… and I can’t get to the forum via the memberzone!
The subject of whether to keep the Forum “closed to members” or “open to the public” has been discussed many times over the years. As the outgoing Webmaster I can offer the following observations.
Forums such as Ducatisti and (earlier) the DSC one were once very well supported, but as has been mentioned earlier, Dan found the Ducatisti one a full time job on it’s own. Anyone volunteering to run and moderate the DOC forum if we made access as easy? The DSC got so much aggro from their site as criticism was aired very publically that they eventually closed it to paying members only…so who was right?
We have the webspace and tricknology to open up a forum to the masses, but really, what is the point of trying to duplicate what others already do? In my humble opinion it’s just a nasty can of worms I never wanted opened, but had the rest of the COM outvoted me and demanded it, I would have provided one. Also, our members pay for this site, so why give it away fro free?
Gavin (998gsb) - All the info you need to upload a photo is contained in a Permanent Post at the head of the “Picture Gallery” and “Desmo, Website and Forum” sections. S’easy really.
NuttyNick also mentioned he would have put an ad on the forum. I would have removed it (read the rules) as the proper home for small ads is the DOCGB.org website, which gets much more traffic than the forum to boot.