Forum Suggestions Megathread - what do you want?

[Daemoniac]

Originally Posted by The Dark Wolf

I think we're fine on the mod situation.

Especially since I've been less busy, and have resumed my position as Flock Thinner Extraordinaire.

I think its seemed worse until the last week or so. I have actually noticed a return in old-moddage which is rad (namely you and a couple of others). Keep it up

[The Dark Wolf]

[demolisher]

EDIT: you took this seriously.

oh and what happened to zimbloth?

[Rick]

Originally Posted by The Dark Wolf

I think we're fine on the mod situation.

Especially since I've been less busy, and have resumed my position as God of Beautiful Flowing Locks.

[Stealthdjentstic]

I love The Dark Wolf.

[The Dark Wolf]

Originally Posted by demolisher

I'll apply if you need some more.

oh and what happened to zimbloth?

We're not currently accepting applications, but if you could forward your resume, cover letter, letters of recommendation, official academic transcripts (both high school and collegiate), and have them notarized, we'll be sure to keep you in mind.



Zimbloth took a sabbatical. He's visiting his Cousin Larry.

[Daemoniac]

Originally Posted by Rick

+1,000




Nice to have you back again, Bob

[The Dark Wolf]

Shankee, my friends.

[DDDorian]

Applying to be a mod is a sure-fire way to guarantee it's never, ever gonna happen

Zimbloth didn't pay attention to what he was ctrl-F'ing and poasted Goatse all over the board, so we had to sideline him for the good of humanity. Don't worry, he'll be back soon enough.

EDIT: ninja'd, again!

[demolisher]

Originally Posted by The Dark Wolf

We're not currently accepting applications, but if you could forward your resume, cover letter, letters of recommendation, official academic transcripts (both high school and collegiate), and have them notarized, we'll be sure to keep you in mind.



Zimbloth took a sabbatical. He's visiting his Cousin Larry.

you know what I meant!

Back on topic: The search function here is kind of shitty.

[The Dark Wolf]

Originally Posted by demolisher

you know what I meant!

It's what we had to do. Sevenstring.org, while not only being committed to diversity and world peace, also has a very thorough vetting process.

[Daemoniac]

Originally Posted by DDDorian

Applying to be a mod is a sure-fire way to guarantee it's never, ever gonna happen

You should just make the entire board mods.

[demolisher]

Originally Posted by The Dark Wolf

It's what we had to do. Sevenstring.org, while not only being committed to diversity and world peace, also has a very thorough vetting process.

Bottom of last page I edited my post.

[Stealthdjentstic]

Originally Posted by The Dark Wolf

We're not currently accepting applications, but if you could forward your resume, cover letter, letters of recommendation, official academic transcripts (both high school and collegiate), and have them notarized, we'll be sure to keep you in mind.



Zimbloth took a sabbatical. He's visiting his Cousin Larry.

hey boober, .... you and your ninja mod prowess

[The Dark Wolf]

Sorry.

Originally Posted by demolisher

EDIT: you took this seriously.

oh and what happened to zimbloth?

Did you not read my post?

Any rate, let's keep this on topic, fellers. The likelihood of new mods is very low at this point. But I'm sure if you're good, we, and Alex will keep you in mind.

[Stealthdjentstic]

Oh alright, has anybody got around to getting a hold of him to get admins moar power.

[djpharoah]

Originally Posted by demolisher

Back on topic: The search function here is kind of shitty.

Familiarize yourself with this method of search.

[demolisher]

Originally Posted by djpharoah

Familiarize yourself with this method of search.

I use the google one but alot of other forums have the google one as the default search, nitpicky but i'm just sayin.

[DDDorian]

Yeah, let the mods deal with mod-specific stuff - this thread is for general forum junk

[djpharoah]

Originally Posted by demolisher

I use the google one but alot of other forums have the google one as the default search, nitpicky but i'm just sayin.

I remember someone saying this and I honestly think it works great.

When searching in Google type out your search criteria as a cave man would say it.

Eg: You want to search if adimarzio paf pro neck model will work with a RG550.
You type: Dimarzio Paf Pro neck works RG550

[El Caco]

Chat box at top of page I prefer a sidebar but it wouldn't fit the theme of the forum

[Syndicated]

If needed, i can ask Pexi Olkkonen of finnish metal band Stam1na to the interview or Sammy Black from Lovex. Just drop me a PM if interested.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by demolisher

you know what I meant!

Back on topic: The search function here is kind of shitty.

That's a limitation of MySQL, not the forum software here. There's nothing that can be done about it.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by Zepp88

Well....one of the best things about this site is that it is a virtual repository of knowledge, I see what you mean, but we shouldn't shun away new members because they forgot to ask the google.

Something worth considering here:

[AJAX] Helpful Answers - Post Rating System (plus many sub-features) - vBulletin.org Forum

I haven't tried it, but the "helpful" post could easily be tailored into "commonly asked question with a good answer".

Also keep in mind that while they were never really used as much as I'd hoped they would, Tags are a great way to narrow down searches as well:

Sevenstring.org - Tags

They're especially good for people noting that the default vB/MySQL search sucks, but take this example, where I search for a three-letter tag, KxK:

Sevenstring.org - Threads Tagged with kxk

Voila, shitloads of threads tagged with KxK. If people tag appropriately, and the members take a second or two to tag good threads with RELEVANT tags, that's another great way to find what you're looking for, and in a lot of cases can be better than a regular search. For example, a search on Ibanez might yield 5 billion threads that contain "better than an Ibanez" or "Looks like an Ibanez headstock", but a thread properly tagged WILL be about Ibanez.

[MFB]

To any mods who would wish to do this because I would love you forever, could we possibly stick the "Recent Discoveries" thread and turn it into the "Recommended Listenings as According to SS.org" thread? This way instead of bumping it everytime either myself (which I'll be doing in a moment) or a new member decides to make a thread of the same thing they could just post it in there?