SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted August 19, 2007 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted August 19, 2007 I don't know about you but I'm hoping that the hottest part of summer is now behind us. We have been working on a lot of fairly major updates to the main site that we hope to launch in October, but it's now time for us to start making a number of changes and adjustments to the Forums as we begin to prepare for the coming season. One thing we are thinking over is the idea of having a section of the Forums set aside just for TRIP REPORTS (as we have temporarily set it up here). Of course, it's Forum members that will be using this during the coming season & so we would very much welcome any feedback at all that you might have now - so please do let us know what you think. Good idea or not? TRs should be kept within the main Snow Talk section? Any other comments? We'll see what kind of response we get from everyone in the next few weeks before making a final decision on whether to keep this or not. Look out for some other Forums changes/improvements in early September. Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 I like the idea of them being in the main snow section, but I reckon it would work pretty well having it's own area too. Fence sitter? Maybe Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Sounds like a decent idea to me. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Forgot to say SJ1, that new stuff for the site you showed me the other week looked really excellent. Hope it all comes together well Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Agreed, you guys take on more & more every year. Gambatte! Not sure about this myself. I suppose when there are so many posts in winter it might be a good idea to have them in their own space as such. Link to post Share on other sites
journey_man 0 Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 I'm for anything that takes the "bulge" out of the Snow Talk General Discussions area. Not sure that this will be it, but we'll know by the end of next season! SJ1, if it's practical, to kick off you could move my TR: Japan 2007 thread to the new section. Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 A section for TRs sounds like a great idea. I think they're fun to read and giving them their own section would probably encourage more people to write them. Of course you'll get snow-related TRs and non-snowrelated so I don't know how you'd want to organize them... Link to post Share on other sites
me jane 0 Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 I'm not sure about this one either. It sounds like a good idea but if there are too many separate forums people might not bother to check all of them. Then again, as the snow ones are at the top, and this is the purpose of the site it might be a good thing to encourage more snow talk. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 Good idea I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 good idea. Not thought about this one. But good idea. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 Too many fora are going to Balkanise this space. Bad idea. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 here's one: Snow Talk General Talk. <-- sounds better than General Off Topic no? Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted August 20, 2007 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted August 20, 2007 Thanks for all the comments, any more very welcome. Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 Are you planning to split the snow related TRs from the general TRs SJ or everything goes in this forum section? Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted August 20, 2007 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted August 20, 2007 tsondaboy, I suppose the idea at this stage is for the snow related TRs to be here (this new forum under SNOW) and other ones can go in the JAPAN TRAVEL or OVERSEAS TRAVEL sections - of course we can adjust and change depending on what is best and what people want. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I want a 46 inch full hi-vision Bravia x-series LCD tv like GG... for FREE! Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Tuff luck. I got in first and it's MIIIIIIIIIINE Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted August 21, 2007 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted August 21, 2007 Well that has confused me! Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Bollocks soub, not in here you didn't Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Originally Posted By: SJForums Well that has confused me! You asked us what we would like. I'll take the TV, 4 pints of Sam Smiths and a cornish pastie. Please Link to post Share on other sites
66jzmstr 0 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 If it's for snow reports, I would normally say, yes, give it its own section. ("Snow reports" meaning reports after a skier or rider returns from the hill and tells us how was the snow, piste, BC, park features, fun factor, etc.) That is a huge part of my home site. However, SnowJapan.com is unique in that such reports already have a built-in feature under each resort's own page with the Reader Reports (and even Resort Reviews, to some extent). I think people should just use that feature instead. I loved following the Kamui Ski Links locals' reports on the goods there before finally getting to visit it myself. Putting such a section here might detract from those good Reader Reports. If I misunderstood and this was just for general travel, meh. Just keep it under General Talk. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted August 21, 2007 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted August 21, 2007 Good point as we don't particularly want people to not post further Reviews and Journals... but the fact is that people do post simple TRs on the Forums (and not in Journals etc). We were just thinking of how to bring those attention more and perhaps encourage more TRs at the same time. Lots to think about (as always seem to be the case!) Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 In that case, you could do something like the Gear Reviews section. Create a Trip Reports section were all new journals being submitted in SJ will be put up in the forums for people to see and comment. You won’t be able to write a TR straight in that section but instead you will have to submit it through a journal. Also let us link picks uploaded in SJ photos section in the journal, the way we link them in the forums and not limit the number of photos in a journal to only 2. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted August 21, 2007 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted August 21, 2007 That is a very good idea, thank you!! And make it easier to post the TR's with links etc.... Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted August 21, 2007 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted August 21, 2007 PS Got your (journal) mail tsondaboy - if ok with you hope you don't mind if we deal with that early next week.... at the moment a few people are on holiday and I'm not able to do what is required to look into that. Link to post Share on other sites
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