Mahz's Dev Journal

[AlteredTundra]

@Mahz
I have a little suggestion for the profile pages. What if the tabs that contain the Trophies, Visitor Messages, and Recent posts are at the top of the page instead of the bottom? Those kinds of things have always seemed better fitted at teh top of any profile page, wouldn't you agree?

[SilverRain]

@Mahz
Fyi, in the Users listing, people who are Invisible (such as myself currently), will have their Last Online value appear as "Invisible". This seems different to our profiles where our Last Online value is blank instead. However, if I'm logged in as myself and find my own entry under the Users listing, it will show the time I was last online in terms of minutes (e.g. < 1 min). Not a concern for me, and I understand that its because different templates are used, but just thought I'd let you know.

Edit:
My online status viewed from another account:


My online status viewed from my own account:

[ManiacMaestro]

Mahz should add add an edit color feature to your username in chat

[Genkai]

It's cool we can toggle hide/show for people viewing a thread but would it be possible for it to remain hidden on certain threads but not, on others? It keeps showing those viewing when I clicked it to "hide," only when I go the next page and have the list "shown: again. I think the interest checks stay hidden though, but not individual threads. I'm just curious.

[Shienvien]

Oddly enough, those stay hidden for me. I have to explicitly click them each an every time I want to see people viewing the page/thead/site.

[Ellri]

@Mahz
Just to verify, was there a plan in the chat system to link the [@Mention] stuff to the notifications system? It might be useful if that were possible. The link would logically send one to the chat log, to the relevant line in that.

[NuttsnBolts]

@Mahz
Just to verify, was there a plan in the chat system to link the [@Mention] stuff to the notifications system? It might be useful if that were possible. The link would logically send one to the chat log, to the relevant line in that.

@Ellri

Maybe a notification box in the chat page for times you were mentioned? I just know with the amount of times people mention others that notification area would fill up very quickly.

[Ellri]

True. it would have to be managed somehow. Maybe it'll be possible to only have it trigger a notification once it goes of of the chat, and only if you've not focused the window between it being posted and it being removed to the logs?
Perhaps it could trigger if someone mentions you when you're not there, though.

[Melkor]

I'm sure it's been mentioned a few time - are we gonna get the ability to delete PMs, they tend to pile up.

[ManiacMaestro]

@Melkor I agree.

[Iliana]

This isn't a recommendation for improvements on the site's settings but an observation that I'd like to share in hopes that it will be acknowledged and taken into consideration.

Before I came across Roleplayer Guild years ago -- and yeah, I'll admit that this is an alt account -- I noticed one recurrent theme here and it's its lack of community.

During a hiatus I unexpectedly took a few weeks ago, I discovered another site on it and I love it for what it is but Roleplayer Guild was the first official forum I'd come across (since the ones my friends from high school made just died from lack of activity and scheduling) and it became like a second home. It's not difficult to see that the vast majority of its users are very divided and haughty. I don't know why that is but I don't feel like I'm the only one. I see a lot of people attacking one another and that's so common on here and very off-putting. Not to mention, it's really pathetic. Yeah, it's the internet, petty fights happen and because of so many users, we're bound to clash but come on. Aside from that, I see a lot of users get away with tons of things namely speaking on NSFW (not just looking at the 1X1 department) and it being out in the open, ignorant to the fact that there are underage users on here; I'm not a minor myself but how visible it is, is just disappointing for me and I'm sure for the rest of us who are not on about that. I'm sure there's more to that but that's the first one that came to mind.

I see a lot of potential for Roleplayer Guild but a huge part of me wishes it had another Guildfall, to be brutally honest.

There's a lot of improvements that could be made starting off with establishing (updating as well) and putting forth-front the rules and giving this place a facelift that has a welcoming feel to it and not a barren one (this place is awesome, come on! :)). With all due respect to the staff and with their personal lives in mind: Where are you guys? Where are you when you need to oversee what's going on and what can be improved? I know applications for staff members are open but regardless.

The least important thing to work on are the site's additional settings and new features but rather what keeps it running (yes, money) but your site's members cooperation, authority, and unity.

Please don't take this as an attack to Roleplayer Guild but for what it is: a humble plea.

[Hank]

I know applications for staff members are open but regardless.

@Iliana

What gives you that idea?

[Lord Santa]

Uh, may have come at a bad time and it may just be me, but if you type something like x.:y then it comes up with a web link going nowhere.

For example:

Greeneggs.:ham
Here.:there
Mr.T.:ChuckNorris

Even works in headings.

H.:tl

Weird glitch?

[Ellri]

That, @Lord Santa, is @Mahz URL parser acting up. Its parameters for parsing urls is a bit too wide.

[Lord Santa]

That, @Lord Santa, is @Mahz URL parser acting up. Its parameters for parsing urls is a bit too wide.

@Ellri

Ah, I see. That's interesting to note. Thanks :D

[SilverRain]

On a funny note, I saw that the last post was by @Lord Santa and came to this thread thinking that there would be presents. Yes, regardless of how much I have changed on the outside, deep within, I am still a kid. Uh, just don't tell my boss that. :P

[souleaterfan320]

A little out of the blue, here, but could I get my username changed? The numbers in it don't blend well with the overall profile.

[Mahz]

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This isn't a recommendation for improvements on the site's settings but an observation that I'd like to share in hopes that it will be acknowledged and taken into consideration.

Before I came across Roleplayer Guild years ago -- and yeah, I'll admit that this is an alt account -- I noticed one recurrent theme here and it's its lack of community.

During a hiatus I unexpectedly took a few weeks ago, I discovered another site on it and I love it for what it is but Roleplayer Guild was the first official forum I'd come across (since the ones my friends from high school made just died from lack of activity and scheduling) and it became like a second home. It's not difficult to see that the vast majority of its users are very divided and haughty. I don't know why that is but I don't feel like I'm the only one. I see a lot of people attacking one another and that's so common on here and very off-putting. Not to mention, it's really pathetic. Yeah, it's the internet, petty fights happen and because of so many users, we're bound to clash but come on. Aside from that, I see a lot of users get away with tons of things namely speaking on NSFW (not just looking at the 1X1 department) and it being out in the open, ignorant to the fact that there are underage users on here; I'm not a minor myself but how visible it is, is just disappointing for me and I'm sure for the rest of us who are not on about that. I'm sure there's more to that but that's the first one that came to mind.

I see a lot of potential for Roleplayer Guild but a huge part of me wishes it had another Guildfall, to be brutally honest.

There's a lot of improvements that could be made starting off with establishing (updating as well) and putting forth-front the rules and giving this place a facelift that has a welcoming feel to it and not a barren one (this place is awesome, come on! :)). With all due respect to the staff and with their personal lives in mind: Where are you guys? Where are you when you need to oversee what's going on and what can be improved? I know applications for staff members are open but regardless.

The least important thing to work on are the site's additional settings and new features but rather what keeps it running (yes, money) but your site's members cooperation, authority, and unity.

Please don't take this as an attack to Roleplayer Guild but for what it is: a humble plea.

@Iliana

The guild lost a lot from guildfall. Lots of people simply never came back or never moved past it. Seven years is a lot of time and community to suddenly vanish, and it takes time for a sense of incumbency to re-emerge. After all, the guild suffered a hard reset and then endured a year on a shaky platform that I then rebuilt this year. Now things are coming together.

As far as rules go, I created the guild to be a place with few of them. It's the crux of my ethos and the laissez faire spirit of the guild.

Maybe there's an above-average level of in-fighting going on lately. I don't know, you're the first to point it out. I think that a "Report Post" button that lowers the barrier for users to summon help will address some of this which will in turn help me get a better reading of the kind of interpersonal problems people are having on the guild.

I appreciate the feedback. You say that you don't have any answers, but neither do I. The guild is always growing over time and tends to work things out on its own. Some people don't like it, but more do, thus net growth.

[NuttsnBolts]

This is a minor bug that I noticed, so I didn't feel that creating a whole thread would warrant such time and effort.

When creating a new Int Chk or RP we can add 5 tags to the thread.
If I was to select the Casual tag and make a Casual RP, I can then only select 4 more tags (small group, fantasy, sci-fi, etc)... However... If I don't select the Casual tag I can then select 5 theme tags. Once the RP is created it will end up with an additional tag of Free, Casual or Advanced as those sections automatically add these tags to any RP in that section.

Using this exploit I was able to actually create 6 tags for an RP that I recently created which include, "Casual, Apocalyptic, Fantasy, Arena, Modern & Large Group" rather than the 5 tag limit set when you create the thread.

[Ellri]

The tags referring to thread level and group size should really be separate from the five-tag limit.