Tampa/St. Pete Forums Improvement Thread

[FloridaFuture]

Hello everyone,

I would like to know what people's thoughts are on renaming the thread titles devoted to particular projects to become more uniform. For example:

Should "POSSIBLE RITZ-CARLTON TAMPA" become "Tampa: Ritz-Carlton" or "Tampa- Ritz-Carlton" if you prefer the hyphen. Or should the thread title contain more info on the project like "Tampa: Ritz-Carlton- Two 19 story towers, 269 hotel rooms, 176 condos, APR" Also, in the past, it's been said the info should be seperated by bars (which I don't know what key that is to make the bars BTW ) instead of commas.

Another example of a thread title that would be changed:

"Floridian Hotel Slated for Luxury." It could become "Tampa: Floridian Rennovation" or "Tampa- Floridian Rennovation" or the long, detailed title: "Tampa: Floridian Hotel- 19 stories, rennovation of historic hotel, 205 hotel rooms"

I wouldn't just change those two thread titles, it'd be any thread of a particular project that isn't in uniform of the style decided on. The point is to be uniform and make an easier to use forum.

Any feedback would be appreciated. Thank you.

[HardRocker]

That sounds like a great idea, do it, It would make searching for threads a lot easier.

[ChuckScraperMiami#1]

GO FOR IT !!!
Florida Future,
Our Tampa Bay Master and friend,
Sounds like a plan that makes more " sense "., .
many threads need a rename change in many other forums as well.
All here are for it, I'll bet,
thanks for the thought.

[FloridaFuture]

^Thanks for the feedback, guys.

Does anyone have a preference of which style of title they like the best, of the ones I mentioned in my post? Or does anyone have another style they prefer?

[JBrisco]

Simplification is prefered
Floridian Rennovation
and Tampa : Ritz-Carlton

[FloridaFuture]

^I was thinking simple too, all the numbers may make more of a mess then there already is.

[ChuckScraperMiami#1]

Originally Posted by JBrisco

Simplification is prefered
Floridian Rennovation
and Tampa : Ritz-Carlton

same here,
J Brisco,
our friend,
Simple is best.
Good plan and great thoughts !!!

p.s. Everyone, my friends,
getting ready for my 3,000th POST, lol.

[tampasteve]

I like the information in the titles.....it is not needed for residents, but when I visit other cities forums I like to be able to scan for interesting projects, and the information on heights and such helps on that....

Steve

[Jasonhouse]

As I've said before, there is already a defined thread naming convention.

Look at any thread in the World P&C forums for examples (the rules of posting are there too). This what all project development threads must look like.

The naming convention I came up with was a compromise between what works best for the database, search engine spiders and what is practical (like what coding will actually fit in the field in the database).

[HARTride 2012]

So basically, what is SSC rules...goes huh?

[Jasonhouse]

^Well of course the rules I write for the whole place are going to apply to the local forum that I am closest to. The problem is mine because I haven't been applying them, so nobody knows.

[FloridaFuture]

Originally Posted by Jasonhouse

As I've said before, there is already a defined thread naming convention.

Look at any thread in the World P&C forums for examples (the rules of posting are there too). This what all project development threads must look like.

The naming convention I came up with was a compromise between what works best for the database, search engine spiders and what is practical (like what coding will actually fit in the field in the database).

So, should that naming convention be used? Or for now, should something simpler be used until I'm able (how do you make the "bars" or "pipes" you prefer to commas) or have time to expand it.

I personally feel for a local forum, all of the numbers in the title are unecessary clutter, that should be in the first post. That of course is coming from someone that already knows about each of the projects, but still. Sure we want to help outsiders not familiar with Tampa navigate the Tampa forum too, but that's what the development list can be used for if links are added for each project's thread in the list

For the World forums I see the advantage of the longer version.

Either way, it needs to be changed to be more uniform.

[Jasonhouse]

^You must also remember that even in the local forums, the bulk of the page views come from people don't know that info, and are often directed here by a search engine.

Remember threads themselves come up on search engines, and the thread title is often the title of the result given there. A better made thread title inevitably places our results higher up on search engines. The more descriptive and concise the name is, the better.

[FloridaFuture]

Fine, then shall I begin changing them, with the template as the world forum threads?

[Jasonhouse]

ok sure. that's great. thank you.

[FloridaFuture]

Instead of putting TAMPA in front of each thread title. I think the district of Tampa the project is in should be put at the beginning of the title.

Also, should public projects like the museums, or retail projects like IKEA be changed too?

[FloridaFuture]

First 3 pages are done. I did all private projects either residential, office or mixed-use. I didn't do retail projects or public projects.

[FloridaFuture]

Also, some thread titles have been reowrded, like the IKEA and Channelside thread.

The Museum of Art threads have been merged and the Macdill threads might be next.

[HARTride 2012]

When is the separate transit forum going to be created Jason? I've been waiting for the new forum layout for a while now.

For the meantime, I think the Tampa International Airport thread should be moved to the skybar.

[Jasonhouse]

^I put it off around the holidays when the forum was dead, and more recently I've been thinking about what I want the transportation forum to be comprised of... haven't fully figured it out... I'm slow sometimes. I'll definitely make something soon though.