Can we delete the "Ads by Google" thing that appears to be appending itself to postings?
thanks! The adds are part of the free service, they only append themselves to the bottom of the latest post. I may upgrade at some point and pay for them to go away,
Hi, all. Thanks for setting up the forum. I plan to visit it often. How about a sticky post with links to websites that users might find helpful: like Steve Larson's overview of San Gabriels on SP, other local climbing/hiking sites (mtsanjacinto.info, ODC, sgwa.org, etc.).
Hi, all. Thanks for setting up the forum. I plan to visit it often. How about a sticky post with links to websites that users might find helpful: like Steve Larson's overview of San Gabriels on SP, other local climbing/hiking sites (mtsanjacinto.info, ODC, sgwa.org, etc.).
sounds like a good idea to me, do you mean just make another heading to "Useful Links" or is there a way to make a "sticky post"?
do you mean just make another heading to "Useful Links" or is there a way to make a "sticky post"?
I believe most message board services allow the administrator to make sticky posts. Sorry, but I don't know any more than that. But adding another forum "Useful Links" would also work fine.
edit: It may also help to have two different sticky posts - one for links to message board websites and another one for links to information sites (like SP and sgwa.org).
Hi Travis. Really glad to see your site open up. I actually was really happy to see the Google ads on your site because I was impressed that somebody could actually go out and recruit sponsors. (Didn't realize that the ads were part of the site software) The ads don't bother me, I think they are a great idea. One of the other sites is owned by a person who owns a store at a trailhead. His reasons for massaging everybody's ego who posts on his site are obvious. So are the reasons for another person who posts regularly on his site (A hiking guide who runs a service in the area and must be "customer service" sticky sweet to everybody). Most of the better things in life are not free. Maybe if your site gets popular enough, you can enlist sponsors. I would love to see that. Good job Travis, and I wish you the best of luck. Love your site.
Thank you very much Christina, I am actually looking at running the software for this discussion at my own website, but it may take some time. I am not overly bothered by the adds either,
This site has taken off like gangbusters. There was obviously a lot of pent-up demand out there. Maybe that's no surprise, given the number of hikers I regularly encounter in the San Gabriels. Nevertheless, I am amazed by the breadth of the conversations in such a short time.
I think we'd be lucky to get Kurt Wedberg (the guide who is so popular in the WPS Message Board) to contribute here. He has climbed Mt. Baldy a couple of hundred times (and is way behind his dad, whose total is beyond 750). His knowledge of everything connected with Baldy, including the most arcane routes, is phenomenal. Anyone who gets a chance to hike with him would be well-advised to take advantage of the opportunity. I'm sure that leading free group trips up Baldy is good for his business, but that is business in the best, most positive sense of the concept!
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