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*takes off his mod hat - puts on his user hat*
Just a few suggestions regarding the forum organisation and structure for consideration:
1) Change "Photography Equipment & Products: News & Reviews" to a title which better reflects the concept of the section (ie also asking questions about gear use/purchases) or change the descriptive text to limit content to only news and reviews. At present the title is out of sync with the sections use and description
2) Move the new Camera Forum subsections up in the site structure to sit above the galleries. It feels odd to have all our gear and learning resources at the top - then the galleries and then another gear subsection below them and I suspect it results in them not being used as much as they would if they were seated higher up in the site structure.
3) Remove the Digital Photography subsection - since its honestly the mainstay of the site now and not a more exclusive section such as film based photography is now.
"Digital Discussion & Q&A" honestly has no use since those questions are easily put into other existing subsections and to have it on its own just spreads a bit of confusion
"Graphics Programs and Photo Gallery" should be kept but moved inside "Foundations of Photography" category along with the rest of the similar subsections already there.
"HDR Discussions" should be moved into the Galleries (see point 4) or at least out of the digital category since HDR is not limited to digital photography alone (even though its the dominate form).
4) Adjust the Galleries to be both galleries and topic discussions. Not only promoting the greater use of those sections, but also realising the fact that (as shown in several such as macro) these sections are no longer just used as galleries, but are also used for basic and advanced discussions within those niche interest pockets (which ties it in very well with allowing HDR to be moved into this area).
*puts his mod hat back on*
Just a few suggestions regarding the forum organisation and structure for consideration:
1) Change "Photography Equipment & Products: News & Reviews" to a title which better reflects the concept of the section (ie also asking questions about gear use/purchases) or change the descriptive text to limit content to only news and reviews. At present the title is out of sync with the sections use and description
2) Move the new Camera Forum subsections up in the site structure to sit above the galleries. It feels odd to have all our gear and learning resources at the top - then the galleries and then another gear subsection below them and I suspect it results in them not being used as much as they would if they were seated higher up in the site structure.
3) Remove the Digital Photography subsection - since its honestly the mainstay of the site now and not a more exclusive section such as film based photography is now.
"Digital Discussion & Q&A" honestly has no use since those questions are easily put into other existing subsections and to have it on its own just spreads a bit of confusion
"Graphics Programs and Photo Gallery" should be kept but moved inside "Foundations of Photography" category along with the rest of the similar subsections already there.
"HDR Discussions" should be moved into the Galleries (see point 4) or at least out of the digital category since HDR is not limited to digital photography alone (even though its the dominate form).
4) Adjust the Galleries to be both galleries and topic discussions. Not only promoting the greater use of those sections, but also realising the fact that (as shown in several such as macro) these sections are no longer just used as galleries, but are also used for basic and advanced discussions within those niche interest pockets (which ties it in very well with allowing HDR to be moved into this area).
*puts his mod hat back on*