ADMIN;
I did a litte looking for somthing, that I remember from looking at various disscusion forums, a while back. check this out http://shouldexist.org
most of these board software programs (meaning all, or at least execept for one) are mostly a generic program that everyone uses. Personally I think the way this one is set up is pretty dam good. Also these same programs have several customiziable features. for expample the way the main page includes all new postings from all "catagorys" is working quite well. also if someone posts to one of the postings it does not change its location "ie" bring it up to the top of the list. this part of the system (board)"works fine".
heres my sugestion///
we dont really need the DIARY section. if that small portion "the diary" of the from the main page was replaced with "newest postings from all sections" the arcive capability of this site would be greatly enhanced, this would allow new users to interact when they find an old post, these guys (potental new users) are being directed to these old posts by a search engine. unfortunitly the posts these guys are finding and posting to, are so far back on the list ,or archive, nobody know's they were there, and posted a comment or question.
If someone is really that interested in your diary, then they can already "easily" link to it from your 'handle'(mine is JW) located at the bottom of your posts. so IN MY OPINION THE DIRARY SECTION IS REDUNDANT. in my mind this should be easily configured with the "existing software" that is up and running here, but I could be wrong, but creating a "whole new" page to do this is probably not practical. anyway if you change only that -repace the dirary display box, with most recent postings from all sections- for me, as a user of this board i see it as a plus. but i feel its important to "note" the board works fine, and is really good, even without this suggested minor change.
-JW