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03-26-2013, 11:39 AM
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Files?? Needs a rename
Mods, how about renaming the "Files" section (on the green bar) to something more descriptive. Maybe "Help Files" or "Manuals". I'm thinking when people see "Files" that they don't understand that there are manuals in that area they can refer to for help.
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03-26-2013, 12:05 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Len & Cheri
Mods, how about renaming the "Files" section (on the green bar) to something more descriptive. Maybe "Help Files" or "Manuals". I'm thinking when people see "Files" that they don't understand that there are manuals in that area they can refer to for help.
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I concur len !
seems most don't really know what its for ............
camper manuals?
manual downloads?
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03-26-2013, 12:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Len & Cheri
Mods, how about renaming the "Files" section (on the green bar) to something more descriptive. Maybe "Help Files" or "Manuals". I'm thinking when people see "Files" that they don't understand that there are manuals in that area they can refer to for help.
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Good point! How about it moderators?
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03-26-2013, 01:09 PM
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Good point, I had never looked at that section. I had not downloaded any files so I didn't bother with it.
Lots of good things in there 
Will take a good look in the near future....
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03-26-2013, 01:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Len & Cheri
Mods, how about renaming the "Files" section (on the green bar) to something more descriptive. Maybe "Help Files" or "Manuals". I'm thinking when people see "Files" that they don't understand that there are manuals in that area they can refer to for help.
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Your idea will be discussed with the other Moderators and Administrators and I'll post the outcome.
Dave
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03-26-2013, 01:56 PM
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Thanks Dave.
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03-26-2013, 02:27 PM
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Files ...
I see a folder named files for a discussion group I dive right in ! I know there are goodies in there.
Having said that, maybe I am biased, I have been doing this since 77 for a living So maybe disregard me ?
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03-26-2013, 06:58 PM
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Site Team - Lou
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Originally Posted by f1100turbo
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We would need to rename FAQ since the same folks who don't know that Files are located in the FILES section, don't know that there are Answers in the Questions section.
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03-26-2013, 07:03 PM
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just a suggestion.
maybe a NEW thread section ?
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03-26-2013, 07:20 PM
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Site Team - Lou
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Originally Posted by f1100turbo
just a suggestion.
maybe a NEW thread section ?
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Maybe I am being dense, but we have an FAQ forum (consisting of threads) already. The problem with threads is the files become lost in the posts. That was the idea for a separate area JUST for files.
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03-26-2013, 07:24 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
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I see what you mean.
Sometimes lou I DO in fact need pictures..... 
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03-26-2013, 07:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by herk7769
Maybe I am being dense, but we have an FAQ forum (consisting of threads) already. The problem with threads is the files become lost in the posts. That was the idea for a separate area JUST for files.
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I think the Files section might be more appropriately named Manuals/Files
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03-26-2013, 08:05 PM
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Site Team - Lou
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OldCoot
I think the Files section might be more appropriately named Manuals/Files
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There is only so much room on the menu bar.
Not enough for something that long.
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03-29-2013, 07:19 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by herk7769
There is only so much room on the menu bar.
Not enough for something that long.
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So how many characters will fit? Surely "Manuals" makes more sense than "Files". "RV Manuals" would be even better, which is still shorter than "Quick links" that is all ready on the green bar.
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03-29-2013, 07:59 AM
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Site Team - Lou
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Len & Cheri
So how many characters will fit? Surely "Manuals" makes more sense than "Files". "RV Manuals" would be even better, which is still shorter than "Quick links" that is all ready on the green bar.
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1) There are more than manuals there
2) This is an RV forum, so the files are RV related
3) They are all "files"
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03-29-2013, 08:08 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by herk7769
1) There are more than manuals there
2) This is an RV forum, so the files are RV related
3) They are all "files"
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And that still doesn't help the new user of the forum because it's not descriptive enough. I even received thanks from long time users that didn't know that there was a section that contained manuals.
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03-29-2013, 09:01 AM
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Site Team - Lou
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Maybe if we made it all caps...
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03-29-2013, 09:29 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by herk7769
Maybe if we made it all caps...
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And make it flash red as well, but all new users would see is a flashing red "Files" sign and not realize that it contains manuals and other helpful documents.
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03-29-2013, 09:38 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by herk7769
There is only so much room on the menu bar.
Not enough for something that long.
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Not much different than Quick Links and the arrow.
Just need some help for us dummies.
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