who wants to see this site really updated and expanded?
This site is far too slow. It's partly due to the forum architecture. If the administrator really wants to upgrade this site into a full fledged (awesome) forum; and believe me it does have that potential then the more techie people here should, together with the original maker of this site should set up a team......admin, moderator etc. The best (and I can vouch for it) forum software is vBulletin Version 3.5.3, powered by Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. If you want to see how large and complex a site can become, visit www.expat.ru
It has become my number one source of information whilst in Moscow, and it is truly and awesome site.
What do you all think?
i have no idea what your talking about since i'm new to the whole computer scene but it would be nice if the site was abit faster ..it does shut down and refuse to respond quite abit lately...qatari your doing an excellent job ..thankyou.lili.
Thank you for trying qatari, but you are not really getting my point.
Never mind.
(sigh)
ciao ciao
Try http://www.qatarliving.com/tracker
Thank you Super, that is one of the most frustrating things i've found too. Nice to know someone else thinks so. :)
I totally agree with Moonbeam. This site although an infinite improvement on what existed before is incredibly difficult to navigate. If it is not in the current listing you lose track of postings completely.
Other forums have email notification and much more detailed summaries
You can also quote posts so people know what specifically you are referring to
Qatari, yes Drupal is not just a bulletin board, but vbulletin or many other (even free forum softwares) offer what Drupal does and more. This site has some of the stuff that other forums do.
The difference is that on Expat.ru for example, you can:
PM users
See New posts - with details to what is being commented on (unlike here)
Display options - sort by, sort order, from date
Pages reload without Error
User CP accepts handles, email buddy lists, tracking
Quicklinks
Calender
Sticky Threads
Email notification
Internal search engine
Posts
Linear, Threaded, Hybrid display views available
Supports BB Code in posts
Supports HTML in post
Smilies
Avatars
Optional WYSIWYG or standard editors for posts and Private Messages
Attachment images
Quick reply box (with optional "forced" click on post to quote)
Preview post option
Post rating
User reputation
Polls
Post Reporting - report posts to moderators
User post count
Admin tools for Posts - edit/delete/move/ etc
Preview safe attachments
and more.
MY POINT IS NOT TO DEBUNK YOUR GOOD WORK. I repeat, my suggestion was only to see if you wanted to improve your web site. The easier the site is, with the least amount of problems; the larger your community will become. And, you won't lose anyone because it's sometimes frustrating to navigate.
In the end, whether or not you decide to upgrade, improve, moderate or whatever, is completely up to you. There are many different solutions other than vbullettin (which I quoted out of experience) which are also free; such as http://www.invisionfree.com/ but have limited bandwitdh.
my 2 cents worth :)
Moonbeam, I think you confuse an inclination to expand the site with your belief that Vbulletin is cooler than Drupal. This site isn't just a bulletin board - we offer blogs, photo galleries, news aggregation, buddylists and syndication.
Any enhancements and suggestions are welcome.
Qatari... ive been meaning to say this for ages, your english is impeccable. Im sure you studied or lived abroad for a long time (maybe your there now :) )
anyway... gotta go post another joke:)
Oh yea... whilst were on the subject of jokes, is it possible to move all the funnies to the new location?
Respect
GIASI
Qatari, I did suggest. I have been an active forum member on the other site for 1 year, and in all that time it was never hard to post, hard to find information in an organised manner.
This site is good, however, my suggestion was to help improve it so that it could handle a larger number of posts, easily searchable and reputation points assigned to determine the validity of the poster.
On the other hand, if you have no inclination to expand your site, no problem; leave it just the way it is.
Regards,
Moonbeam
Feel free to suggest anything...
On the moderation side, usually we don't need to moderate anything since people register before they post - this forces a level of responsibility. So far we are doing fine...
Oh goodness, my intentions are not to debunk anyone, especially not qatari! I think he's done a wonderful job. My suggestion is only to improve. This is qatari's site, so it's his call. Mine was only a suggestion. No offence
Butterfly, on most sites moderators are there to protect the viewers, not censor regular info. Just think at all the kids that have access to sites which should be moderated.
Anyway, like I said, mine was a suggestion. Please let me know if it not okay to do so.
I like this site because there is no Moderator. Please no moderator...
Qatari has done a fantastic job
Moonbeam, if you just want to use plain forums and like that view click here : http://www.qatarliving.com/forum
Hi Super7, I'm in Moscow right now, but as soon as I get to doha, I'm definately going to get back into riding....need to work the flab off, after 8 months of freezing weather! It got to -45C here this winter! I know have a list of farms, only a couple i think actually do riding, but if you love horses, I'll send you the links if you send me your e-mail address.
As for the site, it quite complicated to set up, so it must be a team effort. Plus the software costs something (obviously, nothing is free in the world). But I see immense potential in it for Doha. So if the right group gets together maybe it can happen.
I'll do a little research and see what needs to be done.
Moonbeam do you know anything about riding in Doha? I notice you are into riding from your profile.
Also why don't you do the new site?
Can be quite lucrative if you do it right