Betja said:Thank you Juli! You've made me sooooooo happy! But I still have one question. I got the idea somehow that you had to choose either ATP or Cubits for daylilies and go with one or the other, and that once you move everything over the Daylily Cubit will disappear. Is that correct, or will there still be a Daylily Cubit after everything is moved? And I think (hope) I'm all tapped out on questions now...
If you have articles - they have to be either on ATP, or Cubits - they cannot be in both places. And, if I have Dave move the content of forums over to the new site, they will MOVE - not be copied - so they won't be in both places. I had to decide what stays here and what goes.
Right now, he does not have the new site set up for databases. So, that has to stay here. Also, he will have ONE forum for all plant co-ops. I have not seen any forum for sales/trades yet. From what I have read, if you have a cubit with a storefront in it, that is supposed to stay here. We don't do much in our sales/trade/seed area... so for now, it will stay here too.... Dave can always move it over later.
Remember, the new ATP Daylily forum will only have one forum, where everything will be all together - so a sales thread would be in with all the seedling photos and chat posts. Might not be seen much! We are just going to have to "feel our way" for a bit to see how this works out. Right now, since I don't want to make any money off this cubit, no fees are charged from the sales/trades forum. Once we move over to ATP, we don't know right now, but Dave **may*** want to take a percent of sales there --- as far as I know, this has not been discussed. I am just guessing. I think for now, leaving that forum here is the way to go.
Every member of the cubit was sent an email in the "blast email" I did. If they don't regularly come to Cubits - it was sent to the email address they gave when they signed up. So I am not worried about any members not hearing about us moving to ATP. Once we make the move, I will post a notice here with a link directing people to ATP.
I plan on having a "sticky" at the top of the forum for links --- and the top link will be back to this cubit which will be our "sister forum"... to get people back to the database and sale/trade forum. Some of you have put a lot of time into the database, and I want people to be able to find it!
I am not sure how large the box will be at the top of the forum - how much info I will be able to put there - but I may be able to put a link there to guide people back here to come to the sales/trade forum and database also.
So this Cubit WILL be here -- it will have less forums, but some of it will remain here.
Trish has been saying to think of the two places, Cubits and All Things Plants as "sister sites"... I don't think of them as not competitors.... For those of you familiar with GardenWeb, think of GardenWeb and That Home Site. They are sister sites. One contains all things garden and plant related, and the other has all the other forums.
Some of the garden forums, as I understand, have elected to stay here at Cubits. I don't understand this. The new site has a lot more potential to grow, will be simpler to navigate....
When I meet people involved in daylilies - and I tell them about Cubits and ask if they have been to the daylily cubit - if they have been to Cubits -- almost every person says they have and the whole Cubit site is to complicated, to hard to find their way around and they never came back.
The new site will be much simpler. So, it will be easier for people to use, so that when they do come - they will stay. That is the #1 reason we are moving. I have great confidence in Dave and Trish. I like what they did here at Cubits - I know of no other site like it - but I have a tough time finding new cubits and just "poking" around to see what is here -- and I have been here since the hour it opened up. I can imagine how confusing it would be for someone just coming here the first time. With what Dave knows from having DG, and now building Cubits - I think All Things Plant will be a huge success.
Be patient, stick with us during the transition, and I think you will find it will be worth it.
