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Fly
Well the forum has been running for over a year, and the site much longer. I am interested in ways of improving what we offer, and want to know what you think we are doing right adn wrong.

Im currently organising prizes for competitions on the site and forum, and also arranging a uk trance alliance review/interview section for exclusive ukta interviews of big name djs, and reviews of promo vinyl, and club nights.

We have also just invested heavely in a new dedicated server to resolve any site slowdowns which brought the forum to a halt at times.

So how do you think we could better this place?

Your feedback is key to the future of this site.

thank you

Fly
Blinque
QUOTE(Fly @ Dec 11 2004, 12:25 AM)
Im currently organising prizes for competitions on the site and forum, and also arranging a uk trance alliance review/interview section for exclusive ukta interviews of big name djs, and reviews of promo vinyl, and club nights.

having that would be awesome biggrin.gif would love to see those changes

one thing i would suggest.. is.. you know in the Main Music Forums.. we have music discussion, general discussion, etc etc

my suggestion is for the forums to be arranged in this form

Music Discussion
New Releases Discussion + Reviews
Liveset Tracklists
Party & Events Info

General Discussion
Sports Discussion
Movies & TV Discussion
Tech & Games

Polls Section

that way music related forums are grouped together, and non-music ones are grouped together as well.

just a minor suggestion IMO, otherwise this forum is doing awesome and you're doing a great job Fly biggrin.gif
Fly
grouped music and non music sections together smile.gif
Addict-In-Trance
pfff difficult this is.......
The forum is good as it is now smile.gif
Can't think of any new things.
I'm dissapointed with the UKTA CD at this point and I'm thinking about his future.
Relo
At the moment the forums are great the way they are.

I have to admit that I visit the site rarely. I have a direct favorite to the forum, but I will try to go to the main site more ofter poster_oops.gif

I think reviews are a great idea, there is so much music and so much of it is crap tongue.gif
Michcio
QUOTE(Relo @ Dec 12 2004, 09:23 AM)
I think reviews are a great idea, there is so much music and so much of it is crap tongue.gif

Don't forget it highly depends on reviewer's taste wink.gif
Blinque
QUOTE(Michcio @ Dec 12 2004, 09:19 AM)
QUOTE(Relo @ Dec 12 2004, 09:23 AM)
I think reviews are a great idea, there is so much music and so much of it is crap tongue.gif

Don't forget it highly depends on reviewer's taste wink.gif

exactly too.

but it would be a pretty interesting idea to try out smile.gif
GeordieLee
A music news section of the site. I'd be willing to help out if needs be.
Fly
i imagine we will have to setup a ukta news team, so i will be contacting people if i decide to do it, as i cant do it alone. But if we did we would be honest, and that might mean not getting anything more to review, but whats the point of lying.
crevicekid
QUOTE(Fly @ Dec 12 2004, 03:26 PM)
i imagine we will have to setup a ukta news team, so i will be contacting people if i decide to do it, as i cant do it alone. But if we did we would be honest, and that might mean not getting anything more to review, but whats the point of lying.

sounds good to me

at least we'll know which clubs and djs to avoid in future wink.gif

P.S. I'd love to be a reviewer but there's never any trance nights here in crappy old Norfolk ranting.gif
Fly
QUOTE(crevicekid @ Dec 14 2004, 01:44 AM)
QUOTE(Fly @ Dec 12 2004, 03:26 PM)
i imagine we will have to setup a ukta news team, so i will be contacting people if i decide to do it, as i cant do it alone. But if we did we would be honest, and that might mean not getting anything more to review, but whats the point of lying.

sounds good to me

at least we'll know which clubs and djs to avoid in future wink.gif

P.S. I'd love to be a reviewer but there's never any trance nights here in crappy old Norfolk ranting.gif

mate, you have an advantage because your british, so a lot of the big club nights are here.

Really want people from holland, or the uk, coz the record labels and major clubs are based in those countries. And it would mean free entry to clubs etc, so no need to pay to go clubbing anymore, just get on the press list biggrin.gif
Fly
plus ill get you all ukta t-shirts to wear tongue.gif
thijsje
the forums are becoming better and better...
it's only bad the "dj section" isn't that popular sad.gif besides it isn't not that popular, the most of the active people there are only dj's... not producers sad.gif
Fly
that will change in time. We are growing in size every day. A year ago, we had about 2 producers wink.gif
djkabo
the forum is gr8 fly u're doing a really good job & it's growing everyday smile.gif
Abdul
EDITED: THIS THREAD IS NOT FOR SPAMMING. FLY
Addict-In-Trance
QUOTE(Abdul @ Feb 25 2005, 04:54 AM)
how bout an advertisement thread on ta.com laugh.gif

No,
As they don't advertise here also rolleyes.gif
Blinque
QUOTE(Abdul @ Feb 25 2005, 03:54 AM)
how bout an advertisement thread on ta.com laugh.gif

oh enough bout that already wink.gif
Black-Hole
QUOTE(Abdul @ Feb 25 2005, 04:54 AM)
how bout an advertisement thread on ta.com laugh.gif

The worst thing you could do dry.gif
Addict-In-Trance
I was just thinking.......
When you are typing a reply you see that last 10 posts
But mayby it is better to either include the opening post or to show only the opening post that people know on wich topic they are replying
Also good for saving a topic to go off-topic smile.gif
Fly
QUOTE(Addict-In-Trance @ Feb 25 2005, 10:43 AM)
I was just thinking.......
When you are typing a reply you see that last 10 posts
But mayby it is better to either include the opening post or to show only the opening post that people know on wich topic they are replying
Also good for saving a topic to go off-topic smile.gif

you can select the toption to open up the whole thread in a new window. The idea of the forum i guess is people to reply to the previous post, not neccesarily the initial post.

Ill look into it wink.gif
SergS
And I think we have to make special section on the main site for Review section where all the reviews and interviews will be posted as separate pages in HTML.
Fly
QUOTE(SergS @ Feb 25 2005, 02:25 PM)
And I think we have to make special section on the main site for Review section where all the reviews and interviews will be posted as separate pages in HTML.

ok, so then all reviewers need to know html. It would have to be a php system whatever happens, and we are getting a new area for ukta reviews made, but these things take time and money.
Glorie
after being here for a few months, I have this to say

I find it kinda annoying that one arnt allowed to edit typos, without "this post has been edited by Glorie" line popping up in the post. U should at least be able to change it for 30 min - 1 hour. in my case I always see something wrong, so I have to change it all the time and that line irritates me a little tongue.gif cause I havent "really changed" anything in my saying.. it was just a minor error!

grrrr tongue.gif

and I think the statistics look kinda cluttered. On one hand I want it to be cluttered, cause I want to read info when I feel like it. But on the other hand I find "Last visit" very unnecessary and also "Member No." but I can see why you old guys want that to stay tongue.gif and yeah, I dont like Awards either blink.gif long story.. but a lot of forums have that stuff... status, awards, kharma :S

u could add the line "Sex: Male" instead of Last visit maybe

not that Im pro special treatments when it comes to guys and girls.. but wouldnt it be really sweet hypocritesmiley.png hypocritesmiley.png if the little box under your name said "UKTA girl" tongue.gif for all the girls in here biggrin.gif
oh yeah I know... It was just a quiet wish.. haha helpsmilie.gif
Michcio
QUOTE(Glorie @ Apr 17 2005, 12:24 PM)
I find it kinda annoying that one arnt allowed to edit typos, without "this post has been edited by Glorie" line popping up in the post. U should at least be able to change it for 30 min - 1 hour. in my case I always see something wrong, so I have to change it all the time and that line irritates me a little tongue.gif cause I havent "really changed" anything in my saying.. it was just a minor error!

Under post icons (while in edit mode) there's a checkbox Add the 'Edit by' line in this post? wink.gif
Glorie
QUOTE(Michcio @ Apr 17 2005, 11:59 AM)

Under post icons (while in edit mode) there's a checkbox Add the 'Edit by' line in this post? wink.gif

can u post a print screen, cause I really cant see that sentence! blink.gif sad.gif dry.gif
Michcio
QUOTE(Glorie @ Apr 17 2005, 04:25 PM)
QUOTE(Michcio @ Apr 17 2005, 11:59 AM)

Under post icons (while in edit mode) there's a checkbox Add the 'Edit by' line in this post? wink.gif

can u post a print screen, cause I really cant see that sentence! blink.gif sad.gif dry.gif

Could it be that only mods have this option? huh.gif

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Glorie
QUOTE(Michcio @ Apr 17 2005, 03:06 PM)
QUOTE(Glorie @ Apr 17 2005, 04:25 PM)
QUOTE(Michcio @ Apr 17 2005, 11:59 AM)

Under post icons (while in edit mode) there's a checkbox Add the 'Edit by' line in this post? wink.gif

can u post a print screen, cause I really cant see that sentence! blink.gif sad.gif dry.gif

Could it be that only mods have this option? huh.gif

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:/ just what I thought..

I think it would be good if this was equal to every member.. edit your post in one hour and nothing will be seen. Edit it after that time and the sentence will be visible.
Fly
I have the option on whether to use the option or not. And i think its a good idea for our reference.

As in some cases arguments can occur, and members can edit their posts, or delete them, this way we know if someone has done this.

Secondly for the stats: Awards are hopefully something we will be running every 6 months. They are a bit of fun, and we didnt include any to cause offence.

I agree maybe the member number can be removed now, but personally i think its a good addition to see if someone is currently online/offline, and their last visit.

As for the male female thing, i think it shouldnt matter if your male or female, and adding this to your stats isnt necessary. I maybe wrong ofcourse.

Feel free to make polls on the ideas you have stated, anf if a lot of others agree, im sure i can change, or consider changing things biggrin.gif
Addict-In-Trance
QUOTE(Michcio @ Apr 17 2005, 05:06 PM)
QUOTE(Glorie @ Apr 17 2005, 04:25 PM)
QUOTE(Michcio @ Apr 17 2005, 11:59 AM)

Under post icons (while in edit mode) there's a checkbox Add the 'Edit by' line in this post? wink.gif

can u post a print screen, cause I really cant see that sentence! blink.gif sad.gif dry.gif

Could it be that only mods have this option? huh.gif

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I don't have that option either huh.gif
Michcio
QUOTE(Addict-In-Trance @ Apr 18 2005, 07:24 PM)
I don't have that option either huh.gif

That's because you're a wannabe mod tongue.gif
Fly
QUOTE(Addict-In-Trance @ Apr 18 2005, 06:24 PM)
I don't have that option either huh.gif

Yes u do wink.gif
Addict-In-Trance
QUOTE(Fly @ Apr 18 2005, 09:05 PM)
QUOTE(Addict-In-Trance @ Apr 18 2005, 06:24 PM)
I don't have that option either  huh.gif

Yes u do wink.gif

I was blind laugh.gif
Fly
QUOTE(Addict-In-Trance @ Apr 19 2005, 12:36 AM)
QUOTE(Fly @ Apr 18 2005, 09:05 PM)
QUOTE(Addict-In-Trance @ Apr 18 2005, 06:24 PM)
I don't have that option either  huh.gif

Yes u do wink.gif

I was blind laugh.gif

i added it wink.gif
evelyniquez
Nothing major but I found a few typos in the review section..... rolleyes.gif ...
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Quickly amend it....! happy.gif
Fly
QUOTE(evelyniquez @ Apr 25 2005, 10:36 PM)
Nothing major but I found a few typos in the review section..... rolleyes.gif ...
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Quickly amend it....! happy.gif

cheers, fixed biggrin.gif
dozer
I think that UKTA should have a bit more reviews on some of Europe's best Hard Trance/Dance D.J'S and aslo have some downloads on the genre of hard Trance music as this is the way of the Harder Generation!!

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TacticalManual
the invision power board skinh wont wont on my computer dry.gif
KI
Is it just me or the Musical discussion section is dead??....It just seems there's no discussion at all in there, i try my fair bit but.........

P.s should there be a NEWS SECTION??...etc etc
Fly
QUOTE(KI @ May 20 2006, 03:53 AM)
Is it just me or the Musical discussion section is dead??....It just seems there's no discussion at all in there, i try my fair bit but.........

P.s should there be a NEWS SECTION??...etc etc

Unfortunately we cant force people to chat. The forum seems to be a little up and down at the moment. What do you mean by news section?
KI
QUOTE(Fly @ May 20 2006, 08:51 AM)
QUOTE(KI @ May 20 2006, 03:53 AM)
Is it just me or the Musical discussion section is dead??....It just seems there's no discussion at all in there, i try my fair bit but.........

P.s should there be a NEWS SECTION??...etc etc

Unfortunately we cant force people to chat. The forum seems to be a little up and down at the moment. What do you mean by news section?

Yeah I guess. What i meant by news section is just News around the Trance Scene in general. i.e news about djs, etc etc But looking back i guess we have the musical disc thread for it.
P.O.L.A.R
I love the new forum fly to bad im not on very much.
warpsmith
At my end it a LOT slower than prior to the upgrade! unsure.gif

Fly
QUOTE(warpsmith @ Jul 31 2006, 08:38 PM) *

At my end it a LOT slower than prior to the upgrade! unsure.gif


0.9687 sec script load time

Make sure you have your cache system setup correctly biggrin.gif
silcay
Congrats Fly... 123clap.gif 123clap.gif great upgrade... Fixed most of bugs. It looks fresh. wink.gif
warpsmith
QUOTE(Fly @ Jul 31 2006, 11:52 PM) *
QUOTE(warpsmith @ Jul 31 2006, 08:38 PM) *

At my end it a LOT slower than prior to the upgrade! unsure.gif


0.9687 sec script load time

Make sure you have your cache system setup correctly biggrin.gif




And what would that be? btw 0.4274 sec now

Fly
QUOTE(warpsmith @ Aug 1 2006, 03:39 PM) *

QUOTE(Fly @ Jul 31 2006, 11:52 PM) *
QUOTE(warpsmith @ Jul 31 2006, 08:38 PM) *

At my end it a LOT slower than prior to the upgrade! unsure.gif


0.9687 sec script load time

Make sure you have your cache system setup correctly biggrin.gif




And what would that be? btw 0.4274 sec now


So your browser softweare saves images, etc so it doesnt have to download all the information on every page load.
Dmin
Forum is loading faster from now smile.gif
silcay
How come all the links on the site are still linked to the old forum?
Fly
QUOTE(silcay @ Aug 8 2006, 09:54 AM) *

How come all the links on the site are still linked to the old forum?


Because i havent got round to changing them. biggrin.gif Soon it wont make a difference as i will setup a htaccess file to redirect all hits to the old forum to the same page on the new forum.
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