There's no automated way of doing that unfortunately
Its easy enough to copy and paste, then add a couple of images, headers etc. It only takes a couple of mins. We can do that too if there's something that we want to highlight from the forum
It would still be preferable if the original poster made an blog account afterwards. Otherwise we wind up with a shitload of articles with 'thesilverfern' as the author.
Also, there's a couple of ways you can link things back to the forum.
You can push a button that creates a new thread in the sports forum. The thread also appears below the article and people can post from both locations
Not everything makes sense to create a new thread. So if you just post a link in an existing thread it will show up as an embedly card (like we use for stuff/nzherald etc)
Eg here's gt12's post
If it had a cover image that would show instead of the silverfern image
We're looking for people who want to write for the front page
Plenty of people are already writing long well thought out posts. Unfortunately those posts get lost in longer threads and therefore don't get read as often as they should
This makes what you write more visible. Also it can easily be shared on social media etc
Mostly because articles generate conversations in the forum
Also it helps revenue. Blog posts get better google hits than forum posts.
We run this place at a very low cost and don't have many ads (we'll have to increase that slightly). However we do hover around the break even mark and any losses are covered by a couple of the admins.
Yes we could ask for donations but we would rather not.
Ideally a handful of people 'donating' by adding content will mean we don't have to ask people to donate cash.
Any extra cash will just be thrown back into the site, a faster server etc
Anything, as long as it fits within the 'Sports Forum' rules
We aren't a news site and there's no point pretending to be. So it doesn't have to be game previews/reviews. It could be nostalgia stuff whatever.. We'll work it out as we go
Yes kiwis can be insular and chippy. Please enlighten us.
Say you are interested in this thread or pm me
There is an instruction forum that I'll give you access to https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/category/24/authors
It is different software to the forum, so you need a new account. Unfortunately I need to send an email invite.
So have you correct email in your TSF profile, or pm me another email address
(invites expire after 7 days)
@shark said in Exodus 2018:
The way we keep churning out amazing outside backs it's going to be hard for anyone to get enough games to score 50 tries. Additionally, the first string outside backs can find themselves rested for the games against softer opposition when easy tries are on offer. Think back to the late 90s and on and the amount of world class outside backs we've juggled: Wilson, Lomu, Cullen, Umaga, Howlett, Rokocoko, Mils, R Gear, MacDonald, Sivi, H Gear, Smith, Jane, Kahui, Dagg, Savea, Naholo, NMS and Ioane. Scary stuff.
I agree it will be hard for anyone to get 50 purely as an outside back.
Rieko has a chance if he stays fit and then successfully moves to the midfield in his mid twenties
@billy-tell said in The Silverfern Updates:
My browsers say the website is "unsecure"...should I worry...???
You can use a https link now
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/