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Post by cko on Sept 19, 2008 2:17:39 GMT -5
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Post by cko on Sept 27, 2008 17:28:18 GMT -5
blue and I have been discussing an "introduce yourself" thread/topic, so new people could see it from the main board. Right now the Welcome Thread is under General Board which may not be enticing to people. We get a few new m-embers every day, but don't know anything about them, and not sure if they see our lovely welcomes.
Ideas: (1) make a new category under either the General or "The Rest" Board called "introduce yourself." (If it's just a thread under Chat like the one blue experimented, then it won't show all the time.) (2) Change the name of either of those Boards, or one of the standing categories, to indicate welcoming or introducing.
Wow, I sure didn't explain that very well. Anyway, suggestions? blue says consensus rules unless she doesn't like the result. And, blue, I decided to post this here for feedback, hope ok.
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Post by Blue Sunflower on Sept 27, 2008 18:27:25 GMT -5
blue says consensus rules unless she doesn't like the result. WTH? You're not supposed to TELL people that!  <blue stumbles off muttering to herself about how she needs better minions...> |
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Post by pacejunkie on Sept 28, 2008 17:49:12 GMT -5
Either way is fine with me. An easily identifiable Introduce yourself thread is a good way to encourage first time posters.
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Post by cko on Sept 29, 2008 19:18:11 GMT -5
If no one else feels strongly, blue and I can figure it out some nite. I still like the idea. Related, we're looking at the number of boards/sub-boards and thinking about a tad of reorganizing; she can explain better sometime, and any suggestions welcome.
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Post by pacejunkie on Oct 1, 2008 14:42:51 GMT -5
Oh I love that exchange. When Sam says, "Have you ever eaten anyone?" and Tony pauses for a second and then says "That's offensive." After they walk away Sam shrugs and says "Well, I don't knooow" in that whiny voice. So cute.
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Post by cko on Nov 1, 2008 2:09:19 GMT -5
blue (I assume), I love the new feature "events this month" at the bottom of the page. Cooool!
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Post by onyourmark on Nov 19, 2008 18:07:04 GMT -5
Is anybody else getting tired of the Soul/In Hell replacement thing? The effect is cool but the side-effect is uncool enough that I'd be happy without the cool part just to get rid of the uncool. I'm not crazy adamant about it, though, so if no one else is bugged by it I won't make a fuss.
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Post by pacejunkie on Nov 19, 2008 18:13:25 GMT -5
It hasn't bothered me none. I like the whole theme of it.
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Post by cko on Nov 19, 2008 18:27:50 GMT -5
Yeah, it is bugging me in the posts. I like it a lot in the box, but it's just confusing enough in the 30 most recent, PMs, and whereever else it shows up, to be irritating. Especially since I keep forgetting about it and am all "Huh? In Hell?"
I'm 50-50 on the cool-uncool balance. So...I'm no help I guess.
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Post by cko on Nov 25, 2008 13:45:06 GMT -5
Blue, about the Sides thread--wondering why it has to have a separate subboard and password. I know it would mean changing some of the posts, and we didn't want it to be "too easy," but I find it a pain to go thru two passwords to get to a subboard to click on a link to go somewhere else.
I forget why we did it that way. I'm mostly thinking of new people. Since we know the sides are a big draw, are we making it too too complicated to get to them? How about if we make the Sides thread stickied to the top of the Spoilers Board with a note "enter at own risk"? Or is it too much of a hassle to change at this point?
And: how about a separate board for Welcome and Pace's poll, so people will see that right off. I really want people to do the poll, at least, and if it doesn't show in the "most recent post" column, people won't know to find it, especially since I just bumped it off with this post. I know we don't want too many boards, but ...
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Post by pacejunkie on Nov 25, 2008 14:43:30 GMT -5
I stickied the poll if that helps.
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Post by cko on Dec 6, 2008 0:14:02 GMT -5
Love the countdown clock! Except...I find myself just staring at it. And, somehow it makes the start date seem further away.
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Post by randomnation on Dec 6, 2008 11:37:07 GMT -5
Oooh, you guys got a clock! How fancy.  |
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Post by Blue Sunflower on Dec 21, 2008 20:11:43 GMT -5
On the main page, should we have
Read: Fallen Angel (moving icon) <------This is what it is right now.
Unread: Devil
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Read: Devil
Unread: Fallen Angel
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Post by cko on Dec 21, 2008 21:22:46 GMT -5
Are you just wanting a change? Or thinking that the devils will predominate if we swap functions? I will say that the movement of the falling angels is sometimes a little distracting when working on something else, but it does give a "live" feeling to the main board. I'm fine either way.
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Post by Blue Sunflower on Dec 21, 2008 21:25:53 GMT -5
I was wondering more about dial-up. Do people "read" more or do they leave things unread? What would be the most predominant icon on someone's board - read or unread, and would a moving icon be easy or hard to be that predominant icon?
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Post by cko on Dec 21, 2008 21:37:41 GMT -5
Speaking of, an irrelevant cake for your 1000th post!
Frankly, I'd rather get rid of those burning folders, which don't seem to add much. I almost did, once, but thought I should check. What do you think of that?
aw phooey sorry ck, lost the cake - blue
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Post by Blue Sunflower on Dec 21, 2008 21:47:52 GMT -5
QUOTE NOT MODIFY!!!!!
Aw crap! I forgot about that! I was trying to save it for some pics of Quill in the snow.
I think I can change those without adding yet another code. I'll see. Otherwise I'd have to add a code to get rid of them.
What might be a better idea though, would be to up the post counts on them so that they don't burn unless they've got, like, 1000 posts or something. I'll do that for right now instead.
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Post by cko on Dec 21, 2008 22:59:54 GMT -5
Ha! No problem. There are plenty more at Cake Wrecks. But I want to see the ones of Quill in the snow! And, cool on the burning folders; thanks. |
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Post by Blue Sunflower on Dec 27, 2008 17:45:56 GMT -5
Is anybody else getting tired of the Soul/In Hell replacement thing? The effect is cool but the side-effect is uncool enough that I'd be happy without the cool part just to get rid of the uncool. I'm not crazy adamant about it, though, so if no one else is bugged by it I won't make a fuss. remember membership memberID notable guest stars guest star wishlist Any others I need to change? I'm not sure what you want fixed about the Soul/In Hell thing, so I need a bit more specifics (examples). Unfortunately, if it's a single word it will always change - ie "for-um" will always be "portal" but I can change "fan portal" back to "for-um" Any feedback on this? |
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Post by pacejunkie on Dec 27, 2008 19:29:12 GMT -5
Any feedback on this?[/quote]
If you're referring to the devil that appears when there are new posts in a forum, I like it the way it is now. Fallen Angel for old threads, Devil for new posts.
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Post by cko on Dec 27, 2008 19:33:47 GMT -5
RE: word switches, that's a good start. The one I notice most (besides "remember") is saying "I'll be online later" and it comes out "in hell" but sounds like that can't be fixed, so that's ok.
RE: Devil/Angel::unread/read, if you're not logged in, just a visitor, or caught up on threads, it's all Angels. So I vote for changing it, so Devils would proliferate, if we're worried about the Angels being slower to load.
ETA: oh, pace commented while I was slowly composing this...so, I don't really feel strongly either way.
you don't need to split the words anymore. ;D ~Blue
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Post by Blue Sunflower on Dec 27, 2008 19:50:42 GMT -5
RE: word switches, that's a good start. The one I notice most (besides "rem ember") is saying "I'll be onl ine later" and it comes out "in hell" but sounds like that can't be fixed, so that's ok. I added: I'll be online I will be online you be online Dammit! That's a 50/50 split! I always have a mix since I only really use the "last 30 posts", so I'm of no use - though I was kinda leaning towards devils being the predominant icon. |
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Post by pacejunkie on Dec 27, 2008 20:10:37 GMT -5
Okay, I don't care then. I didn't realize that we wanted it to have mostly Devils for those who weren't logged in, or that the Angels took longer to load. Those are fair considerations. I just thought the transformation in the direction of Fallen Angel to Devil made more sense. The other seems backwards to me.
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Post by Blue Sunflower on Dec 27, 2008 20:14:41 GMT -5
I just thought the transformation in the direction of Fallen Angel to Devil made more sense. The other seems backwards to me. Damn you for making sense. Now I'm even more conflicted. |
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Post by cko on Dec 28, 2008 20:32:51 GMT -5
Revamp of the news headline thing is cool; also the RSS Feed from LJ, great! Will be interesting to see what happens with that.
And, like the change of the LJ to Reaper DMV News; good way to distinguish between there and here. Catchy. Now if only we had news...
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Post by Blue Sunflower on Jan 11, 2009 23:33:20 GMT -5
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Post by pacejunkie on Jan 12, 2009 7:44:36 GMT -5
It's lovely isn't it? A new look for a new year. Thank you to our talented and dedicated admins (no, that wouldn't include me).
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Post by pending on Jan 12, 2009 17:15:34 GMT -5
I'm totally torn on the new header; it looks great (the bit of Tony drawing a circle around Sam is hilarious), but I hate and fear all change.
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