I think pretty much noone has ever checked the forum. I just say it because I find forums good for this sort of communication - asking for and giving advice and news. Not long ago I hardly used forums at all, but now I find things like the palm tt forum (http://discussion.brighthand.com/palmhandhelds/forumdisplay.php?s=cbf1734e8 1e9f6432e07b9535404be0d&forumid=151) invaluable.
For a start, a conversation like this would be under a thread topic, and A) it would be clear that I was answering your question B) I could browse the topic headings and ignore this one without reading any of the messages in it C) The function to search the forums for help - maybe I'm looking for a site file for USNews, for example - would be on a button at the top of the forum's page so I could activate it easily D) I could subscribe to topics I'm interested in (either deliberately or automatically by setting an option to auto subscribe to anything I reply to) so that I get an email (like this one) only when a topic Im interested in is discussed or added to, or I get a reply to my own posting or, if I want, whenever there is any posting. There are probably other advantages and disadvantages. I'm fairly new to forums myself, but I have begun to find them invaluable sources of information and advice. In the couple of years I've subscribed to this mailing list I really haven't seen much lively discussion on *how* to build site files - with specific advice or improvement suggestions. I've seen some, but Id like to see more. I suspect, but may well be wrong, that the more interactive nature of a forum helps improve this sort of communication. I don't know if the source forge forum has all these features, does anyone know of any better free forum hosting sites? Cheers Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee Phillips > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 8:21 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [scoop] Site Files > > > I'd sooner see them posted at the forum, as it's less > ephemeral than the > > mailing list. > > Why so you say that? I don't have any problems with the list, > but I've never > checked the forum. > _______________________________________________ > Sitescooper-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://sitescooper.org/mailman/listinfo/sitescooper-talk > _______________________________________________ Sitescooper-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sitescooper.org/mailman/listinfo/sitescooper-talk
