BlameThePixel!

Just wanted some input on this...

If a (completely hypothetical of course ) new BTP were to be created, what would you like to see changed / added to the current btp, what are the most important features to keep?

Most specifically in the files / menu organization, because neither are really ideal in my opinion.

I know not much has broken apart from the lack of files and a few minor features that nobody used anyway^TM, but we could do with a bit of a remake. No idea if I'll have the time anyway, but we'll see.

Radical suggestions welcome. As is humour, jokes normally lead to useful points.

edit: and then I realise it's 10 o' clock on new years eve.. lol.

I don't know if this fits in with what you're talking about, but since the maps section is down with it too... Well, I've been saying this for the last two years, maybe a... File Edit Script?!

I don't know if this fits in with what you're talking about, but since the maps section is down with it too... Well, I've been saying this for the last two years, maybe a... File Edit Script?!
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A decrease in usesless admins, and user-admins.. seeing as how they are never around anymore. More advertising of the leagues(they are fun). And of course, keep Pixville.

I only ever use the forum but possibly a slim-lined menu would be good. Keep it vertical, mind, none of that horizontal lobbocks.

Ehm, more options to fill in your profile and lots more forum related statistics would be interesting too.

Multi-racial torsos, we need to be politically correct, don't we (I'm just being difficult now )?

Rusk.

An area where questions can be posed by users, and everyone else (except the author) can attempt to answer it. A correct answer would add one point to somewhere to someone's total. You could dip in and out whenever you wanted to and question fixing could be kept an eye on by everyone with a public log file thing page place.

We don't actually need any of that, but it'd be cool.

*Agrees with Pope's post and then some*

Though, I can see some problems with the quiz system. Unless the questions are kept fairly specific, the answers given might be correct, but not be exactly what was entered in the answer box when the question was submitted.

That of course, assumes that you were going to have the asker input the question and not have to go back and keep tabs on old questions to see if anyone got the answer...

It'd be a live system, where it'd tell you if you were correct or not. Like the IRC quiz but with posts. The question-giver would be able to list possible answers that'd return a 'correct' page.

I forum subcription thingy suggesting!
I'd love to have this implememted .
http://www.blamethepixel.com/f/t2199 <- original suggestion thread.

And yes, rusk! I wan to play the game!

edit: how about milti-choice poll? and the ability to style the colour of the poll bars with CSS ( should the ability to use the current designs and design system be kept.

It'd be fancy to have userlist search.

A list of 10 last posted comments - this is something that could be very useful indeed.

Ability to delete AtB questions - i'm not implying for UAs, but at least make it easier for admins to do - this page gets spammed so often, it needs quick and easy moderation.

If you plan to keep User News, at least make them have a point - add an additional little one-line section at the main page which would show the headline of a today's user news post and it's author; if there'd be multiple posts at the same day, it would show the last one added and a message that there are more; if there are none, make it display "No user events today" or something along those lines.


Embed BTP radio into the main page - that is, whenever the radio is online, show a small section with play and stop buttons that could allow the user to hear it instantly - this will highly increase it's popularity amongst guests, i believe, and generally more listeners means more people will want to DJ.

Allow users to edit/delete their own comments within 15 minutes of posting - often people post in the wrong place or make big mistakes in comments and want to correct them, or just post something they instantly regret, but can't do anything about it. Despite the countless discussions about this, it can't actually be abused much - you don't get money for comments.

- >Provided the above suggestion is brought to life, disallow users to post more than one comment in a row; whether the second comment is anon or not. Some people like to have conversations with themselves in comments lasting throughout the whole page...


I know it's a lot easier to think this up than code it, but hey, doesn't hurt to dream a little?


P.S. Oh, and Happy 2006 everyone!

In the past of different forums ive come across, maybe some little forum statistics like, gender, age, current time in his area/etc.
Also, more options for useredit like, banned from making comments, subbmiting files, banned from rating users, banned from making forum posts, banned from shoutbox/addword posts (what sonic did)-(all of those are to keep the abusers away from them so we can avoid a bannage if user wont stop), a Validate email button for those who never got their validation email and still cant

Also, since the ratings have exploded, perhaps put in place.... a warning system?
A post report, reporting posts that need reporting from the reporter

Maps sextion needs to be re-done, my first times here i was confused as to where to get maps n' all
Like, clicking Maps would bring you to the last 15 maps submitted, with search at top
files too. hate that having to click browse and search

New design for guests/default, maybe. Or at least selectable for guests with a small menu at top left/right/bottom/whatevar

Guests can download stuff (easy?)

Maybe have more of the most used features of at like a top baras powpe mentioned, customizable
to clean up the huge left menu

Maybe add some of those forum arcades that IBforums have

..
May come up with more, but i guess this is plenty enough

Maybe something we can upload drawings and images to, it would have to be moderated like the QDB, with approved, declined, pending and all. It'd save us doing the whole image thread stuff and it would be easier to comment on each one.

We could alao have like a request page. A bit like a reverse options, you say what you want and how much you'll pay for it and people can make/find it for you can you pay them or pick the best one and pay that person for it.

You can customise the left menu actually. I've removed alot of things from there that I never use. I've also removed the ficto league, the random proper excuse you see on the home page and those ugly php errors (See user news page to see what I mean... needs cleaning up that.)

But yeah it isn't exactly obvious how to hide these things and the arrangement could be better.

edit: how about a forum search engine that doesn't like return the same result a loda times?

I just noticed BTP in I.E. looks ugly...

I would like to have on btp:

- a function were you can search for users
- 5 additonal letters at the ShoutMeUp
- keeping Pixelville
- an additional option in the user profile to enter the Skype-Name
- maybe a little thing that shows the timezone of evrey user so that i could actualy see how much time difference is between me and someone else

I think thats prety much it. If i get an other idea youll hear from me

I suppose less menu items is an obvious one, perhaps complemented by a second-level navbar and a sitemap page with the full menu on.
Forum search that shows post snippets, allows filter by user.
Less overlib, less text in general where it makes sense.
More dynamic home page (more news, user news, latest files, threads, etc.).
Calendar, auto-filled with birthdays, news, possibly forum posts.

Oh, and a baldheaded torso.