Site suggestions/bugs

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting fraggard</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>"Most Questions Solved" would be quite descriptive and less controversial... And besides, it's just a label.
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most questions? thats to focused IMO. tutorials is just as important, so are critiques, and models for that matter. hell, i have prolly rated more new members than anyone else has, lets have most "involved", or would most "over-rated" be more my label?

Lep, having Marty Feldman as your picture is not really setting a good example for the gallery. I thought the idea was to keep it as 100% true as possible, given that its 100% relied on the members honesty when submitting a real picture.

Course, it is your site. :/

fraggard said:
"Most Questions Solved" would be quite descriptive and less controversial... And besides, it's just a label.

most questions? thats to focused IMO. tutorials is just as important, so are critiques, and models for that matter.

True, but I think Omegaslayer's suggestion was just towards this single
number. What I was saying is that, if it is ever implemented, this is
the least confusing name possible (IMO,of course).

[quote][quote=fraggard]"Most Questions Solved" would be quite descriptive and less controversial... And besides, it's just a label.
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most questions? thats to focused IMO. tutorials is just as important, so are critiques, and models for that matter.

True, but I think Omegaslayer's suggestion was just towards this single
number. What I was saying is that, if it is ever implemented, this is
the least confusing name possible (IMO,of course).

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You know on "your" stats page it says "solved X# of editing problems"
(I have 27) that would be the determining number alone, just to see who
has been the best question answerer (If thats a real word).

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting omegaslayer</DIV>
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You know on "your" stats page it says "solved X# of editing problems" (I have 27) that would be the determining number alone, just to see who has been the best question answerer (If thats a real word).
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upon reflection, i grasp your idea well enough, but still feel that answering posted questions is but a small portion of being helpful. editing, and problem solving is made up of many actions, sometimes very subtle ones.
anywho's, i think any system that rewards is a good one, even one that only rewards part of the process.

Heh... Look at that:

Single player (24)
Deathmatch (176)
Counter-Strike: Source (104)
Day of Defeat: Source (0)
Sven Co-Op (-1)
[color=white]Other... (5)[/color]

!!! "Sven Co-Op (-1)"

What's mean?

stays open

Admin options - ability to edit text underneath peoples avatars (long one's keep screwing with the formatting and overlapping into posts) or a string limit.

And, a "merge posts" feature. I'm sick to the back bloody teeth of 3 one line posts made just 5 minutes apart by the same person. Can't stop atrocious habits, but i'd like to edit them :razz:

I've made something which should hopefully save your post in IE if you navigate away from the page, and reload it when you click the 'restore text' link (changed from a mouseover as it doesn't seem to work correctly on some setups)

I think we should have the writing which says not to post editing
questions in general banter in bigger red writing as a couple of people
have done it in the past few days.

P.S. Snarkpit is now working at college so i'll be posting even more :biggrin:

What the, I was just about to update my map in my profile and when I clicked submit it said "Error: This is not your map so you can't edit it"

Whoops, fixed now.

Cheers Lep, it's working now.

Umm, should we be having an HL2 contest in a bit, or is it still too soon? :smile:

The text color isn't quite working...and where have the smileys gone off to? This text is RED. Nope...

Firefox - Just edited a post, tried to add a smiley using the JS clicky thingy and it erased all text in the box, replaced by the : bbcode :.

I just clicked back and did it manually, but it could be a potential annoyance.

Hey lep in my profile when I click "my website" it takes me to http://www.snarkpit.com/www.sourcemapscollective.com, which isnt my web site: www.sourcemapscollective.com (which is what I entered in that field). Also it wont let me delete a old news post that never made it to the front page (I had to make a new one).

I like the weekly map round up BTW keep it up plz :biggrin:

omegaslayer, add a "http://" at the start of your URL and it will work.

Lep, how about a couple of arrows to move up/down a profile when viewing someones profile?

Just an idea, might encourage people to read more profiles or rate more people. Not entirely sure how you'd do the increments (alphabetised/by ID) though (ie which method)

omegaslayer, like a lot of other people you seem to have failed to understand the meaning of "please enter a fully qualified URL"- it means start it with http:// (this is because people with pits might only want to write pits/leperous, for example).

Gwil-m0ng, learn to edit posts :razz: And what do you mean by 'arrows' to move up and down, you can do that with your keyboard already?

omegaslayer, like a lot of other people you seem to have failed
to understand the meaning of "please enter a fully qualified URL"- it
means start it with http:// (this is because people with pits might
only want to write pits/leperous, for example).
Gwil-m0ng, learn to edit posts :razz: And what do you mean by 'arrows' to move up and down, you can do that with your keyboard already?

Sorry im stupid :biggrin:

Suggestion: When the creator downloads his own map, the counter does not go up.

See: http://www.snarkpit.com/maps.php?map=1077

:razz:

The new next, previous and random buttons on the profiles are a good
idea, but can you exclude profiles with no content from the "random"
link? I just clicked the link several times to try it out and got
several profiles in a row with no content (no description, maps, or
posted news). Just an idea...

Can't seem to edit my posts in FF atm :sad:

Edit: Nevermind, seems to be working now.

GBall, something tell me that is intentional, perhaps to stop what you were trying? :razz:

Loco, I agree entirely. Its a cool feature for those bored, lazy days
(you can just browse for ages, commenting on maps) but its furstrating
when you get a huge set of empty ones coming up in a row.

I'm not sure about the newish system that disables a map's comments
section when there is a forum thread. With ancient thread revival being
the son of the devil, I can see some people getting pissed off with old
map threads popping up just because somebody wanted to say "Nice map,
good job!". I can also see the benefit of it, as previously it was hard
to keep track of comments with them possibly appearing in two places.
Perhaps (if it isn't already), comments could be "unlocked" after a
certain period of inactivity in the thread, or at the map author's
discretion (eg. a toggle between thread only / comments only option).

I have been giving this some serious thought. I think if people knew how to post thumbs to their screens it might encourage them to post optimized screens more often.

say for instance: member so-and-so posted an 800x600 80k image but truly thought it did a dis-service to his map, he could link it to a massive 160k version via the thumb command code.

would it be possible to prominently display the code, and its implementation in such a way as to encourage its use?

Er, more of a question really, but is there FTP access to the pits? I've got a whole folder full of small files that I'd like to upload but I'm far too lazy to upload each file singularly.

Reno, you can comment on maps again when it is released!

I agree about the thumbnail code, I've got about 3 already and should sort them out :/

And no, there's no pit FTP access. I don't yet know how to arrange for something like this, though people have raised similar issues in the past...

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting $loth</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>Orph = image optimist monkey :razz:
Get broadband :razz:
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Sloth, if my broadband had a penis, it would be hung like a horse.
Please do not make fun, at least not when i am on a serious topic. :/

In the maps section, you currently have the sort by:Name,downloads,date,size,ratings and viewed.

can you add "complete" or some other designation that will separate beta's from completed works?

Look on the left. All : Beta : Completed.

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting $loth</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>Look on the left. All : Beta : Completed.
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wow, coolness.. thanx :smile:

As well as weekly HL2DM map round up could there be a CSS one in there aswell? There seem to be quite a lot of CSS maps.

I don't think Lep is discriminating, its probably just the best maps of the week, period.

Okies, It said best HL2DM maps so I thought that it's only HL2DM maps up there.

Here's a quick list of the best of the week's HL2DM map releases here on the SnarkPit

Not really a site bug, but might be something that you want to change:

In the HL2 editing sticky - the showbudget is in the wrong bullet point.

• Q: How do I display the frame rate and other details about my map?
  A: In the console, type:
  cl_showfps 1 to show the frame rate
  mat_wireframe 1 to show the map in wireframe map
  
  </li>
• Q: Can I have monsters attack me in deathmatch levels?
  A: No- there is no AI configured for them in DM mode.
  +showbudget to show what things- models, lighting etc.- are contributing to your FPS</li>

Call me slow but i just noticed that all the admin/mods are Europeans. not that thats a bad thing but you really need to find someone you trust here in the states, or at the very least outside your mindset.

For instance, no one i know of in the states would have locked a thread over a "your momma" joke. course we all used to play that one as children. i am unsure how its done over there though :/

anywho's, find someone/s you trust whom doesn't think as you do to cover the yin/yang of snarkpit thinking.

I'd be willing to put it to a voting. Yak,KFS,Gorby or even Crono.. it might make him less.... cronoish.

/2 cents

Ignore him! Crush the American dogs! Crush them I say, crush them!

I locked that thread because it was churlish as a bear, what ho.

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Leperous</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>I locked that thread because it was churlish as a bear, what ho.</DIV></DIV>

I bet you been waiting weeks to use that word in a sentence :biggrin:
and after looking it up, it only proves my point. no one here would have thought so. well, no one i know in person would have.

You know what, I don't give a toss. The case was closed and there wasn't really much point in leaving the topic open so you could go on making weak jokes about latex.

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Leperous</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>You know what, I don't give a toss. The case was closed and there wasn't really much point in leaving the topic open so you could go on making weak jokes about latex.</DIV></DIV>

this is where i say "you have had a bad day" I understand but do not think you can use me as your vent.
me bows out before you put your foot any deeper into your mouth. :

[edit] we used to be able to send a PM to ourselves. i used it often. can we have that option back?

SnarkPit was down again for me today. Was it some problem with Oktagone? Or was it just a routine site maintainence? Could it be just me?

unable to load screenshots of new map pics in profile.

upload from my computer not URLS

after I hit submit, it takes me to a completely white page and says done on bottom.

loaded .jpgs

i'm having the same trouble as DocRock, in as much as i can't upload a map model. it took some info at the 1st attempt, filename and description, but no pic. after i deleted the file to try again, it wouldn't accept anything. :/

Sorry about the file uploads not working, it's a server/PHP module doowhalley missing that means thumbnails can't be generated.

Just a little niggle...



As you can see, the unreal collapse menu and the HL collapse menu are
sat on the same line. On the same topic, how about putting a number
next to each game title, eg...

Half-Life 2 (3) +expand

Half-Life (7) +expand

When i click on the 'homepage' link in the control panel it goes to the page but says Error opening ../pits/rumple/ and shows nothing else.

Sorted & sorted; I'll look into a cheap way of numbering people's maps too.

The new "message was lasted edited on:" message.. it is italicizing the signatures

not a bad thing, i wish my sig was italicized.

[edited for illustration] but it seems to be not working this time :sad:

[edit2] look at my sig on this page then