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Title: Open call for ideas
Post by: sl1982 on 2011-03-29 01:58:12
With my upgraded status we can now modify the forums to better suit everyone's needs. So what I am asking for is ideas.

Don't like the way something works? Let me know.
Have a great idea? Post it here and we might be able to implement it.
Think something can be done a better way? Well lets do it.

While I can't promise that everything everyone suggests will be implemented, we can at least have a good discussion and see if it is viable.

So post your thoughts. Go!
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: obesebear on 2011-03-29 02:04:03
#1  Implement a google search instead of whatever this built in one is.
 
Also, silver stars for the staff ;)
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: sl1982 on 2011-03-29 02:13:25
#1  Implement a google search instead of whatever this built in one is.

Definitely a good idea, i will look into it.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: yarLson on 2011-03-29 03:16:16
well I'll rack my brain and try to come up with something useful but for now I'll just say that splitting each board into per game sections would be immensely helpful. I dunno how tough this would be though, probably be a lot of manual effort involved I would imagine.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: sl1982 on 2011-03-29 03:23:50
well I'll rack my brain and try to come up with something useful but for now I'll just say that splitting each board into per game sections would be immensely helpful. I dunno how tough this would be though, probably be a lot of manual effort involved I would imagine.

You have no idea. Plus the hierarchy would be difficult to navigate. Not to mention i don't think child boards can have child boards.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: nfitc1 on 2011-03-29 05:06:12
<looks at sl1982's name>
Oooooohh, flashy.....   8)
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: sl1982 on 2011-03-29 05:10:19

Also, silver stars for the staff ;)

Can't do the silver stars. Could give you two rows of blue stars?
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: The Seer of Shadows on 2011-03-29 09:25:12
Now, that is just overkill...
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: obesebear on 2011-03-29 11:03:18
Can't do the silver stars. Could give you two rows of blue stars?
I'll take it.  Curious if you've also been given enough power to assign future moderators?
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: sl1982 on 2011-03-29 14:58:59
I'll take it.  Curious if you've also been given enough power to assign future moderators?

If need be.
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Post by: Jenova's Witness on 2011-03-29 22:56:20
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Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: Bosola on 2011-03-29 23:22:52
I suggest we limit avatars more by filesize than resolution.

I think 120x120 and 50kb would work well.
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Post by: Jenova's Witness on 2011-03-29 23:31:07
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Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: sl1982 on 2011-03-30 02:48:24
That's the best everyone could come up with? Bigger avatars so Jenova's Witness could show some skin ... and pickles? I guess it is not a big deal since none of the avatars are hosted on Qhimm, and I am sure 99% of us are on some sort of broadband. Be warned that anyone who abuses the avatars will have the privilege of them removed.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: obesebear on 2011-03-30 02:56:36
I take it the google searchbar was a failed attempt?

There is always site:http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php I guess
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: sl1982 on 2011-03-30 03:02:41
Adding any packages to the site requires access that I do not have, so unfortunately Google Search is a no go.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: Timber on 2011-03-30 05:11:46
I would also love an improved search, the current one is horrid.

Also other problems:
When I send a PM now, it doesn't show up in 'sent messages'.
At the bottom of the main index it says "Most Online Today: 2. Most Online Ever: 2 (May 08, 2006, 08:00:28 PM)" lol
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: sl1982 on 2011-03-30 05:38:45
I cannot do anything about the search at the moment unfortunately.

Goto your profile and turn on 'Save a copy of each personal message in my sent items by default. ' under Personal Messaging.

Hmmm, yes. That has annoyed me for some time. Ill take a look into it.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: obesebear on 2011-03-30 13:43:18
Request: New maximum size for avatars.
150x150 pixels or 50 KB

I can't think of anything terribly original, except maybe FAQ maid/mods whose only responsibility is to comb through old posts, add answers to various FAQs, and then delete the old posts.  Though I don't know enough about FF7 to know how these FAQs should be organized.  This is strictly a housekeeping idea, but it would be nice to have answers to every question ever asked in a neatly organized and searchable form.
I do like this idea, but good god that is a ton of work.  There are currently exactly 8051 threads and 108,070 posts (not including completely unrelated).  There's just no way without dozens of people working on it and an extreme level of organization.

Would be helpful though... people looking for help with FFVII High Resolution Patch could be deleted, and other posts like that.  It's just too much work for very little benefit.

On a somewhat related note, I have always toyed with the idea of no longer having post counts or stars even.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: Kudistos Megistos on 2011-03-30 15:54:09
That's the best everyone could come up with? Bigger avatars so Jenova's Witness could show some skin ... and pickles? I guess it is not a big deal since none of the avatars are hosted on Qhimm, and I am sure 99% of us are on some sort of broadband. Be warned that anyone who abuses the avatars will have the privilege of them removed.

They should have come up with ideas that will really help the forums, like letting you give yourself more stars.

And how does the "ignore member" option work? If it ignores all their posts on the forums, the following two scenarios are likely to result:

Scenario one:

Primus: Hey guise, how do I x?
Secundus: You can x by ying your z.
Tertius (who has Secundus on his ignore list): You can x by ying your z.

Scenario two:

Primus: Hey guise, how do I x?
Secundus (who, unbeknownst to him, is on Primus' ignore list): You can x by ying your z.
Tertius, Quartus...nsimus (aside): The question has been answered, so let's not bother repeating anything.
Primus (aside): Why is no-one answering my question? BAWWWWW!

This is is the lesser of two evils on social forums, but it seems like a bad idea on a technical one.

As for positive suggestions, I'd like to repeat the calls for a better search option (the current one is worse than useless) and a review on avatar restrictions. 100x100px and 10KB is from the days of dial-up and is no longer necessary. Instead, the focus should be on preventing obnoxius and distracting avatars rather than ones with a big filesize. Allowing avatars beyond 150x150 and long animated gifs will make threads unpleasant to read, but something like a 120x120, 20KB avatar should be fine. I'd advocate at least doubling the filesize limit (but not going beyond 50KB, so that unnecessarily long gifs can't be used) and setting a size limit of something like 120x120px or 150x150px. Anything huge would be distracting.

But wait, I have another negative suggestion! I feel the need to inb4 sigs. Signatures are the cancer that is killing the intertubes and have no function other than ego stroking and making stuff half to read because threads are walls of signature with tiny amounts of text in between. No-one ever reads them, anyway. I know that no-one has suggested sigs, but I'd like to voice my opposition to them in advance. ;D

I can't think of anything terribly original, except maybe FAQ maid/mods whose only responsibility is to comb through old posts, add answers to various FAQs, and then delete the old posts.

A meido-san? Uwaaa! Can we dress her up in a French maid outfit with nekomimi and a tail? I like this idea!
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: sl1982 on 2011-03-30 16:29:08
Well of course thats why I did this, just so someone suggested I have more stars.

Ignore Members: As for the ignore member function, in my opinion it should stay as it is. Some people just cannot get along.

Search Engine: Ill look into seeing what I can do to improve the one on here, within my abilities that is.

Avatars: I think 150x150 50kb is a decent maximum. Assuming an approximate amount of 10 posts per page it will be at max 500kb to load. Which should not strain anyone's internet. Can anybody test for me if a 150x150 avatar works as is, or if i need to change anything?

Signatures: I totally agree. Signatures are not needed and will not be turned on.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: obesebear on 2011-03-30 17:01:41
Just tried a .gif 132x148 avatar at 16kb.  Failed.


Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: Kudistos Megistos on 2011-03-30 17:08:37
Well of course thats why I did this, just so someone suggested I have more stars.

samuelljacksonenglishdoyouspeakit.jpg :mrgreen:

Ignore Members: As for the ignore member function, in my opinion it should stay as it is. Some people just cannot get along.

Sou nan desu ka? Well, if people make fools of themselves or miss out on valuable information because they were too hasty with the ignore button, they'll have no-one to blame but themselves.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: sl1982 on 2011-03-30 17:25:50
samuelljacksonenglishdoyouspeakit.jpg :mrgreen:

Sou nan desu ka? Well, if people make fools of themselves or miss out on valuable information because they were too hasty with the ignore button, they'll have no-one to blame but themselves.

 :P

I totally agree with your second statement.

edit: Ok someone try an avatar again.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: obesebear on 2011-03-30 17:33:46
Check it





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Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: Covarr on 2011-03-30 18:01:16
I'm not entirely sure signatures entirely need disabled. While I agree that sig images are pointless and signatures in general can be unwieldy, I also feel that length-limited (250 chars, perhaps?) text/link only signatures CAN be beneficial. Off the top of my head, people could link to their own mods/tools. This would be particularly handy for people whose projects are not frequently updated, as some really good stuff can get pushed back a few pages never to be seen again. If wasted screen space is really a concern, a smaller default size could also be used, and the size tag disabled.

Note: to be clear, I am absolutely not advocating or requesting signatures with images or any other stupid self-indulgent nonsense like that.

An example of a tasteful yet useful sort of signature:


My Projects:
A useful tool (#post_) | Game mod (#post_) | Another thing (#post_)
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: pyrozen on 2011-03-31 01:50:29
i agree with corvarrs suggestion for text only sigs...makes it easy to link members of from the same projects, as well as listing projects you have worked on. It makes it easy to find more work from a particular author if you like their style. Of course this could be easily negated with a better search function.....
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: sl1982 on 2011-03-31 02:16:06
*Sighs*

When I can figure out how to fix the search function I will (remember I am new at this)

As for signatures, I dont know. Here is what I forsee if enabled: Some very few members will actually have something useful there. Most will have some sort of random crap. So do we allow the crap? Do I allow signatures and then remove the ability for the people that abuse it? That is an awful lot of work for the potential gain.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: obesebear on 2011-03-31 03:05:54
I agree with Kudistos, no signatures.  If you're looking for a certain Tool, there's only 2 pages to look through.  Mods come and go so quickly it's hard to keep track of who's doing what and is much easier to look through the first few pages of the Mods forum. 

I was wondering, would it be possible to change the link of the search from http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?action=search (http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?action=search) to http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=site:http%3A%2F%2Fforums.qhimm.com%2Findex.php (http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=site:http%3A%2F%2Fforums.qhimm.com%2Findex.php) ?  That way if someone clicks the search button they will immediately be linked to google where all they have to do is type in what they are looking for after the .php.   There is probably some kind of script that could be ran instead, or probably a better link to use, but my homework has left me too drained to think properly.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: Mako on 2011-03-31 04:23:38
SL1982 There are many mods you can install to SMF Like:

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1930

Not familiar with SMF layout but it should let you upload an .xml file, its just that easy. Make sure you do a cache clean up afterwards :)  Just do some searching around the CP you'll find it.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: sl1982 on 2011-03-31 04:52:52
I do not have access to upload files to the server. So no adding mods. All i can do is mundane stuff like modify boards and usergroups and such.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: yarLson on 2011-03-31 07:55:11
so this is kinda obscure but in the member's list. How about a way to organize member's by post count. Can't really come up with a good reason why this would be useful right now, I'm tired...but it might be. Anyone wanna back me up? Haha I'll keep thinking
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: Kudistos Megistos on 2011-03-31 14:31:34
so this is kinda obscure but in the member's list. How about a way to organize member's by post count. Can't really come up with a good reason why this would be useful right now, I'm tired...but it might be. Anyone wanna back me up? Haha I'll keep thinking

Yes, it would be great if you could just click on the word post and have it arrange the list by post count in descending order. Even better if you could click a second time and arrange them by post count in ascending order. That way, we'd be able to see who has the highest post count and therefore the biggest penis.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: Covarr on 2011-03-31 15:44:35
so this is kinda obscure but in the member's list. How about a way to organize member's by post count. Can't really come up with a good reason why this would be useful right now, I'm tired...but it might be. Anyone wanna back me up? Haha I'll keep thinking
Yeah, that's a nice feature. It would be great if we already had it. (http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/9673/sortbyuser.png)
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: yarLson on 2011-03-31 19:10:23
how did you do that^  :o
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Post by: Jenova's Witness on 2011-03-31 21:04:35
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Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: Mako on 2011-03-31 21:07:56
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http://www.verve-fanworks.com/SMF/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=333.0;attach=480

You can't see it, but there's a drop down box with different options under the word prefix.

This would be a mod...SL1982 can't grant this wish :/
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Post by: Jenova's Witness on 2011-03-31 21:09:22
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Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: yarLson on 2011-03-31 21:17:34
Why not?  I'm curious.
I do not have access to upload files to the server. So no adding mods. All i can do is mundane stuff like modify boards and usergroups and such.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: Mako on 2011-03-31 21:18:12
Why not?  I'm curious.

He doesn't have access to the server. He is only an admin with access to the control panel, ffhacks has people that have this access.

yarLson, beat me to it.
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Post by: Jenova's Witness on 2011-03-31 21:20:55
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Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: yarLson on 2011-03-31 21:23:16
I would imagine that Qhimm himself does, along with whoever maintains the physical server I'm sure
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Post by: Jenova's Witness on 2011-03-31 22:46:27
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Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: yarLson on 2011-03-31 22:51:18
Yes and yes
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: Mako on 2011-03-31 23:55:24
Kinda and probably not

Fixed that for ya, I personally think the boards are fine (aside from the search system) why fix what ain't broke :P
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: yarLson on 2011-04-01 00:09:43
I'm pretty sure even moderators can rearrange boards so why do you say probably not?
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: obesebear on 2011-04-01 00:38:26
Nope, moderators can't rearrange boards or that would have been one of the first things I did a year ago.   Seeing as sl is asking what we should rename Tech Related to, I think it's safe to assume he can edit them as well
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: sl1982 on 2011-04-01 00:40:27
I can modify boards, add boards, rename them. Pretty much everything to do with them i can do. Anything short of access to the server itself I can do (within the limits of SMF)
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: obesebear on 2011-04-07 06:36:40
one more post just to see what happens
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: obesebear on 2011-04-07 06:39:37
so 10,000 is ok, let's see what happens when you hit 100k

edit: this is just ridiculous
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: kicker on 2011-07-18 08:03:00
I had an idea yesterday about how we could improve the forum. Maybe you could try and create a topic where members can put artwork, animation etc for final fantasy. Furthermore maybe it could contain fan made videos and maybe links to those videos.Maybe a qhimm youtube channel could be created where tech videos or installation video guides could be put so as to help people who have a harder time with the game or want to start creating their own mods be helped out.. i wasn't quite sure if this was supposed to be posted in general discussion or here but i think it was wisest to be posted here. nevertheless, i hope you'll take my idea into consideration. :)
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: FeliX Leonhart on 2011-07-18 19:20:51
I had an idea yesterday about how we could improve the forum. Maybe you could try and create a topic where members can put artwork, animation etc for final fantasy. Furthermore maybe it could contain fan made videos and maybe links to those videos.Maybe a qhimm youtube channel could be created where tech videos or installation video guides could be put so as to help people who have a harder time with the game or want to start creating their own mods be helped out.. i wasn't quite sure if this was supposed to be posted in general discussion or here but i think it was wisest to be posted here. nevertheless, i hope you'll take my idea into consideration. :)

Yeah, let's create the Qhimmbook social network >_<
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: jeffdamann on 2011-07-18 19:28:19
I think we desperately need embedded youtube videos. Im becoming a recording whore with these GPU's( can you say fraps recording at 100 fps in Battlefield: BC2? I can :P
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: sl1982 on 2011-07-18 21:36:23
Embedded youtube video's are restricted for those with administrator privledges.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: jeffdamann on 2011-07-18 21:46:15
Well gimme some admin priveleges then ;)

I think you could give it to people with FREAK level or higher, im sure noone here would abuse it.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: sl1982 on 2011-07-18 22:46:47
It is not something I am able to change. It is built into SMF like that.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: jeffdamann on 2011-07-18 23:23:32
Well if I ever make a thread that needs embedded videos, could I get you to edit the posts for me(if You feel like it) so that it can have said videos?
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: sl1982 on 2011-07-19 00:09:46
Perhaps if it is needed. I am not going to clutter the unrelated forum with videos, but if it is ff related I may consider it.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: jeffdamann on 2011-07-19 16:24:40
Of course, I was thinking of making a thread that highlights all the mods with pics, movies, links, etc so that everything can be found in one consolidated thread. I know this has been done before. But the thread that holds this information needs to be HIGHLY professional.

Also If I ever got permission from all the mod owners to do such a thing, Id want the topic to be locked because its just there to showcase all the mods and link you to them, no reply is needed.
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Post by: Jenova's Witness on 2011-07-20 15:55:47
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Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: kicker on 2011-07-25 03:24:25
Yeah, let's create the Qhimmbook social network >_<

duh!it should be not Qhimmbook social network but Qhimm+ :P :P :P
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: nfitc1 on 2011-07-29 18:14:40
If it isn't in place already, can you make new users (either two week old accounts or less than 30 posts or so) see a "be sure to check the FAQs/rules before posting" before they start a new topic or reply? We get a lot of pointless repeat questions.

If smf can't do it then we'll just have to live with it.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: Kudistos Megistos on 2011-07-29 18:23:55
If it isn't in place already, can you make new users (either two week old accounts or less than 30 posts or so) see a "be sure to check the FAQs/rules before posting" before they start a new topic or reply? We get a lot of pointless repeat questions.

If smf can't do it then we'll just have to live with it.

I can't comment on the feasibility of this, but I can say it will have no effect; they'll ignore it the same way people ignore terms and conditions forms. Noobs gonna noob
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: PitBrat on 2011-07-30 00:05:22
Or you could have 'em answer a random question about the forum rules before they can post!  :evil:
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: dkma841 on 2011-07-30 20:17:42
Haha great idea ;D
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Post by: Jenova's Witness on 2011-08-08 20:10:23
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Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: NVNiko on 2011-08-16 08:52:21
Incoming first post/

How about a link to the home page?  I've been lurking this forum for over a year and I just now saw what the home page looks like.  And this was only because I was curious enough to type "qhimm.com" in my address bar.

/Be gentle :-\

PS - On another note I'm thinking of compiling that archive of downloads.  But is it really necessary to ask for permission to post links to someone's work if they themselves posted it to "this" forum?
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: sl1982 on 2011-08-16 10:53:55
If you are releasing someone elses work you should have their permission first.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: kicker on 2011-08-17 06:18:30
Why hasn't anyone suggested to put some backgrounds??? maybe not flashy things. I can't really express how i would liked it to be changed. Right now it's simple and it's really nice. But wouldn't it make it more friendly if it had some ff picture or something??????  :| :|
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: PitBrat on 2011-08-17 06:29:58
I've put some effort into this list of FF7 mods-- Bootleg (http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=12008.msg167686#msg167686).

We can insert pictures in posts; but it can clog up a thread.

-PitBrat
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: FeliX Leonhart on 2011-08-21 17:09:47
Can we turn on signature option like on any other forums?
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: sl1982 on 2011-08-21 17:48:55
Can we turn on signature option like on any other forums?

We could but I am not sure it is a good idea.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: PitBrat on 2011-08-21 20:10:32
It's annoying enough when I plaster my sig at the end of every post.
Can you imagine if everyone were doing it!
ACK!!! :o
-PitBrat
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: Tekkie.X on 2011-08-21 20:56:10
Could always put some rules on it, only 1 image, no more than say, 450x150 or something.

Example using the one I made to match my avatar although it's 320x150.
 (http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/1755/deusig.png)
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: dkma841 on 2011-08-21 22:56:26
i think it should be 1 line long and the text should be grayed out so it doesn't stand out too much and sig pictures like dragonninja's should be slightly smaller and streamline so it doesn't hog up too much space
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: Covarr on 2011-08-21 23:05:16
I'm personally in favor of text-only signatures with a character limit. Back in the days when they couldn't be disabled entirely and instead were limited to just one character, my signature was é.

However, I'm pretty sure the issue has been brought up before, and always ends with "no".


Covarr is awesome 2011!
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: Vgr on 2011-08-21 23:08:33
256 characters max, allowing pictures would be fine, with the option of entirely disabling them.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: obesebear on 2011-08-21 23:52:31
There is no reason for having signatures.  Feel free to make the argument you could link to important things in them, but even if you did just have helpful links, people will ignore them.   Others will fill it with things they think are funny and stupid pictures/memes, and then the forums look completely cluttered and stupid.


By all means, everyone interested in having them go ahead and post an exact depiction of what yours would be.  Who knows, maybe someone will be able to make a strong argument for them.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: Vgr on 2011-08-22 02:40:03

I help newbies, but please read before asking.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: NVNiko on 2011-08-22 03:00:05
There's absolutely no reason to allow pictures in a signature.  But I say put them in so people could drop some helpful links that others might be interested in.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: Vgr on 2011-08-22 03:01:43
Maybe allow them and disable them for people that don't deserve it. Or allow it only for people with 100+ posts or so. Well, you see the point.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: dkma841 on 2011-08-22 14:31:42
or put links to mods that person made
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: PitBrat on 2011-08-22 14:59:27
Yes, Qhimm needs a mod registry to keep all of the download links in one place.  Even after months of scouring the forum, I continue to find new treasures.
I'm trying to keep track of everything in a Bootleg Mod List (http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=12008.msg167686#msg167686), but it's really not satisfactory.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: Covarr on 2011-08-22 17:18:43
Most of it can be found on the wiki, specifically this page (http://wiki.qhimm.com/FF7/Technical/Customising).

Does SMF have an option to have an external link mixed in with the boards? It would make the wiki WAY easier to find, since many people go straight to the forums and many don't even know it exists. I imagine it something like this:

Read this first!
>Announcements and Site Development
>Frequently Asked Questions
>Wiki

Final Fantasy Forums
>etc

Off-Topic Forums
>etc

Project Forums
>etc
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: sl1982 on 2011-08-22 17:35:48
Yes it does. I will look into it later.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: FeliX Leonhart on 2011-08-22 23:47:36
There is no reason for having signatures.  Feel free to make the argument you could link to important things in them, but even if you did just have helpful links, people will ignore them.   Others will fill it with things they think are funny and stupid pictures/memes, and then the forums look completely cluttered and stupid.

I suggest that an option for a 350х40 (standard bigbar res) image and a limited text support (256 symbols) should be added . Most of the funny/stupid pictures don't fit into that resolution. Images with identical resolution and allingment (centered for example) would make the forum more livelier and not cluttered. And the text would give an option to highlight usefull links or other information. I know that you work hard to make the forums clean, but it's too clean.  You should make an experiment, and only if it will be a complete failture, than you disable it again. ;D

IMHO it'll bring more life to this forums
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: PitBrat on 2011-08-23 02:04:41
The Wiki page is very outdated.
I unsuccessfully attempted to edit the Wiki entry.
I was unable to create an account.
Who is in charge of maintaining the FF7 Wiki?
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: Covarr on 2011-08-23 02:29:33
There's no one person in charge of updating it; basically anybody with wiki access edits it when they feel like it/see a problem. If you need something changed, you're free to give me a holler by PM or in the IRC. I'm not sure who all else has wiki access, but we try to keep it relatively maintained.

You think it's outdated now, you shoulda seen it before I got to it. There were some dead links, links to years-old versions of things, tools that have been replaced with better, less-crashy ones, etc. Nowadays not everything is in there, but it's at least enough to get people playing the game properly.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: Vegadawg2 on 2011-08-23 05:18:18
If anyone can get the Wiki looking organized it's PitBrat.  He seems like an ultra organized person.  Can't wait to see the new Wiki after he tears through it.
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: sl1982 on 2011-08-23 16:26:06
The link to the wiki is live now. I also think pitbrat would be good to redo some of the wiki as he has everything very organized. Perhaps halkun could give him wiki access?
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: pdub2520 on 2011-08-27 04:51:42
How about a page about the creator... like: "Qhimm: The man who gave us a roof." Or something fun like that. Just a brief bio of the man. Don't really know why I thought of that. Hell.. why not a few moderator bios in general... I like filling my head with information on people that aren't me.



Just sayin....
Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: UGerstl on 2011-08-29 04:05:09
Please don't change the look of this forum !

Some websites are totally overloaded with user pictures/logos/signatures so you can't see the important things. And the best idea they got, make the background black and the text color dark gray. If you want to read, you must hit CTRL-A.

I like this forum, because the look is clean and simple. The colors of the background/boxes/text perfectly fit together. I am a little "color handicapped", my first computer was a Commodore 64
(blue, if you know what i mean).

OK, i know you're all great creative's who want to explain themselves with extraordinary logos
and signatures. But when one starts the others are following and everything messes up.

The most important thing in my opinion is, reading should not hurt your eyes.
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Post by: Jenova's Witness on 2011-08-29 15:46:37
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Title: Re: Open call for ideas
Post by: Bosola on 2011-09-06 12:09:36
I don't like signatures. They disrupt the clean look of the forum, they increase moderator workload, and I'm not convinced they're useful.

Also,

Quote
It's annoying enough when I plaster my sig at the end of every post.
Can you imagine if everyone were doing it!
ACK!!!
-PitBrat

This is another bugbear of mine - what *is* it with people who make their profile name a signature? Do they assume I can't see the name to the side of their post? Do they think I'll forget it half way through? Honestly.