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  • Started 1 month ago by Mark Sisson
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  1. Mark Sisson
    Key Master

    At the request of a few forum users I've added a new forum - Primal Blueprint Odds and Ends:

    http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/forum/primal-blueprint-odds-and-ends

    Some forum users were finding that some of their questions and comments didn't exactly fit into any of the existing forums. This new forum will be for "everything else".

    Also, I've moved the "How to Insert Photos into You Comment" instructions into this new forum.

    If you have any ideas on how to improve the forum list them here and I'll see what I can do. Thanks, everyone, and Grok on!

    Mark

    Posted 1 month ago #

  2. Mark Sisson
    Key Master

    Another question: Would having sub-forums be at all helpful?

    I could install sub-forums for Primal Blueprint Fitness and Primal Blueprint Nutrition, for example. Something like:

    Primal Blueprint Fitness
    - Sprint
    - Lift Heavy Things
    - Low Level Aerobic

    Primal Blueprint Nutrition
    - Carbs
    - Fat
    - Protein

    Thoughts?

    Posted 1 month ago #

  3. maba
    Member

    Subforums is a great idea Mark. Also, I was wondering if you could provide an option for contacting or sending messages to the posters directly w/o having to reply to a thread.

    Posted 1 month ago #

  4. Tara tootie
    Member

    PB Recipes:
    Meat- for meat and fish recipes.
    Veg- for good veg recipes.
    Cheats- all this coconut milk ice cream and primal desserts and such!
    Sources- grassfed beef, CO, EVOO, etc...
    Other- well, other!

    Posted 1 month ago #

  5. Catalina
    Member

    I think subforums is a great idea. The only "problem" with the forum on the site is that it is so popular and active, a thread can disappear in less than 24 hours. Thanks, Mark, for the ongoing efforts to make everything work well for folks.

    Posted 1 month ago #

  6. maba
    Member

    Mark, Would add a section for research articles and scientific studies? The members post a lot of interesting and informational studies but they are usually hidden in the threads. Having a separate section would make searching easier.

    Posted 4 weeks ago #

  7. maba
    Member

    Mark, would it be possible to add pagination to the forum, so we can browse the older posts? Most of the time, anything older than 12 hours is gone, even under the specific sections.

    Posted 2 weeks ago #

  8. FlyNavyWife
    Member

    I still think this forum style is really hard to navigate and keep up with and that a more traditional forum like vBulletin would be a better solution.

    Easy access to forums, subforums, private messages, profiles and signatures, pagination, and everything is easy to find and makes sense. You can also have your "user control panel" which will only show you the updated threads you're subscribed to, and "new posts" which will show the ones that are new since your last login. Very helpful and time-saving.

    This type of forum (is it WP-forum?) is good for a smaller less active group, but I think your community has outgrown it, Mark.

    Posted 2 weeks ago #

  9. Lovestoclimb
    Member

    agreed. There's got to be a vBulletin plugin/migration tool for WP. I would say that vBulletin is the only way to go on a PHP box.

    Posted 2 weeks ago #

  10. FlyNavyWife
    Member

    Also, vBulletin also has WAY better search capabilities. Much easier to find the info that's already out there...

    Posted 2 weeks ago #

  11. Lovestoclimb
    Member

    big fan of vBulletin here!!! Implemented it once and bob was my uncle.

    Posted 2 weeks ago #

  12. NorthernMonkeyGirl
    Member

    Have to agree that the search thingy on here doesn't work for me - only a problem now you're far too busy and popular!

    Posted 2 weeks ago #

  13. FlyNavyWife
    Member

    Mark, where are you?

    Posted 1 week ago #

  14. Mark Sisson
    Key Master

    Sorry for the delayed response. Very busy lately with book promo...

    I'll see about a more robust forum in the future and I'll keep vBulletin in mind.

    Forum search takes a little getting use to but I think it works pretty well once you have the hang of it, no?

    As soon as it get some time freed up I'll give some more thought to sub-forums, too. Thanks for the feedback, everyone.

    Mark

    Posted 1 week ago #

  15. FlyNavyWife
    Member

    "Forum search takes a little getting use to but I think it works pretty well once you have the hang of it, no?"

    No... I'm on your forum as much as anyone else, and try to use your search function pretty often, but it's not something that works well. Period. Sorry.

    I'm glad you'll consider vBulletin or similar bulletin board type things... they really are much smoother from a user's standpoint than what you've got going on here, subforums or not.

    Thanks for replying and letting us know you're on it! :)

    Posted 1 week ago #

  16. Mark Sisson
    Key Master

    maba - Pagination has been added to the Latest Discussion as requested. Cheers!

    Posted 4 days ago #

  17. Annika
    Member

    Thank you! Yay for multiple pages!

    Another vote for vBulletin. Being able to go instantly to the new posts in a thread instead of scrolling down to find to find where you left off every time would be such an improvement. I have been a heavy user of two vBulletin forums, and they work very well indeed.

    Posted 4 days ago #

  18. Mark Sisson
    Key Master

    Thanks for the vBulletin suggestions, everyone. I'm looking into it to see how tricky the transition will be. I'll see what I can do.

    Posted 4 days ago #

  19. groquette
    Member

    For search I consistently get excellent results when I go to google and say

    my search term site:marksdailyapple.com

    Posted 4 days ago #

  21. maba
    Member

    Thank you Mark!

    Posted 3 days ago #

  22. NorthernMonkeyGirl
    Member

    Mark - following on from the recent posts, I think it would be a good idea to have a "Here comes the science bit" subsection - so we that have the inclination can pull apart cellular metabolism (so to speak!), without the implication that you *need* to know, understand, or even care about those details to benefit from the PB itself.

    As an aside, it's great that you're taking and responding to feedback! :)

    Posted 3 days ago #

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