Ughhhhhhhh!!!!! If you give a mouse a cookie…
Haha, in all seriousness great suggestions guys, and I’m glad it seems like you are all agreeing on a lot of key features. Thanks for the tips Clay, I think I have the profile module installed but I haven’t bothered setting it up at all. I will check into that notifications module.
As for the premier membership although that is a good idea, I don’t think I will be doing it. I like the idea of BBM being free, although I might start posting the ‘donation’ paypal link in the sidebar again.
Megaspaz haha, although the ads ARE annoying, they wouldn’t get too many clicks if they were posted at the page footer One thing I might do though is set up a special type of user roll so you can opt out of seeing the ads. Maybe this is what the ‘membership’ would be, although I would probably just ask for a 1 time donation. Honestly though it isn’t you guys that click on the ads, its the anonymous users that are searching for one specific thing. If the ads are pretty annoying for you guys I might try turning them off for anyone who is logged into BBM. I’ll explore with that and see how much it effects things.
I’m going to be going on vacation to idaho next week, but after I get back I will start to impliment some changes. I already have a better WYSIWYG editor on the way, as well as an easier way for users to upload photos. A review on some saddlebags is in the pipe and I will definitely add a way for members to submit their own gear reviews (although I will probably check them to make sure they are BBM worthy… and that they have been spell checked! lol)
Thanks again for all your interest guys Expect an update in 2 weeks!
Ben