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[DeM0nFiRe]

Ok, so maybe this is more a question than a suggestion. What exactly was the point of changing the Trap17 Forum title to Open Discussion? The title of the site is very clearly not Open Discussion so why call it that? You're confusing some multi-taskers over here! I can't find the Trap17 No Ads, Free Hosting tab in my taskbar anymore!

[Saint_Michael]

Trust me I have ask the inner circle and I get either no idea or no response from the man himself and for all we we know we gone made and thus needs to go on a very long vacation to refresh himself and then come back to trap . In all seriousness even yours truly doesn't know what is going on but something is happening I guess.

[-Sky-]

This topic got my attention about the same thing too. Why is Trap17 now called "Open Discussion" and not "Trap17 Webhosting, No Ads"?

What's going on OpaQue and BuffaloHELP?

[travstatesmen]

Glad to know that it is not just me! I had just started using the Firefox search plugin for Trap17, and the first time that I used it the forums came up as "Open Discussion", whereas a minute before I installed it, they weren't like that at all. Uninstalling the search plugin seemed to make no difference to me, and it still showed as "Open Discussion".

I hadn't visited the Astahost forums until just now, so I don't know if the current "Free Web Hosting" moniker is the same as it was before. Anybody know if Astahost changed as well? Is this a sign that the free web hosting part of Trap17 is being phased out? Or are we no longer going to be required to post on the forums to support our hosting? Or is it a marketing move, to encourage more non-hosted people to participate on the Trap17 forums without being worried about hosting issues? OpaQue, are you out there?

[jlhaslip]

Astahost's tag-line has not changed. Both Forums were the same until a day or two ago.

[galexcd]

I don't know why you guys are complaining. I love the new title. I used to think it was confusing and strange to have the main board list to be called "free web hosting, no ads" when really it was just one sub forum under these many forums of content that deals with web hosting. Open discussion seems to make much more sense. And you have to remember that the title of the entire website hasn't been changed, just the forums.

[innosia]

I am also shock when seeing Open Discussion, I thought it is a temporary problem..
Maybe some file is replaced or some database is error?

[DeM0nFiRe]

I think that changing it is a bad idea simply because we're used to it being called one thing. There is no practical reason for changing the name, but there is a reason to keep it as the 'Free Webhosting, No Ads.' The title is more descriptive and makes it more obvious what is on the task bar.

[innosia]

DeM0nFiRe, on Sep 27 2008, 01:47 PM, said:

I think that changing it is a bad idea simply because we're used to it being called one thing. There is no practical reason for changing the name, but there is a reason to keep it as the 'Free Webhosting, No Ads.' The title is more descriptive and makes it more obvious what is on the task bar.

maybe we should wait for admin for telling us what is going on
If for improvement, i think some design improvement is needed, the combination of blue and red in shoutbox is not matched (i think so). Then add more image to make it lively, like each sub forum has its representing image, and the thread or subforum text at top right should not be black or underline.

if it is aiming Open Discussion then the hosting features is much like being blurred, people see that this forum is discussing anything, and dont know in fact that it is for free hosting?

[BuffaloHelp]

OpaQue is going back to the beginning and focusing on the forum establishment rather than a forum used to gain free web hosting.

So instead of coming to Trap17 for free web hosting and finding other discussion topics, Trap17 is focusing on general and specific discussion and providing a free web hosting solution to those who want to take it.

This has been OpaQue's view all along; it is just now that he is able to redirect Trap17 to the right path.

As I have been informing and reiterating to new and old members--free web hosting is the byproduct of actively participating in Trap17 forum, it is not the the main goal