I've been thinking we could probably improve the forum organization. It's looking kinda disorganized and cluttered. So, here are a few ideas of mine:1) Rename the "Forum" forum. We know it's a forum, they all are. Let's give it a useful name.2) The first section I think should contain Introductions and News, and nothing else. The first thing people should see should be current events, where word needs to get out, or welcoming new people to the site.3) The second section should be the Outpost related forums. ("Outpost 2 Divded Destiny", "Outpost 2 Multiplayer", "Outpost 1 / Other topics"). That is of course why we are here, and is our main attraction. It should be higher up on the page so it's more prominent.4) Merge the "General/Issues/Other" section with "Feedback/Suggestions/Problems/General". What's really the difference between these two anyways?5) Remove the links from one forum section to another. When I first saw them I thought they were confusing. Why would I choose to go to the Outpost 2 Divded Destiny section, and then go to Outpost 2 Multiplayer, when I can just go to the later from the main page in the first place. It just adds clutter in my mind. Besides, it gives the appearance of having more subforums than there really are. It puts more strain on new people trying to remember where everything is.6) Tie the IRC section more closely to the Multiplayer section.7) Reorganize the "Community Projects" section? We have fairly innactive sections on the main page, and the most active in a subsection. (Namely OP3: Genesis). I think we either need to move things based on use, or move them to make things more consistent. (Probably better to go for consistency since use may come and go). We might even consider merging this section with the "Outpost Universe" section. All those areas are just projects by forum members after all. Granted, the projects do differ substantially in a number of ways. Regroup the General/Issues/etc. stuff with the "General/Other Topics" section at the bottom? I feel this sort of section should be placed closer to the bottom. Besides, how can people provide feedback without looking at the forum first. Seems like you should let new people look at stuff in order going down the page before getting to this one.Anyways, I'll stop with these ideas for starters. Certainly we might want to consider some of the later ideas before figuring out what to do, if anything. But that does't mean we have to delay all ideas because we can't agree on one. So, if you like an idea, post you agree so it can be done. I dont want nothing to get done because we're wasting all our time debating the finer details of the more obscure points.
