What would make the site more interesting?

[Chris]

I'm curious as to what you guys think would make the site more interesting and livelier. Persons are joining (thanks :) ), but what will it take for the non-posters to start posting? Of course there are certain topics/material that can be ruled out as we're keeping the site clean but sociable ;)

Let me have your thoughts.

[AngelsKiss]

Chris is it possible for you also to put the SMS feature on this website? May be it will bring traffic.

[Chris]

Thanks, I will think on it again.

[Greatis]

how about news of events happening in the caribbean you know like parties and get togethers and stuff... Reggae Sumfest etc...

[Cocoa]

Advertise. Send out a Recruiter.

[Greatis]

would you like to volunteer for the position Jabutter :rolleyes:

[Chicokid]

After reading the post on the tech site, I thought of some suggestions to improve the quality of Caribyard:


1. Create a homepage instead of using the forum as the opener. You can include certain stuff on the homepage (note other points) as well as a link to the forum

2. Is it possible to put some information about each of the Caribbean countries like brief history, maps, etc...(I can help out readily with Grenada :) )

3. Do you guys know of persons who have their own websites. Probably you can ask then to place a banner/logo of Caribyard on their site (negoiate to see if you can pull it off for FREE)

4. Look for Caribbean groups (and other groups if interested) in MSN, Yahoo, etc...and advertise the site there too.

5. Advertise in other online forums like this one.

Benefits: Increased Traffic to Caribyard. You will attract regional businessses and events to advertise on your site hence bringing in more revenue to the site :D

[Chris]

Nice suggestions Chicokid. The long-term plan for CaribYard is to have the frontpage as you've described, but as you may expect it takes time to design, develop and implement. The plan was to use the forums as the stimulator to first build traffic and support upon which we may then build and grow the site's features and content.

Having frontpage content is also not as easy as it sounds because it has to be dynamically changing, if not visitors will get bored. Getting dynamic content can also be a challenge.

So since we're on this topic, what kind of content would you like to see on the homepage?

[Greatis]

Posted above Chris info on the Caribbean, about events little titbits of history stuff like that... There can be a vacation section also that showcases some of the cool spots in the caribbean islands... I can be a source of information for visitors to the Caribbean... This can lead to major revenue I think, you know the hoteliers may want to think of adverts on the home page...

Just my few ramblings...

[BlackCryptoKnight]

Why not get some UWI students doing Caribbean studies or something to post articles and writeups on the site? That should be good content for the site apart from the forums.

[Chicokid]

Greatis kinda expanded my idea a bit. Nice one from BlackCryptoKnight.

I was also thinking you could have a "photo album" section. Like you may wanna have a monthly/weekly pic from each island. That way the homepage will be interchange so visitors won't get bored. (You can store other pics in an archive)

You can also add online radio stations from each island. I have a list of some in most islands.

How about a Caribbean Recipe page. You can used some of the stuff featured in the forum about food and place it there. This can also be done on a weekly/monthly basis.

ALL IDEAS I HAVE FOR NOW...ENJOY ;)

[Chris]

Thanks for the ideas. Wow. You guys have really piled them on ;) I'll look them through in bits to see what can be implemented and in what order. If only this work would pay the bills :)

[BlackCryptoKnight]

How about a career section? With CSME coming up, it could be a good thing.

[Chris]

How about a career section? With CSME coming up, it could be a good thing.Good idea ;)

[BlackCryptoKnight]

Do you think having a Spanish and/or French version of the site would be good? This could facillitate people from the French and Spanish speaking Caribbean islands joining in on the fun.

To start off with, maybe having links to some of the Translation websites would be good (maybe get them to advertise on the site).

[BlackCryptoKnight]

What about having a poetry section?

[Greatis]

poetry poetry I like that Idea BCK... The idea of a Spanish/French Site while good is very hard to implement I think and maintain...

Anybody from the Spanish Speaking Caribbean willing to assist with that ;)

[Chris]

The foreign language idea will depend heavily on finding a good moderator(s) speaking that language. We wouldn't want certain discussions taking place in a different language and we're naively smiling along with it now would we ;)

Poetry ... implemented how?

[Cocoa]

Poetry ... implemented how?IMplemented by having a poetry cafe.

[Greatis]

hmmm that poetry cafe could be a subforum of the Verandah you know the place to unwind...

[Chicokid]

short stories can also be good. I bet most islands have their own little stories.

How about a Caribbean "Folk Tales" section. :D

[InkyP1]

I like the idea of short stories. I would be interested in a chat room also. I think it would be good to have music section. Keep up with the latest information on what's going on in the music world. cds, artist, etc. :)

[Pondadat]

I think that you probably have a long list of things your working on. More Forum titles Like; Music, movies, events, those are my suggestions. Oh and voice chat. I like your forum and will invite my friends. :)

[InkyP1]

I think you should have a teen forum area for the young people. Area for them to connect, because i see you have some younger members. And also a parenting forum so people can get advice on parenting. Or people who interested in just knowing about parenting. Also some type of advice forum for people who have some personal issue and need advice. Like Dear Abby, type thing you know. More suggestions for ya huh.(lol) :)

[Zoley!]

Parties & Events Forum and I like alot of the other suggestions I think you could expand on the forum. Its pretty short right now and the poetry section is small too. I like the short story idea also.

[Zoley!]

This forum is really nice and I think with all these suggestion. It is going to be even greater with the group effort. :) I what i see so far is that people post some good questions but they are not getting enough replies. So people need to reply and post more. :icon_mrgr

[Pondadat]

This forum looks like another forum Ive seen are they connected. Maybe the face of this forum should change some. I dont know that look almost the same. :confused:

[Chris]

This forum looks like another forum Ive seen are they connected. Maybe the face of this forum should change some. I dont know that look almost the same. :confused:Which forum is that? Are the similarities with the color or the overall functionality?

[Chicokid]

Could be the same forum program this site as the other site

[Pondadat]

No my bad, this forum is definitely better! :)

[Pondadat]

I would like to know if maybe there could be a forum thread for Africa? I know some people from there and others who may be interested in topics from there. I guess it could be listed as another sub- forum.

[Chicokid]

How about a today in history on the site's "homepage" ;)

[Chris]

Most of you would have realised by now that there have been some changes to the forums. Specifically, there is a new Arts & Entertainment forum with Movies & TV shows, music and literature (books, poetry, short stories, folk tales, etc.) as sub-forums. What we've done is taken several suggestions and implemented them as neatly as possible.

Keep making those suggestions as we're continually evaluating and assessing them for implementation :)

Thanks.

[Greatis]

How about a today in history on the site's "homepage" ;)

Chico I really love this suggestion. I can't tell you how I love it. :eusa_clap

But ahmmm how where are we going to get the content from? :eusa_thin

[Zoley!]

You guys have been busy. It looks very good. :)

[InkyP1]

Thanks Zoley for your effort in the Island networks sub-forums. You are the creative one :icon_mrgr I was thinkin of maybe putting alittle history tidbit under each of the welcome. And also put a welcome for each one not just some. ok.

[Greatis]

Thanks Zoley for your effort in the Island networks sub-forums. You are the creative one :icon_mrgr I was thinkin of maybe putting alittle history tidbit under each of the welcome. And also put a welcome for each one not just some. ok.

History bits would be nice. You had a history major or something. You seem to like history. or at least Caribbean history.

[Zoley!]

Yes thats sound good put alittle of that on there. Its cool.

[InkyP1]

History bits would be nice. You had a history major or something. You seem to like history. or at least Caribbean history.

Yes you found me out Greatis. Im still lookin at that for you Zoley. I just wrote you under Island Network about the french for Haiti. Also I was wondering about a forum for fashion and Beauty. :)

[Chris]

... Also I was wondering about a forum for fashion and Beauty. :)A little bit at a time ;) but since more of you ladies are gracing our presence it can be thrown into the think tank :)

[Cocoa]

So many women and men questions, you might need a relationship section..you can also throw that too Chris in you think tank..;)

[Chris]

So many women and men questions, you might need a relationship section..you can also throw that too Chris in you think tank..;)Hmm ... that one may just be the "boom" that blows up the think tank :icon_lol:

[Drew]

trust me, we need that section. i can't believe how many relationship questions are here. but i love it. want to know what you ladies are thinking, and reading is the best way to find out.

[Chris]

.... want to know what you ladies are thinking, and reading is the best way to find out.See dem man deh? All them want to do is read about the relationships while the other men who post get slaughtered and have to eat our own words :p

[Greatis]

but hmmm was thinking there could be more emoticons/smilies. :eusa_shif What do you all think?

[Drew]

i would like to have more yes. but its not a big deal, i'm quite satisfied with the ones already provided. the more the merrier. hey a jamaican phrase, escuse me i need to make a post.

[Chicokid]

So Chris, how is the homepage idea for Caribyard comming along :)

[Manu]

This site is good you know...it just needs more participants. Not members...but participants!

[Chris]

So Chris, how is the homepage idea for Caribyard comming along :)It's coming like the snail who fell into the middle of the NY marathon :p Time really beating me down. I've had something very crude in place for quite some time now, I just need to find the time to do some more to it.

[Drew]

homepage, whats going to be done to the homepage??

[Greatis]

Patience is a virtue my friends. You know Chris always delivers the goods. :D

[Drew]

thats true. ok, i'll try to be patient.

[Chris]

Patience is a virtue my friends. You know Chris always delivers the goods. :DI wonder a who fool you? :p Seriously though, I haven't had the time recently to work on the homepage, but observing the activities on "another" site that I'm very familiar with, it's the forums that carry the swing more than the homepage...

[Bahama Mama]

This site is good you know...it just needs more participants. Not members...but participants!

The site is good, but as with everything else, there is room for improvement. I would also like to see more participants as well; and more interesting topics and discussions among the members. There is no kind of technical feature that can improve this, but only the members themselves.

[Chris]

There is no kind of technical feature that can improve this, but only the members themselves.Well said, so let's see some more Bahamians in here :)

[Greatis]

Well said, so let's see some more Bahamians in here :)

:D:D Cheap shot Chris.

[Manu]

The site is good, but as with everything else, there is room for improvement. I would also like to see more participants as well; and more interesting topics and discussions among the members. There is no kind of technical feature that can improve this, but only the members themselves.

Yup...if more people were here....we'd have more discussion. You'd be surprised to see the type of discussions we have on the sister site....but Chris hasn't found a way to relegate the discussion to this site....like now..I'm the only person online...really sux man!

[Bahama Mama]

Well said, so let's see some more Bahamians in here :)


You dont like my constructive criticism? :eusa_thin Sure I market the site to other Bahamians, but its whatever rocks your boat at the end of the day.
What I was trying to say was that more technical enhancements wont necessarily mean more participation. So if current memebers can up their participation, and post some more interesting topics, it might just attract more people along with marketing the site by word of mouth etc.

[Bahama Mama]

:D:D Cheap shot Chris.


I hope it wasnt, but if it was, well what can I say :rolleyes:

[AngelsKiss]

So the site is taking a while to pick up, that is the way it is sometimes. We have had interesting topics on here and we have seen ppl come and dare I say go, because they certainly do not stay. However, we just have to keep at it, continue to discuss interesting topics and spread the word:)

BTW...it would seems like we need a relationship thread with all the relationship topics:) However, I am not sure it would be a good idea since ppl may think it's website for singles ;)

[Cocoa]

I say we all dance on tables when we come here....that will get people's attention. :D

[Chris]

:D:D Cheap shot Chris.I didn't mean it to be read as a "cheap shot".

You dont like my constructive criticism? :eusa_thin On the contrary, you were quite right. As I genuinely said ... it was well said - it's not the technical changes that creates improvement, it's the participants. Don't follow Greatis you hear ... :rolleyes:

[Master E]

Okay here is what I am thinking
1. Give the site a different look a more modern one the square thing is out
(If the software allows it)

2. A mobile caribyard, (mobile.caribyard.com) this would sure increase the amount of persons that will be able to post.

3. A Caribbean Dictionary (Example, Duppy - ghost)

4. Maybe a page for top news making the Caribbean.

5. Chat room would be both good and it can be bad as it can decrees the total posts that are made in forums

[Manu]

Yeah...I heard someone said that the colour is too girly....can we atleast change it to our preferences or something?

[AngelsKiss]

Yeah...I heard someone said that the colour is too girly....can we atleast change it to our preferences or something?
LOL...you guys are really caught up with the look of the site :) Can I tell you, that except for the first few days of my coming here, I hardly ever notice the look of the site.

I am more interested in the content and believe me it's not that I am uninterested in how it looks. However, there comes a point when I don't bother with such things :)

[Manu]

Well...I can relate....coming from TechJam to this.....it is kinda....you know....too "colourful". Men (manly men) like Dark hard colours...the light green and the orange killing it man...lol!

[AngelsKiss]

Well...I can relate....coming from TechJam to this.....it is kinda....you know....too "colourful". Men (manly men) like Dark hard colours...the light green and the orange killing it man...lol!
You think colours define who a manly man is? I don't think so.

[Manu]

Another influence of society...wearing a pink shirt...no matter the texture...or how good it looks with your clothes...it just sends the wrong image. I kinda just want to shy away from that kind of stigma....if i can help it then I can. I know it's a Caribbean vibe....but....sheesh....lol. I can handle it still...i'm here still visiting aren't I?

[AngelsKiss]

Another influence of society...wearing a pink shirt...no matter the texture...or how good it looks with your clothes...it just sends the wrong image. I kinda just want to shy away from that kind of stigma....if i can help it then I can. I know it's a Caribbean vibe....but....sheesh....lol. I can handle it still...i'm here still visiting aren't I?
Well I have seen men in baby pink shirt and they look quiet fetching. Frankly I consider any man who is not afraid to wear a pink shirt a manly man.

[Manu]

Oh dear...a challenge....lol. I've been approached by gay men already.....more than once and it's not a nice feeling when you're approached by men. i was among women....beautiful ones and they chose me. I couldn't do anything but walk away. Ofocurse you know they walk in packs..so it's best i just keep on going.

I don't want to invite more attentions.

But another thing......would a chat room be such a bad idea now Chris???

[Chris]

But another thing......would a chat room be such a bad idea now Chris???Actually, I'm considering looking into a chat room, but it would be a very conditional one and not one that would be open 24/7, for obvious reasons. The challenge with it is actually a technology problem - one that will integrate (use existing membership data) without requiring changes to the database.

[AngelsKiss]

Actually, I'm considering looking into a chat room, but it would be a very conditional one and not one that would be open 24/7, for obvious reasons. The challenge with it is actually a technology problem - one that will integrate (use existing membership data) without requiring changes to the database.
There is another forum I use that has a chat room, it's mostly used during the nights tho, and ppl still post while chatting. It's hard for most ppl to chat during the day, but they can chat at nights when they get home.

You could probably use your to open it in the nights for a certain period of time.

[Arch_Angel]

So Manu, you visit sites only that thier colors are "manly" to you? :rolleyes:
I guess you keep a list of manly colors and check them when a site doesn't fit within that color scheme. ;)

I don't have a problem with the colors. It has a nice vibe to it, a Caribbean feel to it. If we change to suit your "manly" colors, what happens to the ladies? We leaving them out? Do you have a list of ladies colors Manu? :eusa_whis

[Master E]

I really dont have a problem with the green is jus di Orange A Hate It

Another Thing why is the Post Attachment feature disabled?

[Cocoa]

We need some coc'nut trees...I love the colors. The Caribbean is all about spice, colors and the vibes so gwaan yah.

[Master E]

Will someone pleas answer my question.

Another Thing why is the Post Attachment feature disabled?

[Manu]

So Manu, you visit sites only that thier colors are "manly" to you? :rolleyes:
I guess you keep a list of manly colors and check them when a site doesn't fit within that color scheme. ;)

I don't have a problem with the colors. It has a nice vibe to it, a Caribbean feel to it. If we change to suit your "manly" colors, what happens to the ladies? We leaving them out? Do you have a list of ladies colors Manu? :eusa_whis

you just love troubel me eeh:p I suggested that we had the option of changing the colors. A_A...read all mi post dem nuh man....cho.....lol

I even said that I'm still here so i can tolerate it!

[Chris]

Will someone pleas answer my question.users can now use attachments.

[Arch_Angel]

users can now use attachments.
The attachment option not showing up for me Chris.

You may post new threads
You may post replies
You may not post attachments
You may edit your posts

That the permissions I have for each forum.

[ramesh]

Strange, I have:

You may post new threads
You may post replies
You may post attachments
You may edit your posts

[Arch_Angel]

So Chris, you don't want the moderators to be posting attachments too? Did we do something wrong Chris? :icon_cry:

[Cocoa]

Ehhh me too arch.

I have another suggestion............lets have a CaribYard Contest. Where participants have a few weeks or month to do up an essay on a certain topic pertaining to CY.

1 question could be: "if you were elected as Mr/Mrs. Caribbean, what would you do to help it?"

Then there would be a price for the best entry. Moderators included....and you or another person Chris could judge.

[Chris]

So Chris, you don't want the moderators to be posting attachments too? Did we do something wrong Chris? :icon_cry:Sorry bout that, it should be ok now.

[Master E]

Chris:icon_arro I think your Avatar Should show power and Authority

[Drew]

Chris:icon_arro I think your Avatar Should show power and Authority
nah man, that ain't chris's style at all.

[Master E]

nah man, that ain't chris's style at all.
ok................................................ ..............