New Forum Issue: Sub-categories
DavidZemon
Posts: 2,973
I've noticed two complaints so far (there may be others - I haven't looked).
- P1-Verilog
- Robotics
Comments
Also missing are the quad sub-categories (threads now all thrown into Projects). Not THAT I find particularly odd.
I have a different take on this. These are important products Parallax tries to sell. They should be top-level categories, possibly with subcategories of their own. Example: under robotics there's BOE-Bot and ActivityBot. These are cornerstones of the company, and they are now lost in a Miscellaneous category.
I don't believe newcomers to the forum will be willing to slog through a pile of irrelevant posts for their research.
I also didn't find any discussions of rings, bracelets, and earrings under the Accessories section, and with that category name, I expected to. Parallax doesn't use the term "Accessories" on their home page, so I figured they were going to start selling and supporting jewelry.
I have a different take on this. These are important products Parallax tries to sell. They should be top-level categories, possibly with subcategories of their own. Example: under robotics there's BOE-Bot and ActivityBot. These are cornerstones of the company, and they are now lost in a Miscellaneous category.
I don't believe newcomers to the forum will be willing to slog through a pile of irrelevant posts for their research.
Hello Gordon,
I like your suggestion better! Robotics as a main category with sub's for Boe-BOT, Activity BOT, Scribbler, Eddie/MadeUSA/ARLO, etc.
Robert
Sensor plus wireless. Odd combination and category name.
I thought the old forum was fine and the new one would be identical, just with restored functionality. This one is so different in looks and useability that it barely feels like the same forum. I hope Gordon's right that all will be well after some tweaking, but it better happen fast. People are surprisingly candid about their feelings here and it's not looking good.
Let me first say that I DETEST the new quoting. I only wanted to quote you, not me and you, and only a portion of it. I think the resulting quote will show something different than what I intended.
On edit: Yup, I was right. Somehow Erco's quote was attributed to poor Publison. I could find no way to avoid the nested quoting. Ack!
Anyway, my main concerns are not easily tweaked. Unless the threads were moved with metadata intact, I don't see how they can now be re-moved into more refined categories.They'll either need to move threads back over, properly this time, or use a script to separate out threads based on meta. I am not hopefully they will do either.
Let me first say that I DETEST the new quoting. I only wanted to quote you, not me and you, and only a portion of it. I think the resulting quote will show something different than what I intended.
On edit: Yup, I was right. Somehow Erco's quote was attributed to poor Publison. I could find no way to avoid the nested quoting. Ack!
Quoting certainly has many quirks. and is looking like Alpha code, but I can get somewhat predictable outcomes by editing the HTML using show source.
Rules I use:* Add comments first, then edit quotes. (avoids being sucked into the quote body)* Edit HTML to remove bonus/excessive blockquote chaff
Having a separate robotics forum is at the top of my latest forum wish list.
Good idea, and I think a copters (quad,
hex, whatever) or UAV category should go under Robotics as well.
Under Projects there really needs to be a Robotics and Multirotor sections.
I have a different take on this. These are important products Parallax tries to sell. They should be top-level categories, possibly with subcategories of their own. Example: under robotics there's BOE-Bot and ActivityBot. These are cornerstones of the company, and they are now lost in a Miscellaneous category.
I don't believe newcomers to the forum will be willing to slog through a pile of irrelevant posts for their research.
I also didn't find any discussions of rings, bracelets, and earrings under the Accessories section, and with that category name, I expected to. Parallax doesn't use the term "Accessories" on their home page, so I figured they were going to start selling and supporting jewelry.
Sensor plus wireless. Odd combination and category name.
I thought the old forum was fine and the new one would be identical, just with restored functionality. This one is so different in looks and useability that it barely feels like the same forum. I hope Gordon's right that all will be well after some tweaking, but it better happen fast. People are surprisingly candid about their feelings here and it's not looking good.
Sorry about the previous post. My laptop shut down just as I clicked the Post button.
How about a "Peripherals" category with Sensors, Wireless, and other such items as sub-categories?
I'm guessing that was the old "SENSOR" catagory ?
Sensor plus wireless. Odd combination and category name.
I thought the old forum was fine and the new one would be identical, just with restored functionality. This one is so different in looks and useability that it barely feels like the same forum. I hope Gordon's right that all will be well after some tweaking, but it better happen fast. People are surprisingly candid about their feelings here and it's not looking good.