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I have another idea which could go along with WCF, but am not sure exactly how to implement it. I have seen a few other history sites be successful as historical news aggregators which don't have much comment, but post links to history news around the internet with areas on which to comment. I wonder if WCF could host something like that as well and gain readers. It would be ideal if anytime anyone of us saw an interesting history news article, it could be easily posted to WCF and enter into an RSS feed that people could follow. Just thinking here…
I have another idea which could go along with WCF, but am not sure exactly how to implement it. I have seen a few other history sites be successful as historical news aggregators which don't have much comment, but post links to history news around the internet with areas on which to comment. I wonder if WCF could host something like that as well and gain readers. It would be ideal if anytime anyone of us saw an interesting history news article, it could be easily posted to WCF and enter into an RSS feed that people could follow. Just thinking here...
That would be a great idea.
I have not sent out an email to members. Last time I tried to do a mass emailing Donnie scolded me because I shut down his forum for a day or two. 🙁
I have not sent out an email to members. Last time I tried to do a mass emailing Donnie scolded me because I shut down his forum for a day or two. 🙁
Yeah, but your host probably doesn't have the same rule.
Have you considered linking a Feedburner feed to WCF? It can automatically update the feed every time something is posted. I have used feedburner for the past two years and it is very simple to set up and give multiple people access to if you want.
There is an rss feed that automatically updates based on forum postings built into the forum software:http://www.westerncivforum.com/index.php?action=.xml;type=rssThe problem is that it updates based on every post made. I think to be useful, an rss feed should only show news stories. Here is the kind of site which is essentially a blog-news aggregator, which has become quite popular:http://www.ablogabouthistory.com/Maybe what I have in mind is not worth the effort, or is a distraction.
If you turn it over to me I will make Writers of History the front end with static content. I can try the news aggregation idea as well. There are some other things to be tried as well.
Reasons why must WCF survive : - members are open minded regardless their obvious political background- spammers, lunatics and other misfits do not stay long- all arguments are debated, checked and acknowledged (sometimes after vivid discussions or heated debates ...)This forum is:- reliable- relevant- accurateMembers must work hard and this is probably why few only are eager enough to overcome such standardsIf you can find better than this forum, chapeau messieurs!
Reasons why must WCF survive : - members are open minded regardless their obvious political background- spammers, lunatics and other misfits do not stay long- all arguments are debated, checked and acknowledged (sometimes after vivid discussions or heated debates ...)This forum is:- reliable- relevant- accurateMembers must work hard and this is probably why few only are eager enough to overcome such standardsIf you can find better than this forum, chapeau messieurs!
This is a very astute observation. The standards here are pretty high, and the average history buff will be challenged to keep up. That alone keeps the participation level down, but WCF isn't going to dumb down the content just to secure more traffic. It's not our way.
I don't find the last few posts of WillyD … can anyone tell me if he found it ? I was looking for it because he wrote about his reasons to leave the forum. In the same way, does anybody here still have a contact with Wally ? Concerning the lack of "popularity" of the forum, some here are teaching, promoting the forum could attract new members.
Here is WillyD's last goodbye:Wally seems to drop by periodically to read posts, or so I gather, but doesn't participate anymore. I suppose that's the ebb and flow of life, and all earthly things will eventually come to an end anyway. Once the EMP strikes, there won't be any more forum anyway, right?
Here is WillyD's last goodbye:Wally seems to drop by periodically to read posts, or so I gather, but doesn't participate anymore. I suppose that's the ebb and flow of life, and all earthly things will eventually come to an end anyway. Once the EMP strikes, there won't be any more forum anyway, right?
My server is in Germany so that is not necessarily the case.
