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Chris McNamara

SuperTopo staff member
Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 5, 2011 - 01:31pm PT
I am starting to think about what should be focus of improvements in 2012 for SuperTopo.com and SuperTopo books. So I thought the best way to approach this would be to just ask you all. What do you think we should do to improve the SuperTopo site in 2012?

There are a lot of things we want to do... and never enough time. So your feedback through here and the SuperTopo feedback forms help us prioritize.

If you don't want to post your thoughts here, please email me using the "Let Us know" blue mail icon below or just email. Yes, I actually read all the emails but sometimes it takes a long time to respond... (anyone have tips for email overload)?
Prod

Trad climber
Dec 5, 2011 - 01:37pm PT
With a million plus posts a better search enging woulf be nice. It might also be nice to be able to search by thread topic, verses content, and original poster.

Or keep it all the same.

Prod.
Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
Dec 5, 2011 - 01:41pm PT
It seems as if the question is directed at the forum regarding the website as a whole, not just regarding the forum.
TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Dec 5, 2011 - 01:44pm PT
Adding "Views" to the forum, like you have for trip reports & articles, would be nice.
Ghost

climber
A long way from where I started
Dec 5, 2011 - 01:51pm PT
Adding "Views" to the forum, like you have for trip reports & articles, would be nice.

What do you mean by "Views"?
guido

Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
Dec 5, 2011 - 01:54pm PT
Search engine and ability to edit photo box AFTER you have posted.
TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Dec 5, 2011 - 01:54pm PT

Number of thread views. Shows that even though the post count is low, the view count may be high
Howard71

Trad climber
Belen, New Mexico
Dec 5, 2011 - 01:57pm PT
I agree that an improved search engine would be helpful. Ability to search within particular threads (I may have missed how to do this currently), limit the search to the titles of threads and individual posts, etc.

A separate classified section for buying & selling gear.

Within the Climbing Areas / Climbing Routes sections, it would be great if Supertopo Members had a section to provide links to other sites where other areas are covered well. If a region isn't covered by SuperTopo, then where is it covered well - contributions by members to help other members find information.
Ihateplastic

Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
Dec 5, 2011 - 02:13pm PT
Posting vids... Yes!

Better search... Yes!

But... other than that this puppy works killer! Be wary of making too many changes or bowing to the whims of one group or another.
BooDawg

Social climber
Butterfly Town
Dec 5, 2011 - 02:14pm PT
Ability to search my own and other photos and get a link to or reference to the thread(s) where the picture is posted.
mike m

Trad climber
black hills
Dec 5, 2011 - 02:24pm PT
The ability to rotate a photo once uploaded. A way to go back "x" amount of posts, trip reports, or forum topics rather than just the beginning, end or the prior/next 30 topics, posts, or trip reports.
bergbryce

Mountain climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
Dec 5, 2011 - 02:26pm PT
I know it's futile... but please separate out the climbing stuff from the non-climbing stuff.
mike m

Trad climber
black hills
Dec 5, 2011 - 02:27pm PT
I have said this before, but to have things bumped to the top of the list when they are viewed as well as when they are commented on. that could be a cluster as well, but I think it would reflect better why people log onto Supertopo.
Mtnmun

Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
Dec 5, 2011 - 02:32pm PT
Good idea Dingus, a grant page or fund raising for injured climber charity.

Toker Villain

Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
Dec 5, 2011 - 02:37pm PT
Pages on the trip reports would make it easier to load.
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
Dec 5, 2011 - 02:56pm PT
ability to block users AND block threads. I don't check them anyways, so why not surface the threads that I want to stay with.

vid embeds would improve TR quality, well at least for those that still post in the taco as opposed to on their own blogs. NTTIAWWT





Wade Icey

Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
Dec 5, 2011 - 03:05pm PT
separate forum for































Locker.











and if he gets one...





















I want my own forum as well.
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Dec 5, 2011 - 03:09pm PT
A catchy line could be: "Blue Buttplugs for a Blue Christmas". Locker's Christmas thread.
crunch

Social climber
CO
Dec 5, 2011 - 03:15pm PT
A better search engine, for sure. There is so much great content, but it's sometimes very hard to find.

the google advance search:

https://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=engine&hl=en&biw=1822&bih=923&site=webhp&prmd=imvnsrb&tbo=1

is a nice example of how to do a search, with phrases and words you can add, combine, or delete from the search.

One of the great things about Supertopo is the rip-roaring anarchy of it all. One of the curses is the impenetrable mass of fluff one has to wade through to find the good content, once it's gone from the front pages.

Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
Dec 5, 2011 - 03:15pm PT
Personally, I click on all TR's, as even the most boring is better than the funniest OT thread.

I like the grant idea.
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