The debate and poll space, that since 1998 has been offered by
BalearWeb,
has been completely revamped. The new
FORUM,
in contrast to the previous system, permits several simultaneous areas
of debate that can be created by the users themselves. To start with, the
Forum has been organised in the following three main categories:
GENERAL,
that includes a sub category dedicated to general topics and other sub
category dedicated to technical questions relating to Internet;
ISLANDS,
with four sub categories dedicated respectively to topics relating to Mallorca,
Menorca, Eivissa and Formentera; and
ARCHIVE,
that includes one sub category that links to the debates and polls carried
out until December 5, 2003. Within any of these sub categories, except
in the Archive which is closed, the users may create new topics or write
in the topics already started. To read, respond and create new debate topics
it is not necessary to be registered, but to be able to vote in the polls
proposed by BalearWeb it is necessary to be a registered user, to avoid
the falsification of results. The registered users have other additional
options not available to guest users, such as changing the language (from
Catalan to Spanish or English), sending private messages or e-mails to
other users, subscription to user groups and access to user preferences
and configurations.
Independently of the topics started by users, BalearWeb opens the new
Forum proposing the debates with the following polls:
Do
the Institutions give enough support to the Catalan language? (General
> General),
Do
you like the new Forum? ( General > General),
What
do you think of the new Road Plan? (Islands > Mallorca),
Do
you think the Menorca airport should be extended? (Islands > Menorca),
Eivissa
or Ibiza? (Islands > Eivissa),
Do
you think that Formentera needs its own Insular Council? (Islands >
Formentera).
As for software, the
Forum
is an adaptation carried out by
BalearWeb
of the application by
phpBB Group,
distributed freely via General Public Licence (
GNU).
More information:
www.balearweb.com/forum
