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TSC ToC placement Discussion

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  • Member
    September 25, 2016

    TSC ToC placement Discussion. 

    I’ve been approached by a few Members (remember everyone I often class myself as a Member foremost and a Host secondly so I include myself in this) as to whether ToC’s should now be placed in the Discussions section of TSC where they were on the old site or if they remain in the Blogs section.

    Before we had a Widget improving discussions it was felt that the Blogs were the best place for them but now that has changed.

    Now I’m not going ahead with the transfer of ToC’s from Blogs to Discussions just for the sake of it as we have members who have put in a lot of effort in their work just to find that we are still better off having them as Blogs. Nor however can I ignore the fact that by having ToC’s in Discussions, we would increase traffic in TSC and build on the community there.

     

    What to do?

     

    I’m after a few ‘volunteers’ to have a go at making their ToC’s in both forms. A Blog AND a Discussion.  Then I would like some feedback from you so we can get a Members perspective on which is better for the ToC.

    Some of the points I want looked at are…

    1 How easy Links are to add once the ToC has been posted.

    2 How easy is it to format pictures in the ToC. Both before and after it has been posted.

    3 How easy is it overall to create the ToC in both forms.

    4 Formatting issues.

    In order for this to give me the relevant information, I have to request that the ToCs created are listed in the comments below so we know they are duplicates. (Don’t worry if you have already posted the ToC, I’ll cover you for this so there won’t be any problems from anyone). Also, it is imperative that the ToC isn’t a complete ‘copy and paste’ from an existing ToC. I need to know the difficulties in creating it from scratch. Copying an existing ToC won’t give a clear picture on the problems. You can copy and paste your ToC’s for this but just don’t copy the whole thing. Have a go at writing sections, adding pictures and resetting links.

     

    As I am after Member feedback for this, Hosts and Admins are excluded from taking part. I’m sorry if this sounds a bit big for my paws but I am looking at the members here.

    At the end of the day I don’t want to waste any hard work from Members of TSC so know that I don’t take this decision lightly whichever result it may be.

    If you are a Member of TSC then have a go at creating a ToC in discussions and the Blogs and provide me with feedback.

    By taking part you are helping shape a group of Tamriel Vault and the Vault itself.

     

    Sotek Loyal Hound of Hircine

  • Member
    September 26, 2016

    Hi Sotek, I'm not the best person to assist in this as I'm a little more advanced than some of our other members, but did have some thoughts:

    Currently using the blogs for ToC's means we can find them all easily due to the category, until or if tags are added to old or new discussion ToC's I'm not sure how easy it will be to search on them. :-/

     

    Also keeping them I'm blogs would mean that writers discussions stay near the top and would be easier to locate then if they are pushed down the list by other discussions.

  • Member
    September 28, 2016

    Both valid points Meli. I have to agree that ToC's are easy to find in the Blogs section. My main concern is that Member activity will drop in TSC on a whole but then again we as a group have always been active within the blogs themselves. 

    I had a bit of a play with discussions and blogs by having a go at creating a ToC. I still feel Blogs are the best place for them so like you, I think we'll keep posting ToC's as Blogs.

     

  • Member
    September 28, 2016

    I think that things will probably pick up once the existing blogs are looking more like their usual selves, there'll be more need for writers discussions and other topics :-)

    Don't lose heart, we writers are still here and adding content.

  • September 29, 2016

    yeah, I've got them both as a discussion and a blog. Can't fix my links until we make up our minds. 

  • Member
    September 29, 2016

    Minds made up. ToCs are to be posted as Blogs.

    I just feel it's better for the ToC's in all and with the group search, it's easy to find them. 

    The Bad Wolf of the Blog has spoken howled...

  • Member
    September 30, 2016

    This isn't really related, but do blogs have comment sections? If they do I can't see them anymore, but I remember at one time they did.

  • Member
    October 1, 2016

    Ermmm... Hold that howl....

    Edit:

    Yes there's a comment section for the blogs still. I've no idea why you couldn't see it. You're right about the fact that this don't belong here though. What to do about it though as there isn't anywhere.....

    Got an idea...