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Upgrade Forums In Future?

If Glitch is to become as successful as we're all hopping for, IMHO the present incarnation of the forums is inadequate. Are they plans to upgrade the this forums?

I'd suggest dedicated message software such as vBulleton which can be moded to go directly inWorld and do all the excellent things that will greatly enhance the Glitch community.  

If any old-time 2nd Life folks are here they probably would agree that amazing things can be done.


Discuss...

Posted 20 months ago by MeherMan Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Definitely - the forums are going to be drastically upgraded. As are groups. No worries.
    Posted 20 months ago by Cupcake Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I bet it'll be built in-house so they can make them do exactly what they want.
    Posted 20 months ago by Tingly Claus Subscriber! | Permalink
  • After 4 months with no improvements I'm inclined to bump this thread.  Don't get me wrong, I'm a noob and as such don't feel "slighted" by the devs or anything, but I had intended to post a "Who Shall Start a Proper Forum" thread, and found this.  I would volunteer, and have friends, as well, who can volunteer and help make a robust and safe vBB or uBB type forum with subscriptions, themes, avatars, egosearch and all the stuff we need to rely on if we don't want to refresh the forums every few hours.  However, I'm feeling noobish and would be perfectly happy if someone else wants to take up this mantle.  If some of the more popular people in the game were to get excited about having a nice new forum, I would think it would be a far more interesting endeavor to undertake than to build it and hope people will come.

    So I guess I'm asking... do people think it is time for a new forum?
    Posted 16 months ago by FlirtyvonSexenhaven Subscriber! | Permalink
  • As cupcake mentioned above, I too am sure that forum improvements are in the works in background - a new and improved search function was added around the last test, we have had the 'Off Topic' category recently added.  I would love to see things such as being able to select to see all one person's posts, click to see last post in a thread and other things to improve functionality.

    Also, we've just had the intro of the new style updates on the homepage, which are also being worked on to improve further.

    However, right now, I feel that TS is concentrating more on corrections, improvements and new content to the game itself, so am trusting that they will not disappoint.  I am sure they will be enhancing the forums to make them more easily navigable and aesthetically pleasing:-)

    Actually, it was discussed in quite some detail a very short while back with Stoot contributing.  However I am sure he and the rest of TS are keen for more suggestions/ideas;-)
    Posted 16 months ago by ♥joby♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I played with a similar project recently.  These forums have improved in the time I've been here. :) 
    I'll try to find the link (no, I'm not trying to wake a zombie here - this is too amusing to resist.)

    Edit: Here's the link - http://beta.glitch.com/forum/ideas/5187/ 
    There's another thread that connects but I don't remember the title, but it was just after they did a lot of work on these forums. And they have been.
    Posted 16 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Tbh, this isn't really a call to the devs for improvements.  I'm sure they will improve their forums, but frankly I'd rather they didn't waste their resources.  I've never layed a game with forums that were as robust as the fansites' forums.  I'm just thinking, it's time to establish that fansite now, well before launch.  Otoh, I don't want to be the only person there! ^^;;
    Posted 16 months ago by FlirtyvonSexenhaven Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Flirty

    There are several fansites already in existence, along with the wiki.  You might want to check those out.
    Posted 16 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Here you go Flirty; Glitch Addict , courtesy of Morticia and Gomez Addams ;-)
    Posted 16 months ago by ♥joby♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • WindBorn, could you please suggest any sites other than the one that Jobynana proposes? It is not very helpful to newcomers to simply say that "there are several fansites already in existence" without stating which sites those are. Apart from the wiki, and now Glitch Addict, I know little of other sites. Were the forum's search better implemented, or the forum better organised, one would search for mention of such sites, but, unfortunately, given the current constraints on the forum, one is unable to do so. 

    Thank you!
    Posted 16 months ago by Linar Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The Wiki

    There's an IRC channel: 

    Glitchbook

    Glitch Fansite

    A list of Glitchlings at G+

    Unofficial Glitch Chat

    Second Life
    Posted 16 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Really fun community at Glitch Addict.
    Posted 16 months ago by alkaline Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Linar, I just added the one that came to mind 1st as being already established and was easily located.  BTW Glitchbook (as far as I am aware) is no longer available.;-)
    Posted 16 months ago by ♥joby♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't participate at any of those sites, so I don't have any up-to-date information about them.  The links are just to the forum thread where they are talked about.
    Posted 16 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • BTW MeherMan just glanced at Glitch Fansite...looking good;-)
    Posted 16 months ago by ♥joby♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Awesome, guys, thanks! :)
    Posted 16 months ago by FlirtyvonSexenhaven Subscriber! | Permalink
  • We don't have any plans to invest a lot in the forums: they already do what we need them to do. However, I bet that all of the player-run forums will continue to flourish and those with burning desires for particular forum features will see those needs met in the fullness of time :)
    Posted 16 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • there's only one thing about the forums that would REALLY come in handy here: it would be very, very nice to be able to see the latest unread posts in threads, and what threads have unread posts.

    that's a kind of basic functionality that would help us to keep track of conversations as they develop.
    Posted 16 months ago by flask Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I would love to see a "back to the top" button :)
    Posted 16 months ago by sgjo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • sgjo - (maybe you know this but for others...) You can use the "home" button and it will take you back to the top of the page.
    Posted 16 months ago by Gabi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ty for that, Gabi :)
    But, normally I'm just lurking and reading and I rarely post...so I don't use my keyboard, only my mouse.
    The only other time the keyboard is close enough to me for me to use (it stays down by my feet unless I'm using it and then it has to sit in my lap - tiny apartment so tower and monitor sit on an end table) is when I'm playing Glitch :D
    Posted 16 months ago by sgjo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for the update, stoo!
    Posted 16 months ago by FlirtyvonSexenhaven Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Should we have BBcode in this forum? If there will be BBcode in the future, I love pimping my own posts :3
    Posted 16 months ago by Freakulouz Boy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't know about BBcode. There is this "Source Editor" button here, but no guidance on how to use it. :(

    Test

    Ah! Got it!... But will this work as I hope?
    Nope.

    Tried to change my text color with a paragraph tag... but let me see if it allows the bold and italic tags to have style attributes.

    Red bold test
    Posted 16 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nope. In the editor it works, but the server cleans it up. Crap.

    Edit: They are using the JQuery extension "lwrte" for the editor.

    Edit: one more test and I'm done.
    lwrte
    Posted 16 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink