Suggestions for the RC India forum/website

[rajathv8]

Maybe we can have rcindia stickers and decals with slogans or something? Or is it already available? Excuse my ignorance.

[anwar]

One more done.  For people who cannot stand the large amount of activity in the "For Sale" board, we have added the ability to "ignore" boards, effectively rendering them invisible.

To choose the boards to ignore, go to your profile at http://www.rcindia.org/profile/ and choose the "Ignore Boards Preferences" link from the left side.  Then choose the boards you want to ignore, and they will be invisible to you

I wish to thank a member of the forum who was fed up with the trade talk for pushing this idea

[sujju]

anwar can we also have a kind of an indicator which shows when one's inbox is full or getting full?...

[anwar]

At your service   When you go to the PM page (http://www.rcindia.org/pm), you should see a "Capacity" meter on the left.  Please let me know if this is not visible to you.

[rajathv8]

Yup it is visible and is helpful

[anwar]

As a payback for their active participation, more PM quota has been allocated to people with more posts.  For "Forum Hero"s will have more PM space than "Senior Members" and so on

[rajathv8]

As a payback for their active participation, more PM quota has been allocated to people with more posts.  For "Forum Hero"s will have more PM space than "Senior Members" and so on

And administrator will have the most?

[anwar]

anwar can we also have a kind of an indicator which shows when one's inbox is full or getting full?...

I was hoping that the capacity meter would indicate that, whenever one access their PMs.  What sort of indication are you looking for ?  Some thing in red on the main page when you login ?

[controlflyer]

Are youu planning to put on more smileys?

[anwar]

If they are very good and match up with the existing ones (size and color scheme), I am open to suggestions.

[FlyJoe]

When I log in to RCI, i see the home page.. is there anyway i can see updates on threads that i've replied or posted on? and click else where for todays posts.

like a 'usercp' kinda thing.

[FlyJoe]

One more suggestion - can there be a post number on the right hand corner or somewhere, like now we have posted by:.... and on the other end posted on:
I'm suggesting a number like.. Maybe #21 so we know there are 20 earlier posts to get to the 1st post.  hope it makes sense

[rajathv8]

@flyjoe +1 to that
Can avoid quoting to an extent

[anwar]

is there anyway i can see updates on threads that i've replied or posted on? and click else where for todays posts.

Not right away, but if you use the "View New Replies" link on top left, you should be able to see the threads you have participated in, with any action on them.

[rajathv8]

Hey Anwar sir do you do all the changes yourself ie. using html and webdisigning or do you use a content management sofware? Would be nice to know.

[FlyJoe]

Hey Anwar sir do you do all the changes yourself ie. using html and webdisigning or do you use a content management sofware? Would be nice to know.

Whether you do it yourself or not... great thing going anwar  

really appreciate your effort and passion.

[anwar]

Hey Anwar sir do you do all the changes yourself ie. using html and webdisigning or do you use a content management sofware? Would be nice to know.

The software we use is listed at the bottom of every page... on the green colored footer (see the "Powered by" stuff) !

The visual template was a arrived at by doing a bunch of modifications to one of the fully free ones, and I did those modifications.

[anwar]

Somebody who had their Personal Messages go over capacity requested to have any method of "exporting / saving / archiving" all existing PMs before deleting them out.

I found an add-on that allows PMs to be exported as a long HTML file.  You should see a "Save all PMs" link on the left of the PM page now.  Depending on whether you are looking at the Inbox or the Outbox, all your PMs will be dumbed out into one big HTML page, which you can save using regular browser functionality

[Drone]

It would be good to have a large icon for non image files (eg: pdf, xml, doc etc)

The current 'clip' icon is too small and may go unnoticed.

[KALYANPRODHAN]

Hi, Anwar, Webmaster,
I feel an requirement specially for this forum, The list of members city based and respect wise in serially for help so that all newcomers can contact to his city's respectfull and required person. There is need oa a tabulated shet like available in member list including cell phone no and dialing time (Of course if the member is agreed to publish his/her cell no and the time will be for weekdays & Holidays).

This may be a topic, A sticky one like RC mega suppliers list.

Thanks

[HamAero]

The list of members city based

For city wise
http://www.rcindia.org/mlist/?sort=location;start=0

For position wise
http://www.rcindia.org/mlist/?sort=ID_GROUP;start=0



Sanjay

[PankajC]

Anwar,
As far as suggestions go, I do see a beginer's zone ( my skill level), but could we break it into plane, helis, cars, boats? Or maybe have a sub-classification of sorts?

Pnkaj

[anwar]

Thank you Sanjay/HamAero for responding to Kalyan... that is exactly how group members should be assisting one another.  Regarding contact details, we have enough information here (location and skill level is listed, and you have the ability to PM).  I would suggest that in this day and age (of increasing about of spam over email, SMS and even direct telemarketing phone calls), it is not wise to publicly post your personal mobile numbers or even email addresses.  PM is the way to go, which can be used to collect phone numbers also in a discrete manner (if there is a need to talk in detail).  This will prevent the so called "cold calls".

This is the reason I have not listed my mobile number is not listed on the forum, neither are my email addresses.  The only email address which can be used to contact me is listed as an image at the bottom left of the forum. I would urge members NOT to disclose personal contact information publicly on the forum.  If you wish to help others/beginners at the field etc (which are the noblest of deeds), it is preferred that you please pass on your contact information in private.

[anwar]

As far as suggestions go, I do see a beginer's zone ( my skill level), but could we break it into plane, helis, cars, boats? Or maybe have a sub-classification of sorts?

I am not sure if we should confuse people with such splits.  Let the beginner ask any question on anything in this board, and then when he has doubts on any specific item, he can go to the purpose specific boards.  What we should do is to increase the information content in the purpose specific boards with topics that would really benefit beginners.  That way, if any beginner asks ANY questions, we can point them to the right location

[Drone]

Is it possible to have the post number #xyz for posts in a thread ?

Did my last post on icon go unread ?