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Subject: Message Board Format and possible Website

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Bob P

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Date Posted: Sat, Oct 06 2012, 12:16:31 GMT

I’ve been asked why some old messages on this forum keep re-dating themselves and shooting back to the top of the message board. Other Voy sites (eg Jabiru Owners from where I “borrowed” ideas for this site) don’t do that. For those sites each new thread stays in strict date order of when it was first created, making it easier to find old messages. The downside of adopting that format is that if someone, for example, sees a 6 month old message and posts a reply, no one is likely to see it unless they go paddling through the last six months of postings. As time goes by that problem gets worse.

The way this message board is set up at the moment, is that if a new posting is made relating to an old thread, that thread is moved to the top of the list and so is more likely to be seen by all. The Voy software does this by changing the original message date to today’s date.

Both ways of operating have their advantages and downsides and I'm happy to follow the consensus of opinion post. Post a reply if you have a view on how the site should work.

UK Pulsar Enthusiasts Website

An additional possibility for this message board to link it to a (to be created) UK Pulsar Enthusiasts Website. Depending on what UK Pulsators wanted to do, the site could include pages with such things as
*Photos of each Pulsar (including airborne/engine/cockpit if the owner wanted)in the UK fleet
*Lists of LAA approved/pending mods
*Owners contact details and airfields
*Pulsar customised permit inspection checklists
*Q&As on common problems
*etc etc etc etc.

I’ll investigate this further if there is sufficient interest AND if other Pulsators offer to contribute to such a site (eg someone offers to produce and maintain a members list that I can just cut and paste into the site).

Finally if anyone wants to take over running this message board I’ll be more than happy to pass on details and get you up to speed – just let me know? Also does anyone have website creation experience or would like to gain website experience by setting up a Pulsar website?

Cheers

Bob

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