View Full Version : New Forum??
jfrenaye
08-10-2009, 12:21 PM
I thought we were looking for a brand new forum this morning???
stephen_s
08-10-2009, 12:27 PM
Good catch, John. Tripso hasn't changed either.
Annette
08-10-2009, 12:27 PM
That was the theory!
jfrenaye
08-10-2009, 01:02 PM
What happened...is Scott Tomer running the show now...I expect to ....
Now that is a low blow. By the way, remember Scott's Styrofoam Statue of Liberty? I have the inside story that after the Hammond, Indiana structural engineers declared that the coated styrofoam would crumble under UV daylight, and its flimsy steel supports would buckle in the wind they tried to send it back to Scott. He refused, but tried to give it away to someone else, but Charlie and Chris said "NO! - to having it as the new symbol of Tripso." :p
I don't know, the 130' chunk of degrading foam might have looked good in someone's yard? ;)
What happened...is Scott Tomer running the show now...I expect to ....
IslandGirl
08-10-2009, 03:10 PM
They couldn't sell it on ebay either. Last I heard they decapitated her and are awaiting someone to claim her head....:rolleyes:
mtp51
08-10-2009, 07:43 PM
Patience, patience....
This is the internet...remember??
Annette
08-12-2009, 08:59 AM
Here's the latest from Chris:
- Our site is now called Consumer Traveler (Consumertraveler.com). It describes what we do much better.
- On a personal note, I'm really pleased to welcome the forums back to our site, where they belong. I'm also happy to be working with a hassle-free theme that is coded by a professional, and does what it should. If only everything else in life were this straightforward.
-- Our forums at TalkingTravelers will be migrating to
Consumertraveler.com soon -- hopefully by day's end. There will also be some design tweaks to make it look like it's part of our site. Charlie and I will be going in and reorganizing some of the topics, with the exception of the travel agent areas. We are leaving agents to manage those.
What does reorganizing the topics mean? I honestly have absolutely no idea. I guess we'll find out when they do it.
deangreenhoe
08-12-2009, 09:05 AM
Another domain name, huh? I didn't realize our forum was located in a trailer park. ~winking~
jfrenaye
08-12-2009, 09:41 AM
My guess is that they will be using an add in for WordPress, but maybe not.
On the new site, it references the forums as :
• We’ve added a new forum (http://www.talkingtravelers.com/forum/../forum), which was previously published at TalkingTravelers.com. It’s an active community of travel professionals where readers can find answers to many of their travel questions.
All of the regular members of the forum are not travel professionals
Annette
08-12-2009, 10:15 AM
I could be wrong, but I think what was meant was that it's an active community that includes travel professionals.
I know, shocking that wording might be off.
</sarcasm>
bodega
08-12-2009, 10:34 AM
I just logged in and the new page come up. I don't like it, but I don't like change! I had to search to find the forums. Not easy to find.
AaronK
08-12-2009, 11:38 AM
Agreed, the new consumertraveler.com site does not have an easy way to get to the forums.
Loonbeam
08-12-2009, 12:27 PM
There's a forum link at the top, could be larger...
deangreenhoe
08-12-2009, 12:30 PM
There's a forum link at the top, could be larger...
Evidently it was just added - wasn't there earlier in the day.
Loonbeam
08-12-2009, 12:38 PM
Forget finding the forums, dear god they need to increase the font size on the articles!!
I'm not blind, but if I read too many of those, I WILL be...
It was there until they changed the url of the forums and the masthead.
Evidently it was just added - wasn't there earlier in the day.
L., the font size looks good to me. Would you please check it out again and let me know if it's still small. If it is I'd love to know what your display size and settings are. I have a 19" lcd monitor for my main monitor and it's running 1280x1024. My problem is the size of the page in FF with my bookmarks running on the left side. I have to scroll left-right.
Forget finding the forums, dear god they need to increase the font size on the articles!!
I'm not blind, but if I read too many of those, I WILL be...
jfrenaye
08-12-2009, 08:10 PM
Ned, it appears they switched the forums to a fixed width that was less than it was.
My forums now display about 2/3 the width of the screen (19" wide aspect) but I have also lost the ad at the bottom.
Can't remember if they allowed you to choose a fluid or fixed width, but it is not an option now.
And the fonts for the posts are decidedly smaller now. I also note that the generic avatar is missing.
And if you have any pull, ask them if I can get the SENIOR MEMBER permissions added to my profile. I was the #2 one on here! Senior Member allows more PM, larger avatar and the ability to change the title. All they need to do is access my profile and check the box under secondary user groups for senior member
John, I though L., was talking about CT, not the forums.
I agree that the forums are now a fixed width much less than before. I have about 2.5 inches of space to the right.
I don't remember the fluid/fixed option ever, but I could have ignored it.
My fonts in the forums don't seem smaller to me. I noticed the missing avatar too.
Ned, it appears they switched the forums to a fixed width that was less than it was.
My forums now display about 2/3 the width of the screen (19" wide aspect) but I have also lost the ad at the bottom.
Can't remember if they allowed you to choose a fluid or fixed width, but it is not an option now.
And the fonts for the posts are decidedly smaller now. I also note that the generic avatar is missing.
And if you have any pull, ask them if I can get the SENIOR MEMBER permissions added to my profile. I was the #2 one on here! Senior Member allows more PM, larger avatar and the ability to change the title. All they need to do is access my profile and check the box under secondary user groups for senior member
jfrenaye
08-12-2009, 09:15 PM
Not sure if it was there either but it is an option to allow users to select. Usually is a drop box in the lower left corner. Also allows you to choose different themes if they are set up that way
Loonbeam
08-12-2009, 10:00 PM
I was in fact talking about CT. It apparently was addressed and MUCH easier to read now.
Kairho
08-13-2009, 07:27 AM
I was in fact talking about CT. It apparently was addressed and MUCH easier to read now.But terribly BLAND. Looks like an ordinary cookie-cutter blog by some housewife.
jfrenaye
08-13-2009, 08:30 AM
But the issue (for me) of the crashing of my browser is still there. I am really thinking their ad partner (Travel Ad Network) has some funky stuff going on in their ads that is not playing nice with the forums or the site.
I think it is some of the ads or TAN. As long as I run AdBlock Plus, I have no problem with the site and no ads.
But the issue (for me) of the crashing of my browser is still there. I am really thinking their ad partner (Travel Ad Network) has some funky stuff going on in their ads that is not playing nice with the forums or the site.