Changes coming for Tradgang.....

[Terry Green]

Hopefully by fall hunting season Rob and I will have some changes that are in the works done that we are working on....

Our format/platform has served us well since Tradgang's birth....

Hard to believe how long we've been around....pre facebook-youtube-instagram.  

We feel no matter the labor, difficulty, or the expense, we must preserve the wealth of information  here.  There is just too much info and memories to just archive this site and start over with access to all the above mentioned being a burden to find.

The hard part is moving over all of what we have to a new format/platform, but it will make the site much more user friendly.

No sure of what all the new platform will do just yet...fixing to get taken to school by Rob this afternoon.....but, we would like to you....

If you have any ideas throw them out.....we'll see what all is available to do...and/or what we might could add.  

Many thanks....and wish us LUCK!!!

[ThePushArchery]

Good luck Terry!

[macbow]

I know in the past it wasn't feasable to post pictures straight from phone or ipad.
I certainly would post more photo's without having to take the time using photo bucket or others.

[Bowjunkie]

Time sure flies, don't it.

The only thing I can think of is photo posting without the need to go through a site like Photobucket or Imgur would make it more user friendly.

[longrifle]

I second the picture request, it should be made easier.

[kadbow]

Direct picture posting would be great. Not critical but would be nice if we could update our own avatar similar to what you can do on Facebook with profile pictures.

[ksbowman]

X2 on what Macbow said. I would post more pics too if I could take them off my computer or phone (cam) Photobucket has grown to be difficult at best. Lots of pictures means lots of enjoyment.

[DanielB89]

I think this is going to be great.  The wealth of knowledge and past stories is one of, if not the, largest reasons I come here almost daily.  I can't say that about anywhere else.  


Excited to see what the future hold.  Hoping to be able to post pictures more easily! lol.

[Homey88]

Direct pictures from phone or tablet please.

[Ken Taylor]

Terry,

I appreciate being part of this group and the effort you and Rob put into it.

I'm not a hi-tech guy though and I too still have trouble posting pictures... sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

I know that to "computer people", young people, those who enter pictures often, and to the moderators it may seem ridiculously easy -
but I'm sure there's a lot of others on this site that are much more capable in the woods than on the computer, LOL!

Whatever changes there are however, you can count on my continued support.

[ron w]

Well, I guess for those of us who are tech. challenged I hope you don't go to crazy.......  

[Danny Rowan]

I for one like the site the way it is. Not into facebook and the other stuff. Hope you have luck in your upgrade but please, lets not lose who we are.

[DarrinG]

Direct photo's would be nice....and the ability to embed YouTube, Vimeo, etc, videos would be super!

[Bud B.]

Direct photo upload is my only request. For those who are active on facebook, I see many more photos there and rarely duplicate post with photos here.

In reading the previous posts, I see a common theme.

I was a member of a mountain bike webpage forum that was pre-facebook and social media. It failed to grow with technology and is now gone. There is too much here to lose. Photos with posts are almost what everyone is after. Almost.

[Jock Whisky]

Ditto on the direct photos from iphone, computer etc. As Danny says , not into facebook etc. so the current site is fine by me.

[Terry Green]

Not sure where the Facebook comments are coming from we're not going to be on Facebook as a forum I can guarantee you that... I don't do Facebook either except for the two friends I have and those are my daughters.

 We're just going to have to have more upgraded software and move from this platform to a more advanced and a more user-friendly one

[tomsm44]

I do like the way the threads are setup on here better than the posts/comments on Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.  

One nice option would be able to "follow" certain categories (pow wow, collecting/history, certain state pages, etc.) and have posts from all of your followed categories show up in a feed similar to FB instead of having to go to each page to look through the posts there.  Maybe still have the individual pages also available.

Not sure if it would work with how the new design would be, but maybe also add something that allows you to form a "Friends" group similar to FB with guys you know.  Maybe have it where their posts show up higher on your feed.  

And maybe have it where you can "follow" sponsors of your choosing where you'll be shown their posts in some sort of feed without having to scroll through everything.  I'm sure sponsors would like that.

Just some thoughts.  I'll be here no matter what.

Matt

[tomsm44]

Originally posted by Terry Green:
Not sure where the Facebook comments are coming from we're not going to be on Facebook as a forum I can guarantee you that... I don't do Facebook either except for the two friends I have and those are my daughters.

 We're just going to have to have more upgraded software and move from this platform to a more advanced and a more user-friendly one

I think it's mostly using the FB format as an example.  That's how I meant it in my suggestions.  LinkedIn is another social media page that has a similar format to FB.

[cacciatore]

I second everything is been said by the other members. You made an excellent work for all these years thanks again.

[Tedd]

I agree with others on the easy photo posting. I bet we will see a lot more photos than before.