Maybe consolodate some of the forum categories?

[iphoneconnie]

Originally Posted by psylichon

There is a balance within every forum regarding number of posts and number of forum divisions. There are many topics to discuss about the iPhone, for sure. But I have to say, I would miss most discussions if it weren't for the "new posts" button and my frequent visits to the site.

There are too many sections.

Yep, me too. For the longest time I cruised through the topics. Now the new posts button is what I use 99% of the time.

[Lincoln]

If you don't want to see a section of forums, just click this button.



It results in this.

[iCafe]

Originally Posted by jimmyrules712

There are 39 seperate forum categories right now and I'm just wondering if anyone has thought about consolodating some of the less used ones that overlap a bit.


For example, the Iphone accessories, cases, and 3G cases could probably be all together without very much chaos.

I'm not sure if the Bluetooth and Wifi categories serve a purpose, most of the time when someone has bluetooth or wifi question they just post it in the general iphone category.

There 11 different software categories (including the ones near the bottom about PC, Mac, and itunes). I would think some of those could be combined.

Since now phone plans vary based on which iphone you have, many cell phone plan questions are being posted in the iphone or 3G iphone category, making the at&t and O2 sections somewhat useless.

Then there's all those apple hardware categories, which it doens't look like many people are using. Since this forum's focus isn't really on apple computers and those sections aren't being much used, why are they all needed?

Anyway, I'm sure not many people will agree with all of the htings I listed above, but I think many will agree that there are too many categories and they make it a little confusing to figure out where something should be posted, which increases the chances that it won't be posted in the correct place. So I think the forum should be simplified a tad.

bla bla bla
listen here buddy,
the last thing i need after a hangover is to come on my site
and see some guy telling me how to run my forum
you dont like it make your own website
perhaps you can call it,www.everythingjimmyrules712.com
yeah that has a nice ring to it
kids these days

[jimmyrules712]

ironic how you complain about 'kids these days' while making the most childish response in the thread.

and if you were joking, why make such a pointless response to a genuine attempt of improvement.

[Alexander]

Originally Posted by jimmyrules712

ironic how you complain about 'kids these days' while making the most childish response in the thread.

and if you were joking, why make such a pointless response to a genuine attempt of improvement.

I'd like to introduce you to iCafe.

[iCafe]

Originally Posted by jimmyrules712

ironic how you complain about 'kids these days' while making the most childish response in the thread.

and if you were joking, why make such a pointless response to a genuine attempt of improvement.

[Hayesimus]

I think they are fine the way they are. Even if there were fewer categories, people would still make the same mistakes when it comes to proper post location. It is simply because they either don't know or don't care. If they don't know, then they will be educated very quickly. If they don't care, then it would not matter anyway.