Like a robot, I'm clicking away without looking. I mean, its GRM, I know the sections. Hmmm there's a lot of CM content lately. Click back and I see Classic Motorsports. When did this happen? I'm exited.
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June 18, 2010 3:14 p.m. Appleseed SuperDork
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June 18, 2010 3:42 p.m. Tom Heath Webmaster
I'm glad you asked. The forums aren't combined, but you can now access the "Classic Cars" forum from classicmotorsports.net from the GRM forum page.
It's something we just started trying today, so we'll see how it works. The idea is to give Grassroots users more access to our other magazine and its website. Besides, there have been several threads on the GRM forum lately (Lotus Europa threads, Lancia Beta threads, etc...) that would be more appropriate for Classic Motorsports.
Go write or respond to something. It's fun!
Would you prefer to have all the forums lumped together from both sites? I'm not saying it will happen, but user feedback is certainly part of the equation if it doesn't hurt our traffic.
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June 18, 2010 3:48 p.m. Marty! Dork
Actually I kinda wondered when something like this would happen. CM has good content on their side but the posting is few and far between. Hopefully this will bring the wealth of knowledge from that section over here and vice-versa.
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June 18, 2010 3:49 p.m. Woody SuperDork
Tom Heath wrote:
Would you prefer to have all the forums lumped together from both sites? I'm not saying it will happen, but user feedback is certainly part of the equation if it doesn't hurt our traffic.
I liked it before they split, but this new system is fine by me.
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June 18, 2010 4:04 p.m. jrw1621 SuperDork
I like the new version. I really never went to the CM site in the old way. I will be sure to visit CM now just as much as GRM.
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June 18, 2010 4:07 p.m. Tom Heath Webmaster
A follow up question for the peanut gallery-
What about the styling / user interface of the Classic Site versus the Grassroots Site? Do you prefer one or the other? Do you notice when you switch URLs?
Thanks for your feedback so far!
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June 18, 2010 4:07 p.m. DILYSI Dave SuperDork
Flip a coin. I like CM content, but not enough to go there as a separate site. I think it'd be nice to see them recombine, but then all those old guys would have to listen to our jackassery.
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June 18, 2010 4:15 p.m. jrw1621 SuperDork
Do the sites have to combine? Could all CM posts be seen on both CM and GRM? Sort of a dual CM posting.
I get to see CM here on GRM but CM'ers do not have to see GRM jackassery (love it). CM'ers would be less tainted by GRM.Edit: when does Sprockets go to print?
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June 18, 2010 4:23 p.m. oldtin HalfDork
Looks like most of the recent threads on the CM discussion boards have been started by staff members. Probably a good thing to combine. There's a lot of people on this side that have cars and interests that cross over.
On the styling/interface side - the GRM side has easier or at least more intuitive navigation (or I'm just used to it) and does a better job using the available screen real estate. CM side seems to have giant borders with no content or linkies. Also see more action photos on the GRM side compared to static photos on CM (i.e bmw rally car through a stream vs. Iso Grifo on brick pavers).
izzat enough feedback for grm or cm stickers????
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June 18, 2010 5:12 p.m. 93celicaGT2 SuperDork
Enlighten me, if you would...
I see nothing different.
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June 18, 2010 5:16 p.m. 93celicaGT2 SuperDork
Oh, i see it now. Carry on.
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June 18, 2010 5:36 p.m. Osterkraut Dork
Styling wise, I miss the old board.
Combining wise, I agree about them being old men and us being jackasses.
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June 18, 2010 6:04 p.m. JoeyM HalfDork
Tom Heath wrote:
A follow up question for the peanut gallery-
What about the styling / user interface of the Classic Site versus the Grassroots Site? Do you prefer one or the other? Do you notice when you switch URLs?
no preference, but the difference in the interface is obvious....also, I didn't see any thread there that I could justify posting to.
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June 18, 2010 10:04 p.m. Ian_F Reader
I wasn't very happy when they split, so I'm happy to see them somewhat combined again... would rather see GRM and CMS as titles in the same forum with daughter boards.
I rarely go to the CMS front page. Usually because I go to the forums from the quick links at the bottom or side bar of the GRM pages.
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June 18, 2010 10:28 p.m. maroon92 SuperDork
I do miss the style of the old boards. In complete honesty, I have given up caring about classics since I have not been able to read the Classics Forum. I have also not renewed my sub to Classic as the topiics and variety of cars has drifted farther away from GRM.
(full disclosure)
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June 19, 2010 7:08 a.m. Woody SuperDork
Ian_F wrote:
I wasn't very happy when they split, so I'm happy to see them somewhat combined again... would rather see GRM and CMS as titles in the same forum with daughter boards.
I rarely go to the CMS front page. Usually because I go to the forums from the quick links at the bottom or side bar of the GRM pages.
This.
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June 19, 2010 4:30 p.m. 914Driver SuperDork
Much like any club,everyone pays the same dues. (bear with me)
You get 10% or so that are hard core, there for every event, volunteer, knowlegable and help out. You have ~50% that are there, help and are the D of the bell curve, average. Pay dues and take out what they want. Then the folks that pay what you pay, you see once a year, they don't take as much if anything from the system.
I know, we don't pay dues, but the analogy is from my sailing days.
I'm a Classic kinda guy. I like it, read it, relish it, have experience with it. Everyday? Maybe not. As a clicker to the GRM site, you bet I'll visit more often; as I did before.
Maybe some of the CM folks will visit here more often and spend some time walking us through some of our silly projects.
We do have some silly ones, eh?
Dan
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June 20, 2010 4:52 p.m. Ian_F Reader
Oh yeah... and with ONE log-in... that probably annoys me more than anything else...
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June 21, 2010 12:36 a.m. Wally SuperDork
DILYSI Dave wrote:
Flip a coin. I like CM content, but not enough to go there as a separate site. I think it'd be nice to see them recombine, but then all those old guys would have to listen to our jackassery.
It's bad enough they hae to keep telling you to get off their lawns.
IN reply to Osterkraut:
I think it has something to do with the space on the left
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June 21, 2010 2:16 p.m. Tom Heath Webmaster
After some internal debate, we're divorcing the CMS and GRM forums again. I'm trying to find other ways to make it easy for users to be involved with both forums, so please be patient while we try a few other ideas.
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June 21, 2010 6:49 p.m. DILYSI Dave SuperDork
Tom Heath wrote:
After some internal debate, we're divorcing the CMS and GRM forums again. I'm trying to find other ways to make it easy for users to be involved with both forums, so please be patient while we try a few other ideas.
So the old guys couldn't make it a whole week with us jackasses, eh?
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June 21, 2010 6:56 p.m. alex Dork
Aw, I liked at least having the main CM forum cross post. It actually got me answers to my vintage racing question - from Our Exalted Ruler, no less.
Gotta be honest, if I didn't have specific vintage questions, I wouldn't be going over there. No fault of that forum, it's just that I know all these jackasses so well, I'll probably keep bugging them.
This place is much more my style.
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June 21, 2010 7:18 p.m. TJ Dork
In reply to Tom Heath:
I thought it was a great idea to generate some postings on the CMS forum.
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June 21, 2010 8:41 p.m. stuart in mn SuperDork
Shucks. I liked having them combined.
It seems like the amount of traffic on the CM board is a lot less than the GRM board, if nothing else it may improve participation there.
