- City
- Raleigh
- State
- NC
Hi folks. For those of you that have been with us since our early years (started in November 2004), you know that I've committed to keep the website going as long as their are Triumph/Logic boat owners that see the resource as a benefit and are thereby willing to pay for the subscription. The activity level has obviously dropped off the past few years, but we still have over many owners that continue to subscribe to the site. But I'd rather develop a future for the website rather than just maintain it. With that in mind let's brainstorm a bit on what we could do together to build the participation and information on the website for current owners of these boats!
With the announcement of the official closing of Triumph Boats and no potential business offer to resurrect it again, the existence of this website may be more important than ever for the hundreds if not thousands of Triumph Boat owners out there. So what can we do to make the website a better resource for you and them? Here are a few ideas that I have and I'd like to solicit yours.
First, in 2016 we migrated all the forums, photos, articles, etc from our old vBulletin based forum website to this newer, more robust Xenforo based website which offered better search capabilities. We are about to upgrade the site software to the newest Xenforo version which will bring some new functionality which I think we'll all enjoy. One of the challenges of the move from vBulletin to Xenforo was tackling some database issues where some of the URL links were not working correctly. I've worked over the past year at fixing as many of those links as I could find, but I'm sure there are many that are still not working. If the link posted by a member was to an "off server" site owned by someone else and that link no longer works then there is nothing that I can do about that. However, if the link was to a photo hosted on performanceoutdoors.net or to a thread with the www.performanceoutdoors.net/... URL in it then I should be able to fix that link. Here is where you can help me. If you are searching for something and come across a URL link that is not working. Please use the "Report" link under that post to send me a message and I will attempt to fix that link. I will then let yo know when it is fixed. This would be a great help in relinking any currently missing information that folks are interested in.
Second, what do you think about a monthly podcast where I would interview one of the folks at Merritt Marine or a former Triumph Boats engineer or one of our members, to talk about Triumph Boats and maintenance or modifications associated with them? I would post the podcast in a new forum here and members can make comments or ask follow up questions. If you like this idea then use this thread to give me some ideas on podcast content or questions that you'd like answered or addressed and we'll start working on the idea.
Third, we will work on getting the segments that were produced on the Maintenance and Modifications for Triumph Boat Owners DVD posted to a media section here. Then perhaps we can look at some more content ideas for future video segments.
Fourth, I'm hoping to connect with someone who is more technically savvy on Triumph Boats to answer technical questions posted in the forums. I'm hoping they can also assist with some additional articles of benefit to Triumph owners.
What do you think? What ideas do you have to get the community more interested in posting and participating?
Let me know your ideas!
Blessings
Randy
administrator
With the announcement of the official closing of Triumph Boats and no potential business offer to resurrect it again, the existence of this website may be more important than ever for the hundreds if not thousands of Triumph Boat owners out there. So what can we do to make the website a better resource for you and them? Here are a few ideas that I have and I'd like to solicit yours.
First, in 2016 we migrated all the forums, photos, articles, etc from our old vBulletin based forum website to this newer, more robust Xenforo based website which offered better search capabilities. We are about to upgrade the site software to the newest Xenforo version which will bring some new functionality which I think we'll all enjoy. One of the challenges of the move from vBulletin to Xenforo was tackling some database issues where some of the URL links were not working correctly. I've worked over the past year at fixing as many of those links as I could find, but I'm sure there are many that are still not working. If the link posted by a member was to an "off server" site owned by someone else and that link no longer works then there is nothing that I can do about that. However, if the link was to a photo hosted on performanceoutdoors.net or to a thread with the www.performanceoutdoors.net/... URL in it then I should be able to fix that link. Here is where you can help me. If you are searching for something and come across a URL link that is not working. Please use the "Report" link under that post to send me a message and I will attempt to fix that link. I will then let yo know when it is fixed. This would be a great help in relinking any currently missing information that folks are interested in.
Second, what do you think about a monthly podcast where I would interview one of the folks at Merritt Marine or a former Triumph Boats engineer or one of our members, to talk about Triumph Boats and maintenance or modifications associated with them? I would post the podcast in a new forum here and members can make comments or ask follow up questions. If you like this idea then use this thread to give me some ideas on podcast content or questions that you'd like answered or addressed and we'll start working on the idea.
Third, we will work on getting the segments that were produced on the Maintenance and Modifications for Triumph Boat Owners DVD posted to a media section here. Then perhaps we can look at some more content ideas for future video segments.
Fourth, I'm hoping to connect with someone who is more technically savvy on Triumph Boats to answer technical questions posted in the forums. I'm hoping they can also assist with some additional articles of benefit to Triumph owners.
What do you think? What ideas do you have to get the community more interested in posting and participating?
Let me know your ideas!
Blessings
Randy
administrator