Tileforums.com recommended by UK Tiler Register

Over the last few weeks we've been using a number of forums to assess which tile forum offers the best experience for the professional tiler. Admittedly there aren't that many tile forums out there, but if you are going to invest your time and effort in using a forum to either learn something new or offer advice to others, you have to ensure you picked the right one.

To establish which forum was suitable for our recommendation, we had to ensure the said forum met certain criteria. Fancy features were not at the top of our requirements, neither was the graphical look of the forum but the following points were essential to determining the best tile forum for UK tilers.

• Quality of advice and guidance
• Professionally moderated boards
• Unbiased opinions
• Data and personal information security
• Site stability and response speed
• Overall user and visitor experience

Time and again we kept returning to the same forum for more than the criteria listed above, but for a while there was a potential contender. This contender was naturally removed from the running when we noticed threads which publicly slandered a member who had recently been banned, allowing the thread to go so far to publicly name the member and his address along with unsubstantiated claims. These claims were also mirrored on an associated blog. Please note that whilst the thread and blog post have been removed, the damage and defamation of the ex-member in question has already been done. Copies of the aforementioned threads/blog are available to interested parties.

So that left a sole runner in the tile forum arena the Tile Forums run by the Professional-ITT training centre. We arranged to meet with the system administrators of the Tile Forums to discuss data security and site stability which we felt was sorely lacking on the other sites. Right from the start we were impressed with the professionalism of the staff and the dedication involved in maintaining the forums quality.

So to conclude, we found the forum run by Professional-ITT to be the best overall forum experience for tilers, with exceptionally good advice and guidance. Keen moderation and an overall the members of the board are highly commendable for their professional approach.

Admittedly some may criticise the board for promoting their own products and courses, but surely that makes perfect sense was they're ensuring that their company, forum and staff promote products that they believe are the best they can and products they believe in. This is a far more professional situation than a board that sells advertising to the highest bidder with no control over the quality of the products or courses offered.

Once again thank you for the kind hospitality offered to us by the Professional-ITT Tile Training Course staff.

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