Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
- Posts: 6,950
There is a row of drop-down links across the top of the page to assist navigation around the site.
While I see a benefit of a blog-topic mirror thread appearing on the forum, as well as mirrors of news items from the main page, I do not see why there should be a link to this blog or that news item appearing on the forum page passing-itself off as a thread.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Chris- Forum Admin
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Oct 2009
- Posts: 357
Hi Tom,
I've tried to make it obvious that it's a link to Barry's Blog rather than a forum topic (I'll even add a special little icon if that would help?) - the problem has been that since the forum move at the beginning of the month, Barry's Blog has got a little lost in the other section.
It will only appear in the forum for 12 hours after a new post in the blog - if you've got any other suggestions on how to bring everything together, I'm very much open to ideas!
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
- Posts: 6,950
Forgive me, do. For not seeing your point of view from the off Chris. I have always had my bookmark set to Barry's blog and navigate my own way to the 'letters page'/forum etc..
That others are incapable of doing something similar I will, with all due humility, accept.
I did mention that there may be good reasons for having threads that tie-in with news items and blogs.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,886
Maybe not very many are interested in Barry's Blog. The link at the top of this page just under the advert is obvious enough I even saw it on the first day.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
barry's blog is read by many people on the wider internet, political blogs tend to be - i seem to remember tom came here just for the blog originally.
Chris- Forum Admin
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Oct 2009
- Posts: 357
We'll see how it goes - the eventual idea is for it to drop down (like a forum topic) - this way anyone not interested wont find it at the top of the list all the time. But that requires a little more time to set up...hence the 12 hour cut off at the moment.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,247
123,294 hits in 3 years Jan. Well in excess of what was expected and actually increased after the election when I was temporarily updating daily. Good going that.
Anyone not interested in politics need not view it. I can understand whysome of my political adversaries would prefer it to be less prominent. Seems Chris has established a good compromise. I tend to update every 2/3 days.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
- Posts: 6,950
So...people can and do find it easily enough.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,886
My point was that even though I have no interest and have never read it I saw where it was on the first day of the change over.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
Jan
like you i dont read it
but thats choice
ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
tom
how did you find it easily enough?
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
- Posts: 6,950
Way back when, do you mean Howard?
To paraphrase that hero of international renown, one JT Kirk, "Beam me, Scottie up!"
As with all my other Google searches...
Google-genie, do locate
an air, a ditty, comic song
tangentially appropriate
If not they, an arcane fact
or a neither tedious nor long
erudicious explanatory tract
In truth Howard I found 'them'. It's a question of asking the 'right' question.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
- Posts: 8,115
I fully support the idea of Barry's blog receiving a place at the top of the list of the threads page every time a new blog post appears on it.
This in the name of reciprocal tolerance and respect of different people's views, even if not always reciprocated.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
I did put my point of view on the blog itself, I also feel that it should not come on to this page at all,but on saying that Chris is the boss and is running the forum,so the last word must be his about it.