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Future of CR
Reference is made to Dierk's message of 26th February about this subject.
Good day Dierk a.o., I think you ought to continue the way anticipated and also to honour your two friends who both have been involved from the start. I agree with you that it is impossible to change host and/or provider as the risk is that you may lose some or all the data. I had several problems with vBulletin and the reason for this was that some of their key staff left the company whilst their successors could not cope with the day to day technical problems. So I also am stuck with them. Siteground is our hosting agency and we always get prompt answers from them. I am actually very happy with both organisations now and the biggest bonus is when you click on the old thumbnail photos up to 2014, these will now automatically display an excellent size on the screen and more photos can be shown by using the arrows. Such a wonderful improvement. Talking about the cost, then please note I pay 1200 USD per year to Siteground and few other minor costs. I am happy with that as all hobbies cost money I realise that the contributions/postings in CR have decreased and same happened to my maritime site. One of the reasons may be the fact that we find so many similar maritime sites around and that some sort of saturation takes place. I am still very mad with David (Flyer) that he suddenly pulled the plug without any warnings. I am so glad that I made copies of most of my 5 years with David.s Oceaniashipping (the name I suggested to him...!!!). So all I have to do is “copy and paste” the information in many cases. With regard to CR, then I think you ought to remove some of the subjects and shorten others. Your idea with from A to Z is excellent I find. Following I would totally remove: Announcementrs (use Site information instead) Links showing videos Introduction for old and new members Suggestions and feedback Searching for shipmates Ships I sailed on My albums Picture of the day, perhaps not…? Maritime Arts Models Picture requests Unknowns and Information, put these two together. This and That, all items except Harbours/docks Containers feeders and non feeders, put them together under AZ General Cargo, same, put together. You have too many subjects and some can easily be combined into another name altogether. Above is just an idea Dierk and by the way I am also going to remove a few items on my site. All that would look a lot better as the site is too messy, that is my personal feeling. Have a think about it and if you want more help regarding say naming new or combined subjects, then let me know, hopefully we both can put on our thinking hat and make some improvements. Best regards, Jan |
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