Site suggestions/bugs
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Re: Site suggestions/bugs
Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Wed May 26th at 10:18pm 2004


'"please update map details"- you have a map still in beta status that you haven't updated for a while'

I'm getting this message in my control panel about a map I only added today.




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Re: Site suggestions/bugs
Posted by Leperous on Wed May 26th at 10:19pm 2004


It says that at the bottom anyway..? *tweaks & makes things a bit clearer*



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Re: Site suggestions/bugs
Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Wed May 26th at 10:32pm 2004


*ahem*

Not trying to be annoying here but now it's like this

Add new map
Whatever maps you have
Add new map




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Re: Site suggestions/bugs
Posted by Orpheus on Thu May 27th at 12:01am 2004


under "homepage" you might remove the words "apply for one here" it might cause confusion.. [addsig]



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Re: Site suggestions/bugs
Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Thu May 27th at 2:48am 2004


An option to clear sent messages would be nice, although I'm not quite sure why...



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Re: Site suggestions/bugs
Posted by ReNo on Thu May 27th at 3:31am 2004


I'm thinking the "random map" feature people suggested ages ago is worth considering, though I'm not sure where it could go on the current layout. It would just be nice to have a thumbnail of a map displayed somewhere everyone passes (such as the news page), I think it would attract people's attention to maps more often. I guess below/above all the current sidebar stuff on the news page would be a good place. Just have a thumbnail of a hosted image and then "Blah by Blahblah" underneath.

Obviously to get the thumbnail thing working your would need to ensure the maps shown would only be those with images uploaded to the profile. [addsig]




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Re: Site suggestions/bugs
Posted by Crono on Thu May 27th at 8:41am 2004


wouldn't it be easier to just add the first thumbnail from the map in the side bar on the last two addition which would then be a link to the screen shots of the map?

Or maybe (so the site doesn't run slower then it already does from half way accross the world) just have the screenshot logo that is shown if there is no thumbnail next to each map name which is just a direct link to the screens.

Just keep in mind, when this site resizes images, it isn't exactly smooth and slapping that on the main page would certainly be annoying if it slowed it down.

I suppose a solution to that would be the map submitter would upload a small thumbnail (no more then 15k) for that image, otherwise use the imageicon thing I mentioned earlier. [addsig]




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Re: Site suggestions/bugs
Posted by Leperous on Thu May 27th at 9:35am 2004


Crono, thumbnails are actually generated and saved thumbnails, they don't 'slow the site down' at all. I guess a random map could go under the 'new maps' list or something...





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Re: Site suggestions/bugs
Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Thu May 27th at 11:55am 2004


Nice one Lep. I assume it's just for completed maps?



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Re: Site suggestions/bugs
Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Thu May 27th at 6:29pm 2004


Have a 'Know it all' title in the user stats page for whoever has answered the most editing questions.



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Re: Site suggestions/bugs
Posted by Crono on Thu May 27th at 6:33pm 2004


Alright, good.

Its still slow [addsig]




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Re: Site suggestions/bugs
Posted by Gwil on Thu May 27th at 6:47pm 2004


? posted by Leperous

Crono, thumbnails are actually generated and saved thumbnails, they don't 'slow the site down' at all. I guess a random map could go under the 'new maps' list or something...

TBH, to address the people who propose the new spinko changes to the map display system, good ideas - but surely these changes will be more or less redundant until Half-Life 2 is here?

There just isn't a steady output of quality in the Half-Life mapping scene for these changes to be implemented, yet

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/2 cents

[addsig]




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Re: Site suggestions/bugs
Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Thu May 27th at 6:51pm 2004


I disagree gwilligan! Adding all these 'spinkee' features now allows any potentially site destroying bugs to be fixed before the HL2 newbie rush.



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Re: Site suggestions/bugs
Posted by Gwil on Thu May 27th at 7:01pm 2004


I also agree, I was just trying subtly to move us past the sticking point we seem to be at currently Trying to get "fresh ideas" moving, as it were...

but meh, i suppose i should let the thread take its natural course

*skulks back to his lair*

[addsig]




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Re: Site suggestions/bugs
Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Thu May 27th at 7:03pm 2004


Ahh I see. I think Lep is going to code some of the harder stuff when his finals are over. I was just concentrating on small easy to fix stuff.



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Re: Site suggestions/bugs
Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Fri May 28th at 2:13pm 2004


It would be nice if those with pits could upload a bunch of stuff like screenshots at once.



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Re: Site suggestions/bugs
Posted by Leperous on Fri May 28th at 2:23pm 2004


Yeah, it would be, got that on my 'to do' list.



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Re: Site suggestions/bugs
Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Sat May 29th at 12:03am 2004


If you try to list all the members with usernames starting with a certain letter it shows the amount of people but doesn't list them.

http://www.snarkpit.com/users.php?page=memberlist&letter=m
(just in case it's unclear what I'm referring to)




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Re: Site suggestions/bugs
Posted by Wild Card on Sat May 29th at 1:19am 2004


Maybe I just noticed, and I've read a few pages back to see, but cant find a mention of it. The new (I think its new) "Watch this map" feature. [addsig]



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Re: Site suggestions/bugs
Posted by Leperous on Sun May 30th at 11:41am 2004


Mmm, quick reply goodness The bottom of the topic page is a bit of a mess though, I'll look into sorting it out.




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