WOOF Update

[EasternWest]

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The big takeaway which I have taken from this is - post more, engage more, encourage more discussion. I've been on here for 15 years and only 3500 posts, so there's room to improve there.

I often feel that I don't have time to collect all of my thoughts, and I feel like the quality of posts is too high for a quick rambling thought, but I'm going to ignore the little voice and just hit "post" from now on.

The answer is shitpost without remorse. It's what I do.

It wasn’t bar none … it was the Transport Hotel. And 17 bourbons in, I’m not sure you were really looking after me

Ha ha ha ha. I was trying to get you to drink until I was attractive but there wasn't enough bourbon.

[Stevo]

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I nearly fell out of my chair when I read this. I fit the category of being inconsistent with my posting efforts and Gary has reached out to me a couple of times. We have had some good chats and Ive met him a couple of times. The focus on family and at times I found footy discussions annoying are the main reasons for my absent times. With a lot of those distractions behind me and especially now that the children are growing up means I can jump in here more. Im willing to be part of any joint effort to help the site as I enjoy the discussions and would miss them.

[mjp]

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...at times I found footy discussions annoying...

I think we all find this mate - it's why having more people in discussions is so good...

[EasternWest]

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I think we all find this mate - it's why having more people in discussions is so good...

Ok but can we talk more about Jordon Sweet?

[mjp]

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Ok but can we talk more about Jordon Sweet?

Jordan...Sweet? OK - Never heard of him...maybe we should start breaking down his game. What about some other guy called - I think - Young? Apparently we really mistreated him if we had just given the young fella more of a go, well - obviously we would already have the 2021 and 2022 cups and this years would be a Fait Accompli.

Now I think about it...I may have heard mention of this Sweet fellow once or twice!

[Stevo]

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Ive read though this 2 or 3 times not and Im trying to work out how I can help the site along if it proceeds.
Gary do you think you will get access to the training sessions again for next season?
Smads57, Dog Town and you did a lot with the training reports which gave me plenty of reasons to long on from December to Feb which is normally my hiatus.
List management and drafting stuff we seem to be a leader on so I dont think I can help much.
MJP, Axe Man, YHF and Eastdog start a lot of threads and I enjoyed the Beazer this year.
Do you have any suggestions on what assistance I might be able to offer?

[azabob]

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Ive read though this 2 or 3 times not and Im trying to work out how I can help the site along if it proceeds.
Gary do you think you will get access to the training sessions again for next season?
Smads57, Dog Town and you did a lot with the training reports which gave me plenty of reasons to long on from December to Feb which is normally my hiatus.
List management and drafting stuff we seem to be a leader on so I dont think I can help much.
MJP, Axe Man, YHF and Eastdog start a lot of threads and I enjoyed the Beazer this year.
Do you have any suggestions on what assistance I might be able to offer?

Stevo, the best action you can take is actively post. That is what we need. Not necessarily more threads but discussion in existing ones.

[The Underdog]

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I've been absent from the board for a little while and was relatively sporadic prior. I got to the point late in the season where generally I didn't have much passion for the game and the negativity of what was happening with the club and the reflection of that here wasn't adding to things and I needed a break overall. I honestly only watched bits and pieces of the last 5-6 weeks of the season. On top of which I just haven't felt like I had anything much to say, which makes it hard. My music / TV / Premier League posts have probably been running at about 5:1 to Dogs posts prior to hiatus-ing, which probably gives an indication of where my feelings are about the club at the moment.

Still this board has been a part of my life for way too long (kudos Gary, how the hell?), so it would be sad to see it go.

[EasternWest]

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I've been absent from the board for a little while and was relatively sporadic prior. I got to the point late in the season where generally I didn't have much passion for the game and the negativity of what was happening with the club and the reflection of that here wasn't adding to things and I needed a break overall. I honestly only watched bits and pieces of the last 5-6 weeks of the season. On top of which I just haven't felt like I had anything much to say, which makes it hard. My music / TV / Premier League posts have probably been running at about 5:1 to Dogs posts prior to hiatus-ing, which probably gives an indication of where my feelings are about the club at the moment.

Still this board has been a part of my life for way too long (kudos Gary, how the hell?), so it would be sad to see it go.

TU please see post 106 for my suggestions when such malaise hits you.

Good to have you back, always liked reading your thoughts.

[GVGjr]

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Ive read though this 2 or 3 times not and Im trying to work out how I can help the site along if it proceeds.
Gary do you think you will get access to the training sessions again for next season?
Smads57, Dog Town and you did a lot with the training reports which gave me plenty of reasons to long on from December to Feb which is normally my hiatus.
List management and drafting stuff we seem to be a leader on so I dont think I can help much.
MJP, Axe Man, YHF and Eastdog start a lot of threads and I enjoyed the Beazer this year.
Do you have any suggestions on what assistance I might be able to offer?

I need to reach out too the club and see if getting to preseason training is an option but given it's going to be a construction site for a long while I wonder if that's even possible.

Setting up some weekly threads particularly during the season could be of a great assistance so lets see how it plays out and I'll be in touch.

[GVGjr]

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Just to provide an update, I'm working with the IT guy who helped set-up the site and seeing if we can add some more features including a more mobile phone friendly app or if we need to upgrade to a later version of vBulletin. Fixing the mobile phone responsiveness is the priority.
The problem with the upgrades to later versions is that you lose some functionality that we've added over the years.
If we fix the mobile phone responsiveness option, change some of the some of the look and feel of the site and add a few more member friendly features that would be my preferred option but the version we are running is fairly old now but it is stable.

I might even be able to add something extra to the training reports but lets wait and see.

[Bornadog]

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Just to provide an update, I'm working with the IT guy who helped set-up the site and seeing if we can add some more features including a more mobile phone friendly app or if we need to upgrade to a later version of vBulletin. Fixing the mobile phone responsiveness is the priority.
The problem with the upgrades to later versions is that you lose some functionality that we've added over the years.
If we fix the mobile phone responsiveness option, change some of the some of the look and feel of the site and add a few more member friendly features that would be my preferred option but the version we are running is fairly old now but it is stable.

I might even be able to add something extra to the training reports but lets wait and see.

Thanks Gary, that is great. Need to also look at those ??? marks that keep bobbing up.

[Eastdog]

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Thanks for the update GVGjr.

[GVGjr]

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Thanks Gary, that is great. Need to also look at those ??? marks that keep bobbing up.

I agree, we think it's an easy fix but a lot of the issues are also from Iphones and IPads who haven't been updating their software.

[Jasper]

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Just to provide an update, I'm working with the IT guy who helped set-up the site and seeing if we can add some more features including a more mobile phone friendly app or if we need to upgrade to a later version of vBulletin. Fixing the mobile phone responsiveness is the priority.
The problem with the upgrades to later versions is that you lose some functionality that we've added over the years.
If we fix the mobile phone responsiveness option, change some of the some of the look and feel of the site and add a few more member friendly features that would be my preferred option but the version we are running is fairly old now but it is stable.

I might even be able to add something extra to the training reports but lets wait and see.

Last roll of the dice sort of thing Gazza? I know you mentioned we haven't had much luck into converting new members into contributors. Sightseers don't add much to discussions.