Just an FYI from the guys who host the list... We also host the PDQ catamarans owners forum on our server. We use the PHPBB forum software. Nice site if you want to check it out (www.pdqforum.com) but a bit different than the liveaboard list. My recommendation is that we stay a list format for this topic. It is more conducive to the type of discussions we have and the way members interact with the list. The PDQ owners forum is web based and requires that you go out and get your updates. That means we typically have only a few members that check on a regular basis which means that replies are often not very timely for the kind of discussions we have here. Also the interface is more graphic intensive, a limitation for cruisers with limited bandwidth. I like the forum, I just don't think it is appropriate for our members.
Sam CT wrote: > This from a thread on Captain's and Admiral's Cafe forum...thought the > list might be interested in the forum review (link below) > CT > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: deepplaya <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:54 PM > Subject: [Captain's & Admiral's Cafe] Re: Change to a forum format? > To: [email protected] > > > > If most people are using this via email, then a web forum doesn't > make sense. If most people were using the web site and NOT the email > then it might make sense. > > Having said that you should check out this review of the forums I did > a while back: > http://www.editgrid.com/user/peaboy/Sailing_Forum_Reviews > > Another note of interest is that I have been working with the SSCA to > upgrade their forums to PHPBB3 which would support subscribing to > individual forums as well as threads which are MUST haves for any > decent web forum that really has email users. > > -patrick > -------- > s/v Deep Playa | Pearson 424 #152 | http://www.DeepPlaya.com > Patrick's Sailing Blog | http://www.shipsrecord.com/blogs/patrick > > --- In [email protected], "Rob - Captain's & > Admiral's Cafe owner" <flye...@...> wrote: >> Hi. >> >> I have been giving some thought, for quite some time, to a forum >> format. What do you think? >> >> Most members here at Captain's and Admiral's use the email feature. > Few members visit the actual Yahoo! website very often, making this > group similar to the early day email lists. Which is fine. >> Would you be interested in a Captains and Admirals Forum. Something >> similar to LivingAboard, Lats&Atts, CruisersWorld, etc? >> >> Please comment and let us know how you feel. Obviously there are > pros and cons to each style of communication. >> Thanks for taking the time to share your ideas. >> >> Rob & Cheri >> > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > -- **************************** Sam Densler mailto:[email protected] http://www.islandfx.com/lady S/V Lady of the Lake PDQ 36, Hull #15 Melbourne, FL S/V Stories She Could Tell Endeavour 37, Hull #454 Destroyed by Hurricane Frances 2004 Reborn and sailing again in 2007 **************************** "If you ever wonder why you ride the carousel, you do it for the stories you can tell." Jimmy Buffett "Stories We Could Tell" A1A _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
