Suggestions and Feedback

**miss_deb_68** · 09-16-2002, 01:57 PM

ok here goes....

What do members think about having a forum for those who need a place to start? Beginners could then post to a forum with their ideas and questions in a place thats ok to get back to basics (may need an interpreter!). May start a new breed of webmasters!!!!

I know there are enough talented people here more than willing to help anyone that needs a hand. After all...we all have to start somewhere!
Can someone show me the starting line?
Take care
Love Deb x

**ghettocars** · 09-16-2002, 05:58 PM

great suggestion Deb, I agree with you and I second this motion, WT does need a forum for beginners to start, but isnt that what Shoot the Breeze was made for?

Well if it was or wasnt, we do need a forum were beginning webmasters can go back to the basics and ask all the questions they need and seek help, then again, after thinking about this, isnt this why webmaster-talk was made? I think webmaster-talk really has no targeted audience, I think webmaster-talk was made for both beginners and experienced, after all this is a place to learn and become a better webmaster.

Your idea sounds great, but I think all of the forums here are beginner as well as advanced webmasters forum.

**DaveMo~** · 09-16-2002, 08:52 PM

Good suggestion Deb. (I would have never guessed that someone would suggest that, hehehehe!)

Quote:

WT does need a forum for beginners to start, but isnt that what Shoot the Breeze was made for?

It might be the place for someone to say "Hi, this is my first post". But it's not one dedicated to beginning webmasters. It says: "Talk about what's on your mind! For topics unrelated to our other forums. Are you new? Introduce yourself! You may also use this forum for test posts."

Webmaster-Talk is targeted at Webmasters, but not at one specific level of experience. And we all might do well if we had a forum for the beginning level.

What suggestions do you (anybody) have for subforums under a new forum for beginning level webmasters?

Maybe something like this?

Basic HTML
Common abbreviations
Using editors or site builders
What is your site about?
Personal or business
etc

And there would need to be some special rules. For example, a newbie does want to ask a question about space requirements and every host plaster the replies with ads. So I would suggest that no ads whatsoever be allowed there. But that's just me.

Thoughts?

Dave

**fonzerelli_79** · 09-17-2002, 08:50 AM

i think it would be a nice addition to the site - it will certainly benefit our younger and less experienced webmasters

**miss_deb_68** · 09-18-2002, 03:42 AM

Hi all
It was a shock suggestion wasn't it Dave?

I agree with no advertising in the forum as being inundated with ads can be confusing also. It would be nice if advice given wasn't biased in anyway by ones personal agenda.
Did that make sense???

Take care
Love Deb x

**ghettocars** · 09-18-2002, 08:32 AM

using the big words I see.

great suggestions btw.

**miss_deb_68** · 09-18-2002, 10:11 AM

Using the small words I see...btw??? At the risk of sounding silly again, what does that mean ghettocars?

And no I meant sounding "not logical" to you all...didn't think the words were too big!!!

Take care
Love Deb x

**ghettocars** · 09-18-2002, 10:17 AM

btw = by the way
omg = oh my god
lmao = laugh my anus off
roflmao = rolling on floor laugh my anus off
lol = laugh out loud
imo = in my opinion?

just some internet lingo

**ghettocars** · 09-18-2002, 10:24 AM

dont worry miss_deb it took me a while to figure out some of them, including IMO and BTW

and am still not sure about what IMO is. I believe its in my opinion.

**miss_deb_68** · 09-18-2002, 10:33 AM

hahaha...ty josh!
btw & imo are the only ones I haven't heard of. I'm not too bad in the talking department either! Have a few I could probably show you!!!! Glad you understood my ramblings anyway.

Take care
Love Deb x

**DaveMo~** · 09-18-2002, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by miss_deb_68
It was a shock suggestion wasn't it Dave?
I agree with no advertising in the forum as being inundated with ads can be confusing also. It would be nice if advice given wasn't biased in anyway by ones personal agenda.
Did that make sense???

Yeah, a big shocker, hehe.

I think it makes perfect sense about not having ads in there. I don't like to ask for help and someone sends me an ad in return. I can find the ads doing a search.

I think the mods for the beginner forum could delete any ad that comes along, or rather, move them to the SPAM can!

What about sub-forums? Ideas?

Dave

**ghettocars** · 09-19-2002, 04:37 PM

Beginners forum <---Main

subforums
Coding Help
Graphics Help

stuff like that.