Mike
Well-Known Member
While this may not seem like much, it has been something that I have been wanting to do for a long time.
Many forums have been removed, but all threads still remain. Over time, on an as needed basis, existing threads will get moved into an more appropriate area.
Our off topic area has been moved to the top. We have our traditional "Layover Tavern" for off topic stuff that has no specific area anywhere else in the forum. This could be trucking related, and if a moderator sees a thread in this area that has a better place, we will move it.
New subforums, which are actually social groups that you must join, have been added to the Layover Tavern.
Emphasis on Tech.
We have always had forums set up for vehicle manufacturers, but they have been hidden as subforums and not very visible. We have now moved them to a category all their own. In addition, we have set up Engine tech forums, and working on getting set up with trailers as well.
Vendor/Classifieds
We have kept our classifieds area around, as we do have hopes to develop this in the near future. As the community grows, we hope to have product vendors that will be here to provide information and tech support for their products. For now, this area is "read only". As we fine tune our moderation capabilities, we may be able to open these topics up for discussion.
If you see something missing from the community, let us know. You can post here, or contact me privately via the PC feature on the forum. While we can't implement all requests, we do give consideration to them and implement anything that we feel is going to be beneficial to the community.
Finally, if you are a certified tech for any specific manufacturer/engine, etc.., let us know. We value your input in our community threads, and would like to be able to recognize you via a badge or other possibilities within our community.
Many forums have been removed, but all threads still remain. Over time, on an as needed basis, existing threads will get moved into an more appropriate area.
Our off topic area has been moved to the top. We have our traditional "Layover Tavern" for off topic stuff that has no specific area anywhere else in the forum. This could be trucking related, and if a moderator sees a thread in this area that has a better place, we will move it.
New subforums, which are actually social groups that you must join, have been added to the Layover Tavern.
- One is "Way Off Topic".
As you all know, we have rules that we must adhere to on the forum. Sometimes though, a topic may not fall into the rules very well due to complications with our advertisers. In this case, we now have a place for it. Our forum rules do still apply, though very lightly moderated. Once you join the group, you will see the specific rules which you should find very easy to follow. We are using our social groups to create this forum, so in the occasion that we get a member that can't color between the lines we have set up, we can remove them from this group while still allowing access to the rest of the forum. - Politics
We have brought this in, we have taken it out, rinse and repeat about 1000 times. I am going to do my best to keep it around this time, but rules do apply. We don't want it to be a link/meme farm. We are not looking to have people join our forum just to access politics and create chaos. We are using the social group feature to set this up so we can remove members as needed without having to ban them from the forum. We expect adult conversation of important topics, not the typical BS that fills most political groups. There is enough division, we are not looking to add to it here.
Emphasis on Tech.
We have always had forums set up for vehicle manufacturers, but they have been hidden as subforums and not very visible. We have now moved them to a category all their own. In addition, we have set up Engine tech forums, and working on getting set up with trailers as well.
Vendor/Classifieds
We have kept our classifieds area around, as we do have hopes to develop this in the near future. As the community grows, we hope to have product vendors that will be here to provide information and tech support for their products. For now, this area is "read only". As we fine tune our moderation capabilities, we may be able to open these topics up for discussion.
If you see something missing from the community, let us know. You can post here, or contact me privately via the PC feature on the forum. While we can't implement all requests, we do give consideration to them and implement anything that we feel is going to be beneficial to the community.
Finally, if you are a certified tech for any specific manufacturer/engine, etc.., let us know. We value your input in our community threads, and would like to be able to recognize you via a badge or other possibilities within our community.