freak show Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Recently a thread was created, in which a member of the Gibson Forum asked: Why is everybody suddenly posting Epi questions on the Gibson forum? I had to come over here to see if here's some hidden link that dumps you out in the middle of the Gibson boards. After doing some investigating, I discovered that he is correct, and this was my response: If a person is on the Epiphone site and clicks on "Forums", he lands on the Gibson Forum. The Gibson Forum is huge and has many sections. Lost in all of these subcategories is the Epiphone Forum. A person basically has to know it's there to even find it. My question for the "Administrators": Wouldn't it make more sense to direct a person from the Epiphone site directly to the Epiphone Forum? I think that would be helpful for new members with questions about their Epiphones... Anyone agree??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianh Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I agree. I noticed this a few months ago and thought at the time that it would be confusing for noobs, and then forgot about it. Apparently, some of the Gibson forum guys have no patience for dumb questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTheHood Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Agreed as well. The link has been like that for quite some time now. I made a prediction last year that Gibson was going to combine all of their brands into one forum. I'm still not sure if I'm wrong about that. Wouldnt that be a disaster/fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Old Scratch wrote: If a person is on the Epiphone site and clicks on "Forums" I only get a epiphone forums link. Where is the incorrect link situated? You are totally right OS all links should make the navigation of the site specific for Epiphone and Gibson users. I have never ventured into the Gibson site. But it would be good to know where that link is you refer to so I can avoid it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak show Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 I only get a epiphone forums link. Where is the incorrect link situated? You are totally right OS all links should make the navigation of the site specific for Epiphone and Gibson users. I have never ventured into the Gibson site. But it would be good to know where that link is you refer to so I can avoid it. You're right: The link "FORUM" under the big central image takes one directly to the Epiphone Forum (as it should). BUT: At the top of the page are links such as "Products", "Store" and "Community". If a person opens "Community", scrolls down to "Forums", and clicks, he lands on the Gibson Forum. I suspect that many "noobs" are taking this path and ending up on the Gibson Forum, although they would much rather be coming to the people who can answer their questions best, i.e. Epiphone owners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Fine sleuthing OS, good that you have pointed that out. I see the lay of the land now. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altair Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 The thing is, the Epiphone site seems to reside in some Gibson frame. All the links on the top row will take you to Gibson. You have to use the links either on the right or inside the page itself in order to stay with Epiphone. I agree this is a bit annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTheHood Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 ...or the links at the bottom. It is true, the top bar is all Gibson. Here's the part causing confusion: You go to the Epiphone page. You see "community" at the top and get directed to the Gibson forums. You see "Epiphone" listed in the board index. SWEET! You go sign up to the Gibson forums in hopes of discussing your new Epi in the Epi section. You sign up and get your login and all that jazz, procede to the Epi section only to find yourself at the actual Epiphone forum which requires a NEW login/pass. Frustrated , annoyed and confused, you say "screw it" and post your questions on the Gibby board. After all, Epiphone is made by Gibson, right? In my not-so-humble opinion, Gibson either needs to remove the Epiphone, Stienberger, Baldwin, ect. board/links on the Gibson forum and post them as actual links at the top of the page to eliminate this unneccessary confusion - OR- Just combine all of the forums into one big happy family. I would prefer the former. All it would take is a few small banner links that say "Click here to visit the ____ forum". Problem solved. They can do it on all of the forums and have them completely cross-linked and uniform without this nonsense. This is really a no-brainer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSDx Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 If you do get to the Gib forum, there is a sub-forum for Gibson family of brands or somesuch, with a sub-sub-forum link for Epi, which redirects you here....but, yeah, very convoluted way of going about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianh Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Oops, nevermind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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