Front Page - on watercooled

[geoff_gti]

Agree with the comments above. As a regular user, I normally enter the forum from an email notification and then once i've read through that post I use the New Posts button at the top.

However from an outside view, the front page does need a revamp. I think a url redirector straight to the page /newforum/upload would be the easiest fix. Since we don't run a news site etc as well I don't really see the need for a portal either.

Plus the windscreen stickers would look a mess if you tried to fit in the full address, so I reckon it might just help get a few more new members too, if they log on and find it's a very active & friendly forum

[revnit]

Having more than just a forum is a great idea, i find it hard and a little frustrating at times browsing though cruise/events pictures all the pictures are scattered over a half dozen pages if they where all summited and posted in a gallery section outside the forum

back on topic first impressions count i remember the first time i came here i was um ok looked plain i didn't even enter the forum! but my mate insisted it was a good site, the page hasn't changed since i signed up seems no one cares to much theres plenty of moderators on her get something done v

[qsilverza]

Ok,

So with the mods permission, can I please post a Poll on the general chat page (Since it has the most posts/view by far), with the following,

VWwatercooled needs a front page revamp as the current page is out-dated and isn't cared for. A couple of options have been suggested and since this is a democratic forum for us, it would be great if we could have a vote on which way the forum should head;

1. Leave the current front page in place and up-date links regularly
2. Redirect vwwatercooled.org.au, straight into the main forum view i.e. no front page except the main forum view
3. Leave front page as is and start work on a fully featured portal with the emphasis being to present ourselves to newbie's and to also give us a chance to organise pictures/news and official events in an easy to view and find format. Something along the lines of http://uk-mkivs.net/

[madglf3]

i reckon we should scrap the front page altogether and just have it redirect to the forum index.

x2 mate. I don't know why we even need it as I think it makes it look pretty out-dated, and alot of the links are false and broken.

[revnit]

Ok,

So with the mods permission, can I please post a Poll on the general chat page (Since it has the most posts/view by far), with the following,

VWwatercooled needs a front page revamp as the current page is out-dated and isn't cared for. A couple of options have been suggested and since this is a democratic forum for us, it would be great if we could have a vote on which way the forum should head;

1. Leave the current front page in place and up-date links regularly
2. Redirect vwwatercooled.org.au, straight into the main forum view i.e. no front page except the main forum view
3. Leave front page as is and start work on a fully featured portal with the emphasis being to present ourselves to newbie's and to also give us a chance to organise pictures/news and official events in an easy to view and find format. Something along the lines of http://uk-mkivs.net/

sounds like a good idea to me not that the point will get though i seen other polls on here not huge on popularity but worth a shot.

[VWindahouse]

VOTE 1 for option 2.