What feature would you like to see on theBubbler?

[keith]

Just a quick note to say, "We're working on virtually everything here!" They all take longer than we like (theBubbler.com is our "pet project" - and all of our paying customers have to come first!).

We are working on all this - some big things coming in January yet.

We sure appreciate the suggestions and the presence of everyone here.

An extra-fine 2005 to all of you!

Regards,
Keith

[qtpugbootz]

I was not aware maybe I should check before I go and ask things

[keith]

Originally Posted by qtpugbootz

I was not aware maybe I should check before I go and ask things

We're glad we have what you're looking for!

[madcityhippiechick]

I LOVE Polls - please please have more of them

Kriss 8)

[andy]

Originally Posted by madcityhippiechick

I LOVE Polls - please please have more of them

Kriss 8)

We have one poll a week to go with the Water Cooler News.

They are updated on Wednesday, so you are in luck!

[celtikatz]

to see an area for poker players to meet and create or schedule live poker tournaments with others in their area.
Lori

[keith]

Originally Posted by Angels_Wish

As someone who volunteers nearly full-time helping animals find new homes (in addition to having a real job), I have come across a pretty cool thing for websites. http://www.petfinder.com/tools/featuredpet/ has all the details, but basically there would be a module that would have a featured homeless pet from Wisconsin (There are over 120 shelters/rescues from WI on the petfinder.com website). It's really easy to set up.

Thanks!

Thanks for the tip; we'll add it to our list. Please keep in mind that theBubbler.com is our "pet project" (no pun intended). We have to take care of our paying customers first. Many of our clients are shown in the top main banners of theBubbler.com and we hope you'll patronize them, too, whenever possible.

Regards,
Keith

[Crys]

to see an area for poker players to meet and create or schedule live poker tournaments with others in their area.

There are some legal issues involving gambling to take into account with this. To be on the safe side, we've banned all solicitation to gamble from the site. I can't speak for the other admins, but I've let "poker for charity" posts/events/classifieds go because they're really more of a fundraiser than an incitement to gamble, but anything beyond that gets removed in fairly short order.

Providing a place for Wisconsinites to meet, talk, and plan events is one of the primary goals of theBubbler. We'll have to discuss the legal implications of providing a place specifically for poker tournament planning, but I'm pretty sure it's going to come down to asking people to keep it to their private messages when it comes to gambling.

I certainly encourage people to use the forums and the calendar to create groups and plan events in general! That's one of the reasons we have county-specific forums, in the hope that people will see them as a venue for planning local events.

[pk]

I'm still really a newbie here so you may have addressed this somewhere else and I missed it. But I was wondering if you plan on putting a chat room on your site? I noticed the poll shows 40% for one. Maybe you have one and I have not noticed it yet? You have soo much to check out that I may have missed it.

thanks for any info on this subject.

pk

[andy]

I haven't been able to find any decent chatroom software that would work with our existing site. If you know of any sites with chatrooms, send me a link and I'll take a look at it.

[keith]

Originally Posted by andy

That's an interesting idea...
Maybe a web-ring for each of the categories on the site?
I.E. a Wisconsin "White Water Rafting" web-ring? :wink:

If you have ideas for any specifics, let me know!

Thanks!

We've got way better than a web ring now...we've got a NETWORK - WisNetwork.com to be specific!

Here's our network so far:

theBubbler.com - the anchor of our network...free Membership required at theBubbler for most other features on the other sites in the network.

WisPages coming soon
WisFolks also coming soon

WisEvents - GREAT STUFF - theBubbler Calendar is tied into it
WisForums - resolves to these forums

WIRoots - some of the best genealogy pages around, tie into our genealogy pages in the Wisconsin Forums right here

WisX active, undergoing significant upgrades soon

WisMusic - Wait till you see what's coming here in about 6 weeks! About 10 new classifieds sections for Music and Musicians in Wisconsin just added to our Free Wisconsin Classifieds, too. Those will be tied into WisMusic - as will theBubbler.com Calendar and WisEvents.com!

WisTours basics coming soon

WisBrokers basics coming soon

WisCrafts Great little crafts site tied into these forums and WisEvents up now!

WisTeens freshly re-started last week

WisBlogs - in place and it will be awesome!

WisVehicles = up and running and using our free classifieds and our WisEvents feeds

WisEmployment - up and running with an 80% discount for Members of theBubbler.com! This is a sweet little Wisconsin Employment site.

WisRummages - Great tie-in with our Events calendar, and the classifieds here will soon be tied in, too

WisPersonals (the same as www.theBubblerPersonals.com, it's great!

WisFeeds
myWisFeeds These sites allow anyone to draw on content from theBubbler.com forums, classifieds and our calendar! Sweeeeeeeet!

Blogs at many of these sites, too! And more coming!

Regards,
Keith

[keith]

Originally Posted by coppercutlass

I would be interested in a Wisconsin Gardening Section. People from all over the state could give gardening tips, ask gardening questions, help with landscaping ideas, etc. There are so many different planting zones in Wisconsin so the options are endless. Members could discuss what works in their garden and what doesn't. I have also heard of "garden clubs" that swap seeds and plants with one another. It could also be a way to bring in new members and possibly create new friends among the Bubbler's current members.
Thanks

You got it! We've got the Wisconsin gardening forums right here in these forums, right now!

Regards,
Keith

[keith]

Originally Posted by Angels_Wish

As someone who volunteers nearly full-time helping animals find new homes (in addition to having a real job), I have come across a pretty cool thing for websites. http://www.petfinder.com/tools/featuredpet/ has all the details, but basically there would be a module that would have a featured homeless pet from Wisconsin (There are over 120 shelters/rescues from WI on the petfinder.com website). It's really easy to set up.

Thanks!

Thanks for this post. We're doing Amber Alerts for children on the site now.

For the animals in our lives we've added Wisconsin pet forums. We also just broke out our busiest single classifieds category (Pets & Pet Supplies For Sale) into a bunch of categories. Those categories with the current number of ads in parenthesis are shown below:


Pets and Pet Supplies, Livestock in Wisconsin (344)

Animals Lost and Found (1)

Birds, Bird Cages, Supplies, Etc., For Sale (25)

Birds, Bird Cages, Supplies, Etc., Wanted (9)

Cats For Sale (17)

Cats Wanted (2)

Dog Breeding, Training, Supplies, etc. (29)

Dogs For Sale (83)

Dogs Wanted (16)

Fish, Fish Supplies and Equipment For Sale (12)

Fish, Fish Supplies and Equipment Wanted (1)

Horses For Sale (71)

Horses Wanted (2)

Horses, Feed, Training, Supplies, etc. (31)

Livestock For Sale (11)

Livestock Wanted (9)

Other Pets For Sale (25)

Other Pets Wanted (1)

Reptiles For Sale (6)

Reptiles Wanted (2)

Rescue Services, Shelters, Humane Societies (2)

Veterinary Services (2)

The addition of the Lost & Found and Rescue Services are part of our particular efforts to help some of the great Members here with their involvement helping animals throughout Wisconsin.

Thanks for the tip, and for being one of those Members here that cares deeply about animal welfare.

Regards,
Keith