo with a little around it - mazimize) and immediately hit "active topics" last day.

I am here 4 to 10 times a day and yet, topics disappear from the "active" list - or go a couple pages deep, then "out of mind".
 
I too come thru the front page.....Spend some time there just scopeing it out then go to the forums, I do that by what ever strikes me at the time. In short front page would catch me.
 
I com into the site by going to http://www.penturners.org/ and then clicking on the new posts link.

As far a suggestion, can you make a post 'stick' to the new posts list? The moderator would have to remove it after a certain amount of time, and it could get realy (REALLY) annoying if it were overused, but it could be effective for those of use who use that link.

(I'm replying without reading all the replies, so I apologize if 4,278 people have already suggested this or something similar).
 
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I was a Caesarean birth. I never use the door. I always come in thru the Main Forum Index ..... http://www.penturners.org/forum/index.php. So, I guess a notice at the top of the Main Forum Page Index would work for me. But, I could get in the habit of starting at the home page.
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Al
Sometimes when I'm turning, I wonder, "Why is that pen blank growing bigger?" . . . . and then it hits me.

Macon, Georgia

Sorry Al, (DocStram) I was not a Caesarean, and I have always come in through the forum entrance. That is the way I entered when we had the old software and never changed it. To differentiate myself from the Dawgs and the Hedges, this LSU!! fan will now enter through the home page. BTW, I hear the Georgia team is promised a spot in the SEC Championship Game--------------------------Selling Popcorn!!!!!:tongue::biggrin:





MLKWoodWorking said:
We come through the front door always careful to wipe our feet.

From there we go a couple different ways but always through the front, unlike Cav who has to use the servants entrance. :laugh:

Mike
Click to expand...

Mike, Mike, I have tried to improve your command of the English language!!! Actually, I use the savant entrance!:cool:
 
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