Administration

[3rdgen.maple]

Can anyone chime in on the new administrator? I see a new member by the name of Tommy Sunshine has a status listed as administrator. Being a member for a bit now I am curious about the new change and who Tommy Sunshine is. Some info would be cool such things as years in the business or hobby or disease however you want to classify making maple syrup, size of the operation etc. Does this mean any new upgrades to the sight or changes in the near future?

[KenWP]

Hopefully he is not like the old mod we have that has to chime in on everything and say he is a mod. Has really taken it's toll on here as he is allways trying to make sure he is noticed.

[Tommy Sunshine]

Hey guys,

Tommy Sunshine here! I've 0 years in the maple business and am just here to try and help out the community with some site improvements. I'm not here to moderate, not here to show how great of a guy I am.

The biggest reason I am here is for the classifieds. I will have something in place soon, but moving along slowly as Mapletrader.com has such an amazing community in place already. I want to ensure nothing is done which disturbs the balance or loses any history.

I do have some interesting ideas in my head about where we could go with the site though, all without changing the base forums. I'll be working on an alternative site on mapletrader.com in a top secret, highly classified location, with amazing fantastic features, which will have to be approved before moving forward. This ain't my baby folks, its all you guys so the important part is that y'all are happy.

But if you've any ides, questions, or concerns shoot me a message or reply here.

Take care,

Tommy

[red maples]

Welcome Tommy

Well one Idea that I have seen on other sites is a keyword cloud. Your a computer guy so am sure you may have heard of it. The history on here is quite vast and sometime its hard to find things so maybe a way to narrow the search a little better would be good.

thanks
Brad

[Tommy Sunshine]

Welcome Tommy

Well one Idea that I have seen on other sites is a keyword cloud.

Thanks for the welcome and the great idea!

I'm a big fan of tag/topic/keyword clouds as well. With the most popular tags larger in font size and less popular tags smaller.

I'll certainly look into this one.

--Tommy

[Haynes Forest Products]

Welcome to the Trader. My biggest concern is that the trader becomes to high teck. Its important to remember that we are avid crazy people that eat, breath and sleep maple syrup. Having a site that is easy to navigate and simple to use is why we love this site.

KISS is the name of the game. Now if we could get Auto spell check that would be cool.

[Gary R]

Tommy Sunshine, welcome to the trader! I'm with Haynes "KISS" I've never even heard of those other things mentioned. Keep in mind that some of us live in the woods. Dial up may still be our only connection. Thanks for helping out.

[red maples]

QUOTE=Gary R;163848]Tommy Sunshine, welcome to the trader! I'm with Haynes "KISS" I've never even heard of those other things mentioned. Keep in mind that some of us live in the woods. Dial up may still be our only connection. Thanks for helping out.[/QUOTE]

Whats "KISS" besides a band that is "STILL GOING"!! I just saw the Cloud thing the other day thought it was really cool.

[Jim Brown]

Sorry Guys but I'm a 'IF IT'S NOT BROKE DON'T FIX IT" kind of guy!

Jim

[heus]

Same here. Soon there will be pop ups and flashing ads all over the place.