- I Rearranged the forums -- consolidating a couple
- I've completely redesigned the Portal (Home) to make it a better entry point for new visitors. This is like a cover to the magazine or front page to a newspaper -- and those who don't visit it regularly (as it is updated 5 days a week) are missing some good material not posted in the forums
- I moved the index listing to the bottom of the page -- as the Political forum is currently the most active -- while at the same time keeping others from posting to the other forums. I moved the Political forum back up to the top of the list since it is the most popular -- but its threads are also easy to ignore for those turned off by politics.
I ask all active members to spend a little time skimming through the forums we have and maybe adopt a forum in addition to the one they give most of their participation in, and help to promote it with their participation and recommending to friends.
You can recommended to your friends through a link in your
User CP and receive credit for your referral. It really only takes a minute to help promote the board to others -- and the more active members a good board has -- the more interesting it becomes. As we grow, we'll need to add more moderators, and I'll be making my offers based on things like how many members were referred.
Below are some links to statistics you might find interesting:
My work is still a work in process. I still have about 50-60 hours to go for the improvements I have planned -- so bear with me. When I've finished with the Portal -- I'll move my focus to the Free Classified ad site, and then more Premium Member benefits.
Finally, I've not removed any post since the last redesign of this site -- but I will be purging old posts soon. Now is a great time to reverse the order of posts in your favorite forums to get one last shot at reading some of the older posts in those forums. Posting to that thread will exempt it from the purge -- so if it deserves a temporary reprieve or a revisiting -- make a legitimate post to the thread.
Some Big Big Big Changes at Old Hippie 
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