Welcome to the new online home for the International Big History Association!

If you have any issues using the new site, please feel free to send an e-mail to support@bighistory.org.

If you have questions, comments, feature requests or just want to let me know something, feel free to send me a message at hkyeakley@bighistory.org.

Enjoy the new site!

Karen,

Thank you. I'm glad you like the site. I spent a lot of time working on it.

I have also been a little concerned about the lack of activity on the forums. I was hoping to see more activity and discussion.

If the forums are hard to find, we can certainly discuss a more optimal placement within the site navigation.

I chose to put the forums under "Member Resources" because you have to have an account in order to post, and the only way to have an account is to be an IBHA member. I'd have to go check the settings on the old site, but I don't think the original forums had an ability for non-members to show up and post to the forums.

If we choose to relocate the forums to a different location, it is actually not much work at all. I can rearrange the site navigation in seconds. 

One thing to keep in mind is that I set the site up with mobile computing in mind. More and more people are viewing the site on tablets and smartphones. I went with a minimal top level navigation on the front page to prevent clutter on mobile devices.

I've said this to the IBHA Board, and I'll post it here as well. My primary objective with this site is to create a platform that:
#1) Enables IBHA members to advance the field of big history
#2) Facilitates big history-related business/projects/initiatives

I'm completely open to suggestions on how to make this site better. No one will ever hurt my feelings by sending me an e-mail that says "Hey, is it possible to add blah blah blah to this page?" or "Can we add a page that talks about xyz?" 

If we need to take the forums and rearrange/modify/rename/move/promote/restructure/retitle/whatever, I'd be happy to work on that. I would really like to see more discussions.

Feel free to drop me a line at hkyeakley@bighistory.org.

Thanks for posting.

Hi Karen, Hi Heathe,

I subscribed to the forums and so I got an email when there was a new post from you Karen. But I became a member only after the new site went online.

Apart from that, it could be just a matter of time that there is so little going on in this forum.

While I use mobile devices to read something online, I prefer the computer to write. Also, I keep two windows open, so that I can get back to the post that I am replying to which seems to be impossible otherwise.

As for the site, Heathe, I find it well structured and fun to look at. If only I had so much to say about the topics being raised here ... 

Karen, I am also reading through the Big History Textbook Between Nothing and Everything, and as soon as I get to chapter 7, I'll let you know what I think about the bias-thing you mentioned in the other discussion.

Kind regards, Yvonne

Hi Heathe, I notice when I log onto the site, I get an error message that says something about wild apricot. But if I go back from that page, I find it did indeed log me on. Other members might get this error message logging on and give up.

I also wanted to say that when we switched to the new site, I think I got unsubscribed from the forum. If that's true of everyone, what would you think of resubscribing all the people to the forum who were subscribed before the switch? My worry is that they have kind of forgotten about the forum since they're no longer getting notification of activity here, and may assume inactivity. An alternative would be to send out an email to every member saying they have to redo any subscription they want to the forum on the new site.

Cheers

Hi Heathe, the last two times I logged on, I did't get the error. So I guess that's not a problem after all.