I am so curious why you guys do things the way you do.

Douglas Brian McIntire · Nov 17, 2022

There are no clear instructions or helpful tools to navigate this website and forum without frustration or with success beyond the most obvious; it's like playing the lotto especially after updating the platform and/or changing guidelines. Please forgive me and my criticism and truthfulness. An instruction page or tutorials would be helpful to navigate this forum.

Instruction Page: List each function, tab or tool bar tabs/icons directing us to that function and/or information as instructions, the obvious is not necessary, but I click on things that are in blue font our tool bars and tabs highlighted blue or with blue font, but it doesn't take me anywhere like the other highlighted or blue font tabs normally would/should (Use a different color if not a tab leading to another link). If you want me to pay for a better functioning forum, tell me "You must pay" then showing me a credit card icon. If any aspect of this forum is free, please list how that works or how you work in the future or that is simply manipluation and not of God; like the rest of the world.

Douggg · Nov 17, 2022

Douglas Brian McIntire said:
There are no clear instructions or helpful tools to navigate this website and forum without frustration or with success beyond the most obvious; it's like playing the lotto especially after updating the platform and/or changing guidelines. Please forgive me and my criticism and truthfulness. An instruction page or tutorials would be helpful to navigate this forum.

Instruction Page: List each function, tab or tool bar tabs/icons directing us to that function and/or information as instructions, the obvious is not necessary, but I click on things that are in blue font our tool bars and tabs highlighted blue or with blue font, but it doesn't take me anywhere like the other highlighted or blue font tabs normally would/should (Use a different color if not a tab leading to another link). If you want me to pay for a better functioning forum, tell me "You must pay" then showing me a credit card icon. If any aspect of this forum is free, please list how that works or how you work in the future or that is simply manipluation and not of God; like the rest of the world.

Instructions? That's the first thing to throw out when assembling or doing anything.

Not having instructions, just eliminates that step.

.......just teasing. Maybe create an instructions forum.

saved24 · Nov 17, 2022

As far as I know this is a free site. I think we just pay so we don't get ads? and I guess to support the site, but ya free otherwise.

Douglas Brian McIntire · Nov 17, 2022

Douggg said:
Instructions? That's the first thing to throw out when assembling or doing anything.

Not having instructions, just eliminates that step.

.......just teasing. Maybe create an instructions forum.

I can take it. I love your humor. My Wife and I get a kick out of it when we do this type of humor (Not course jesting) because we are kinda training each other to not get upset when we hear things we don't like, and we have FUN!!!

I am a nobody that anybody today will listen to me except for my wife. I just wish and hope and pray that they do.

I love God because He always provides the necessary information for someone else to be successful. I have put this principle into practice and found that anyone one can create anything or do anything successfully if they keep this principle in sincere heart and mind as they help others, and hopefully teaching them to do the same. This principle is just another way of not causing someone else to stumble. I am not perfect and get frustrated sometimes if not angry (Hopefully not sinning), please pray for me. I do believe practice can make perfect.

Things I pay attention to knowing I can't speak perfectly (or write perfectly) in order to please everyone because I am not perfect ...

And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, 25 correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will. 2 Timothy 2

2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Roman 12:2

I could go on.

I love God and His Word.

Douggg · Nov 17, 2022

Douglas Brian McIntire said:
I love God and His Word.

BLT - kosher food for the soul.

Believe God
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Trust God

Occams Barber · Nov 17, 2022

saved24 said:
As far as I know this is a free site. I think we just pay so we don't get ads? and I guess to support the site, but ya free otherwise.

Paid up members also get access to the Executive Restroom complete with gold plated faucets and a genuine French bidet.

OB

linux.poet · Nov 18, 2022

Occams Barber said:
Paid up members also get access to the Executive Restroom complete with gold plated faucets and a genuine French bidet.

You can buy premium membership using Blessings instead of real money. I may or may not have done this and found out that, while having the ads removed is very nice, no bidet included. There is a Premium membership exclusive forum though.

Anyway, I agree that a "new member instruction manual" would be useful. The forum does have help articles here: Help but those are hard to find for the average user. A link to them could be more prominently placed.

pdudgeon · Nov 18, 2022

The one true thing that I have found over the years of being here, is that usually "improvements" don't work as well as the improver thinks,
for one reason:
They only "improve" things for the person writing the changes, and they leave out a LOT of the "how to", or "what's on the site".
Until another person comes along with an "improvement to the improvement", which usually happens in Time.
So, to put it briefly, stay tuned! There will be another "improvement" in a little while.

pdudgeon · Nov 18, 2022

I would like to add that it's easy to see that a lot of work and long hours have happened to produce the changes that we see.
I appreciate the effort that has been put forth here.

pgp_protector · Nov 18, 2022

The site is running on xenoforo, and I found this tutorial for users, it might be a little helpful.

FAQs: 1 Forums, signatures, profiles

cafesaxophone.com

Douglas Brian McIntire · Nov 18, 2022

pgp_protector said:
The site is running on xenoforo, and I found this tutorial for users, it might be a little helpful.

FAQs: 1 Forums, signatures, profiles

cafesaxophone.com

Yes. Those are the common or obvious understandings, yet this forum doesn't actually follow those especially within notices or changes, or at least failed to make the links to work. This forum can be simpler yet even more functional with the right wording and descriptions, but most importantly simplified by rearranging algorithms and visuals but not reinventing the wheel.

Douglas Brian McIntire · Nov 18, 2022

Dear Christian Forum, Please Forgive me!!! I am broken!!! Your website is Perfect as it is!!! Just takes a little Work to get to know.

For dummies or broken People and sinners like me, things seem to take too much time because we are impatient not wanting to do the Work to familiarize ourselves with the Website. I am the type of person who wants what I want wanting it now, and that is not how life or God works. I would rather see a tool bar and the rest of the page blank first, because all that other business gets me confused. Maybe less is better!

Consider including Basic "Home" page on the tool bar; icons, tabs, and pop-down windows. Bulk of the "Home Page" say in a few words' greetings, then have basic instructions to register and instruction for the tabs and pop-down menus mentioning "Click" on the icons/tabs to find what you want in the pop-down menus and enjoy!!! Saying, "For some of us it takes time to familiarize ourselves with the Website due to the many different websites we serf."

Just hoping to redeem myself, "Lord help me!"

pdudgeon · Nov 21, 2022

I'm so sorry that this happened to such a good web site.

I am so curious why you guys do things the way you do.

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