New Setup Discussion thread

[ian]

The industry itself seems quieter in my view; I doubt the change here has anything to do with it. Have to say I'm posting less also, but that is through lack of motivation and time rather than anything else; maybe the same for others.

 

[spiderspider]

what i want to hear is other members opinions

Its April, and it will be quiet until mid may, IMHO. Every forum I'm on is quieter at the moment. Get May bank holiday out the way, and things will start to pick up again. Tax and VAT returns have been due etc.

As for no one posting in the wanted section....... maybe those who want have realised that all that gets offered is a trough of crap, by people who don't bother to read what the brief is, and send domains with such a tedious link to what the OP wants. Just look at the recent one wanting removals domains with links, classic example.

I see the less threads being started as a good thing. There were so many that were started, and everyone knew the sole purpose was to get a sig link (why???!!!?? and not just accelerator), now that has gone, unless you pay, surprise surprise they stop posting. Just goes to show how much they really earn

 

[Adam H]

I see the less threads being started as a good thing. There were so many that were started, and everyone knew the sole purpose was to get a sig link (why???!!!?? and not just accelerator), now that has gone, unless you pay, surprise surprise they stop posting. Just goes to show how much they really earn

I bet no ones realised how many replies/debates and general boost in activity some members generated as a result of their drunken, annoying or speculative posts ( some for signatures ) which gave the forum an appearance of more activity and general banter which although was irritating...it was entertaining in some parts. Those members were "dealt" with so to speak by the request of many of the community through frustration and now they don't post as much/if at all its dammed as quiet. Cant win them all

 

[scottmccloud]

I for one always enjoyed the more colourful members of Acorn and its a shame some of them aren't on here now.

I think ultimately it's always going to be a thin line to tread for a forum like Acorn as the need for it to be a 'discussion' forum doesn't always go hand in hand with the need for people to sell domains on it. I suppose it is finding the right balance somehow.

 

[Adam H]

I wish the mobile theme showed the name of the last last poster within a thread and not just who started the thread.

Aesthetically I'm not keen on the Ads between posts (screams of desperation to generate income) or the size of the logo on the mobile theme and I'd probably have retired the "acorn" reference and named the forum something else because I've never understood why it was chosen or has stuck around this long.

Last poster - Done

Adjusted the logo slightly for mobile as I agree its too in your face, the rest is in admins court

 

[spiderspider]

Have spotted this on a couple of new post, where the poster is making their first post:

I can't have a sig link as I have to upgrade my account for that.

However, I can link here there and everywhere like this:

http://bbc.co.uk or
http://google.com .... you get the idea.

Did spot they're No Follow.

So I can't have a sig, however I could fill all my posts with links to my sites, auctions, or else where.

 

[Admin]

Feel free to report anything you feel is posted purely for gaining a nofollow link and I will deal with it. I don't want to restrict posting of urls in posts.

 

[Admin]

Given this is supposed to be a forum for predominantly discussing domain names it would be irritating to new users to be unable to list actual domain names without doing something such as example(.)co(.)uk to "break" the automatic URLisation.

Exactly..which is why it is as it is

 

[ian]

With the removal of the PM content in the email notifications, can you add in an option to convert a 'conversation' to basic text for saving? As some transactions are carried out using this facility (instead of moving away to email), it would be handy to keep records.

 

[Admin]

Conversations are not deleted so you can keep them indefinitely. So you can keep your transaction history in them and space isn't an issue if you upgrade your account which sounds reasonable if you are making sales.

 

[ian]

Conversations are not deleted so you can keep them indefinitely. So you can keep your transaction history in them and space isn't an issue if you upgrade your account which sounds reasonable if you are making sales.

True, but I'm someone that likes to create a local backup as part of my own accounting; plus if I ever need to provide evidences of a sale, such as the communications, it is much easier to have a text print-out than pointing them at my log-in details on Acorn. At the moment I just create a pdf print of the screen, but it isn't ideal.

 

[Admin]

Yes fair point, we will add a conversation export feature and make it availalbe to Exclusive members, will advise you when it is live.

 

[martin-s]

Can you delete conversations to free up space? I can't really get how it works?!

 

[Adam H]

Can you delete conversations to free up space? I can't really get how it works?!

Deleting is now "leave conversation" , because of how they work they are no longer individual messages, so effectively you cant delete them because someone else is apart of them. However leaving a conversation removes it from your inbox and therefore frees up space.

 

[martin-s]

Could we have some easily accessible buttons to make it all a bit slicker?

 

[Adam H]

Exclusive members can now export ALL or individual conversations to HTML, CSV or text shown below, we've also given the option to Leave all which does what it says on the tin, it allows you to leave all conversations in your inbox and therefore removes all messages ( bear in mind the conversation will still be in the database until the other person involved in the conversation leaves it too :

 

[Admin]

With the removal of the PM content in the email notifications, can you add in an option to convert a 'conversation' to basic text for saving? As some transactions are carried out using this facility (instead of moving away to email), it would be handy to keep records.

All done Ian, this feature is now live.

 

[storebuilder]

Nice Job. Think I might have to update my avatar as I'm a lot greyer since 2004!

 

[Bailey]

The 'New' Acorn looks Good all-round, Pretty instant on the loading and an easy read. With the addition of the Gtld discussions, Can we guess the aim is for the new acorn to go a-bit more Global in its planned reach.

That was a Nice email received regarding the New Acorn

 

[Admin]

The 'New' Acorn looks Good all-round, Pretty instant on the loading and an easy read. With the addition of the Gtld discussions, Can we guess the aim is for the new acorn to go a-bit more Global in its planned reach.

That was a Nice email received regarding the New Acorn

Thanks Bailey.