forum Site-specific suggestions

Started December 23, 2017 by @Werevampiwolf

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@StevenUniversefangirl That seems possible and probably a good idea. I'll try to get it in a release soon. :)

Hmmm, Just a hunch But how about you add a scroller for the user list? Sometimes it's just going through the top and it doesn't show the full UI.

So I put in a suggestion for a new page type yesterday (?) called Books. It was a way to store all the other page types in it in one place, a bit like the Universe page but, imo, even more useful. Anyways I’m thinking it would be better to call it Stories for the people who make comics and shows etc.

Maybe an 'advertisement' section on the forums? I have a thread for announcing my streams, I think a few others do too, and I feel it would be less cluttered and easier to find if they had their own spot. It would be nice to be able to find other's social stuff cause it's all spread out in general, art, etc.

@Althalosian-bears-myrrh-from-the-East Thanks for the suggestion! You might be interested in the Lore page type, which was made to encompass books, stories, manuscripts, and other written/oral works within your world. You can also customize the page template to fit closer to exactly what you want.

You might also be interested in the native Documents feature on the site, which lets you write and store stories on the site, but also lets you link any pages you want directly to the story (and offers a handy sidebar for you to quick-reference any linked page while you write).

Do either of those help? Each page type suggestion usually takes a few weeks at least to build and I've had over 1,200 suggestions over the years, so I try to prioritize the most-requested first and combine them when I can (e.g. Book/Story –> Lore).

@Katastrophe I think that's a good idea. I probably need to figure out and formalize some kind of rule of what's determined spam and what's not, but I think that'd definitely improve the rest of the forums and also make a cool place for everyone to find each others' stuff. :)

@Flimsy_Foe I'll try to get that in a release soon.

Honestly I really just want a way to basically do what filter by universe does, but without needing a universe. A way to link a bunch of pages together and then filter by those eclectic groups. I have twelve stories on Timelines right now, and it’s really doesn’t make sense to make a universe for some of them, such as for urban fantasy or realism. Plus the fact that users without Premium can only make five. I guess it’s not necessarily a new page I would want. Just a way to filter things by story without needing a universe page. Make of that what you will. You’ve always been great to all of us here and I’m sure eventually you’ll find a really great way to look at this.

Maybe an 'advertisement' section on the forums? I have a thread for announcing my streams, I think a few others do too, and I feel it would be less cluttered and easier to find if they had their own spot. It would be nice to be able to find other's social stuff cause it's all spread out in general, art, etc.

hi @andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer), i think i've already asked this a few times before, but i just wanted to ask if there will ever be a maps feature added in the future?

That’s a lot of work, dude. Idek if that’s Andrews deal. Different game.

@StevenUniversefangirl It would be a lot of work, but I think it'd be an awesome feature. It's something I want to do eventually, but it'll probably be a while since there's so much to do to make it work. Big, new features are super exciting to plan and build though!

Yay! That’s so exiting. No pressure intended though, I understand making those kinds of things can be hard work and take a lot of effort and time

Hey there,@andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer). I don’t know if a i’ve brought this up before, but are you planning on adding a mass edit/delete function? that’s the only thing keeping this site perfect for me.

Sorry, how do I find the exact forum comments I made? In the data vault it only shows the forums I commented in, but I'd have to go through all the pages to find my comments. I looked on 'Recent activity' on my profile but it just came up with:

There are no posts here yet!
You can follow other worldbuilders from their profiles. Whenever a user you follow shares one of their public pages, it will appear here for you to comment on!

I've been absent for over a year so the website design has changed quite a bit for me.

Is there a way to have a page-count feature for Documents? I'm using it as a way of being able to reference pages while working on coursework but I don't want to have to open a Word document and paste everything to get an accurate page-count.

Hello there!
Is there a way to delete old discussions you started? If so, how? I started some discussions years ago which are now collecting dust which I would feel happy about just deleting haha

Thank you.

There should be a "delete topic" button below the text box. I think it's right next to "post reply" but I might be wrong.

i'll check it out :)

OMG I'm such a blind idiot! Thank you so much!

You're good, glad I could help

I think I already suggested this sometime before, but for characters (and some other pages like items, floras, foods and such, rather "small" things), to have a picture more alike to a profile/file picture instead of a header. Most character pictures probably aren't of low height and very broad. If it's a picture I upload that's akin to a portrait, it ends up just showing one low and broad part of the characters face, like the nose and cheeks or the eyes and some hair on the sides. Maybe make this an option to choose between header or normal picture for page types.
Random image from google as an example for what I mean: https://curtainhasfallen.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/character-file-maria.jpg

This ain’t a chat thread. Find one of those.

I think it would be a cool feature to be able to mark all forums you're following as read. Kinda like you can with notifications. And maybe there be a separate section from all the unread forums that shows only threads you're following. I just think it may be useful for people who want to clear notifications, but not go through 80 forums.

I hope that makes sense.

I think it would be helpful to add a page type called ethnicities. I have several different kinds of people in development right now, but I keep running into the issue of what page they belong on. They don't really fit with the Groups page, because groups are like organizations, and what I'm looking for doesn't exactly fit as an organization. But at the same time, I don't want to list them as a new race, because they aren't a different race at all. They just live in a very different place and have different cultures as the other people in their race. The only thing that I can think of that might fit is the word ethnicity. Like the people who live in a mountain country in the north would have a very different culture than people who live in a desert country, or a jungle one, but they are all humans, so they don't fit as different race. Does that make sense? Sorry this is so long.

There are/were three human races. Now they're super muddled. But juat misuse the word like everyone else does. A different race is actually still human. Don't let dnd confuse you.

@RamblingBirdNerd I can definitely see the use in ethnicities and see it requested occasionally, so it's on the list of pages to eventually add. It needs fleshing out all the categories/fields so any other info you'd like to provide on how you'd use the page would be helpful, but I also try to prioritize pages based on how many requests they get, so I'm not sure when it'll be available (as they sometimes take a while to create).

I appreciate the suggestion and will take it as feedback! Sorry about the inconvenience; it's exciting to see how people use the site explode and need more and more functionality, and I'm looking forward to constantly making things better for everyone. :)