xonix_digital Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Hey guys, Im sure this has been addressed already but, why don't we have a "how-to" section? Just a single section of the forum for writeups and walkthroughs. I have seen these work wonders for eliminating repeat or" noob" questions on some of the other auto forums. If everyone chipped in a write-up or two I think it would really help. What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emeraldlion Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 (edited) I don't know about everyone else, but I've found that all the really good walkthroughs and such have been stickied or are in the faq forum. I may be a butthole too, but I think that making people do a bit of searching for stuff weeds out some of the individuals that may "clutter" up the board. Edited September 16, 2010 by emeraldlion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namor Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 I don't know about everyone else, but I've found that all the really good walkthroughs and such have been stickied or are in the faq forum. I may be a butthole too, but I think that making people do a bit of searching for stuff weeds out some of the individuals that may "clutter" up the board. The problem with searching for some things is that you come across 50 threads where someone else has asked the same question but gets the response to search before asking and that thread has no answer in it. I think a stickied thread which would have links to threads that answer commonly asked questions would be worthwhile. I do also think a How-To section would be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 The problem with searching for some things is that you come across 50 threads where someone else has asked the same question but gets the response to search before asking and that thread has no answer in it. I think a stickied thread which would have links to threads that answer commonly asked questions would be worthwhile. I do also think a How-To section would be good. The answers are here and most are in the stickies and FAQ. Use the search function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonix_digital Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 The answers are here and most are in the stickies and FAQ. Use the search function. I appreciate that, but if you think about how many posts you and all of the other users have that say "Search" or "use the search function" it would soon become clear that there is an issue. Creating a how-to section would make it easier for the users of Hybrid_Z to find the information they are looking for, instead of having to ask you guys for it all the time. Being new to the chassis I use the search tool a lot and find that the vast majority of the results that come-up are unrelated, and when i do re search because the threads i got were not what I was looking for, I get a message stating that "Flood control is on" and that I have to wait 15 seconds to search again. This makes the process very cumbersome. Now i did not create this thread to complain about the search function, i just really think if we compiled the current walkthroughs and started building new ones in one section, it would drastically cut down on the amount of junk posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Now i did not create this thread to complain about the search function, i just really think if we compiled the current walkthroughs and started building new ones in one section, it would drastically cut down on the amount of junk posts. Are you volunteering to do the work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonix_digital Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 I would like to help out in any way that I could. What kind of work would be involved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 I would like to help out in any way that I could. What kind of work would be involved? Just create a thread and start posting links into it. Like I did here: http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php/topic/84521-s30-roll-cage-examples/ As it grows I can make it a sticky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonix_digital Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 Oh ok. I was thinking about having a section where people could post how to writeups. What section would you want this thread to be in? How would people contribute their writeups to the thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonix_digital Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 Check this one out for an example of what I mean. http://www.allsentra.com/viewforum.php?f=86 - A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Right now we won't set up yet another forum section for the how to's. Let's try a how to thread for each subject with links to various threads and then see how it goes from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonix_digital Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 That's ok. We pretty much already have that in the stickys. And the stickys are starting to get out of hand. Ppl would still be completely reliant on the search function. So it doesn't really solve anything. Thanks anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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