What do you like about Big Light?

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Permalink Reply by Patricia (aka Kate) on March 5, 2009 at 8:07pm

I'm not really sure what the possibilities are. The newest version of the site has actually cleaned up some of my difficulties technically. I think the chat function is working more smoothly. I love the ease of uploading videos and pictures, although during events, it would be great if there was a central location for finding the videos or pictures along with the actual postings (ie if I could just go to a place called Book Soup and see all the photos/videos/accounts in one place). Right now I just rely on links in threads and checking out the activities.

I've just started using the mobile version of the site thanks to your tip. I love that it has a scrolling list of recent activity because it gives me an insight into a much longer listing of activity rather than just the most recent 4 or 5. It relates to the problem I used to have with the main page-- my habit was to only check the main page for activity which meant that I was really only seeing the most recent three forum threads, so I may have missed activity during periods of frequent postings. Now, there's nothing you can do about me being lazy . I have gotten better about checking in with the forum list to really see what has changed. I suppose my suggestion is to either increase the number of latest activity items, or increase the number of recently posted threads on the main page?

I love that it is easy to email large numbers of members in one go. I love getting your emails when there are significant things for people to check out on the site.

In terms of content, most of that is up to us, of course. BUT I always enjoy when we get exclusive content (for instance, that picture you posted before IWTB of the fab four during the script reading). Maybe when Frank's pilot gets picked up and after they announce XF3 that will get easier. Traffic definitely picks up when people get a hold of some new intel. :)

Overall, though, I really like this place. :)

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Permalink Reply by Rudedeck on March 6, 2009 at 5:31am

I'm still a rookie here and am getting used to the functions---------I love what I see thus far.
----Bri(its great to that I'm not alone in my love of the show)an

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Permalink Reply by Alison Groves on March 6, 2009 at 7:57am

Kate brings up a good point here, and that is I don't have the capabilities to change anything technical. All of the web features are just a part of Ning and I have no control over that. What I do have control over is where things are located, the actual content, etc. But thanks for the feedback on the activity feed! I'll expand it from 4 things to a few more to help people keep up with the latest.

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Permalink Reply by Karen on March 16, 2009 at 4:19pm

ITA with everything Patricia has said. I love the new ease of the site. I love that we can do multiple uploads for pics and vids.
It's very navigation friendly which I'm sure works great for new members.
Having the new announcements up front is great. I believe we also have the upcoming events always present on the front page which is of awesome help.

A big draw, aside from chatting it up with Philes, is definitely exclusivity. It's always nice to have some exclusive pic, news, vid, etc. It's always exciting when we get some new stuff.

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Permalink Reply by sculderloveinca on March 17, 2009 at 1:46am

the ease of the layout is faboo.

my only qualm is the chat. i liked it when it was on the side. it's a little distracting when i have to make the window pop out and then minimize it when i want to view a page in it's entirety. also, i don't know when someone is talking to me. i'll send out a message to someone and hope they scoped the chat quick enough to catch a glimpse.

and of course you're one of my fav thing here :) keep up the good work. i love this place more than facebook, and honestly that's saying a lot.

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Permalink Reply by traumcave on March 17, 2009 at 1:59am

Its also great that everyone has their Biglight mail address ! I love that I get the whole text of the mail send to my original mail account. And that I can choose form my friend list all the people I want to send the mail. And the "reply all" button is also very useful. I dont know if that is all pre-Ning-ed ^^ Alison...
But its great when philes send little update-mails or mention projects like the IBG.
I personally dont like Facebook *shrug* so its great to have this place for all kinds of Phile stuff (photos of other fandoms, videos of our great vidders etc).
The event part is also very cool. I like that I can also look at my list of events I attended. Thats sweet.

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Permalink Reply by Mrs. Peabody on March 17, 2009 at 7:46am

I agree with Kate - and I would also like to be able to view all items relating to an event (such as books soup) in one place. I miss pictures or anecdotes unless I'm directed specifically to a member's page where they are posted. I love it that the picture uploaded works with my mac - in fact, the entire site is mac-friendly, a bit of a novelty in a PC world. Must be because those XF guys are Mac users - lol.

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Permalink Reply by Alison Groves on March 17, 2009 at 7:56am

Great suggestions guys....sadly the majority of them are out of my hands. All of the site infrastructure is run by the awesome guys at Ning. They do all of the heavy lifting, and I just try and display it in a way that is user friendly to everyone. Hopefully some of the issues you guys have will get resolved in future Ning releases. But if there are sections that you'd like moved around, like stuff that you use more than others, let me know and I'll do some shifting.

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Permalink Reply by traumcave on March 17, 2009 at 8:27am

Haha..can I say another thing I like, although... it doesnt contain any ideas for advancing the place?

Just want to say that the other day I was searching for the name of the FOX guy (Tom Rothman?) who helped making IWTB happen.
So I searched for photos of the tags "La premiere" (or something like that) and found a pic that Adrianne from Australia had posted and thankfully also tagged here. :)

With time passing- and my brain forgetting things...- its great to have a place like this in the endless universe of the web.

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Permalink Reply by Karen on March 17, 2009 at 12:13pm

oh, I just checked out the chat and you can pop it out to a different window or tab, awesome, lol. I usually have multiple windows/tabs opened so hey

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