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As a community-oriented forum, it's important that we hear your opinions on a regular basis. While some of you do periodically email and PM, we'd like to encourage you to share your feedback here during October.
At the end of the month, we'll select the ten best comments and award each contributor with a HomemadeTools.net T-shirt.
Hi Ken,
So, let me be the first !
I've been very pleased to join your little community for the few last months, even if I had subscribed to the newsletter for more time than that.
It became something very addictive now to come and visit everyday (what am I saying, x times a day !) and check the feedback on what I have posted :)
And I must admit it's been also an encouragement for me to keep my website updated so that I can explain and share more what I do, especially thinking about the new visitors I get from the site.
Altair and Dyer are good clients for me and other posters, but I keep thinking I don't know much about them, don't even know their first name I think.
Are you guys working for the site or are you addicted visitors as I am ? (sorry to be straightforward, I don't want to be offending, but I'm just curious about that :) )
In any cases your encouragements are really meaningful.
Last thing that come to my mind, is about all the external tools you grab with your motor. How do you manage the intellectual property ? Are the tool owners aware that you publish them ?
I feel that in the news letter, you should maybe do something special to highlight the tools posted on the site rather than those grabbed. (I noticed some changes, Ken thanks)
Here it is, all the thoughts I have about the forum :)
Long life to it !
christophe
Hi Christophe,
Thanks for the kind words; we certainly try to make the site addictive.
We're glad to hear that we're encouraging you to keep your own site updated. Sending traffic to the sites of homemade tool builders is our specialty.
Altair, DIYer, kbalch, and Jon all work for HomemadeTools.net. Going forward, we plan to add custom user titles in the forum to make those relationships clearer.
Per copyright law, we're allowed to post a single reduced-size image of a tool, linked to the original resource like Google Images. We also credit the builder and website, which Google Images does not do. We will sometimes contact the original builders, either by email, or by posting in their forums, but sometimes we simply can't reach them.
Glad you noticed those newsletter changes. Though we feature several forum-posted tools in each issue (formerly called "Forum Threads to Watch" and recently renamed "Tools Contributed in the Forum") we're planning to do even more to highlight directly contributed tools (such as our new "Homemade Tool of the Week" section).
Thanks for your great comments and for being a valued member of the site!
Best regards,
Ken
Hi Ken and team,
You're welcome.
Can I have a suggestion : could you provide some code, like social networks do, to be embedded in builders own Websites in order to promote their builder's page on the site ?
Something that "follow me on hommedatools.net", with nice logo, and so on ?
I would be pleased to embed that on LabelleNote.
See you
Christophe
Hi Christophe,Quote:
Originally Posted by Christophe Mineau
That's a fantastic idea. Standby… :-)
Ken
Hi Christophe,
That's such a fantastic idea that we're calling it a winner right now! It may take a little while to be implemented, but rest assured that it's on our list.
You'll be receiving one of our official HomemadeTools.net T-shirts:
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Let me know (via PM) your size, color choice, and mailing address. We'll get the shirt in the mail to you directly.
Thanks, again. Great idea!
Ken
Hi Ken,
Thanks a lot, it's very kind of you !
Answer in PM.
Christophe
Hello Christophe,
Thank you very much for your kind comments. We greatly appreciate your contributions to the site. Looking forward to more of your creations! Thanks again for the positive feedback. :)
Al
Hi Christophe, that's a great idea. It would raise awareness for site.
To clarify, we still have 9 t-shirts left to give away in exchange for feedback.
Hi Ken and all.
i think you should give the most number of tools posted a tee shirt for a single month.:cool:
Hmm…
Consider it taken under advisement! :D
Ken
More broadly, I think rewarding high-volume tool contributors in specific time periods is actually a great idea.
Hi,
Absolutely not talking about the great Captain's contribution, take care to not confuse quantity with quality :-)
But anyway, I find great the fact you favour contributers from the forum compared to external contributions, especially for the news letter, and the Builders page.
Maybe something should be done on this last page in order to distinguish more clearly builders from the Homemadetools forum ?
Hi Christophe,
We greatly appreciate every builder who takes the time and trouble to post here as a member of our community, so that was a truly excellent suggestion about differentiating direct contributors on the Builders page.
Standby… :-)
Ken
I know I'm new here, so I beg leave to my idea. (if there is no).
Elect the best month's work, and create a gallery specifies maybe specific galleries with different modalities.: Cool:
Ken two more suggestions:
Create a space for tips and tricks, we have brilliant minds here, so I believe that many good things will emerge. Maybe even to a new book.
Well the second is simple and you will like ... lol. Do not send shirts out of America. lol
This is a great idea, and very easy to implement. Here you go: Tool Tips and Tricks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hotz
We did have a "Tool Techniques and Methods" subforum, but it was generally being used for posting homemade tool ideas. There were a few dozen threads in there that I moved mostly into the Homemade Tools subforum, with several going into the new Tool Tips and Tricks subforum.
Why do you say that ?Quote:
Well the second is simple and you will like ... lol. Do not send shirts out of America. lol
Chris is a joke, lol, the cost of shipping to Brazil and more expensive than the shirt .. (Of course I win one) lol ..Quote:
Originally Posted by Christophe Mineau
Best remake the tip ... Just do not send to Brazil Tshirt.;)
Create a space for construction in process, so the participant shows the most complete step by step and animates to do and show everyone. And even swap information to enhance your project.
Thanks to all suggesters! I've sent out some PMs requesting t-shirt preferences and shipping addresses. Shoot me a response, and I'll get those shirts out in the mail Monday.
Jon,
I think the "Tool Tips and Tricks" will become a valuable resource for all of us. Thank you for creating the subforum.
Paul
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