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 Caves Dweller Rascii  Administrator  |
Banned members are basically non-existant in my eyes, Malkin.  I think the best place could be both the My Caves main page and the forum index. I'll be sure to implement it with the revamp.  Thanks for the suggestion.- Rascii |
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 Tea Queen Laura |
Just like forum topics, COBs/agents, metarooms and adoptions can be moved to different categories, would it be at all possible to allow images to be moved too, please? Often images are accidentally posted to the wrong gallery (e.g. screenshots to the Fan Art gallery, fan art to the Graphics gallery) and it would save us/me having to reject them, and members having to re-submit. |
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Caves Dweller Rascii Administrator |
Ideally I think that would be a good idea. However, the images themselves are uploaded to different subdirectories on the server, and I don't really know how to move them via PHP scripting. I'll look into it though. - Rascii |
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 Prodigal Sock Ghosthande |
I'm not surprised, handling images with PHP is tricky business. I've been too chicken to try.  Since they have date/uploader/description information already being stored somewhere, would it be easier to use some sort of tag or label to indicate what kind of image it is? Or is there a better reason for having them in separate folders?  |
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Caves Dweller Rascii Administrator |
I'm thinking about merging the polls section with the forum. I think being able to discuss the polls would make them more useful. So my question is: Do you guys think that the polls should just be able to be included with a topic in any of the forums, or should there be a dedicated "Polls Forum"? - Rascii |
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 Sanely Insane RisenAngel Manager |
I think that it'd be a good idea to allow polls in all forums. That way, the Creatures polls will stay in the Creatures sections and the random polls will stay in the Strangeo section. Merging the polls with the forums is a very good idea, by the way. Some polls would work better with discussion, methinks. Risen Angel's Creatures Blog |
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Tea Queen Laura |
I agree with the latter, for the same reasons as Grendel Man. I've seen the same idea implemented in other forums and it works well. |
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 Moe |
Oh yes, discussion of polls would be wonderful! While I also think polls should be allowed in all forums, for some reason that I can't quite put my finger on, I also like the idea of a section dedicated to polls. I don't know why, but it may have something to do with organization and the ability to easily find polls, rather than a generic search that you hope finds the topic and poll you're looking for. |
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Tea Queen Laura |
It keeps them all in one place? |
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Moe |
That's probably it. But at the same time I like the idea of polls in forum topics elsewhere because it's just nice to be able to add a poll to, say, a development topic, to get feedback on features and things. I can see it working out well. It might be neat if it were possible to allow polls everywhere, but have one forum section that "collects" and displays all topics containing a poll. Like a filter, almost. So it's not a dedicated section, just an automatically gathered, grouped, and displayed link to topics in other sections that contain a poll. |
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Tea Queen Laura |
Yeah, it has its perks having polls in forum topics; I've found it's helpful to see the ongoing poll results as you're discussing them. I also like your idea of a forum section that collects and acts like a filter. I think we'll see more discussions prompted if the polls become an all round forum-based feature.Edit: I shouldn't join in with a discussion at 3 AM. Got to what I meant eventually! |
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Prodigal Sock Ghosthande |
Regarding the images section, it's a little confusing that when you view an image with the option to comment, you can't see the associated description/caption for the image. You can only see it from the gallery list--so if you view the specific image the comment box appears instead of the description. It gets a little weird if someone goes to view an image when it's linked on the homepage, for instance, because then they don't see the text at all. |
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 nuclearrainbow |
When I regisitered on the site it cut off my password and didn't tell me. I was able to send it to my email. Not very annoying but it's a good idea to have something to show you the password limit. |
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Caves Dweller Rascii Administrator |
Thank you for letting me know, nuclearrainbow. I'll look into it.- Rascii |
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Moe |
Hey Rascii: Favicon |
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 Malkin Manager |
Would generic avatars be useful? I seem to recall I only got my avatar when I became a mod... My TCR Norns |
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Prodigal Sock Ghosthande |
I would be happy to supply "freebie" Creatures avatars if that's the case. |
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Tea Queen Laura |
Ooh, please do, Ghosthande; I remember you did an awesome job creating those CC Chat banners. |
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 Lollipop Lord C-Rex |
What about an off-topic forum, or one for playing forum games, or maybe a science forum? |
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Caves Dweller Rascii Administrator |
I like the idea of some generic icons for users who aren't familiar with creating their own images. I'll create a few, and put up Ghosthande's as well. Moe wrote: - Rascii |
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Malkin Manager |
A favicon is one of those little graphics that show up next to the "http://creaturescaves.com" when you look in that bar, and it also shows up in your bookmarks, when you've got Creatures Caves bookmarked. I agree with Moe, it'd be a cute way of further customising Creatures Caves. My TCR Norns |
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Prodigal Sock Ghosthande |
There are some free sites that let you make them online, too. I think the one at degraeve.com is the one I used last time I needed one. |
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Caves Dweller Rascii Administrator |
Ooooh. Cool. I just briefly glanced at favicon.cc, and I thought it was a way to make avatars for forum users. I guess that topic was just in my head at the moment. I like to think that I'm pretty good at creating images for websites, but when it comes to tiny images like that, I usually have a hard time deciding what to put on it. >< - Rascii |
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Malkin Manager |
It could be... a stylised "CC", in the blue shade of the forums... or it could be a norn head...? There are a lot of options, but I'm sure you'll pick something fun. My TCR Norns |
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Moe |
I think the Bengal face would be cute as a Favicon, just like your current avatar.  Edit: Yes! Just like that. |
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Tea Queen Laura |
I'm loving the new Favicon. I think it's a perfect choice; for me a Bengal Norn always brings to mind Creatures Caves. C-Rex wrote: |
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Malkin Manager |
I can't see the new favicon... is it because I use Safari? Do I need to do something to be able to see it? My TCR Norns |
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Tea Queen Laura |
I use Safari and I can see it... Do you have CC.com bookmarked? |
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Malkin Manager |
I tried making a new bookmark for CC.com, but that didn't make the favicon show up. Visiting the front page using my old bookmark (http://www.creaturescaves.com/) made the favicon show up briefly, but it vanished again as soon as I started browsing on http://creaturescaves.com/... etc.  My TCR Norns |
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 Wiimeiser |
Works fine in Firefox Hashikin ko Tyni Kong Taria Haju'Rumia'an Klodz'Proddi. Terdish oxen saur yessi atai Kongo Dolpik! |
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Tea Queen Laura |
What about clearing your cache? Google tells me it'll load eventually afterwards. Also, Safari is prone to strange behaviour; sometimes I find that Favicons just don't show up, while other times they do. |
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Malkin Manager |
I've tried clearing my cache... the only thing that seems to make the difference is whether the URL has www in it or not. Glad to know it could just be a Safari problem. My TCR Norns |
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Caves Dweller Rascii Administrator |
Technically I'm supposed to put some code in every page that should show the favicon, which I did for the revamp, but not for the "old" website. So perhaps once the revamp opens the favicon will work more properly for you. Also, the favicon for the revamp will be different because the bengal face feels soo old cc.com. - Rascii |
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Tea Queen Laura |
Awww, I like the Bengal. It's CC.com all over, hehe. I'll just have to get used to something else. |
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Caves Dweller Rascii Administrator |
I've already made the new one. It goes well with the new design and I think you'll like it. - Rascii |
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