It's been a pretty quiet couple of months here at RR, mostly due to real life happening to me full-on. But don't fret, I haven't forgotten the goals that I've set down for updating/improving this place; they are still very much on the timeline.
1. Forum theme update - this goes hand in hand with updating the board's software to the next big version coming up, MyBB 1.6. It will add a lot of new features, or so I've been told, so I'm holding off on developing the new, clean and minimalistic white theme in fear of it being broken when we upgrade. But it's on the to do list. Sophie will be included in some way.
Don't worry, we're keeping the black ravenTwilight theme, but I'll be simplifying it even more. Sleek and simple is what I'm after.
2. Blog design update/cleanup - also been on the burner for a few months now. Aside from launching a better looking design (that'll be mostly white), I'll also be cleaning up the tags, editing a few posts that need it, etc etc. Sophie will also be included, of course.
3. Forum cleanup/moderation - I said before that I didn't want to delete posts. However, after growing to this size and having to take into account search engines finding our topics and discussions, I'm thinking some level of control needs to be put in now. Nix did this a while ago with one of the design threads, and I'm thinking it could be put into action into some of the other general discussion threads that are really going off tangent (not that I'm saying there are many, or that I don't enjoy/participate in them).
4. Smileys - I got a request from Raffy a long time ago about including some of the emoticons he posts (the one with the white character? what's that dude's name?). I'm still on the fence about it. In the meantime, any other smileys you'd like to include/prune from the list?
What do you guys think? As always, all of these are open for discussion.
Your non-response will be taken as a form of agreement.
1. Forum theme update - this goes hand in hand with updating the board's software to the next big version coming up, MyBB 1.6. It will add a lot of new features, or so I've been told, so I'm holding off on developing the new, clean and minimalistic white theme in fear of it being broken when we upgrade. But it's on the to do list. Sophie will be included in some way.
Don't worry, we're keeping the black ravenTwilight theme, but I'll be simplifying it even more. Sleek and simple is what I'm after.
2. Blog design update/cleanup - also been on the burner for a few months now. Aside from launching a better looking design (that'll be mostly white), I'll also be cleaning up the tags, editing a few posts that need it, etc etc. Sophie will also be included, of course.
3. Forum cleanup/moderation - I said before that I didn't want to delete posts. However, after growing to this size and having to take into account search engines finding our topics and discussions, I'm thinking some level of control needs to be put in now. Nix did this a while ago with one of the design threads, and I'm thinking it could be put into action into some of the other general discussion threads that are really going off tangent (not that I'm saying there are many, or that I don't enjoy/participate in them).
4. Smileys - I got a request from Raffy a long time ago about including some of the emoticons he posts (the one with the white character? what's that dude's name?). I'm still on the fence about it. In the meantime, any other smileys you'd like to include/prune from the list?
What do you guys think? As always, all of these are open for discussion.
Your non-response will be taken as a form of agreement.
"Let's fight... like gentlemen." - Dudley, SF3
