Dear Users,
ACC has been growing steadily recently and we are looking at how the site works and how it could be made better.
With the emphasis on making the site more useable, useful and engaging for the user:
How, if you could do anything at all with ACC, would you change/improve it?
Cheers
DJ
Personally, I’d improve reliability before adding new features,
Issues like that seems to be occurring too often
I’ve noticed that the tapatalk app for iPhone doesn’t work anymore since updating to the latest version. See attached error messages.
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Guys,
thanks for the feedback. To address youur issues, Tapatalk is now fixed and the other errors, aside from that, were because of issues beyond our control.
To that end, unfortunately I’m not the all seeing eye, and if you’re having issues you need to let us know. Most issues can be fixed in a very short period of time.
Since moving to the new software there have been only a couple of problems with reliability and have been fixed in a speedy manner.
If you’re still having issues please, please let us know as soon as you see them.
That aside, all comments on how to improve the site as a whole are still welcome.
Thanks all,
DJ
I’ve not noticed any errors yet.
I’m pretty sure I used to be able to see myself listed in ‘Who is Online’, but no longer.
Obviously, I know I am on line so it’s not necessarily a fault, just different…
I would still like to explore a better PM system, if one exists.
Some posters or promotional material that can be printed off and put up on squadron to encourage new users would be good.
I’ll have a go at making some, but it might be a while before I get time.
what kind of features would you like from a pm system?
In the old forum, on the full topic editor there was a quote box next to each and every previous post in the list at the bottom of the page. Can we bring this in as it would make replying to multiple posts much easier?
Somethingt that means when you’re PMing someone about a specific post it copies that post into the PM?
Interesting, and I can see why - I’ll look into it.
Unfortunately many users of Kunena have asked for this from the developers and they have yet to implement it 
[quote=“Hendon Chipmunk”]I’m pretty sure I used to be able to see myself listed in ‘Who is Online’, but no longer.
Obviously, I know I am on line so it’s not necessarily a fault, just different…[/quote]
Have you set your visibility to ‘hidden’ in your user profile?
I’ll see what I can do
Cheers
DJ
[quote=“djrice” post=8931]
[quote=“Hendon Chipmunk”]I’m pretty sure I used to be able to see myself listed in ‘Who is Online’, but no longer.
Obviously, I know I am on line so it’s not necessarily a fault, just different…[/quote]
Have you set your visibility to ‘hidden’ in your user profile?[/quote]
Just checked, Show Online = Yes.
Saved my profile anyway and got this error:
JUser: :_load: Unable to load user with ID:
Followed by:
Your profile has been saved.
And now I’m back in the ‘Who is Online’ list! Cheers!
Couldn’t help notice there is another ‘Who’s Online’ list that only appears when I view my profile and although some names (including myself) are on both, there are some discrepancies:
As of 1836 BST:
Who is Online (at the bottom of the main forum page):
Total users online: 5 Members and 21 Guests Online
Who’s Online (at right of Profile page):
We have 21 guests and 11 members online
(I should add that it doesn’t bother me in the slightest but I thought I’d point it out in case it’s a symptom of a wider problem in the system.)
[quote=“Hendon Chipmunk” post=8955]Couldn’t help notice there is another ‘Who’s Online’ list that only appears when I view my profile and although some names (including myself) are on both, there are some discrepancies:
As of 1836 BST:
Who is Online (at the bottom of the main forum page):
Total users online: 5 Members and 21 Guests Online
Who’s Online (at right of Profile page):
We have 21 guests and 11 members online
(I should add that it doesn’t bother me in the slightest but I thought I’d point it out in case it’s a symptom of a wider problem in the system.)[/quote]
It’s to do with the system cache and forum cache, they don’t update together, but they should be fairly similar - they refresh every minute so as people log on/off it takes time to update.
Any other suggestions?
I’ve been pondering on the layout of the forum threads and should they live under different headings?
I know most frequent users use the recent topics tab - i know i do. But for newcomers would the threads be better and more accessible if they were sub-sectioned better? Say a cadet area and a staff/senior cadet area? or somesuch.
Also would having the regional threads back be useful?
comments please, as ever 
DJ
snap on the use of “recent topics” i rarely start a thread so only comment on current and active discussion
when i have started it has been difficult to know where is best.
on another forum i use teh various “boards”/headings are purposely kept minimal to avoid mass options of where to post things. it does create a variety of topics on a certain board with every so often request for sub sections but i think KISS is valid in this case.
i wouldnt say staff/cadet seperation there are topics valid for both eyes to comment on, but less defined areas i think would be better (perhaps linked simply to activity flying, camps, AT, drill, shooting etc) with an “off topic” board for non ACO related discussion?
similar to what we have already? or even less defined?
similar to what we have already? or even less defined?[/quote]
Personally I think that the number of forums makes ACC feel less busy than it actually is. I would support a structure that goes something like this:
Generally, when new topics are started, they get plenty of replies. I think that having items posted automatically might help to get people talking.
eg. automatic or regular posting of ACO announcements. The body of the announcement wouldn’t be posted, just the title after any sensitive information has been removed. Corps news announcements could also be posted automatically to the Air Cadet News forum.
pretty much what Jacques has done.
from 20 to 11 is a big jump but concentrates the traffic to make it look busy, one forum i use has threads weeks old at times because each board is too specilist and so rarely posted in.
i’m not sure how often they are used but i would look for the removal and combining of >Film, TV and Music, Computers, File 13, into a general “off topic” title
the Mess and the crew room are effectively the same boards for which can be viewed by all and answered by all so question what value they have split Cadet/Staff…particularly for those who use “recent topics” to search posts it doesnt matter which board it is in…
in terms of filing i can see the benefit of keeping the “training” (as above) seperate so if specifically looking for what has been covered before such as a fieldcraft topic or uniform thread before posting a repeat question it makes sense…
being a Cadet board, seperate the specific Cadet topics up, what isnt related and is “general generic” chat is under an “off topic” title