Bailey Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Teamspeak and Forums Suggestions It has been a while since we've had any major changes to the Teamspeak and the Forums, and now I've done a bit of work behind the scenes (there's an actual list of shit I've done that's a bit old now) but most of it is behind the scenes or very minimal, such as the removal of the Santos section on the forums and just general updates here and there. I have been asking to do a suggestions post for the Teamspeak and the Forums for a few weeks now, but due to the newness of my position as Forums and Teamspeak supervisor as well as the Director Isard applications, I was told not to go ahead with this post until this morning @Cecil gave me his blessing to make the post, so, lets get into it. I have done everything that's been suggested to me by the Staff/Management Team and been approved, so, I turn to the community to ask for any suggestions on what could/should be done on the forums as well as on the Teamspeak Server. This can be anything from new tags, new sections to the forums, anything you can think of at all. Let me know! I want to do as much as I can for these platforms while I'm supervising them and helping them become as good as they can be. Fire away those serious suggestions! (Meme ones will be ignored). Thanks! The Teamspeak and Forums Team will go over these at a later date! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubbs1 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 The ability to kick management out of our own TS channel 3 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 back to top option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 15 minutes ago, Delta said: back to top option This is already a thing isn't it? If not I'll get it fixed. EDIT: The back to top button has been fixed (it was toggled off for some) and can be seen in the bottom right when you scroll down, the top arrow. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombatiacus Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Chubbs said: The ability to kick management out of our own TS channel Can we get this point into action Bailey? You never know when you gonna need it Edited February 25, 2020 by Wombatiacus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauler Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 de_lete ts and switch to skype Switch from invisionzone back to mistforums On a serious note: Have tags for how long you’ve been playing the server for (both on TS and Forums). On forums you can start it from when they made a forum account. Make the forum a bit more phone friendly. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Veteran Kristofer Posted February 25, 2020 Retired Veteran Share Posted February 25, 2020 Give us back our ISB logos 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 8 hours ago, Bailey said: This is already a thing isn't it? If not I'll get it fixed. EDIT: The back to top button has been fixed (it was toggled off for some) and can be seen in the bottom right when you scroll down, the top arrow. :thumbsup: Thank you <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 9 hours ago, Wombatiacus said: Can we get this point into action Bailey? You never know when you gonna need it Would make TS perms for users too OP. 9 hours ago, Mauler said: On a serious note: Have tags for how long you’ve been playing the server for (both on TS and Forums). On forums you can start it from when they made a forum account. Make the forum a bit more phone friendly. There's no reliable way to tell when someone has been playing for, as well as it seems like an unnecessary way to put a divide between newer and older players of the Server. Can't make the forums a bit more phone friendly without going to an entirely different set of CSS which costs a lot of $. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauler Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 (edited) Donatable Custom Roles on the TS/Forums. Make em uber expensive or something. They wouldn't have perms except if they WERE a staff/donator/etc the role would have equivilant perms. Edited February 26, 2020 by Mauler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCHEFF Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Quality of Life Make certain elements of the forums colour-customisable. I would love to purple up my page a little bit, even if nobody else sees it. If you choose to not go through with this, at least change all the orange elements, which exist in the default template for these forums, to blue to stay consistent. I would love a veteran's badge on the forums, as shown on Teamspeak. To argue it would separate people in the community into groups is irrelevant based on the fact a badge on Teamspeak and ranks and badges on the forums exist. Recognition is nice. A user's birthday can be (optionally) shown in the user's name with a party hat emoji and confetti streaming down their profile page, making it more obvious. Remove posts to the Gallery from showing up in Unread Content, or at least make it an option. Since the Gallery isn't used with any sort of frequency, it's jarring to see posts clog up the Unread Content page when people do post there. Alternatively, posts on the Gallery could be grouped into single posts. Major Additions If possible, a user's in-game name, regiment and rank could be displayed alongside their forum rank and reputation. This information could be tied to the job code on the server. Change the forum banner to represent all of the regiments or at least large organisations on the server. In relation to the previous suggestion, a banner could be automatically selected to be displayed for a user who is in a particular regiment. e.g. A user in Regional Government would have a Government banner display above the chatbox when they first enter the forums. This banner would change when they change regiments. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 5 minutes ago, SCHEFF said: Quality of Life Make certain elements of the forums colour-customisable. I would love to purple up my page a little bit, even if nobody else sees it. If you choose to not go through with this, at least change all the orange elements, which exist in the default template for these forums, to blue to stay consistent. I would love a veteran's badge on the forums, as shown on Teamspeak. To argue it would separate people in the community into groups is irrelevant based on the fact a badge on Teamspeak and ranks and badges on the forums exist. Recognition is nice. A user's birthday can be (optionally) shown in the user's name with a party hat emoji and confetti streaming down their profile page, making it more obvious. Remove posts to the Gallery from showing up in Unread Content, or at least make it an option. Since the Gallery isn't used with any sort of frequency, it's jarring to see posts clog up the Unread Content page when people do post there. Alternatively, posts on the Gallery could be grouped into single posts. Major Additions If possible, a user's in-game name, regiment and rank could be displayed alongside their forum rank and reputation. This information could be tied to the job code on the server. Change the forum banner to represent all of the regiments or at least large organisations on the server. In relation to the previous suggestion, a banner could be automatically selected to be displayed for a user who is in a particular regiment. e.g. A user in Regional Government would have a Government banner display above the chatbox when they first enter the forums. This banner would change when they change regiments. Some cool ideas here, I'm unsure if the major additions are possible, but we can sure give them a shot. The customisable colours should be relatively easy, veteran's badge can be done (as long as they've already got it on TS) if its approved. Users birthday is possible to do, will look into it if its approved. Posts from gallery in unread content can be done too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 31 minutes ago, Mauler said: Donatable Custom Roles on the TS/Forums. Make em uber expensive or something. They wouldn't have perms except if they WERE a staff/donator/etc the role would have equivilant perms. Will have to see about this, could seem like a huge money grab on our parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Veteran Rook Posted February 26, 2020 Retired Veteran Share Posted February 26, 2020 3 hours ago, Bailey said: it seems like an unnecessary way to put a divide between newer and older players of the Server Well said, I was going to reply with the same. All I've done is make server management and community management names look different, lmao. Good to see that you're committed to the big projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 34 minutes ago, Rook said: Well said, I was going to reply with the same. All I've done is make server management and community management names look different, lmao. Good to see that you're committed to the big projects. I’m somewhat of a sick cunt. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauler Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 3 hours ago, Bailey said: Will have to see about this, could seem like a huge money grab on our parts. Money Grab maybe. Or ways to express individuality. People don't have to do this, it could literally just be something to do that'd be nice. It's not like: Pay money to access the TS/Forums/Server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, Mauler said: Money Grab maybe. Or ways to express individuality. People don't have to do this, it could literally just be something to do that'd be nice. It's not like: Pay money to access the TS/Forums/Server. I’ll see what the big guys think, unique idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taki Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 I'm unaware of the logistics to create such an edit, but an update to the scrolling title card bar at the top of the forums would be cool (image below for reference). For ease of access for new players, a card could be added with a link to the servers training discord server. Clicking on the link could activate a permanent link to the discord using the browser discord format. Although it's already pinned on the right side bar of the main forums menu, a card for the TeamSpeak could also be added. Upon clicking on the link could activate a request for TeamSpeak to open, with a connection to the TS ready to go. The second suggestion seems redundant though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 31 minutes ago, taki said: I'm unaware of the logistics to create such an edit, but an update to the scrolling title card bar at the top of the forums would be cool (image below for reference). For ease of access for new players, a card could be added with a link to the servers training discord server. Clicking on the link could activate a permanent link to the discord using the browser discord format. Although it's already pinned on the right side bar of the main forums menu, a card for the TeamSpeak could also be added. Upon clicking on the link could activate a request for TeamSpeak to open, with a connection to the TS ready to go. The second suggestion seems redundant though. That can actually easily be done, just waiting on our amazing Graphic Designer team to come through with it all @Auzii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butcher Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Spoiler 21 hours ago, Bailey said: removal of the Santos section f I think a nice addition would channel descriptions for the official channels (lobby, support lounges, public and gaming lounges, event channels and community staff) that aren't absolute ass. Possibly utilize some nice images and gifs, not just text only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 13 minutes ago, Butcher said: I think a nice addition would channel descriptions for the official channels (lobby, support lounges, public and gaming lounges, event channels and community staff) that aren't absolute ass. Possibly utilize some nice images and gifs, not just text only. I'll look into getting some images made up for these channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliath Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 More... quality emotes .etc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 43 minutes ago, Goliath said: More... quality emotes .etc Send me some on the Dev Discord and I'll pop em in now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auzii Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 3 hours ago, taki said: I'm unaware of the logistics to create such an edit, but an update to the scrolling title card bar at the top of the forums would be cool (image below for reference). For ease of access for new players, a card could be added with a link to the servers training discord server. Clicking on the link could activate a permanent link to the discord using the browser discord format. Although it's already pinned on the right side bar of the main forums menu, a card for the TeamSpeak could also be added. Upon clicking on the link could activate a request for TeamSpeak to open, with a connection to the TS ready to go. The second suggestion seems redundant though. You're welcome, Gamer. Check the forums now with the updated banners <3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vadrian Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 5 hours ago, Auzii said: You're welcome, Gamer. Check the forums now with the updated banners <3 I like the tie one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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