(10-07-2017, 03:43 PM)Oyuu Wrote: I've had a little go using the Clubs section to upload my own LS and here are my thoughts:Â
(10-07-2017, 03:43 PM)Oyuu Wrote: - I think using Clubs is a neat idea, especially the fact you can have your own little gallery, events, blog, etc. Provides useful utility without having to go make your own FC/LS website or something. But can we rename them to something else? Clubs is kinda random, calling it Groups maybe?Â
Clubs is what the vendor calls them and yes, we should be able to get that changed in a template somewhere. I'm still seeing what w e can modify [easily] and what we cannot in this new forum software. ...MyBB is very friendly in this regard, whereas IPS has lots of pro tools, but the curve is definitely a bit more complex.
(10-07-2017, 03:43 PM)Oyuu Wrote: - More filters would be great, having a URL section for a website, maybe a link for tumblr/social medias? RP intensity % is also useful. Perhaps pre-determined tags so you can list your company/linkshell themes? Also maybe a filter to choose whether it's an OOC group, IC group, discord groups, etc. Â
I can definitely add more fields in, and options to use them as filters. I'm hoping to acquire a plugin that'll make the front page for a club/group a fullblown post instead of just a description box. When it was set up, I was tinkering around with things to make just filtering easier, and skipped over  a lot of our current fields in the Halls. I'll work on getting the following in.Â
- URL
- Social Media
- RP Intensity
- IC/OOC
(10-07-2017, 03:43 PM)Oyuu Wrote: - When selecting a server, when selecting Other, I feel an input field should appear so you can type in the server name.Â
Currently, we've gotta have hard-coded choices in that field, since it generates some information needed to get the filtering working, much like the one on the current RPC. One of the work-arounds I have in mind for this is to suggest a naming convention like Goup <fc tag> [Server] or so. (It's actually something I've been thinking about pitching to the rest of the staff for our current layout, to help keep the sorting intact and "fair".)
(10-07-2017, 03:43 PM)Oyuu Wrote: - IIRC, the Club is automatically marked as inactive upon creation - the default should probably be Active, no?
This should be doable. ...or I'll just flip the options, so it's active by default. The caveat here is that if someone wants their club deleted, we won't be able to undo that change like how current groups are archived. We may make it a policy to mode club/group forums into a graveyard like we do now.
(10-07-2017, 03:43 PM)Oyuu Wrote: - I could only upload the icon, but not the banner when creating the Club. Also would be nice to have some clearer instructions to what size the icons/banners should be (200x200 or something clearer than just image size.)Â
The image uploading appears to be a feature limitation. I'll have to see what our maximums are, as the site will default to scaling/clipping as needed.
(10-07-2017, 03:43 PM)Oyuu Wrote: - I couldn't select both FC and LS. This option is available on the old site, but you still end up with two separate posts to manage. Having just one post that covers the LS and FC would be great. Again, not sure if possible with this club feature.Â
This is by design. I found that when I made Linkshell and Free Company checkboxes, they couldn't be filtered properly. Like the current RPC offerings, if a group is dualistic, they'll want to make one of them the "main" group and then create a mirrored listing. If I can get the filtering to work correctly, then this may change!
(10-07-2017, 03:43 PM)Oyuu Wrote: - Description box is a little lacking, would be nice to have the same editing tools that forum posts have if that makes sense? Perhaps not so in depth, but being able to hyperlink, bold, italicise text easily would be useful.
I mentioned above, but I've found a plugin to give us this option! (And it adds some mod/admin tools that would be handy too).
(10-07-2017, 03:43 PM)Oyuu Wrote: - Trying to put up an event - I am unsure of what timezone I'm putting it up as (Is it my timezone I assigned my account, or is it set the same for everyone?), and the location setting is literally address input fields.Â
I'll need to work with someone outside my timezone to confirm how it acts myself. I know it was hardcoded in our current calendar which is why everything is Pacific Time. If you make an event and select a time, please put what timezone you intended it to be in and I can check this!
(10-07-2017, 03:43 PM)Oyuu Wrote: I really like the look and feel of the Clubs though, I think FCs and LSs could really benefit from this set up. Also, I like hovering over a user's icon and having their info pop up with options to message, etc. That's a cute little feature.
It gets even better! If you head over to a user's page, we have activity on steroids now. You can find topics, posts, events, and gallery images to name a few. (No more screaming at gallery integrations and how hard it is to find out who uploaded what). We'll need to manually relink all uploaded images to their owners, which will be a fun task though. x_x (And all the more reason I'll be keeping the old/current RPC up for a while during the migration to make sure that any converter quirks can be fixed up).
(10-07-2017, 03:43 PM)Oyuu Wrote: Sorry if this a lot, I feel like I'm writing tickets... "As a User, I wish to select blah blah blah"
This is lovely! The more feedback I get, the better-suited I can customize things. Usability is just as important (if not more) than look and feel. If there's a feature that seems strange, I can check to see what our options are for it.