Move template downloads to the forum? Options

[sgdavis]

I am thinking about deleting the existing "Templates" page and instead creating a "Template Downloads" forum topic. Here are the benefits of doing this:

1. The forum has a downloads counter, so we could track how many downloads there have been of various templates.
2. Users could use the search function of this forum to search for templates by route, author, etc. and find them faster rather than having to look through the alphabetized list on the web page.
3. Template creators would be able to post their own templates just by attaching them to forum topics instead of waiting for me to upload these.

The disadvantages:

1. The templates would no longer be organized in a standard format and alphabetized.
2. It would be up to the template designers to describe their own templates and note things like downloads needed and version of Activity Generator.
3. I wouldn't be packaging the templates so the packaging might not be consistent.I can't support BOTH methods, because it would take double the storage space and the download counts would be meaningless since the templates could also be downloaded from the web page.

Please let me know what you'd prefer using this topic's poll.

Thanks!

Steve