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Silly Man

Volunteer moderator
This tracker forum

http://www.immigrationportal.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=157

in CSC .. what is the use for that? Hardly anyone ever uses it, and anyone who does, seems like a lost soul that should have been in the main forum.

I had a suggestion, if you browse CSC 485 forum, you will see a certain number of threads that are Important. Like suggestions invited from all, FP polls, kashmir project(lets) etc. etc.

I was thinking of creating a thread, with a mention to such threads in that thread. Mark it as stuck on top, and move such important threads into a subfolder .. like the tracker.

So basically rename tracker to Important threads or something like that (lets discuss the name), in which the moderator can MOVE threads, but people can post (so you can't create threads in there if you are just anyone, that will keep it clean).

That subforum will be STRICTLY immigration need I say, and it will contain important information that concerns everyone (and not individual questions).

And lets knock out the tracker forum.

What do you all say?
 
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Originally posted by Silly Man
This tracker forum

http://www.immigrationportal.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=157

in CSC .. what is the use for that? Hardly anyone ever uses it, and anyone who does, seems like a lost soul that should have been in the main forum.

I had a suggestion, if you browse CSC 485 forum, you will see a certain number of threads that are Important. Like suggestions invited from all, FP polls, kashmir project(lets) etc. etc.

I was thinking of creating a thread, with a mention to such threads in that thread. Mark it as stuck on top, and move such important threads into a subfolder .. like the tracker.

So basically rename tracker to Important threads or something like that (lets discuss the name), in which the moderator can MOVE threads, but people can post (so you can't create threads in there if you are just anyone, that will keep it clean).

That subforum will be STRICTLY immigration need I say, and it will contain important information that concerns everyone (and not individual questions).

And lets knock out the tracker forum.

What do you all say?

We were hoping the trackers subforums will be used stricly for time tracking. Did not work that way. No problem.

Call the forum you want to create: "Important Discussions" or whwtever else you folks want. Thanks.
 
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We can create a FAQ (!) - SC specific.

Come on as moderator you need to make people use this forum!! Right rajiv?:)

I see people post their EAD approved, 485 stamped in CSC general and people asking when I will get nirvana... Move the thread to that forum...Make people announce their salvation there...

Of course I have originally expressed the opinion that the tracking sub forums are not intuitive (Think Excel spreadsheet...) Maybe a design change will help.

We do need tracking info, remember bulk of the lurkers want to know when their stuff will get through BCIS maze... And trackers are a potential sell point...

My Opinion.
 
Originally posted by jaxen
We can create a FAQ (!) - SC specific.

Come on as moderator you need to make people use this forum!! Right rajiv?:)

I see people post their EAD approved, 485 stamped in CSC general and people asking when I will get nirvana... Move the thread to that forum...Make people announce their salvation there...

Of course I have originally expressed the opinion that the tracking sub forums are not intuitive (Think Excel spreadsheet...) Maybe a design change will help.

We do need tracking info, remember bulk of the lurkers want to know when their stuff will get through BCIS maze... And trackers are a potential sell point...

My Opinion.

We need a few good people, who cares about who uses the forum or not. My focus is to have fun and be of service - in that order.

For trackers, an excel spreadsheet with some basic programming is a good idea. Does anyone know how to do it? People can download, add and keep moving. We are also developing another comprehensive set of trackers (PHP/mySQL).

SM, are you getting all the recommendations?
 
Yes I am getting all the recommendations. For now I am thinking of creating one thread SC specific marked as important, with links to various other threads.
 
Originally posted by Silly Man
Yes I am getting all the recommendations. For now I am thinking of creating one thread SC specific marked as important, with links to various other threads.

Sure. Create! Experiment! What else is there? :)
 
Lemme ask you guys a question, can we (Moderators) create a "Forum"???? I was under the impression that, we can only move/delete/close threads.
 
i have a suggestion

but don't know whether it is practical as i am not a web person. Can we leave the threads/forums as it is and create softlinks between them ? In UNIX(i dunno how many of you know this), you can softlink files/directories to any other directories so that even if you read/update a file, it updates the file associated in the link. That way, we can make sure there is no redundancy and everything is current.
We cannot make life more complicated for the users here or we may lose them. As it is, going thru' this immigration is a big hurdle.:). From my perspective, instead of having a major change in the forums, softlink(if possible) are the best ones.
Do you know if something like this exists in web??:confused:
 
No

Originally posted by ar888
Lemme ask you guys a question, can we (Moderators) create a "Forum"???? I was under the impression that, we can only move/delete/close threads.

I just checked. You cannot.
 
Re: i have a suggestion

Originally posted by roran
but don't know whether it is practical as i am not a web person. Can we leave the threads/forums as it is and create softlinks between them ? In UNIX(i dunno how many of you know this), you can softlink files/directories to any other directories so that even if you read/update a file, it updates the file associated in the link. That way, we can make sure there is no redundancy and everything is current.
We cannot make life more complicated for the users here or we may lose them. As it is, going thru' this immigration is a big hurdle.:). From my perspective, instead of having a major change in the forums, softlink(if possible) are the best ones.
Do you know if something like this exists in web??:confused:

No, but, we can create a new thread and post a URL to the thread we want to point to. Like this:

http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53458
 
Re: Re: i have a suggestion

totally off topic but does any one have case processing info for the Jacksonville , FL district office??

TIA

Sachin
 
Re: Re: Re: i have a suggestion

Originally posted by sachinphadke
totally off topic but does any one have case processing info for the Jacksonville , FL district office??

TIA

Sachin

Not off hand.
 
For now I've created a thread specific to CSC, stuck it at the top,

http://immigrationportal.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=99

That thread is closed, so it stays clean. (And people don't bitch at me for deleting their posts without having a florida vote first).

....... still thinking of ways for betterment ....... please share your thoughts.

BTW, I'm a techie too, more .NET than PHP/MySql, I try and refrain from asking too many techie enhancements to this site, since I know how busy techie teams can get and how they loathe getting every new feature request hehe :).

Though I have seen that a lot of folks ask questions that are already mentioned in important threads. In other words, it hasn't been intuitive enough that they would browse to it ..

One solution is to keep changing the font of the important thread topic, so it attracts attention, but I can't figure out a way to make a thread's heading change font .. is there a way?

One way is to let the user edit in HTML, but I would restrict that to moderator only, since that is a potential site wrecker if not done properly (will the moderator do it right?).

For example, in admin options, announcements, I could add HTML as long as it is in a straight line, and include a hack javascript (not that I would, just that I could). .. I was thinking of giving the site a matrix theme a couple of weeks back though .. hehe :) .. but that would have pissed off a few people royally.
 
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Now that you've read my previous post, let me reword it a bit.

I hate to ask for techie enhancements, but one enhancement that I feel we should get is the inability to update any portion of the site in plain HTML. If we can't get that, we need to be careful of how and when to use this power.
 
Hi Rajiv,

Hi Rajiv,

What do you suggest if we have question about INS procedure or need assistance to clarify gray area or suggest legal insight. Do we want to post in moderator forum as separate thread and then we can copy to respective forum.

Like
1. Concurrent filing validation for AC21
2. Whether h visa invalidates after using AP, how to revert to h visa if we have valid I-797
3. Counting days for Ac21 for Concurrent filing
4. Implication of revoke I-140 after 180 days of I-485 filing
5. What are the criteria for processing case at Missouri Center, is it geographic criteria like other center or something else?
6. …

I know we have some thread for FAQ in different forum, but I don't think it's complete and as some of us are from non-legal background, don’t know correct/ best answer, so let me know if you have any suggestion for us.

Thanks

JB
 
Originally posted by Silly Man
Now that you've read my previous post, let me reword it a bit.

I hate to ask for techie enhancements, but one enhancement that I feel we should get is the inability to update any portion of the site in plain HTML. If we can't get that, we need to be careful of how and when to use this power.


I am pretty sure we can disable HTML. Is that what you want, SM?
 
Re: Hi Rajiv,

Originally posted by jbm
Hi Rajiv,

What do you suggest if we have question about INS procedure or need assistance to clarify gray area or suggest legal insight. Do we want to post in moderator forum as separate thread and then we can copy to respective forum.

Like
1. Concurrent filing validation for AC21
2. Whether h visa invalidates after using AP, how to revert to h visa if we have valid I-797
3. Counting days for Ac21 for Concurrent filing
4. Implication of revoke I-140 after 180 days of I-485 filing
5. What are the criteria for processing case at Missouri Center, is it geographic criteria like other center or something else?
6. …

I know we have some thread for FAQ in different forum, but I don't think it's complete and as some of us are from non-legal background, don’t know correct/ best answer, so let me know if you have any suggestion for us.

Thanks

JB


Just bring it to my attention by e-mailing me the link to "clients@immigration.com." Or post the link here. I will respond. It is beter that rather than me reading the entire discussion, the moderators simplify and state the question at the bottom of the thread. That way I respond quickly and keep myself available for more.

You can then move the thread to the FAQ subforum which we can create for you in the forum.

But I am open to any suggestions.

PS. I reserve the right to say "I have no clue." :)
 
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