[sclug] Build it and they will come....

Wed Nov 2 13:13:52 UTC 2011

I am happy to start the ball rolling as it was my idea and an idea I have wanted to put forward for a while.

The reason for it is simple, I feel that there is a lot of valuable information put forward on these posts which help others to understand and solve problems. But what happens when you want to find the info at a later date should you need it? I delete all emails after reading (well most)

I find the use of forums on the internet of great help to find answers to questions / problems

Russell

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> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 14:52:57 +0000
> From: Simon Huggins <huggie at earth.li>
> Subject: Re: [sclug] Domain And Web site
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> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 01:39:51PM +0100, Russell at mailmonkey.biz wrote:
> > Would now be a good time to think about extending the features of
> the
> > web site to create a forum etc.. ? Maybe using something like
> Drupal?
>
> Only if you think people will use it and you can find someone to run it.
>
> To be honest, someone could start an sclug forum and promote it here and
> elsewhere (under a different domain for now) and if it proved popular
> then it could be moved under sclug.org.uk say.
>
> That would seem to allow you to test whether anyone would use it or not.
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> ----------(   CALLING SOMETHING A FIGURE OF SPEECH DOESN'T   )----------
> Simon ----(            MEAN IT'S NOT TRUE.-Death             )---- Nomis
>                              Htag.pl 0.0.24
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 19:03:34 +0000
> From: Daniel Craigie <danielcraigie at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [sclug] Domain And Web site
> To: sclug at sclug.org.uk
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> Hello All,
>
> We started using Google Groups at the Bracknell Mac user group a couple
> of years ago.  We didn't have any single email address that could reach
> the whole group and the list of CC's and BCC's was out of date.
>
> It gave the members a good idea of how the online forums work and there
> wasn't any admin to worry about (once the membership had subscribed).
>
> We are now trying a Drupal based website with forums included as a base
> for the group to chat and share info.
>
> Daniel
>
> (long time listener, first time poster)
>
> On 1 Nov 2011, at 14:52, Simon Huggins wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 01:39:51PM +0100, Russell at mailmonkey.biz
> wrote:
> >> Would now be a good time to think about extending the features
> of the
> >> web site to create a forum etc.. ? Maybe using something like
> Drupal?
> >
> > Only if you think people will use it and you can find someone to
> run it.
> >
> > To be honest, someone could start an sclug forum and promote it
> here and
> > elsewhere (under a different domain for now) and if it proved
> popular
> > then it could be moved under sclug.org.uk say.
> >
> > That would seem to allow you to test whether anyone would use it or
> not.
> >
> > --
> > ----------(   CALLING SOMETHING A FIGURE OF SPEECH DOESN'T
> )----------
> > Simon ----(            MEAN IT'S NOT TRUE.-Death             )----
> Nomis
> >                             Htag.pl 0.0.24
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:36:53 +0000
> From: "e-mail phillip.chandler"
> <phillip.chandler at ntlworld.com>
> Subject: [sclug] Dell Inspiron 1200 Laptop
> To: sclug at sclug.org.uk
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> Good Evening Gentle-persons.
>
> Just a long-shot. Would anyone have a dvd-r / cd-rom combo drive for an
> Inspiron 1200 laptop please ? Or just a dvd-rom if it will fit. Id be
> more
> than happy to cough up some beer / larger money.
>
> Thanks
> Phillip
>
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