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Excellent.  Hopefully we'll see far fewer problems with posting and posting images.  Thanks again -- it is a big improvement. 

JAC6:

Excellent.  Hopefully we'll see far fewer problems with posting and posting images.  Thanks again -- it is a big improvement. 

 Let me know if you know of anything else that can be done to make this forum more "bug-free" and "newbie friendly" and I will see what I can do.

If you're looking for suggestions, it would be lovely if there was some explanation of what triggers the "moderator approval required" blocking of posts.  And most of all, how about a moderator who actually approves such posts, as the system currently promises?  I would vote for actually implementing the functionality promised by the site before looking for new things to try. 

JAC6:

If you're looking for suggestions, it would be lovely if there was some explanation of what triggers the "moderator approval required" blocking of posts.  And most of all, how about a moderator who actually approves such posts, as the system currently promises?  I would vote for actually implementing the functionality promised by the site before looking for new things to try. 

Well the main reason a post goes into moderation is if it has too many links (sometimes over 2 would trigger it). After it goes into moderation it will have to be approved by a mod.

Raptor:

Well the main reason a post goes into moderation is if it has too many links (sometimes over 2 would trigger it). After it goes into moderation it will have to be approved by a mod.

Right.  The problem is that there are no moderators to approve the post, despite the message that the post will be approved by a moderator and the statement that an email will be sent regarding the approval. 

JAC6:

Raptor:

Well the main reason a post goes into moderation is if it has too many links (sometimes over 2 would trigger it). After it goes into moderation it will have to be approved by a mod.

Right.  The problem is that there are no moderators to approve the post, despite the message that the post will be approved by a moderator and the statement that an email will be sent regarding the approval. 

Well I am the forum Administrator now. Approving posts can be done by me or a different mod/admin. So it should be different from now on.

Excellent! 

If you're still looking for suggestions, there are lots of rarely used threads on the forum home page that serve only to clutter things.  That's not terrible by itself but I think it probably means fewer people get to the bottom of the page, which is where there are some more active threads. 

JAC6:

Excellent! 

If you're still looking for suggestions, there are lots of rarely used threads on the forum home page that serve only to clutter things.  That's not terrible by itself but I think it probably means fewer people get to the bottom of the page, which is where there are some more active threads. 

So what would you like me to do? Eliminate some forums? 

 If it was up to me -- which it isn't -- I'd reorganize and rearrange, putting the more popular forums at the top and relegating the others to the bottom.  For example, the iPhone forums are mostly dead but get prominent placement, resulting in poor placement for almost all of the (far more popular) sections.  The "Environmental Issues" forum looks to be largely dead.  The "Adminsitrators" forum is dead, except for some posts that belong elsewhere.  And so forth.  That said, there's a limited amount one can do when 99% of the traffic appear to be the in ID forum.  Generating traffic to other sections of the site would be good idea. 

There are some good suggestions in the "General Site Suggestions" section and I'm sure there would be no shortage of suggestions if that area was revived. 

JAC6:

 If it was up to me -- which it isn't -- I'd reorganize and rearrange, putting the more popular forums at the top and relegating the others to the bottom.  For example, the iPhone forums are mostly dead but get prominent placement, resulting in poor placement for almost all of the (far more popular) sections.  The "Environmental Issues" forum looks to be largely dead.  The "Adminsitrators" forum is dead, except for some posts that belong elsewhere.  And so forth.  That said, there's a limited amount one can do when 99% of the traffic appear to be the in ID forum.  Generating traffic to other sections of the site would be good idea. 

There are some good suggestions in the "General Site Suggestions" section and I'm sure there would be no shortage of suggestions if that area was revived. 

I do agree with that. The Ibirds forums should be at the bottom. I will see what I can do there. I think the main reason why there is not much activity in the other forums is because when some joins they are usually looking for a ID and not interested in other topics. And the members that have been on here awhile are more into the ID forum as well.