Anonymous
Post 04/30/2015 21:55     Subject: DIY/Craft Forum
jsteele wrote:
Anonymous wrote:That's a great idea--I would love a combined crafts / gardening forum!!!


Not a bad idea. I'll ask the gardening folks how they feel about it.


I probably can't be considered one of "the gardening folks", but I check in there occasionally. If it became a combined crafts/gardening forum, I'd probably go there a lot more often! I think it's a great idea.
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2015 22:56     Subject: Re:DIY/Craft Forum
FYI, OP there are craft forums out there, e.g.,: http://www.instructables.com/community/
jsteele
Post 04/25/2015 22:47     Subject: DIY/Craft Forum
Anonymous wrote:That's a great idea--I would love a combined crafts / gardening forum!!!


Not a bad idea. I'll ask the gardening folks how they feel about it.
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2015 21:07     Subject: DIY/Craft Forum
That's a great idea--I would love a combined crafts / gardening forum!!!
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2015 20:51     Subject: DIY/Craft Forum
Anonymous wrote:Gardening is low traffic an so would a diy/craft. Why not combine them?


That's a good idea. HGTV combines that kind of stuff, why can't dcum?
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2015 20:44     Subject: DIY/Craft Forum
Gardening is low traffic an so would a diy/craft. Why not combine them?
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2015 20:35     Subject: DIY/Craft Forum
Anonymous wrote:Can we get a DIY/Craft forum?


Doubt we can do it any better than Pinterest...
jsteele
Post 04/23/2015 16:59     Subject: DIY/Craft Forum
Anonymous wrote:Seems you could ditch the marketplace... hardly any activity there (and most people I know in the area are in Facebook groups for buying/selling used items).


I've thought about that and probably will change the way we handle buying and selling eventually. But, now I feel like we need those forums to keep "for sale" ads out of the other forums. Posts are deleted after two weeks from those forums so there is actually more traffic in them than appears.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2015 16:35     Subject: DIY/Craft Forum
Seems you could ditch the marketplace... hardly any activity there (and most people I know in the area are in Facebook groups for buying/selling used items).
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2015 15:04     Subject: DIY/Craft Forum
jsteele wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
jsteele wrote:Unlikely. I am going to rearrange some forums soon, but I don't think I'll be able to add a crafts forum.


Not the OP but why? Why would you be 'unable' to do that? You don't want to or can't?


We currently have 40 forums which I believe is about 10 more than what is optimal. I am planning to create at least one more in the near future that I believe is very important to conform to current posting trends. I am not considering removing any of the current forums and don't want to be 12 forums over what I consider to be the optimal number. We can argue about whether that means that I can't or won't create a DIY/Craft forum, but that is the situation.


I'm the PP that asked and your answer makes sense to me. Thanks for taking the time to respond.
jsteele
Post 04/20/2015 21:42     Subject: DIY/Craft Forum
Anonymous wrote:
jsteele wrote:Unlikely. I am going to rearrange some forums soon, but I don't think I'll be able to add a crafts forum.


Not the OP but why? Why would you be 'unable' to do that? You don't want to or can't?


We currently have 40 forums which I believe is about 10 more than what is optimal. I am planning to create at least one more in the near future that I believe is very important to conform to current posting trends. I am not considering removing any of the current forums and don't want to be 12 forums over what I consider to be the optimal number. We can argue about whether that means that I can't or won't create a DIY/Craft forum, but that is the situation.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2015 20:55     Subject: DIY/Craft Forum
jsteele wrote:Unlikely. I am going to rearrange some forums soon, but I don't think I'll be able to add a crafts forum.


Not the OP but why? Why would you be 'unable' to do that? You don't want to or can't?
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2015 20:07     Subject: DIY/Craft Forum
use "off topic" or "home decorating"
jsteele
Post 04/17/2015 15:02     Subject: DIY/Craft Forum
Unlikely. I am going to rearrange some forums soon, but I don't think I'll be able to add a crafts forum.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2015 14:59     Subject: DIY/Craft Forum
Can we get a DIY/Craft forum?