With all the adults involved in this site working full time, and having lives and families to attend to, we’ve been surprised at how slow this building process really is. We thought it would take a few weeks and we’d have something up and running and ready to present publicly.
Not so much. It’s up and going, but it’s not fine tuned, just yet. There are various bits of programming that we’ve yet to sit down and puzzle out, and we thought we knew what kinds of options we wanted to offer the public but no one took notes when we met and we’re all old farts who suffer from CRS most days, so…
Authors. We’re still looking for those who are willing to write. We have some lined up, and I think we’ll have a Submissions Editor function going pretty soon. We have engaged a photographer, we expect to install a local picture gallery within a month or so.
We installed a chat box because that seems to be a pretty simple way to communicate with site regulars without having to get “chatty” in the comments. However, that will stay pretty quiet until we have a regular contingent of commenters.
We see that other sites have a poll section, is that something you think we should have, also? I’m thinking no, because the other sites sometimes leave their polls up for weeks and weeks at a time…wtf ?
Also it was suggested (thanks, Warg Rider) that we have a ‘back to the top’ comment feature, and some way to see recent comments. We got those installed, tell us if they don’t work.
We had a suggestion for podcasts and some audio files. Trust me, we’re looking into those ideas.
Someone emailed me that they wanted an advice column, in addition to our Darlene’s World (middle aged woman viewpoint), and our Grizz Gurl Growls (teenage girl viewpoint). I’m just not sure that would work. Who is qualified to give advice to a stranger ? Certainly no one involved here is willing to dispense words of wisdom beyond our usual editorializing. So consider that idea to be tabled for the time being, but keep the suggestions coming.
You’ll notice we have a “Contact Us” page at the top. As the administrator (and one of the webmasters) my email address is there, just write to administrator at the name of this website.com. Forgive us for not actually putting in the correct name, as that link would be munched on by the spambots that troll the sites.
If you’ve registered but can’t sign in, or need to reset your password and can’t get a return email, use that email address to contact us and we’ll get you a new one out, pronto.
So, tell us what you like and don’t like. We may be new, but we don’t need to be strangers. Speak, Friend, and Enter!
Tags: Idaho Speaks wants your suggestions, New Community Website in Idaho Falls
