Suggestion for all Amiga related fora

[Hans_]

This is not a suggestion for just this website, but for all Amiga related forum sites. I've already suggested it over on AW.net, and a few people think it would be nice.

The idea stems from the fact that we have several fora with similar but different specialities: Morphzone is about MorphOS; AROS-exec is about AROS; amiga.org is geared more toward classic stuff; amigaworld is geared more toward OS4; amigans.net is really focused on OS4. Many of us have interests in multiple areas.

What I think would be a good idea is to leave each forum site dedicated to it's Amiga niche, but have them all cross-link to each other. That would be friendly, and give people easy access to news and discussions regarding all systems. Many of us have accounts on AW.net, a.org, morphzone, etc. I think people would be happy with such an arrangement.

Maybe AmigaWeb.net could serve as a bit of a hub. IIRC, it was set up specifically to cover all Amiga like systems. It could amalgamate recent posts/threads/news from all sites and provide a quick overview along with links. Each forum site would have a directory on the side cross-linking to all the others.

So, what do you people think? Good? Bad? Ok, but unworkable?

Hans

EDIT: If someone with an account on MorphZone or AmigaWeb likes this idea, please post it on those respective sites.

[Hans_]

Maybe I should add how this would work. All sites have a "wider Amiga neighbourhood" panel containing links to the other sites, with a quick note on what the sites are about. The AmigaWeb.net summary could be done by reading the RSS feeds and constructing the appropriate tables highlighting recent news/topics from all the sites.

For this to work, admins from all sites would have to agree to it.

Hans

[Hans_]

I hadn't thought of that. It wouldn't be a web-directory for everything Amiga, just a quick-link box for the major Amiga fora. That would not include links to Amiga Inc., Genesi, Hyperion, Elbox or any other company; just the fora. That list should be small enough, shouldn't it?

Hans