What's the next thing the UHE needs?

Hi there everyone,

I'm wrapping up the admin side of the classifieds and am almost done with the automation of user donation ranks, and will be ready to start on the next big thing for the UHE.

There's a story my dad used to tell me about a guy that locked himself in his garage and designed the most amazing device he had ever dreamed of; a small motor with a long arm and a rotating head on the end that string attached to. You just ran the motor and the rotating wheel cut your weeds without you having to bend over. Once finished, he started showing it to his friends, one of which said "hey, they sell that at Sears Robuck". In my father's version of the story, the man then went and hung himself. I think my dad was in a dark place at the time as other versions just had him then go design the windshield wiper.

Hey, that's not my point. My point is this. Before I realized how much the classifieds were missed, I was working on a downloads system to replace the original. A few days ago, I went to husaberg.com and found every download we have ever had and then some, which leads me to believe that a downloads system isn't nearly as important as it used to be.

Before the site was replaced, we also had a fantastic web links system that Husabutt populated. That's my vote for what should come next(I've saved all the link info from the old database).

I'd like to hear from others concerning what you'd like to see on the site next. Web links, vin decryptor, dealer locator and reviews, dealer and vendor related site enhancements, these are all things that I've thought of in the past, but before I work on anything, I'd really like to hear everyone's suggestions as I don't want to invent the weed whacker.

Let me know what you want to see at the UHE and we'll go from there. Thanks to everyone that helps out!

thanks,
json

A very good point Zaga and when the downloads system existed in the past, many members went to the trouble to make better quality scans of existing pdf's(all of which I still have).

Thanks very much for taking the time to respond and I look forward to others' opinions.

thanks,
json

cypher said:

dancing girls imp:

Click to expand...

It's already in the works. Granted, its still in beta, but here we are in training:

husabutt said:

In order to once again have a reason to get up in the morning and brush my tooth,

I respectfully request that the web-links be reinstated.

Click to expand...

It weighs on my conscience that after you put so much time into the links, they disappeared. To me it does seem the most beneficial. I was curious to see what the others thought though.

popup said:

no more downloads?

Click to expand...

It's not that you have to choose what will exist, I just wanted to know what people wanted to see first. Since creating the features is a one-man-band thing, it takes quite a while for them to materialize

DaleEO said:

I liked the old map that showed where each UHE member was located.

Dale

Click to expand...

Although I liked the idea, it was implemented terribly. I would like to integrate something like Google maps in a better fashion. I'll definitely look into it.

Noted sir and will see what I can do, but I don't understand the following:

Taffy said:

It's also a toughie for telling me what my signature name is when signing in. it insists on using my site name even after I've repeatedly deleted it. it overrides you!

Click to expand...

I'm not sure what you mean by this. Are you saying that your browser has remembered the incorrect username information and that you have to change it every time you login?

Taffy said:

I think the sites in pretty good shape so it won't be long before someone screws with an idea again.

Click to expand...

That's why we have you, sir. To tell us when the site is going to fail and be reduced to 11 users because of a poorly chosen forum category or a change in the terms of service.

thanks,
json

Noted sir and will see what I can do, but I don't understand the following:

Taffy said:

It's also a toughie for telling me what my signature name is when signing in. it insists on using my site name even after I've repeatedly deleted it. it overrides you!

Click to expand...

I'm not sure what you mean by this. Are you saying that your browser has remembered the incorrect username information and that you have to change it every time you login?

Taffy said:

I think the sites in pretty good shape so it won't be long before someone screws with an idea again.

Click to expand...

That's why we have you, sir. To tell us when the site is going to fail and be reduced to 11 users because of a poorly chosen forum category or a change in the terms of service.

thanks,
json

Taffy, I know I risk exposing to you how slow I really am, but your login is your username on the site. If your browser has saved the incorrect login info, I can help you with clearing that info, but it deletes all your private info, so if you use your browser to remember all your logins, you might be completely lost once its memory has been wiped.