Site suggestions/bugs

A prob I found whilst looking at the zombie panic maps:



Might just be my machine, but I don't know.

[hint: says theres only one, but two maps show.]

Yeah, I noticed the same thing. Odd :\

Might be interesting to have a "daily average over past week" part to
the user stats alongside the total/average stats that exist. Would
probably clutter the interface a little and the name is much too
unwieldy, but it would be interesting to see how it matches up to the
average.

Color me curious (whatever that means), but how do I check the fate of my reviews? I wrote one a while ago and it's not on the page and I didn't get any message saying that it was received.

<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Hugh</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>Color me curious (whatever that means), but how do I check the fate of my reviews? I wrote one a while ago and it's not on the page and I didn't get any message saying that it was received. </DIV></DIV>

look in your "control panel" if yours is like mine it will have BIG RED LETTERS SAYING "REJECTED"
its at bottom of page.

Ah, sorry to hear that Orph. :sad:

And it says mine isn't submitted, good thing I saved a copy in mah PMs.

Thanks for the tip :smile:

Edit: Sweet, it's showing up now. :biggrin:

I know something like it was suggested already, but I'd like to see the
list of reviews sorted in chronological order, if that's possible.

i have noticed an annoyance, not a bug, but something that pisses me off and i assume others as well.

i have been working on these Christmas computers, and each time i get one going i update it. well while doing so i visit snarkpit, i log in but not permanently. before i can visit 3 threads and answer one, i am logged out and my message gets borked :sad:

i assume some people are on public PC's at libraries or net caf? and do not want to be permanently logged in there, so they do not check the boxes either.

can the default time be increased a bit to say 10 minutes or so ??

[edit] the log out function seems to work better than it previously did, so maybe this request is moot now. perhaps others who are on public computers have some input.

Orpheus said:
i have noticed an annoyance, not a bug, but something that pisses me off and i assume others as well.

i have been working on these Christmas computers, and each time i get one going i update it. well while doing so i visit snarkpit, i log in but not permanently. before i can visit 3 threads and answer one, i am logged out and my message gets borked :sad:

i assume some people are on public PC's at libraries or net caf? and do not want to be permanently logged in there, so they do not check the boxes either.

can the default time be increased a bit to say 10 minutes or so ??

[edit] the log out function seems to work better than it previously did, so maybe this request is moot now. perhaps others who are on public computers have some input.

He's addressed this before, it's those computers cookie settings. Lower the security or allow the snarkpit through indefinitly.

i have noticed an annoyance, not a bug, but something that pisses me off and i assume others as well.

Ballblue? Naah, he's alright now. :biggrin:

<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Crono</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>He's addressed this before, it's those computers cookie settings. Lower the security or allow the snarkpit through indefinitly. </DIV></DIV>

crono shakes head sadly its not getting in that used to be the problem, it was getting out. the logout link borked on me every time. it now seems functional though so i am no longer sure its an issue, or just my other PC's.
follow the bouncy ball ol man :biggrin:

If one attempts to post, and is greeted with the invalid/username
password + the body of their post, the "login" link on the top right is
a broken link.

Orpheus said:
? quoting Crono
He's addressed this before, it's those computers cookie settings. Lower the security or allow the snarkpit through indefinitly.
crono shakes head sadly its not getting in that used to be the problem, it was getting out. the logout link borked on me every time. it now seems functional though so i am no longer sure its an issue, or just my other PC's.
follow the bouncy ball ol man :biggrin:

I'm going to slap you.

Hrmm, one more comment about the reviewing system... if a reviewer isn't a moderator, they can't edit their reviews and I imagine that's why the Design and Gameplay boxes are left blank. Go to this for a look of what I mean: http://www.snarkpit.com/maps.php?map=745

an RSS news feed is a nice idea, i accidently forgot about this thread and put it in a new one :sad:

Got this error when trying to view the screenshot of http://www.snarkpit.com/maps.php?map=1333

Warning: getimagesize(maps/HL2/images/1333_1.jpg: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/leperous/public_html/screenshot.php on line 10

Fixed- Lep.

I don't really know why, but Halo 2 sorta gave me a site idea.
How about, in the same vein as snarkmarks, you make an awards type
system? Users can gain awards, such as "Teacher" for writing a certain
number of tutorials, "Production Line" for having a certain number of
maps, "Old Timer" after having been a member for a certain length of
time, or "Critic" for having written a certain number of reviews. You
could even make special ones for contests or special events. These
could be represented as small icons at the bottom of their info stuff
on each post.

Perhaps its a bit much but it might encourage some of the newer users
to contribute in some site areas in order to gain these awards, as
opposed to just raising an arbitary number as with the snarkmarks.

I think it's a good idea Duncan, and probably wouldn't be too hard to code.... for a maths whiz like Lep :wink:

An option to display a users real name alongside their photo in the gallery of horror might be a nice addition.

Amen. The snarkmarks just encourage people to raise numbers through
cruder means (ie post resurrection/1/2 word replies etc) and
participation has dropped off of late in critiquing etc (I know I
haven't done as much as I could have for one).

We need something to gee up the masses and intergrate our newer members, something along these lines would do it I'd wager..

modDB has a similar thing with mods (and ejoop as well?), yeah it's a good idea though I'll have to think of something non-tacky

<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting ReNo</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>I don't really know why, but Halo 2 sorta gave me a site idea. How about, in the same vein as snarkmarks, you make an awards type system? Users can gain awards, such as "Teacher" for writing a certain number of tutorials, "Production Line" for having a certain number of maps, "Old Timer" after having been a member for a certain length of time, or "Critic" for having written a certain number of reviews. You could even make special ones for contests or special events. These could be represented as small icons at the bottom of their info stuff on each post.

Perhaps its a bit much but it might encourage some of the newer users to contribute in some site areas in order to gain these awards, as opposed to just raising an arbitary number as with the snarkmarks.
</DIV></DIV>
One problem that I can see is that there would no incentive to keep going once the rewards have been obtained.

<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quote:</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>One problem that I can see is that there would no incentive to keep going once the rewards have been obtained.</DIV></DIV>

Not so! Such a system can always be extended, even retrospectively. For example:

<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
Bronze Teacher
Silver Teacher
Gold Teacher

[/quote]
And then you can add more:

<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
Platinum Teacher
Diamond Teacher

[/quote]
And more:

<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
Bronze Star Teacher
Silver Star Teacher
Gold Star Teacher
Platinum Star Teacher
Diamond Star Teacher

[/quote]
And more:

<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
Bronze Shooting-star Teacher
Silver Shooting-star Teacher
Gold Shooting-star Teacher
Platinum Shooting-star Teacher
Diamond Shooting-star Teacher

[/quote]
The possibilities are endless. It could be just like E-bay's feedback system. Oh, the horror.

"Colour-coded comparison bars" could work...

One problem that I can see is that there would no incentive to keep going once the rewards have been obtained.

And more:

<blockquote style="margin-right: 0px;" dir="ltr">
Bronze Shooting-star Teacher
Silver Shooting-star Teacher
Gold Shooting-star Teacher
Platinum Shooting-star Teacher
Diamond Shooting-star Teacher

The possibilities are endless. It could be just like E-bay's feedback system. Oh, the horror.

[/quote]

I can't imagine anyone wanting to obtain a 'shooting-star' award, but ok. :wink:

I can't imagine why you wouldn't want to be a shooting star. I mean seriously. They, you know, have tails. And ice! Everybody loves ice!

I have been having some trouble with the smiley system on here. Half the time when I go to click on "see all" smileys the little window will pop up but the it minimizes itself right away. I go to maximize it again and it minimizes it again. It's like its playing some kind of hide and seek with more or something. I never had this trouble on any other fourms but they may be because they were all PHP.

this may be another host related issue again, but for the past few weeks i have been having all sorts of issues with slow to no connection here at the pit.

today, the images to the map screens, some load, eventually.. and some don't load at all, but look like they want to as no red x appears to signify a dead link.

i have DSL, very good DSL and sometimes it takes upward of a minute to load one of the forum pages.

i am mostly posting to see if its american issues, world issues or just arkansas ones.

no other site is effected, i can go anywhere else in good time, so it is localized to snarkpit.

as i press "submit" i anticipate a very long time to upload :sad:

No such problems here Orph, well, every so often it's down for like
5-10 minutes but nothing particularly annoying or consistent.

Check with your fellow Americans :smile:

Tis time for the Christmas snarks again methinks Lep..

Dear God no, not this early.

Whats tis Christmas Snarks you speak of? Do they taste good?

Would be nice to be able to post news on the front page without it
going into your profile - see my latest two news posts for prime
examples of why.

Yeah I guess, but can't you post "proper" site news from the admin menu?

ah, /fixes

Wow, didn't know I had access to that, thanks :smile:

Sorry, my fault initially - I popped it straight through, presumed ReNo was just posting it as news full stop...

It was quite late and i'm stupid :wink:

this may be another host related issue again, but for the past few weeks i have been having all sorts of issues with slow to no connection here at the pit.

today, the images to the map screens, some load, eventually.. and some don't load at all, but look like they want to as no red x appears to signify a dead link.

i have DSL, very good DSL and sometimes it takes upward of a minute to load one of the forum pages.

i am mostly posting to see if its american issues, world issues or just arkansas ones.

no other site is effected, i can go anywhere else in good time, so it is localized to snarkpit.

as i press "submit" i anticipate a very long time to upload

I'm having the same problem too and, yes, it's localized to the Snarkpit. It's become worse over the last week or so.

Clicking on "register" in the top right brought me to the forum index,
not the registration form. I managed to register with a URL provided by
Monqui on IRC.

hmm, not really any lag for me,

what about my rss news feed idea?

Whoops, fixed the register problem.

I have not noticed any slowdown of the site, though thankfully if you say it's due to images then it's simply because there are a lot of people trying to use the site at once (rather than the database deciding to die on me!) so this is a Good Thing.

And I've been thinking about RSS for a while...

lep, i just used images because they are a touch larger than simple text..

i have been having issues with the entire site for a few weeks now.. its off and on, but forever present..

like now, its smooth and speedy, but this morning it was horrible, so horrible that i was the only person here at one point.... the member list was empty save me, so i assume no one else could gain access, or had not tried recently and were absent at that moment.

i think its a host issue, but, am open to any interpretation.

<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting TwoKnives</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>Dear God no, not this early.
</DIV></DIV>

I feel like I'm going to witness something that I'll never forget for the rest of my life...

O.o

sighs

bumps topic back on track

of late, we have had so many new members join, and so many new questions asked and answered. it has become obvious that some have not noticed the drop down box with the 2 options of posting an answer.

would it be better to have both displayed? 1) either have a tick box or 2) just side by side and when clicked it submits?

i like the way it currently is mind, but its also not idiot proof. if they were forced to chose one or the other the submit button would not function.

[edited]

i like the way it currently is mind, but its also not idiot
proof. if they were forced to chose one or the other the submit button
would not function.

That would mean that we would be forced to choose every time, which in the long run would be a little annoying.

<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting TwoKnives</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetitle>
That would mean that we would be forced to choose every time, which in the long run would be a little [color=red]annoying.
[/color]</DIV></DIV>

agreed, but...

which is more annoying, having to click a link or constantly having to remind new members.
think about my second option Dave.. it would replace the "submit" link completely.. you wouldn't have to click two times.. in fact it would be easier than the current drop down method.

My apologies, I read it wrong. That's actually a capital idea, and has my full approval.

"Submit as suggestion" "Submit as anwser"

I think sometimes its hard to decide if you are giving an answer of
just a comment. If you're taking a stab in the dark, or just confirming
that the person is doing something, then you don't think you should put
it in as an answer. If that turned out to be the fix, sometimes it
slips through the system and gets left as a comment for pages into the
forum. Every now and then we tend to have a dig through the forums for
unanswered questions and figure out of any of the posts fit as answers,
and if not then mark the topic as case closed.

Good thinking :smile:

On another note, it seems that 3 of our tutorials have broken the 10,000 views mark! :biggrin:

I don't know if anyone else is having this problem, but I can't edit my
posts from Firefox anymore. I think I used to be able to do that, but
not now :/ All I get is a blank post in the edit field. (edited by Lep in Firefox?!)

Yeah it's always been a bit dodgy, mainly due to the way Java works :/ Let me know if it still doesn't work.

It still doesn't work. Same old blank field.