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ivan

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King

Posted June 18, '13 7:54pm UTC

The modifications refer more to improvements, not criticizing...
These are some suggestions that might can improve the forum.

----------- E D I T B u t t o n-------------

It is generally known that the absolute majority of users wants Edit button!
Mistakes are possible, we all make mistakes.There is no unmistakable user.
We all want sometimes to fix or correct the post that we made.For example, I missed to tell something, and I think it's important, I'll have to post it again.
And not everyone is good with English grammar and spelling, and when he noticed that something is wrong, he can correct it.

In any case, Edit button would improve the quality of posts.

But since abuses are possible, there should be a time limit in which the modifications are possible! Or other limitations, for example you can only correct the last post that you made. Or is it required to put the reason for the correction.

It also can serve as a preview of the post!

---Who is online and who is offline?---

I think this can be useful.

[url=http://s24.postimg.org/m73tze90l/forumivan.jpg]

or:
Examples of when all are offline

Examples of when all are online

http://s13.postimg.org/wksg1j76v/forumivan2.jpg

or something like this

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More advanced function would be:

Subscribe to a topic, and receive an e-mail alerts when something new appears

I have much more in my mind, but for now I do not have a solutions for
possible abuses

The modifications refer more to improvements, not criticizing...\r\nThese are some suggestions that might can improve the forum.\r\n\r\n----------- E D I T  B u t t o n-------------\r\n\r\nIt is generally known that the absolute majority of users wants Edit button!\r\nMistakes are possible, we all make mistakes.There is no unmistakable user.\r\nWe all want sometimes to fix or correct the post that we made.For example, I missed to tell something, and I think it's important, I'll have to post it again.\r\nAnd not everyone is good with English grammar and spelling, and when he noticed that something is wrong, he can correct it.\r\n\r\n[img]http://s21.postimg.org/3tynayytj/forumivan4.jpg[/img]\r\n\r\nIn any case, Edit button would improve the quality of posts.\r\n\r\nBut since abuses are possible, there should be a time limit in which the modifications are possible! Or other limitations, for example you can only correct the last post that you made. Or is it required to put the reason for the correction.\r\n\r\nIt also can serve as a preview of the post!\r\n\r\n---Who is online and who is offline?---\r\n\r\nI think this can be useful.\r\n\r\n[url=http://s24.postimg.org/m73tze90l/forumivan.jpg]\r\n\r\nor:\r\nExamples of when all are offline\r\n\r\n[img]http://s21.postimg.org/5nsnqdbd3/forumivan1.jpg[/img]\r\n\r\nExamples of when all are online\r\n\r\nhttp://s13.postimg.org/wksg1j76v/forumivan2.jpg\r\n\r\nor something like this\r\n\r\n[img]http://s24.postimg.org/cn2kvhd7p/forumivan3.jpg[/img]\r\n\r\n----------------------------------------------\r\nMore advanced function would be:\r\n\r\nSubscribe to a topic, and receive an e-mail alerts when something new appears\r\n\r\nI have much more in my mind, but for now I do not have a solutions for \r\npossible abuses :)

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KentyBK

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Nomad

Posted June 24, '13 6:27pm UTC

Just put this, at the beginning of each post with spoilers.

http://www.aboutcar.com/car-advice/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Spoiler.jpg

Back when the forums allowed HTML, you could've made make-shift spoiler text by just making the background of whatever text you wrote black. But alas, it was not meant to be.

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pangtongshu

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Jester

Posted June 26, '13 9:50am UTC

yh but isn't that same as an edit button o_O you can still edit when your off & on why make it complicated

wat.jpg

Are you talking about on-/offline? That's to show who is online or offline. duhs

For edit..it is desperately needed.

I..really have no clue what you are asking here.

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ivan

1,417 posts

King

Posted June 26, '13 11:56am UTC

Spoiler tags can be very useful.

Especially for section Quests.

For example:

If someone asks where he can find a hidden key?

He can get the following answer:

You can find the key in /spoiler/ Left corner of the dark forest /spoiler/

He only needs to click on spoler to see the answer.
Otherwise the answer is hidden.

That's good because someone does not want to know the answer,
he wants to find a solution by himself.

Great implementation would be on game guides
especially in the step by step.

For someone tips or hints are sufficient.

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ivan

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King

Posted June 28, '13 9:26am UTC

As I was told at the beginning of this topic,
I have many more suggestions, but slowly, one by one

I follow the topic:
Armor Games Community Activity Initiative
which is located in:
Community - The Tavern

After the explanation you'll see what this is all about.

First I would like to have a chat on the subject :
Link that leads to the forum

If we consider the link as advertising,
we can conclude that it is was poorly done.

It is standing on the top of the page.This is true.
But it is not marked somehow.It blends into the environment.
So he loses significance.

In my opinion it should be marked. Like Quests page.

The word 'Community', in my opinion, should be changed to the word 'Forum'
Forum is a universal word!
I do not think everyone knows what exactly the word Community means, or in what context.
Especially for those who are not in English-speaking areas.

In the spirit of Armor Games community could also be called like this:

-chat chamber
-Meeting Hall
-Knights Chatrooms

Anyway let's get serious

I think this would greatly improve number of visitors to the forum
and therefore the forum itself would be much better.

As I was told at the beginning of this topic,\r\nI have many more suggestions, but slowly, one by one :)\r\n\r\nI follow the topic:\r\nArmor Games Community Activity Initiative\r\nwhich is located in:\r\nCommunity - The Tavern\r\n\r\nAfter the explanation you'll see what this is all about.\r\n\r\nFirst I would like to have a chat on the subject :\r\nLink that leads to the forum\r\n\r\nIf we consider the link as advertising, \r\nwe can conclude that it is was poorly done.\r\n\r\nIt is standing on the top of the page.This is true.\r\nBut it is not marked somehow.It blends into the environment.\r\nSo he loses significance.\r\n\r\nIn my opinion it should be marked. Like Quests page.\r\n\r\nThe word 'Community', in my opinion, should be changed to the word 'Forum'\r\nForum is a universal word!\r\nI do not think everyone knows what exactly the word Community means, or in what context.\r\nEspecially for those who are not in English-speaking areas.\r\n\r\nIn the spirit of Armor Games community could also be called like this:\r\n\r\n-chat chamber \r\n-Meeting Hall\r\n-Knights Chatrooms\r\n\r\nAnyway let's get serious\r\n\r\nI think this would greatly improve number of visitors to the forum\r\nand therefore the forum itself would be much better.

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ivan

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King

Posted June 28, '13 9:30am UTC

I can not believe, like someone is spying me.

Now, when I was preparing to do a picture,
instead of community stands forum

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ivan

1,417 posts

King

Posted June 28, '13 11:51am UTC

In any case we will present my proposal

This is how it originally looked

In a previous post I stated the reasons for the change

to repeat them again:
In my opinion it should be marked. Like Quests page.

The word 'Community', in my opinion, should be changed to the word 'Forum'
Forum is a universal word!
I do not think everyone knows what exactly the word Community means, or in what context.
Especially for those who are not in English-speaking areas.

And now
If we consider the link as advertising,
we can conclude that it is was poorly done.
It is standing on the top of the page.This is true.
But it is not marked somehow.It blends into the environment.
So he loses significance.

In my opinion it should be marked. Like Quests page.

And in terms of good advertising for the forum I thought it should look like this

I'm sorry for repeating some of the things

In any case we will present my proposal\r\n\r\nThis is how it originally looked\r\n[img]http://s10.postimg.org/tzvordxqh/forumivan1.jpg[/img]\r\n\r\nIn a previous post I stated the reasons for the change\r\n[img]http://s15.postimg.org/cuub4t6ej/forumivan2.jpg[/img]\r\n\r\nto repeat them again:\r\nIn my opinion it should be marked. Like Quests page.\r\n\r\nThe word 'Community', in my opinion, should be changed to the word 'Forum'\r\nForum is a universal word!\r\nI do not think everyone knows what exactly the word Community means, or in what context.\r\nEspecially for those who are not in English-speaking areas.\r\n\r\n[img]http://s11.postimg.org/iy2jsmemb/forumivan3.jpg[/img]\r\n\r\nAnd now \r\nIf we consider the link as advertising,\r\nwe can conclude that it is was poorly done.\r\nIt is standing on the top of the page.This is true.\r\nBut it is not marked somehow.It blends into the environment.\r\nSo he loses significance.\r\n\r\nIn my opinion it should be marked. Like Quests page.\r\n\r\n[img]http://s24.postimg.org/crg0i7a4l/forumivan4.jpg[/img]\r\n\r\nAnd in terms of good advertising for the forum I thought it should look like this\r\n\r\n[img]http://s21.postimg.org/z2n642lzr/forumivan5.jpg[/img]\r\n\r\nI'm sorry for repeating some of the things

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xeano321

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Farmer

Posted June 28, '13 3:02pm UTC

I'm sorry for repeating some of the things

Take the AG out of there. Looks like heck set up that way.

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ivan

1,417 posts

King

Posted June 28, '13 3:19pm UTC

Do you think on AG Forum in piture or post?

What do you think of something like this?

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Ferret

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Bard

Posted June 28, '13 4:00pm UTC

Sadly at this time this won't happen. But that's an interesting suggestion ivanxxxxxx. Let's see how things go with the text change, and go from there.

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Ferret

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Bard

Posted June 28, '13 4:49pm UTC

Also, speaking to the edit button. It's something we've been discussing, but the main flaw with it is the ability to troll other people by editing your previous post. Possible restrictions may be a time-limited edit, or show past versions of what was edited. Or maybe even restricting it to moderators or admins.

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Jacen96

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Bard

Posted June 28, '13 5:34pm UTC

Also, speaking to the edit button. It's something we've been discussing, but the main flaw with it is the ability to troll other people by editing your previous post. Possible restrictions may be a time-limited edit, or show past versions of what was edited. Or maybe even restricting it to moderators or admins.

If you do make it so previous versions can be viewed, it would need to be hidden until you press a button that says something along the lines of "Pre-edited".

~~~Darth Caedus

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GhostOfMatrix

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Posted June 28, '13 7:23pm UTC

It's something we've been discussing, but the main flaw with it is the ability to troll other people by editing your previous post. Possible restrictions may be a time-limited edit, or show past versions of what was edited. Or maybe even restricting it to moderators or admins.

You'll have to trust the community. I visit another forum that's much larger than this one and their edit button works well, little to no problems with users editing their posts to troll others. They don't have any restrictions, but the admins and mods can see the edits.

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Ferret

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Bard

Posted June 28, '13 8:59pm UTC

GhostOfMatrix - While you may not see issues, might they still exist behind the moderator curtain? I'm not saying we're against it, but we are cautious.

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GhostOfMatrix

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Herald

Posted June 28, '13 9:18pm UTC

That's possible but I don't think it's a big deal there. Nobody brings up edit button abuse there.

You could have trial run with the edit button. If the issues are minimal, leave it as is. If it's being abused, introduce restrictions. I just don't see it turning into a problem on this forum, most of the posters follow the rules.

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ivan

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King

Posted June 28, '13 9:22pm UTC

No one seemed to read carefully what I wrote

Edit button:
''But since abuses are possible, there should be a time limit in which the modifications are possible! Or other limitations, for example you can only correct the last post that you made. Or is it required to put the reason for the correction.

It also can serve as a preview of the post!''

About change name Community to Forum
''The word 'Community', in my opinion, should be changed to the word 'Forum'
Forum is a universal word!
I do not think everyone knows what exactly the word Community means, or in what context.
Especially for those who are not in English-speaking areas.''

But since the name in the meantime has changed,nobody pays attention

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