Lady Alyx Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I hope for the new year this forum will be straightened out..need to have a spot for new topics at the TOP and then all other Calendar topics to be afterwards.... ~~~~Sailing Westward Bound~~~~ Lady Alyx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumba Rue Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I'd like to see each calendar month removed as we go through the year, so we don't have to go through the whole dang forum just to get to the bottom where the 'other stuff' is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 #1 What about a scrolling event bar at the top of the first page, the contents of which are clickable to get you into the specific forum for that event? That way it would only take up a single line on the main page. You could load it with the events for the upcoming month or two and just let it run through them continuously. #2 I believe Stynky is also working on a way to have the recent events rise to the top of the Raids forum. This involves working with the people who designed the forum, so that is probably going slowly. I do not think you want events to fall off until at least a month after they're over because a lot of discussion takes place post-event. This is the value of the clickable scrolling events bar IMO - it could be restricted to upcoming events to serve as a sort of advertisement for them. #3 I know Stynky wants to have a calendar with clickable links to the forum. My concern with that is the how to fit all the events in. Some weeks/weekends (in the spring-summer for example) probably contain 5 or more events. That's a lot to fit in a day box on a calendar. It might make sense to just have a calenders by week rather than have slots for each individual day. Especially since events typically last several days, often during a weekend. Then you could fit more text inside the box. Kinda' like this: _________________________________________________________ |Dec.| Pirates in Paradise, KW, 11/28-12/6 |6-12| Mr. Happy Gerbil Pirate-Festorama, Ludlum, OH, Dec. 10-13 _________________________________________________________ |Dec. | Mr. Happy Gerbil Pirate-Festorama, Ludlum, OH, Dec. 10-13 |13-20| _________________________________________________________ Er, etc. (This is a pain in the arse to do in text and it looks boring as can be, but you may get the idea from that mess.) Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Bo of the WTF co. Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 So, what was wrong with having the months being their own forum, and the events threads in their respective month/forum? (the way it was I quit trying to browse this mess long ago. it really does suck this way. I agree it needs major help. I'd vote for returning to the previous format as mentioned. That really did work well. Bo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Alyx Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 (edited) I would not have to sort out the 2009 events from the 2010 events, it gets confusing... can we float the 2009 events to the bottom of the page? Edited January 20, 2010 by Lady Alyx ~~~~Sailing Westward Bound~~~~ Lady Alyx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Sterling Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I would like to see Mission index everything....snigger.... "I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers Crewe of the Archangel http://jcsterlingcptarchang.wix.com/creweofthearchangel# http://creweofthearchangel.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I suggest you contact Stynky directly. He's in charge of the organization of the forum and having people modify things. I'm pretty sure he doesn't read the forum beginning to end so he may not have even seen this post. In fact, it should really have gone in the Pyracy Pub Status forum because that's sort of what it's for; I know he reads that when he checks in. I suggest presenting him with a well organized idea about what could be done to improve the forum. (Don't just complain about why you don't like the new format and how it was better before. Think about how well you respond when someone complains to you about something you've taken the initiative to design.) Stynky really does want to make the format better and if you have a good idea, I'm sure he'll at least consider it. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I would like to see Mission index everything....snigger.... I'm afraid that would go badly. See, I never read this group of forums, so I have no intrinsic feel for indexing it. I only pop in and post in the forums that exist for the events that I've decided to attend based on outside invitations and recommendations. (I only attend 3 or 4 events a year and one of them has it's own separate forum.) Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedJessi Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 I think Mission should organize this Mr. Happy Gerbil Pirate-Festorama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Ok. First, I have to confirm the dates and the location. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Jim Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 I could wear my Gerbil Shirt: My occupational hazard bein' my occupation's just not around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedJessi Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Period encampments? (canvas tubes, no pink and purple plastic!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Where the hell did you find that?! That is just too hilarious! Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Jim Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Ya gotta love Google. Entered "performing gerbils" and found that. Weird. My occupational hazard bein' my occupation's just not around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Canvas and gerbils? I give that about 2 minutes. No gerbil or hamster wants to be in a cage, no matter how colorful or Byzantine it is. (Believe me, I have over a decade of experience with such rodents. Sharp pointy teeth!) But there will definitely be an old-timey period section. And of course, for the purists. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stynky Tudor Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 You guys are right and I've know it for a long time, the Events Forum is a disorganized mess. Plans and strategies to organize it and keep it organized have failed miserably. Before I moved things into monthly forums, I got complaints that new, less popular or unknown events were getting pushed down and drown by the busier, more popular events - the threads with the most traffic stick at the top. Then I organized things by monthly forums, I got complaints that it was too messy, too much of a pain to go digging for events. So I put them back - sort of the way it was. . . obviously not the right answer and still unusable. Basically the number of events have out grown or previous way to manage them. I've looked around for some code that will tie in the event discussion forums to the Pub's clickable event calendar, but without any luck. To be honest though, it has been a while since I've delved into it and at this point it's not beneath me to actually find and pay someone else to write the necessary code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capn'rob Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Kind Sir, I'd just like to be the first to step forward and tell you that I, yes I shall boldly accept the going rate or just some reasonable fee, if that is what is being offered. I must tell you up front, I have no computer skills beyond checking e-mail and occaisionaly posting pictures. My computer chronically mis-spells as well. I wouldn't be able to mess this up any more than it is because I probably couldn't access the forum, I could just use some money. What ev! Dutch "X" his mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 I've looked around for some code that will tie in the event discussion forums to the Pub's clickable event calendar, but without any luck. To be honest though, it has been a while since I've delved into it and at this point it's not beneath me to actually find and pay someone else to write the necessary code. What, exactly, is beneath you? (I'm just curious.) Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stynky Tudor Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 I've looked around for some code that will tie in the event discussion forums to the Pub's clickable event calendar, but without any luck. To be honest though, it has been a while since I've delved into it and at this point it's not beneath me to actually find and pay someone else to write the necessary code. What, exactly, is beneath you? (I'm just curious.) Just a large mass of small rodents, they mostly carry me around on their backs. Sometimes I use them to overwhelm my enemies or big game animals when I feel snackish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyBarbossa Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 LOL... rats or crabs, Stynky? Poor thing. Anyways... Well, I suppose in the meantime whilst experimenting and searching for something that's user-friendly... perhaps removing the old events so that the 2010 events could be easily spotted? Right now... it's uber confusing. I'd be glad t' offer some assistance, Skynky, if ye needs it. The Pop is rather quiet anyways. ~Lady B Tempt Fate! an' toss 't all t' Hell!" "I'm completely innocent of whatever crime I've committed." The one, the only,... the infamous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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