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Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Sun Sep 22, 2013 5:24 amby greenoaks
Edit (Metsfanmax): Final suggestion is to order the navbar at the top as follows:
The Game--Scoreboard--Tournaments--Maps--Clans--ForumMove Mapboard to top of screenConcise description:- Give the map board its own tab at the top of every page
Specifics/Details:- It is currently hidden on the old Instructions page accessed via the new The Game tab
How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:- People were talking about the new mapboard and i was wtf as it is not easily spotted
- If we are not ashamed proud of our maps, put them out on display like the Scoreboard, Clans, Forum & Tournaments are
- If more info or stats are going to be added then all the more reason to put it where it'll be seen, and used
- The things that make this site great our at the top of every page. We have the best Tournament scene of any risk-like site, the best Clan scene, the best Forum. Our maps kickass too
- Did I mention Maps should be a tab at the top of every page
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Sun Sep 22, 2013 5:29 amby koontz1973
I already screamed for this and a few other improvements. This is a must have button. Considering the clan button goes nowhere the map board is by far a better thing.
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Sun Sep 22, 2013 8:11 amby Qwert
i agree on this, its could look something like:
The Game--Scoreboard--Mapboard--Tournaments--Clans--Forum
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Sun Sep 22, 2013 8:45 amby koontz1973
The Game--Scoreboard--Forum--Tournaments--Maps--Clans
Changed it slightly. Tournaments are better suited next to forums. I would argue maps should be after forums but as the map board does not do much and does not highlight the works in progress, it goes after tournys. Clans is last as it is a waste of space but highlights the clan world.
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:53 amby greenoaks
Scoreboard/Maps, Tournaments/Clans, Forum
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:18 amby Qwert
well maybe you dont notice but this its only a begining of mapboard implementations, and when they reach full capacity ,will look like this:
viewtopic.php?f=535&t=123804Consider that will be very close to scoreboard, i think that place should be close to scoreboard.
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Sun Sep 22, 2013 11:24 amby spiesr
Qwert wrote:well maybe you dont notice but this its only a begining of mapboard implementations, and when they reach full capacity ,will look like this:
viewtopic.php?f=535&t=123804Consider that will be very close to scoreboard, i think that place should be close to scoreboard.
That is what the suggestion is, but there is no promise when or if any of those additions would be made.
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Sun Sep 22, 2013 1:13 pmby Gilligan
Yes, please do this
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Sun Sep 22, 2013 3:22 pmby cairnswk
Yes i agree with this.
I think we have an overall great collection of maps/concepts/designs and these should be easily accessed at the top of each page in the main menu...
perhaps in between Scoreboard and Tournaments.
Maps are afterall what players come to the site to play.
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Sun Sep 22, 2013 7:36 pmby agentcom
You can already access the Mapboard via the top of the screen by clicking on "The Game." Not everything that every person uses is able to fit at the top of the screen. I'm not sure if 2 clicks is too far away that we need to move it to one click.
There's a lot more potential for the mapboard, so maybe when/if it starts to reach that potential, it would be appropriate to move it. But to me, it doesn't seem like that time is now.
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Sun Sep 22, 2013 8:04 pmby cairnswk
Mmm. sometimes it is precisely planning for the future that makes a greater change possible, rather than sitting back on present laurels.
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Sun Sep 22, 2013 8:28 pmby greenoaks
agentcom wrote:You can already access the Mapboard via the top of the screen by clicking on "The Game." Not everything that every person uses is able to fit at the top of the screen. I'm not sure if 2 clicks is too far away that we need to move it to one click.
There's a lot more potential for the mapboard, so maybe when/if it starts to reach that potential, it would be appropriate to move it. But to me, it doesn't seem like that time is now.
i'm aware it can be accessed but why is it hidden? it should be front and centre.
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Sun Sep 22, 2013 8:42 pmby Metsfanmax
To me, this is an obvious call. Not just because of the utility of the maps button -- but because the mapmakers in the Foundry put so much effort and time into their creations, and it's a shame that we don't showcase it as much as we can. I'm going to make an executive decision on this one; SUBMITTED.
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:20 pmby greenoaks
Metsfanmax wrote:To me, this is an obvious call. Not just because of the utility of the maps button -- but because the mapmakers in the Foundry put so much effort and time into their creations, and it's a shame that we don't showcase it as much as we can. I'm going to make an executive decision on this one; SUBMITTED.
why have you chosen that order (The Game--Scoreboard--Forum--Tournaments--Maps--Clans) and not Scoreboard/Maps, Tournaments/Clans, Forum?
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:46 pmby cairnswk
greenoaks wrote:Metsfanmax wrote:To me, this is an obvious call. Not just because of the utility of the maps button -- but because the mapmakers in the Foundry put so much effort and time into their creations, and it's a shame that we don't showcase it as much as we can. I'm going to make an executive decision on this one; SUBMITTED.
why have you chosen that order (The Game--Scoreboard--Forum--Tournaments--Maps--Clans) and not Scoreboard/Maps, Tournaments/Clans, Forum?
yes, why did you put MAPS there? this should read...
The Game--Maps--Scoreboard--Forum--Tournaments--Clans
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:00 pmby greenoaks
why is Forum in the middle? it was on the end before.
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:13 pmby cairnswk
greenoaks wrote:why is Forum in the middle? it was on the end before.
I think that where it use to be previously in old layout
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:23 pmby greenoaks
cairnswk wrote:greenoaks wrote:why is Forum in the middle? it was on the end before.
I think that where it use to be previously in old layout
no, it was on the end. followed by Help & Rules which is now on the far right.
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:34 amby Metsfanmax
I thought koontz's suggestion was reasonable, and mine is just a copy of his. Maps and Clans should both be on the end since they are purely informational at this stage.
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:59 amby greenoaks
Metsfanmax wrote:I thought koontz's suggestion was reasonable, and mine is just a copy of his. Maps and Clans should both be on the end since they are purely informational at this stage.
no
Scoreboard and Maps should be together as they are search-able data. Tournaments and Clans should be together as they are about us competing. Forums is about chatting/discussing and goes on the end.
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Mon Sep 23, 2013 11:02 amby Metsfanmax
There are lots of possible permutations of this arrangement that have good reasons for them. I don't think your reasoning is any better or worse than koontz's, since it's mostly subjective. I'll let bigWham decide for himself.
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Fri Oct 18, 2013 7:52 pmby greenoaks
why does it say Metsfanmax is the author of the thread but when i go into it it shows me, the true author?
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Fri Oct 18, 2013 8:17 pmby chapcrap
greenoaks wrote:why does it say Metsfanmax is the author of the thread but when i go into it it shows me, the true author?
I don't know. Mets name is Tech Team color too. And if you click on Mets' name from the forum, it takes you to greenoaks' home page. Not sure what to think.
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Fri Oct 18, 2013 8:23 pmby Gilligan
chapcrap wrote:greenoaks wrote:why does it say Metsfanmax is the author of the thread but when i go into it it shows me, the true author?
I don't know. Mets name is Tech Team color too. And if you click on Mets' name from the forum, it takes you to greenoaks' home page. Not sure what to think.
I remember seeing this before in the clan forum too...can't remember specifics.
Re: Move Mapboard to top of screen
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Fri Oct 18, 2013 8:29 pmby chapcrap
Gilligan wrote:chapcrap wrote:greenoaks wrote:why does it say Metsfanmax is the author of the thread but when i go into it it shows me, the true author?
I don't know. Mets name is Tech Team color too. And if you click on Mets' name from the forum, it takes you to greenoaks' home page. Not sure what to think.
I remember seeing this before in the clan forum too...can't remember specifics.
Well, there is something similar in this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=184044But, when you click on Night Strike's name, it doesn't take you to my profile.