[StuartDH]

Originally Posted by Pudding4brains

Hi,

Is there any way to set the defaults for the annoying URL Title substitution? I really don't want to have to click "Edit" (because I forget the first time) then scroll, then click "Advanced" then scroll some more and then do three more clicks every time I give someone a link.

Originally Posted by Pudding4brains

Or do I have to wait until I'm "trusted" enough to edit my profile/preferences (Nice welcome that!).

If you've got any suggestions on how else we could easily stop the thousands of spammers who join forums to post one link to their site then disappear again, then I'm all ears.

Originally Posted by Pudding4brains

I tend to agree somewhat with the "Stupid Forum" post below. The first impressions are definitely cluttered, unconfigurable and not very user friendly (quite a detour to add an image to a post). All that is "just" look-and-feel of course, but it almost made me run off screaming - sorry.

Agreed. I'd love to improve the system in hundreds of ways, but unless you've got a spare £30k for a full-time developer it'll take a bit of time.

Originally Posted by Pudding4brains

That said, the principle of building a gallery from all the forum images etc is very good, but it certainly could be achieved more "streamlined" to the forum users and possibly with a higher degree of organization/categorization for the images (browsing the galleries with their current size is "a tad" daunting).

Streamlined and more categories for organisation? - seems a bit less and more at the same time. Do you mean more categories for members to have to choose from to make sure their images are in the right places?

Originally Posted by Pudding4brains

So, now slap me for uttering criticism and tell me I'd better put up with it because there are no better wild life fora around! (maybe the people who came up with nthat in the other thread should learn some other languages )

I must admit, I thought that fora was the plural of forum as well

Stuart

P.S. Personally, I don't mind the criticism, but when so many other members have put in hundreds/thousands of hours of work, it'd be a big help if you could be a bit more diplomatic when asking for features or fixes or picking holes in the site. It's also worth noting that we're not Flickr, Google or any charity/organisation with a multi-million pound budget...but we're still doing our best.

If you could also keep your replies brief and to the point then it would be a big help as there's a lot to read here, and elsewhere, and not nearly enough hours I'm afraid.