Comments for September 2009: Socialize Your Joomla! Site at http://joomlachicago.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://joomlachicago.com Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:51:47 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://joomlachicago.com/Past-Meetings/september-2009-socialize-your-joomla-site.html#comment-159 Justin, You're right - the forum IS a great community asset. We're working on bringing it back, actually, and haven't lost the data. We'll see what can be done. We're volunteers. You know that gig well. I've asked for others to step up, and we've quickly put them to work on certain areas. Forum Moderation is something that's a rather time-intensive, and while we've had people say they'd do it, when we've actually put them in that role, they haven't actually made it a priority. So, when we've got at least two people who are truly committed to help on the Forum-end, we'll address this. Door is wide-open and the invitation is now re-sent to all! ;) - John Coonen Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:18:29 +0100 http://joomlachicago.com/Past-Meetings/september-2009-socialize-your-joomla-site.html#comment-158 Hi Guys: Sounds like a great discussion is on-tap for September, and I will do my best to attend. However, I'd like to bring up one point about community building strategies and how it relates to joomlachicago.com: You killed all the old message board posts! I know that the old board technology has been replaced with newer, better software, but a decent number of users' posts simply disappeared, including some of my own. It's not like I submitted any Epic Content, but I did put a bit of effort into participating in the community, and it's now all blown away. Talking about online community strategies, I'd say this move was a mistake: Even if the boards had to be dumped (for whatever technological reasons), it would have been great to see something saved from the old base of messages ... maybe a static version of the old boards or a digest or whatever. This is valuable community content that was basically thrown away. Also, I don't recall receiving advance heads-up about the community changes before they were implemented. (Apologies if this was sent out and I missed it.) I think you are paying a price for this change in terms of community participation: There doesn't seem to be much action on the forum anymore. I hope this doesn't come off as too bitchy: I know this site is a lot of work, and the new technologies you're implementing are very cool. Just don't throw away that sweet, sweet community content in the future, doods! - Justin Kerr Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:05:26 +0100