So, for anyone perusing the topics, I’m looking for some feedback concerning Categories for the site. Any ideas on what might be some good categories to set up? I don’t want too many to avoid being too cluttered or confusing, but understand that a few categories might help a bit.
Perhaps starting from a high level idea, like hardware, software?
Shooting, Post? (just spitballing ideas here…)
To see the current categories: check here. They are bascially:
PIXLS.US (For imported posts from the website ie: comment threads on posts)
Meta (Category about this forum and the website itself)
Uncategorized
Staff (Not normally visible to all users)
Lounge (Trust Level 3 and higher users)
Some more brainstorming…
Critique/Criticisms for users to upload images and get feedback?
A showcase category? Maybe make this and C&C sub-categories of “Images”?
Feedback (for C&C)
Showcase (not quite sold on this)
Shooting
Processing
Tutorials (not sure if this is part of/sub of processing)
I’m thinking this category can be useful for troubleshooting issues of all sorts (processing as well as photographing things). I can add sub-categories as needed to this, but I want to approach the categories with a light hand and not make too many early on…
I’m dating myself with this album cover, aren’t I?
Processing
This one is a catch-all for any post-processing topics. Some forums will break this out too much (like sub-categories for each piece of software). This is something I’d like to avoid if possible as it really gets too confusing this way.
I am also considering adding one other category for the act of capturing photographs, lighting, techniques, setups, etc. All the physical things that go into creating a photograph. I’m just not quite sure what to call it just yet. I was originally considering Shooting, but the connotation might be negative. Photographing is another thought as is Capturing. I’m open to any thoughts or feedback about this!
