ok first of of all u can post your ideas here i think its a great idea lol but i have an idea wat if there were like clubs in this forum
What do you mean by 'clubs'?
I think what the new lad is trying to ask is if we can form groups in this forum. I've personally never seen them in action but they areon several forums.
like clubs u know like people get to gether and form a cklub and decide things i dont know
So we form into groups? Cooooooool. 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
You are all free to form informal groups, I guess. The forum will not be functioning as a "club"-type site though, at least for now. We encourage you guys to create your own though!
wanna join my club then its called the redwall champians
where is it?
its in the cellors or was it cavern hole look at both its just called the redwall champions
i thinnk a family member of BJ should continue the series
Suggestions here are meant to be forum-related. If you want to discuss aspects of Redwall, I'm sure you've seen the boards for that.
This (http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php?topic=170.75) is an older topic that relates to that subject.
hey Tor shouldnt you lock this if theres a topic like this'un
I had an idea:
What if someone could use IRC to make Redwall live chat rooms? We could have live discussions, games, and RP's. We'd have to find someone willing to make it, but it works very well on a different forum that I am part of and I personally enjoy it very much.
I was thinking, why not make a section for locked threads eg finished rps/signups etc i think it would make it easier to find stuff.
Good idea. It getz confuzin' tryin' ta sift through it aw at timez.
what about a chat room?
Chat rooms / Chat Boxes / Chat anything has been discussed already and will not be implemented.
Quote from: Lutra on March 10, 2012, 10:22:21 PM
Chat rooms / Chat Boxes / Chat anything has been discussed already and will not be implemented.
:( Too bad!
Quote from: Skipper on March 10, 2012, 06:56:09 PM
I was thinking, why not make a section for locked threads eg finished rps/signups etc i think it would make it easier to find stuff.
What about this idea? I agree, it would make things easier when we don't have to sift through all sorts of things.
Not a bad idea....I think it would be good for organizational purposes. :)
why does it say i created this topic i didnt
The first post was made by you. Maybe you just forgot?
You did, but the mods changed the title from "ideas" to "General Suggestions".
Hi i am new
i think there needs to be a simpler system
it took me a while to find somewhere where i wanted to be
Hi Wot Wot, welcome to the forum. What exactly was it that confused you?
Quote from: DanielofRedwall on March 27, 2012, 12:19:54 AM
You did, but the mods changed the title from "ideas" to "General Suggestions".
oh ok awsome thx
I think the new spoiler and youtube video codes should be made into buttons on the post type in.
I'm not 100% if that is even possible.
It should be pretty easy for someone who has site modificational abilities. It's just adding a button that puts in the codes for you instead of you having to type them.
The addons that allow for spoiler tags and YouTube videos cannot be added as buttons, as our current theme is incompatible with the addons.
So all the buttons on the posting menu were there from the start?
That being the case, could one of the moderators create a locked, stickied topic somewhere with some info and guidelines on extra tags available?
Like the youtube and spoiler tags? I wonder if there are any others I don't know? ???
I honestly don't use the buttons. I've been around forums so long I just automatically type in the code because its quicker.
You'll have to PM Matthias to see what is available. I don't have access to admin functions here.
Thanks! :)
Do any of the artists here take requests?
I'm reasonably certain that we have any official forum artists, but if you're looking for artists among the users, I suggest you make a topic in Cavern Hole or The Cellars expressing your desire to have some art created.
Also, this is the topic for suggestions for the forum, as opposed to the Q&A topic here.
http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php?topic=83.0
Brookskimmer
would it be possible to add a preview function to the profile information?
Unfortunately, no. Sorry. :(
Could we have something where at a certain time every year we vote someone to win say best role-player or most random person etc?
They don't have to win anything if that makes it easier
That would be fun.
Honestly, I've been there and done that with "forum awards" like you describe. Its cool to start out with, but gets long in the tooth and creates trouble, long-term. I don't think that is what our forum here needs.
What kind of trouble?
Jealousy, resentment, frustration....take your pick.
I see your point. :-\
Tiria, while I don't like being the wet blanket here, I don't want to see members get all hyped up over the awards suggestion, and then be discouraged after awards are given out and things didn't go their way. ;) Believe me, it happens to the nicest people too. I'm just trying to avoid this mess here too.
Okay, okay, I wasn't disagreeing with you. I know what you mean.
Suggestion: Subforums in Cavern Hole for movies, music, and books. There are so many posts in there that just say something like "I like (x) band." in the OP post and nothing more. That doesn't generate discussion and makes it hard to keep up with topics that actually do have discussion going.
there could just be topics on said subjects.
Quote from: Varleyfray on April 21, 2012, 10:12:42 PM
Suggestion: Subforums in Cavern Hole for movies, music, and books. There are so many posts in there that just say something like "I like (x) band." in the OP post and nothing more. That doesn't generate discussion and makes it hard to keep up with topics that actually do have discussion going.
I will bring it up--it is something that we probably should eventually do. :)
Yeah. It does get a bit annoying when there is topics on games, bands, singers, books, authors etc who either aren't that big or I haven't even heard of!
That would be a REALLY good idea, the boards are so crowded!
the boards are kinda croweded im glad for the search botton on the top
Quote from: Skipper on March 10, 2012, 06:56:09 PM
I was thinking, why not make a section for locked threads eg finished rps/signups etc i think it would make it easier to find stuff.
That leads me to my idea that know one awnsered
Quote from: Skipper on May 04, 2012, 07:29:55 AM
Quote from: Skipper on March 10, 2012, 06:56:09 PM
I was thinking, why not make a section for locked threads eg finished rps/signups etc i think it would make it easier to find stuff.
That leads me to my idea that know one awnsered
If you're speaking of the role play awards or board awards, I've already given my opinion on that idea. ;)
It's nothing to do with the awards, it's to do with making a section for locked threads finished rps etc, the boards are pretty cluttered
To answer your question, threads that are locked in all forums, generally fall into the abyss (page 2 and beyond) after a short period of time. While this does not put finished rps in their own section, I don't believe many people are going to look to page 5 for an rp to join. ;)
Yeah, who wants to look at the old threads? :P
first of all it is good to be with other fellow fans again, i do not have much time these days what with school.
i had an idea to create groups for different age groups, i myself am 13, a teenager and (no offence) most of you are in your prime. If we had age groups people of the same age can discuss current happenings.
Please can you at least test my idea
Uhhhh... It's mainly the moderators taht are in their prime... I'm 15 1/2, the average age on this Forum, by my experiance is 12.
I agree, while we have a nice mix of active members who are fifteen to sixteen and older, I think that the majority of our active members are younger than that.
Also, it's good for people of all ages to mingle with others who are different ages from them. It provides a good example for those who are younger, and it can be refreshing for older people to see young people being active and, to the point, being young.
Segregation never works, you need variety if you want to be able to use this Forum to its full capability. Funny thing for me is that I have an easiar time getting along with those that are younger, or older than me. Rather than getting along well with my own age group.
Quote from: danflorreguba on May 09, 2012, 03:06:41 PM
Uhhhh... It's mainly the moderators taht are in their prime... I'm 15 1/2, the average age on this Forum, by my experiance is 12.
Scary when being almost 28 is in my prime. ;) Double scary when I'm considered one of the elder members at that age too.
I'm not sure what need we would have of age groups. Is there a reason a 13 year old cannot discuss the same things as a 28 year old? I get what you're saying...I may be more interested in current events than the average teen, but its not always the case. Give me an example of what you're thinking of, WotWot.
Can we please get rid of this ridiculous PM limit! I just maxed out! I can't contact Winifred! 20 PM's an hour!!?
Who sends 20 PM's an hour? ??? I don't see a reason to change any limits on PMs. Its more than plenty where it is.
I was having a conversation with Winifred and ran out of PM's! Why is there a limit anyway? There is no other way to converse with other members than PM's!
You can email them. That's what I do with Nightfire.
Like Tiria said, if you're planning on having a conversation with another person, use email or IM or something of that nature. The PM system isn't designed as an email system. That's why we have email. ;)
But what if the person doesn't have e-mail? And what if their e-mail address is hidden? Besides. PM's are WAY faster.
You have to have an email account to register on the site, as I recall. And if they have their email hidden, then you can ask them for it. Or just wait. An hour isn't terribly long.
That's the advantage of PMs - they're great on short notice. But for a drawn-out conversation, emails are better in several ways.
I notice that many people are advertising their RP's in the wrong places, so maybe someone could make a thread specifically for the purpose of advertising RP's?
Do you mean in Cavern Hole? I don't think RP adverts belong in Cavern Hole at all. I think if people want to RP they'll go to the RP section and see what's going on regardless of any adverts in other areas.
I wasn't necessarily saying where. I thought that an "RP Ads" thread could easily be in the RP section.
Could I request that a "ghost topic" be left behind when a thread is moved? Just something simple like a locked thread called "MOVED: Example Thread" with a link in the post to where the thread was moved.
I'm only asking because I've gotten confused so often when a thread moves. For example, the "Who Among Ye is Christian" thread was moved recently and I still can't find it!
The Christian thread seems to have disappeared...
http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php?topic=1858.0
QuoteCould I request that a "ghost topic" be left behind when a thread is moved? Just something simple like a locked thread called "MOVED: Example Thread" with a link in the post to where the thread was moved.
I'm only asking because I've gotten confused so often when a thread moves. For example, the "Who Among Ye is Christian" thread was moved recently and I still can't find it!
It still exists, currently only staff can view it. Some discussion went into areas we don't all necessarily agree with or approve of.
Ghost topics can be considered for future topic moving by mods. :)
YEAH SORRY IF I OFFENDED YOU i was just thinking because different age groups are at different stages in learning and may not understand but just a suggestyion anyway
Yeah, it'd be a good idea if we were allowed to talk about absolutely everything, but since we have limitations, it's okay for kids to hang out with adults. ;)
So true.
I think that the forum should have a picture of Redwall abbey as it's background.
Quote from: gorath on May 29, 2012, 07:22:12 PM
I think that the forum should have a picture of Redwall abbey as it's background.
Good idea! Yeah! It would be great!
Quote from: gorath on May 29, 2012, 07:22:12 PM
I think that the forum should have a picture of Redwall abbey as it's background.
I disagree....ever try to read text over an image?
That's true, sadly... :(
Friend Lutra speaks truth, indeed I have thus enjoyed the parchment design from day one.
Even the parchment is a little distracting to me, but not terribly so.
Quote from: Lutra on May 30, 2012, 12:14:24 AM
Quote from: gorath on May 29, 2012, 07:22:12 PM
I think that the forum should have a picture of Redwall abbey as it's background.
I disagree....ever try to read text over an image?
Ho yeah... I forgot. :-[
Yep. Sorry I mentioned it, old chaps and chapesses
uh this is my first post on this website and glad i found these books well here is my suggestion, it is i think that whatever studio company that was in charge of making the tv show should start back up on it because they'd probably get every one in here to watch it haha well thats mine comment or add if you wish
Considering the last time Nelvana made a Redwall show was in 2001, I seriously don't see this happening. Welcome to the board anyway. :) Stay around and join in.
yah well what show doesn't make a new one or two like ed edd and eddy did it with that last movie and plus they could do it as a tribute to the brian jaques
I've seen a lot of "How do I..." posts. I think it would be beneficial to have a "How To..." type of thread. I'd be willing to help put one together if the mods think it would be a good idea. We have one on the Celtic Woman forum and it covers everything from how to resize an image to how to change the color of you text.
Funny you should say that, Icefire. We already have one in the works and we're looking to get it up as soon as possible.
Sweet!
Yes, that's cool. ;D
Could I request a clean up of the Character Discussions board? Most of the topics there seem to consist of "Favorite character" and "Who would win?" posts repetitively rather than any actual discussion.
And where would the posts go? They are relevant to a point.
You could make an archive board for the locked and moved topics and all that!
Quote from: Lutra on June 08, 2012, 11:41:12 AM
And where would the posts go? They are relevant to a point.
I was under the impression mods could delete topics? Or do you mean something else entirely?
We do not delete topics unless we have to.
would an archive board be a good idea?
Why should an archive board be necessary for topics that are generally relevant?
um off topic with you guy but it'd be a little cool for firebird to make a 22 box set for redwall and make the little books like they did for that anniversary special of the first book would anyone like that ideaS
Quote from: iorekthewar on June 09, 2012, 07:21:05 PM
um off topic with you guy but it'd be a little cool for firebird to make a 22 box set for redwall and make the little books like they did for that anniversary special of the first book would anyone like that ideaS
Yeah a tad off-topic since its in the wrong section, but I'll give you an answer. I think they just recently re-released all the stories into paperback a while ago. New copies still exist on amazon, so I don't see how any publisher can justify spending money on a boxset when new copies of the books are still available for sale from the last printing.
Quote from: Lutra on June 09, 2012, 12:54:09 PM
Why should an archive board be necessary for topics that are generally relevant?
Because there's tons of locked topic in all the boards!
How about adding a flash games section? Where it's like those small games people play online
I don't think we need a new board for them. It would go in Fan Works if it was about Redwall, or Cavern Hole or the Cellars if it's not.
I'm mainly talking about those games where you have to click on different graphics
Quote from: Matthias720 on June 08, 2012, 04:49:25 PM
We do not delete topics unless we have to.
Alright, I can understand that. :)
Quote from: Redwallfan7 on June 09, 2012, 10:51:12 PM
How about adding a flash games section? Where it's like those small games people play online
Click on "Links" at the top and then "The Redwall Experience". There's flash games there.
Ok, thanks.
BTW, good job with the FAQ thread! :)
Could we perhaps have an official topic for letting people know of absences? This would avoid a whole lot of separate topics of people saying they'll be away for x number of days, which there have been a bit of recently. I know ToR made a topic noting his absence in the earlier days of the forum saying it could be used by others, so perhaps you could bump that up? Or you could just make a different topic altogether. Just a suggestion.
Aren't these all suggestions? And that sounds like a good idea if you ask me.
Sounds good to me. :) I've been fairly absent recently because summer is here, and when I finally did log back on because of a rainy day, I had a ton of PMs from members wondering whether or not I'd died or something. :D
Yeah, the first time you were absent, I thought you'd died in a car accident or something.
Yes, an absence thread would be good. ;)
Mods are working on that. :)
Goody! :D
You thought I'd died in a car accident? *shocked gasp* :o
:D :D :D
Yeah, something like that. But we should get back on topic.
How about some contest where you make something and put up a picture? Like a wooden sword competition? A bunch of people I've heard make then here. I do it all the time.
Quote from: MatthiasMan on July 10, 2012, 01:36:16 PM
How about some contest where you make something and put up a picture? Like a wooden sword competition? A bunch of people I've heard make then here. I do it all the time.
Please link to an example of this because I don't understand what you mean by it.
Why don't you make a board for competitions!
What sort of competitions?
Fanfic competitions, rp competitions, wood swords competitions. Many competitions!
Who makes the rules regarding these? The staff? Certain members? I'd be ok with certain people running the show if they were willing to do so.
I would be willing to do it with another member!
Answer the question please....does staff need to be in on these competitions to make certain it goes as it should? If the staff isn't needed to run the competition, how do you decide who does what? What's to stop this stuff from becoming popularity contests (as a lot of competitions become)?
Chiming in on competitions:
It is a good idea to pre-set the judges for competitions before creating them. It is also a good idea to request the help of a mod or two for running a competition.
There has recently been a role-playing contest and there will most likely be a second role-playing contest at the end of this summer. I run these and saw quite a bit of success with the first one. The key is getting at least three people to help run the contest event. Also having at least one mod involved makes things run smoother.
If you are planning on running a contest for something that is created by hand (like a wooden sword contest, I like the idea!) entries should be presented anonymously for people to vote on. that would keep it from becoming a popularity contest.
There's my thoughts... hope they help.
Good idea Brookskimmer! For contests concerning the Forum. ie: If it's for the fanfic contest, the votes should be based on how good the story is, not if it's finished or not!
Maybe people could chose a password for deleting their account so if their account is hacked, the hacker can't delete someones account. I'd check to see if there is one, but I'm too scared to press that little button to check.
Me too! ;D So what about my idea?
Quote from: W0NWILL on July 13, 2012, 03:53:14 AM
Maybe people could chose a password for deleting their account so if their account is hacked, the hacker can't delete someones account. I'd check to see if there is one, but I'm too scared to press that little button to check.
I don't understand. You have the option to delete your account in your profile. Is the suggestion for that not to be there? Even requiring password authorization, that isn't going to stop someone who has already hacked your account. Haven't seen any events of that occurring here, so no need to worry. :)
Quote from: RedwallerSo what about my idea?
I don't have a definitive answer, nor does the staff.
Griffen got his account hacked early on when he was new here. :-\
Quote from: danflorreguba on July 16, 2012, 04:23:44 PM
Griffen got his account hacked early on when he was new here. :-\
why?
You're asking me!? I have no clue! ???
the correct answer is some people are monsters.
Quote from: psybox on July 16, 2012, 05:40:17 PM
the correct answer is some people are monsters.
True, very true. okay, forget I asked. sorry
How do we move up in rank on the site?
Post.
0-newbie
50-jr member
100-full member?
350-sr member?
500-hero member
I'm not sure about full and sr member
Full member 150
Sr. Member 250
Yes and It doesn't take very long....RP's are the best the get a lot fast.
Although we don't encourage posting for the sake of getting a large post count. That's a sure way of getting on the staff's grumpier side.
I've had firsthand experience with that :-[
we should make a list of all charicters that have died in the redwall books (vermin included).
I think Redwaller is trying to do something like that for his Redwall website.
This idea will probably immediately be shot down, but I was thinking, what if we made a section for RPs that aren't Redwall related?
Also, I'm not sure if this is already covered in another section, but if we have no section for this I was thinking, wouldn't it be kinda fun to have a section that's devoted to music and/or videos? I'm not sure if the Front Lawns is designed for that, and if it is then I guess this suggestion is kinda ridiculous. I was just thinking that it might be cool.
Quote from: Rainshadow on September 21, 2012, 06:44:39 PM
This idea will probably immediately be shot down, but I was thinking, what if we made a section for RPs that aren't Redwall related?
It has been discussed by the staff, and we have decided to not implement that at this time. However, we may reconsider in the future. You never know. ;)
Quote from: Rainshadow on September 21, 2012, 06:44:39 PM
Also, I'm not sure if this is already covered in another section, but if we have no section for this I was thinking, wouldn't it be kinda fun to have a section that's devoted to music and/or videos? I'm not sure if the Front Lawns is designed for that, and if it is then I guess this suggestion is kinda ridiculous. I was just thinking that it might be cool.
You can post a topic in The Cellars if you like. ^_^
Okay, thanks.
Rain, I LOVE your first idea, but the second (in my opinion) isn't really necesary since we already have a few topics for those...And as far as the whole list of who died.... Can we please not have that kind of a thing? 1. SPOILERS 2. The list would be biased by those who made it, I for one, against popular lore, believe Rose lived, where as almost everyone else claims she died... Do we really need a list telling us who died?
You only don't want such a list because it would say that Rose died. ;)
Quote from: danflorreguba on September 21, 2012, 10:36:22 PM
Rain, I LOVE your first idea, but the second (in my opinion) isn't really necesary since we already have a few topics for those...And as far as the whole list of who died.... Can we please not have that kind of a thing? 1. SPOILERS 2. The list would be biased by those who made it, I for one, against popular lore, believe Rose lived, where as almost everyone else claims she died... Do we really need a list telling us who died?
Yes but even if she surived she would have eventually died of old age, surely you realise that.
Keep on topic please. ;) The staff will reconsider the first idea at a later date.
Quote from: Skipper on September 22, 2012, 08:05:50 AM
Quote from: danflorreguba on September 21, 2012, 10:36:22 PM
Rain, I LOVE your first idea, but the second (in my opinion) isn't really necesary since we already have a few topics for those...And as far as the whole list of who died.... Can we please not have that kind of a thing? 1. SPOILERS 2. The list would be biased by those who made it, I for one, against popular lore, believe Rose lived, where as almost everyone else claims she died... Do we really need a list telling us who died?
Yes but even if she surived she would have eventually died of old age, surely you realise that.
we should make a list of all who havent died of old age and put unknown next to roses name
You should make a better quoting system. Make it so that we are able to quote only sertain part of any messege when we want to, insted of only being able to quote the holl post.
You can do that if you delete the part you don't want to quote. ;)
Curses! I was going to tell him that! :D
Quote from: danflorreguba on September 27, 2012, 01:16:09 AM
Curses! I was going to tell him that! :D
Well, your too late, danflorrereguba. Sorry.
Hey, how about we set up a thread where people can optionally join groups and then agree to meet somewhere like a local library. The people could agree to meet at a certain time and then we could chat
It's a bit hard trying to communicate by words
This would of course be entirely optional and would not give out personal details
I would get a member's email address and work it through that, not a forum.
What do you mean?
Asking for people's emails over the web is slightly risky, anyone could look at it
If you wish to meet someone in person, you might want to start by contacting them via personal message, then exchange email addresses, and take it from there. Just keep in mind that most of our members here are under the age of 18, and their parents are very cautious about letting them even meet people here on the forum, much less in person.
Ok, I'm 13 and my mums pretty protective
Oh well
What about if there were topics for different age groups so you can talk to people your age or people of the age(s) you want to talk to
It's been discussed before. Brought up by you.
Quote from: Bragoon on May 09, 2012, 05:16:36 PM
I agree, while we have a nice mix of active members who are fifteen to sixteen and older, I think that the majority of our active members are younger than that.
Also, it's good for people of all ages to mingle with others who are different ages from them. It provides a good example for those who are younger, and it can be refreshing for older people to see young people being active and, to the point, being young.
Quote from: danflorreguba on May 09, 2012, 06:01:49 PM
Segregation never works, you need variety if you want to be able to use this Forum to its full capability. Funny thing for me is that I have an easiar time getting along with those that are younger, or older than me. Rather than getting along well with my own age group.
Quote from: Lutra on May 09, 2012, 11:47:36 PM
Quote from: danflorreguba on May 09, 2012, 03:06:41 PM
Uhhhh... It's mainly the moderators taht are in their prime... I'm 15 1/2, the average age on this Forum, by my experiance is 12.
Scary when being almost 28 is in my prime. ;) Double scary when I'm considered one of the elder members at that age too.
I'm not sure what need we would have of age groups. Is there a reason a 13 year old cannot discuss the same things as a 28 year old? I get what you're saying...I may be more interested in current events than the average teen, but its not always the case. Give me an example of what you're thinking of, WotWot.
Quote from: Wot Wot on October 19, 2012, 06:52:10 AM
Hey, how about we set up a thread where people can optionally join groups and then agree to meet somewhere like a local library. The people could agree to meet at a certain time and then we could chat
It's a bit hard trying to communicate by words
This would of course be entirely optional and would not give out personal details
any one from new zealand?
Not me
I'm English/British
God save the queen
I'm USA and under 13 so I probaly wouldn't be allowed anyway.
do you think it is a good idea ??? :-\
Quote from: Ceteruler on March 10, 2012, 05:44:57 PM
I had an idea:
What if someone could use IRC to make Redwall live chat rooms? We could have live discussions, games, and RP's. We'd have to find someone willing to make it, but it works very well on a different forum that I am part of and I personally enjoy it very much.
What Forum is that :P ::) ??? :-*
Is there a redirect button to your notifications so I can see the topics instantly?
If you click (http://redwallabbey.com/forum/Themes/classic/images/english-utf8/profile.gif) at the top of the page and then the Notifications and Email link on the left you'll see a list of all the topics you've elected to receive notifications about. Is that what you were after?
If you want to see a list of new replies since you last visited the forum click here (http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php?action=unread).
And for the future, this kind of question is better off in the Questions and Answers (http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php?topic=83.0) topic. :)
@Lily,
I knew about that, but I was wondering if they could add a quicker way to get to the notifications easier instead of having to go to profile and click on the notifications button. It would be a lot easier if they just put it up on top of the screen. Also, it would be helpful if it said you have new notifications. Sometimes, I forget about my notifications.
Also, another idea I'd like to suggest. When hovering over a topic name, it would be awesome to see a pop-up box to preview the latest post or something made by the last user. I've seen other threads do it for example, and by clicking the preview, it allowed for instant browsing.
Things like that would be helpful. Also by adding a friends list. I'd like to have and keep track of my friends as well on this forum to see what they're up to.
There is a way to check to see recent unread posts. You can try this link (http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php?action=unread;start=0) to see recent unread topics, or try this link (http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php?action=unreadreplies) to see unread replies to topics you posted in. I would suggest bookmarking them so that you can get to them easily.
I like the new changing news you guys put up on the top of the forum page. It's neat! :)
Quote from: Matthias720 on May 07, 2013, 03:06:29 PM
There is a way to check to see recent unread posts. You can try this link (http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php?action=unread;start=0) to see recent unread topics, or try this link (http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php?action=unreadreplies) to see unread replies to topics you posted in. I would suggest bookmarking them so that you can get to them easily.
That's the point, I don't want to have to bookmark these pages and find them. It should easily be accessible on top of the page. It would make things more convenient, more user-friendly.
Finding those links, I don't see them anywhere. They should be in a place where it's visible.
EDIT: I'd like to provide an example from a certain site but It'll have to wait because I can't access it from school. :/
With the current version of SMF we are running, that feature is not available, and I do not have the ability to update to a newer version. So at this point, bookmarks are your best choice.
The Changing News is cool! I'd like to see it permanent.
Me too!
@Matthias720, Aww that's disappointing. However, whenever the chance arrives for an update, please keep my suggestion into consideration.
@Redwaller, What do you mean by "Changing News"? Are you talking about the suggestions I've made?
He means when you first get on the Redwall Abbey forum there's something called news at the top of the page. it used to be just one piece of news but now it is changing.
Quote from: Redwaller on May 07, 2013, 07:02:34 PM
The Changing News is cool! I'd like to see it permanent.
So would I!
Okay, here's a suggestion that I'd like to see be made if possible.
In the discussion on books and characters, can we have sub-categories for each book? I know it warns of spoilers when we enter in the the thread and topics. But I'd like each topic to focus primarily on each individuals own book. The titles are a dead give away sometimes, and it ruins the story. Is there someway we can arrange all the topics? I know it may take some time and effort to do that, but is it possible?
Quote from: Gabe The Warrior on May 09, 2013, 04:44:26 AM
Okay, here's a suggestion that I'd like to see be made if possible.
In the discussion on books and characters, can we have sub-categories for each book? I know it warns of spoilers when we enter in the the thread and topics. But I'd like each topic to focus primarily on each individuals own book. The titles are a dead give away sometimes, and it ruins the story. Is there someway we can arrange all the topics? I know it may take some time and effort to do that, but is it possible?
Intresting idea...
And another addition(s) to the suggestion. I may have mentioned this already but we need a friends list and a message somewhere near our name saying what topic or thread we are looking at so that others can see.
Quote from: Gabe The Warrior on May 13, 2013, 04:10:07 AM
And another addition(s) to the suggestion. I may have mentioned this already but we need a friends list and a message somewhere near our name saying what topic or thread we are looking at so that others can see.
We do have a sort of 'Message list'. If you look at the 'Who's Online?' page (found near the bottom of the main page), you can see when the member was last active and what thread they're looking at. Slightly stalkerish, I know. ;)
hello, I got a suggestion, and it may have been posted already, but honestly, I didn't have the motivation (or the time) to go through 13 pages to see if it had, :D
anyway, there are some situations where if you are posting and you later change your mind about posting at all in that particular spot at all, that it would be handy to be able to delete your post. I know you can modify, but the best you can do there is put blank spaces or dots or something, but it won't let it be entirely blank, and you can't delete it.
so, that's it, the ability to not just modify, but delete your own posts - not other people's post, just your own.
Whoa, Whoa, Whoa! When I joined this forum there were 1623 members, now its in the 1400s, what happened? did some mod go on a deleting rampage?
EDIT: Whoops! meant to put that in the Q&A thread!
DOUBLE EDIT: And maybe, in addition to being able to delete our posts, we should get the ability to combine them if we accidentally double/triple/quadruple/quintuple post.
If you'd like any of your posts deleted, fastest method is to PM a mod.
As for the member count, there was a time when there were a lot of spambots registering; most have been deleted. Sometimes users delete their accounts as well.
Quote from: Matthias720 on October 19, 2012, 04:18:24 PM
Just keep in mind that most of our members here are under the age of 18,
Aww. Young 'uns. :)
Hmmm... Here's an idea, Redwall Emotes!!
Not that I dislike the yellow guys, but I was thinking it would be call to have emotes off our favorite characters.
Quote from: BloodGullet on May 16, 2013, 04:28:28 AM
hello, I got a suggestion, and it may have been posted already, but honestly, I didn't have the motivation (or the time) to go through 13 pages to see if it had, :D
anyway, there are some situations where if you are posting and you later change your mind about posting at all in that particular spot at all, that it would be handy to be able to delete your post. I know you can modify, but the best you can do there is put blank spaces or dots or something, but it won't let it be entirely blank, and you can't delete it.
so, that's it, the ability to not just modify, but delete your own posts - not other people's post, just your own.
If you want a post deleted, like Osu said just PM a mod, and edit your post to say something like "Post deleted".
Quote from: Gabe The Warrior on May 16, 2013, 06:14:04 AM
Hmmm... Here's an idea, Redwall Emotes!!
Not that I dislike the yellow guys, but I was thinking it would be call to have emotes off our favorite characters.
Already in development. ;)
There are some prototypes of emotes right now... they will be up for all to see... well, some day :D
Quote from: BrookSkimmer on May 16, 2013, 10:37:56 PM
There are some prototypes of emotes right now... they will be up for all to see... well, some day :D
Now you're gettin' me all excited!
Awesome!!!
Do you have a smily of Ungatt Trunn ;D?
Ooh! like, awesome!
Quote from: Gabe The Warrior on May 09, 2013, 04:44:26 AM
Okay, here's a suggestion that I'd like to see be made if possible.
In the discussion on books and characters, can we have sub-categories for each book? I know it warns of spoilers when we enter in the the thread and topics. But I'd like each topic to focus primarily on each individuals own book. The titles are a dead give away sometimes, and it ruins the story. Is there someway we can arrange all the topics? I know it may take some time and effort to do that, but is it possible?
Its highly unlikely we will ever do this. Just food for thought: say we have to sort an old topic on Matthias....will it correctly fit in the Redwall forum? The Mattimeo forum? The Martin the Warrior forum? Just doesn't work...plus I don't see why the discussion should only touch upon what happened in that one book without cross referencing something from another book. Just isn't a very practical idea but thanks for the suggestion anyway. :)
True, I guess that makes sense. Well it was a try.
And it would be really crowded if there were 23 child boards in the General Discussion board.
Twenty-two.
Yeah, whatever. :D
On the new News Heading on the Home Page on this Forum, I would suggest that you make the Items that appear on the news come and disappear faster.
/\ Ditto.... I feel weird saying that. :D
This is kind of half suggestion half question. I'm not sure if we have the list of season namers around here somewhere, but I was thinking that maybe there could be a topic to list all of the season namers chronologically, list their season, the year, what they named it, and list the feast topic urls. If not going all out like what that suggestion would be (crazy, I know) Could you at least put the names in the FAQ thread? Thanks
~Dannflower Reguba~
They are in the FAQ, just not links to the feasts. Everything else you mentioned is there, though.
I'm not sure if that has been suggested already, or if it sounds stupid.
But there could be a a sub-board in Front Lawns named "Help" or something, so that members could post there when they have a personal problem or something of the kind.
^ Sounds like an idea I could go for, however, I will say that nothing on the internet is private the minute it is written. ;) Just something to remember if we create a section for people to talk about their personal problems. I'll see what the rest of the staff thinks.
I mean things like people need advice on something. Like what book they should read next, advice of the sort. Or when people want links to sites about books, etc. Nothing too personal. :)
Oh.....well don't we kind of do that stuff already in that section?
Whatever you thought of is good.
What about a thing that tells each user where the are new replies to their posts, shown all in one area? That would save a lot of time and trouble.
Should there be more topics for each page?
What do you mean?
Right now I believe there's 50 topics for each page. I think there should be more, like 75 or something
Hmm....Well, maybe.
I think that's something you can adjust in your profile. I know I don't see 50 topics per page.
I only get like.... 20 or so.
I think there should be a child board for duels, I'm always trying to find ones to read, quite fun to read. Also, it'd be easier to get to ones your doing. Also, other than that, I don't think much should be added. Live chat rooms are weird, and this forum is perfect! Plus, I like to think posts through a bit, not respond in seconds.
Quote from: Blaggut on September 29, 2013, 07:17:52 AM
I think there should be a child board for duels, I'm always trying to find ones to read, quite fun to read. Also, it'd be easier to get to ones your doing. Also, other than that, I don't think much should be added. Live chat rooms are weird, and this forum is perfect! Plus, I like to think posts through a bit, not respond in seconds.
The live chat rooms idea was for personal conversations, kind of like really fast PM. :)
I love the child board for duels idea! This is now added to the RP section of the site. Congrats on a super idea Blaggut!
I think people may have suggested this before, but possibly adding a section in the General Boards for non-Redwall roleplaying?
At the moment I believe the over all feeling is that this being a Redwall site, should focus on Redwall RPing... or at least sticking to the basics of Redwall such as there being animal characters. I think that was what we last decided, however, I'm not sure.
I for one would like to see things at least loosely Redwall based here as far as RPing, this being Redwall's main site and all. :) That's just my feeling on the matter though.
There should be a child board for people to post all of there RP characters which RPs they have been in etc. advertise your RP like I need one more hare character or I need a badger lord character or there are only two more characters need before we start. You could also say stuff like does any one need a hare character. Pretty much just a place to see what other people have done (character wise) and get to know what's out there.
Quote from: BrookSkimmer on October 16, 2013, 05:04:57 PM
I love the child board for duels idea! This is now added to the RP section of the site. Congrats on a super idea Blaggut!
Thanks!
Quote from: Faiyloe on October 21, 2013, 08:57:35 PM
There should be a child board for people to post all of there RP characters which RPs they have been in etc. advertise your RP like I need one more hare character or I need a badger lord character or there are only two more characters need before we start. You could also say stuff like does any one need a hare character. Pretty much just a place to see what other people have done (character wise) and get to know what's out there.
That sounds cool! I keep a record of all my RO characters after I write up the sheet I print it and keep it in a folder so I don't have to go and search for what characters I've played or am playing as. But I think you idea is really cool. :)
I think we have enough child boards in the RP section for now. ;)
Feel free to start a thread and list the characters that are yours in the OOC section. That would allow people to take a t look at what you have to offer as far as characters too.
Ok and we do have allot of child boards already.
I think that members shouldn't be able to make topics in the Suggestions and Concerns board. If people have any questions or problems they can say so in Questions and Answers topic. That way this board will be tidier and because everyone will be using the same topic, you'll get an answer faster.
Quote from: rachel25 on October 26, 2013, 02:53:02 PM
I think that members shouldn't be able to make topics in the Suggestions and Concerns board. If people have any questions or problems they can say so in Questions and Answers topic. That way this board will be tidier and because everyone will be using the same topic, you'll get an answer faster.
But sometimes, a question or problem can get posted about allot, so that if another person asked a question while the other question is being discussed, it can be relativity ignored.
Could we maybe hide the Happy Birthday board from non-members to see? I know that you can hide your birthday but shouldn't we just keep that personal information to the forum?
Quote from: redwallgurl on November 03, 2013, 07:03:03 PM
Could we maybe hide the Happy Birthday board from non-members to see? I know that you can hide your birthday but shouldn't we just keep that personal information to the forum?
That idea sounds plausable...
Indeed, :)
Quote from: redwallgurl on November 03, 2013, 07:03:03 PM
Could we maybe hide the Happy Birthday board from non-members to see? I know that you can hide your birthday but shouldn't we just keep that personal information to the forum?
Completely reasonable request. Done.
Quote from: Matthias720 on November 04, 2013, 03:06:02 PM
Quote from: redwallgurl on November 03, 2013, 07:03:03 PM
Could we maybe hide the Happy Birthday board from non-members to see? I know that you can hide your birthday but shouldn't we just keep that personal information to the forum?
Completely reasonable request. Done.
Great!
Thank you! ;D
Do you think that there is a way that you can make the spellcheck for this Forum reconise Redwall names? Because allot of Redwall names will be shown as typo's since they arn't in any dictionary, and it would be a big help here for the spellcheck to regonise them, since we discuss Redwall allot.
I doubt that there's a way the mods can make your spellcheckers recognize Redwall names, but you CAN, "Add to Dictionary," them.
Quote from: danflorreguba on November 05, 2013, 12:04:07 AM
I doubt that there's a way the mods can make your spellcheckers recognize Redwall names, but you CAN, "Add to Dictionary," them.
Well, it was just an idea. :)
Originally posted by danflorreguba:
This is a user announcement! I'm not sure if my Computer specifically was targeted, but if mine was hit it's probably a common bug. The computer that I use mainly is being torn to pieces by a nasty piece of Malware, if you have it then when you open an internet browser, it should say
Code:
www.conduit
or something else with a conduit thing in it. It was bringing up browsers to a Bing search page, and we were also getting a backup "reminder," bug as well, these are both scams! Take care of them immediately!
This is also why I've been inactive since Friday.
Quick update on that.
One, the primary computer is back up and running just fine. :)
Two, Conduit is not Malware, it's just a junk file.
Three, the real Malware is the "My PC backup" pop-up we've been getting for awhile, exit the pop-up every time, Malware's dangerous! If you can't figure out how to get rid of it, see if you know someone who has and knows how to use a program called "Malwarebytes."
What's the difference between malware and a junk file?
A junk file is one that is not helpful or just hindering, generally comes with other rather common downloads.
Malware on the other hand literally means "Malicious Software." It is purely bent on destroying your computer in specifically coded ways.
Why don't we make a section/child board for mods to put locked topics that are linked to others? Example: the topic in 'Dueling Roulette: Round 2' has a link to another locked topic. This could be placed in the afore mentioned board. So instead of having a crowd of locked topics or sticky topics related to others, they could be neatly compacted into this board.
Note: Maybe the FMC could use as a private base? ;D
I'm not sure that's necessary. In the case of the dueling roulette threads, I want all threads related to the dueling roulette to stay in the dueling section of the site. They are locked but there are things on them that are important to participants to read.
When that particular event (rp dueling round 2) is over all threads pertaining to it (that have been locked or for any other reason will not be used again) will be moved to a locked childboard in the RP section, so we do have a place for those sorts of locked threads, they just aren't moved until they are no longer needed. :)
I was wondering about something. On the forum's board index, on the bottom right, it says there are 2044 members. Yet, when I go to the searchable list of members, it says there are only 1400-something. Why?
Some accounts have been deleted.
Quote from: Osu on December 10, 2013, 03:57:48 PM
Some accounts have been deleted.
Why? BrookSkimmer said in another post that it was not a good idea to delete a SPAM account, and what other accounts would you want to delete?
Sometimes we do delete spam accounts, and sometimes users delete their own accounts. An example of when it would be safe to delete a spam account would be if Matthias banned registering with an email account from, say, abc123.com. Then every spam account that registered with that account (spamuser1@abc123.com, spamuser2@abc123.com, etc.) can be deleted without worrying about them making another account under the same email address. Make sense? :)
Ah! I get what you guys were saying about the locked board thing now. Yes, that's what the "completed" sections are for. Things that are locked and out on the still in use sections are there for people to read and to get info from but not to post it. Just because a post is locked does not mean it's not still being used, it just means for whatever reason the mod who locked it doesn't want people posting in it. Usually I lock things to keep posting clutter down. ;)
@Osu: Then why not just ban all the Spam e-mail accounts and delete the Spam profiles?
For that specific example: if it's obvious the email provider is guaranteed to promote spamming, then it will probably be banned. But few email providers fall into that category, so if spammers are coming from, say, hotmail, yahoo, gmail, etc., it would have a negative effect on any legitimate users trying to register with those providers. Also, deleting accounts is a lot of work. XD Gagging spam accounts is faster. Does that answer your question? :)
@Osu: Yep, I understand the whole Spammer think allot more now...
Search bar to help mods post links in locked topics and to sift through buried topics.
There already is a search function located at the top of the forum. (http://redwallabbey.com/forum/Themes/classic/images/english-utf8/search.gif)
Ohhh cool! Thnx
I think you should be able to resize the smileys like you can with the text
Who said it's not already possible?
(http://redwallabbey.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
Quote from: psybox on December 29, 2013, 12:56:10 AM
Who said it's not already possible?
(http://redwallabbey.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
Ermagherd! Well done!
We have a thing in each board telling us if anyone is looking, but we need one at the forum home to tell who's on the forum. Sometimes I wanna know who is on to look at my topics later ;)
There's already a "Users Online" section right at the bottom of the forum index (http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php). :)
Thanks! Maybe u cud out it up there tho to see it faster?
I don't think that is possible; I believe its in that location as dictated by the forum software.
When did the website layout change?
It was for april fools! :D
Maybe you could make it possible to change usernames, and have it say on the person's profile somewhere what their name was previously so that others don't get confused.
Zey uzed tae allov ye tae change uzernamez, but after a vhoile zey took zat off- Ah zink becauze manybeaztz vere overuzin' it or zummat; zae na' ze only vay tae change it iz tae get ze modz tae dae it. But tiz ztill a major idea tae zay zomevhere vot zeir uzername vaz previouzly. (May'apz zey could 'ave a vee bit o' text under zeir uzername zayin' zummat loike "Previouzly ____".)
Personally, I'd love to have mine fixed with a space and caps, but I'm trying not to do that so as not to bother the mods. Seems like it would be a bit of a nuisance. (Or at least that's what they've said in the past [or something to that effect, it's been awhile since this topic was brought up])
If a minor name change is needed (spelling, caps, etc...) that's fine. Completely different names are out though.
So, I had a great idea! We could have a cooking board! If we gathered up all the different recipes from sites like The Redwall Kitchen, we would have the largest existing collection of Redwall recipes! As long as we made an index of tested and approved recipes, we could have members submit ricipes to be tested by the recipe-tester-people. Topics could include basic advice on Redwall cooking, to... whatever. Having the only active Redwall Recipe board would be a good traffic attractor as well. There are good sites out there, such as the named Redwall Kitchen, but all are inactive (The Redwall Kitchen went offline in 2002).
I'd be willing to be an administrator/recipe-approver-tester-person.
I think the General Discussions board would be a good place for a topic like that.
No, more than just a topic, a whole board with indexes and topics of it's own!
It seems to me that's a little too specific and small a topic to justify the addition of an entire board; recipe topics fit very well both in the General Redwall discussion board and the fanworks.
There have been several recipes shared by users on this forum already. Why not make a topic to act as a recipe directory of sorts? You might carry out your recipe-approval event in it as well. Such a topic could also act as a good gauge of how popular an idea like this might be for any possible considerations on the staff's part in future.
But for now I think an entire board dedicated to the subject is a little overkill. Great idea all the same! :)
Personally, I like the idea for organization. Seems like we may have to talk about it some more.
I just think it would be easier to organize if it had it's own board.
The forum staff are officially in discussion for it! :)
Awesome! I tried so hard to find an active Redwall cooking site, and... They don't exist...
So, I figured that meant it was time to start one!
I have a suggestion! How about a Roleplay award? What we could do is, make a sub-board in the OOC Discussion board, for all the completed roleplays, of the year, then maybe on the Forum Anniversary, or a name day, or something, an award would be given to a roleplay. Based on, how creative it was, how well organised it is, how well the character sheets were done, on the quality of the players posts, and so on, and so forth.
I think this would be a good idea because, it would encourage people to stick in Roleplays, and to finish them. Also it would encourage people to work a little harder on their posts, making sure everything is spelled right, and makes sense.
The award would go to the roleplay, and all the people in that roleplay, would receive the award, to put in their signatures.
And after the award has been announced, the sub-board could be cleared out into the completed roleplays board, and then it could all start again.
The roleplays would have to have to be started, and finished by a certain time though, to stop confusion.
That sounds like a great idea, Rachel! What do you Mods think?
I'm no mod, but I would like to point out some potential issues. This idea would get rather confusing quite quickly. It would also add another level of competition that could raise some ire. On top of all that, it would clog the awards area pretty quick. Not a bad idea, mind you, but a bit difficult to deal with.
How would it cause confusion? And also, the RP community isn't huge on this Forum, so lots of people would be in the same RP. Also, why should it cause envy, and such. Then being a season namer, could cause envy. But it would be a yearly thing, so lots of people would have a chance at the award. And how would it clog up the awards area? I really don't understand.
Hey rachel, interesting suggestion! Here are my thoughts on the subject: first off, I don't know that an entire sub-board would be necessary in such a case; we can see by the dates on the posts when a thread was started and completed. As far as the idea itself goes: would a reward that is only presented once a year be as much of an encouragement to post when there are already monthly forum awards, intermittent roleplay tournaments, and dueling events which grant their RP prizes much sooner? If a few users were to join the forum shortly before the award was to be given out, completed a short roleplay, and received the award, would those who roleplayed throughout the year or who worked on much longer threads feel slighted by the newcomers?
Personally, I like the thought of anything that might encourage users to complete their roleplays, improve post quality, or increase posting at all; but I'm not familiar enough with the roleplaying community here to gauge whether or not such an award as you suggest would make a difference in activity or post quality; certainly, I think you're on the right track. I'm sure BrookSkimmer will have something more useful to say on the subject. ;)
I think it's also worth mentioning that the staff have brought up an idea for a 'featured thread' type deal, but it hasn't gone very far beyond being brought up for discussion as yet. Since receiving some kind of award for participating in such a thread is just another facet of that, I'll be sure to mention it when next it's brought up behind the scenes, if nobody else does. :)
That's a good point, Osu. I see both sides, the RPewr side of this, and the Mod-sh side. Both have good points.....Perhaps some careful planning? It really IS a good idea, and I'd love to see it happen, but at the same time I'm cautious. Hence, perhaps careful planning.
I get your point Osu. Really it was just the skeleton of a plan, and I was hoping you Mods could take it further. I'm glad you've taken it into consideration.
That idea has been tried in recent history, it didn't take off so I shelved it for now. It was the "featured RP" idea. That doesn't mean it won't be brought up in the future and possibly re-worked for another try.
What if there was a topic completely devoted to the names of the past seasons in the Cellars? I'm not sure if there is a topic like this but I saw that in the frequently asked questions there was a list of the seasons. If there is already one could someone show it to me please?
Not to my knowledge, only feasts, which are for each new season naming.
There isn't a mobile site in the works, is there? I would love it if there was, even though I know that such a thing is quite an undertaking. Or maybe if a mobile site isn't an option, there is a common forum app called Tapatalk. Maybe we could get it so that this forum would show up there.
The forum does work just fine on mobile, it just doesn't have any special compatability.
Quote from: rusvulthesaber on December 08, 2014, 05:11:34 AM
The forum does work just fine on mobile, it just doesn't have any special compatability.
Well, "works" and "works well" are two different things. A tablet it works good, but on a smaller screen such as a smartphone, it's a pinch/zoom sorta situation.
Quote from: Delthion on December 05, 2014, 03:18:38 AM
What if there was a topic completely devoted to the names of the past seasons in the Cellars? I'm not sure if there is a topic like this but I saw that in the frequently asked questions there was a list of the seasons. If there is already one could someone show it to me please?
So would this work?
There is already a list for that in http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php?topic=2188.0 (http://frequentlyaskedquestions).
Yes, I know, but I mean a topic entirely devoted to the season names.
Personally, I think that Guests shouldn't be able to print out topic and there should be a way to create topics that Guests can't view. Some of the things on here are personal, and it just bothers me when I see a Guest printing any topic out that I might have posted information on. I don't post anything like where I live or anything on that scale (and I'm pretty sure that stuff might not be allowed on this site), but that's just my opinion.
Even if it says a guest is printing a topic, that doesn't necessarily mean they're actually printing it. They may just be viewing the printable page (which, by the way, is great for searching individual threads if you use the "find on this page" thing).
The Birthday boards are like that, you can't view them without being a member, or at least it was last heard.
Boards can be individually designated as viewable by certain member groups. By excluding Guests from a board, no one without an account can see the contents of that board.
It's to our discretion what we choose to post.
Quite true. The reason the Birthday board is not viewable to Guests is to provide protection, due to the sensitive nature of a person's date of birth, without preventing everyone from sharing in the joys of a birthday celebration. However, on public boards it's up to each member to decide what they will and will not post.
I know the Castaways thing was an April Fool's joke, but it is true that that series does not get as much credit as it might. So. . . an idea I would like to put forward is that the "Other works" board be expanded for the series as Castaways, Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales, etc., instead of it all being compressed into one tiny board.
Quote from: The Skarzs on April 02, 2015, 04:33:15 PM
I know the Castaways thing was an April Fool's joke, but it is true that that series does not get as much credit as it might. So. . . an idea I would like to put forward is that the "Other works" board be expanded for the series as Castaways, Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales, etc., instead of it all being compressed into one tiny board.
I definitely agree with that.
Castaways is a great series and I'm sure Brian Jacques's other books are good as well (although I have not read them). Some new boards could really help bring more attention to these books and hopefully encourage some more discussion.
In the past, the staff's general policy towards new boards has been to create them on an as-needed basis. In the case of Popular Forum Games, it was because there were a few very big, very popular topics that were overwhelming everything else. The Secret Hideouts were meant to take on all of the topics in the Cellars that relied on one person to run them, as those kinds of topics had become very popular, and we felt it would be beneficial to separate that from the normally pointless activities in the main Cellars.
In the case of Castaways discussion, or discussion of Mr. Jacques' other books, unfortunately, there has not been much of a need to divide them up, because there hasn't been much in the way of discussion. The discussion board for all of those books combined is the smallest non-exclusive (non-staff) board on the front page, and it isn't that close. If we included sub-boards in that comparison, its rank goes up a little bit, but having more topics than Recipes or the Orchards isn't much of an accomplishment right now. It only has 150 posts more than the most recent roleplay tournament -- and that's in spite of the fact that it's been around almost four years.
We'd love to have thriving communities for each of those books, but we can't reasonably build places for them until there's the slightest signs of life there.
Can the signatures be a bit more... lengthy? The text box runs out pretty quickly and sometimes, it shows.
Pretty useless suggestion, I know :P
Well, we like signatures to be about how they are now, short and sweet. Lots of text and big images are considered to be more a nuisance than anything else. (As it is, we have to periodically message people to ask them to not put those big banners in their sigs). So, this probably won't change much. That said, if there's something reasonable you'd like to do that the current limit keeps you from doing, feel free to PM me and we can talk about it.
Can we have another cellars or games board for Non-Redwall RPs and silly Cellars RPs. RPs act quite slowly and are thus overrun by more populaur topics that pull in posts at a faster rate. A board maybe, even, as we shall need an OOC area and finished RP area for these RPs aswell.
I think the suggestion of Off-Topic RPs has been brought up in the past (and for good reason, they're pretty cool). I'm not sure exactly where that stands, however.
What if you could save your message as a draft? I've experienced many times where I had to get off, but I wanted to save my post, but I couldn't because I wasn't done with it. Would that be a possibility?
Send the draft to yourself in a message.
In the early days were there ever threads made for each individual book so you could discuss? I like the idea of after reading one of the books to have somewhere obvious I can put my thoughts down about it and other people can add their thoughts - either big or small - once they've read the book, or if they already have read it. :)
Hey, I don't know, but that sounds like a great idea!
Quote from: MeadowRabbit on July 01, 2015, 06:38:19 PM
In the early days were there ever threads made for each individual book so you could discuss? I like the idea of after reading one of the books to have somewhere obvious I can put my thoughts down about it and other people can add their thoughts - either big or small - once they've read the book, or if they already have read it. :)
You mean like having one pinned thread for each individual book? That can actually come in handy (although, wouldn't that discourage people from creating other topics about said books?).
They wouldn't have to be pinned. I still advocate the idea!
Quote from: Skyblade on July 01, 2015, 08:13:22 PM
They wouldn't have to be pinned. I still advocate the idea!
Yeah, I know that they wouldn't need to be pinned (although that would have the natural consequence of eventually making them disappear due to inactivity). I still advocate the idea as well.
When will it start?
I'm glad the idea gains some approval! :P
They wouldn't have to be pinned because I think people might remember they're there to be dug up and continued... and I wouldn't want members to just see all those pinned threads and think that's all they can comment in - unless they were in their own section. But yeah, whatever is best (if such an idea was actually to be taken on, that is!).
Might've been an idea a little too late--we're four years in to the forum. To make individual topics about each book now is kind of silly since we already have topics that exist discussing the books. To try and put each topic in its place would be.....a LOT of work. Search function is far easier to find a thread worth reviving about a topic. ;)
Hey, I've been thinking for a while. . .. What if we had a week/or something a year where we have a different, Brian Jacques- related theme? I mean, I really liked the April Fools thing you staff pulled this year and, wouldn't it help promote his other books and misc. works?
Heck, it made me write a castaways fanfic! And I also made an RP for it! I wouldn't've done that without the April Fools, would I?
That would be a nice breath of fresh air. Maybe one week every six months? I don't see myself getting tired of that anytime soon.
That's a good idea. It would be nice to see something different, and it would give his other works some spotlight.
So, I know this requires some coding, but have any of the staff considered the possibility of having polls able to be removed? Because many times have occurred when people have wanted a poll for a one-time thing but they can't take the annoying things out when they don't need them anymore.
On the note of individual post for each book, I have been considering doing a group read where we get to gather a group of people and we all read one book (Redwall of course) at the same time, and discussing it as we go. Like a book club sort of thing. I have been working out some of the details in my mind but I have also been a bit busy. If anyone is interested in Co leading a thing like this please contact me. ;D Perhaps I can finally get this done. XP
I've seen that many newbies don't introduce themselves in the Introduction thread. Maybe you could make it so that the text in the News section of the forum would change to say that there's an introduction thread in the Front Lawns.
Quote from: Lord_Ashenwyte on October 22, 2015, 03:36:36 PM
I've seen that many newbies don't introduce themselves in the Introduction thread. Maybe you could make it so that the text in the News section of the forum would change to say that there's an introduction thread in the Front Lawns.
I really like this idea.
Quote from: Cornflower MM on July 16, 2015, 08:07:14 AM
Hey, I've been thinking for a while. . .. What if we had a week/or something a year where we have a different, Brian Jacques- related theme? I mean, I really liked the April Fools thing you staff pulled this year and wouldn't it help promote his other books and misc. works?
I like that idea as well. I'm not sure how hard and time-consuming it is to code in a different theme for the forum, but the premise of devoting a week to celebrating his other works sounds appealing.
I added a reference to the introduction thread on the News (next to the "Forum Rules"). Given that some people don't see the text rotate, though, I decided to try it out on the first announcement, with the "Welcome to the Abbey" text. I'm thinking we'll let it stay there for a while and see what happens. It looks a little lengthy, but maybe it will work out. Let me know what y'all think.
I personally thought it might be nice to see different actual themes. I actually proposed the idea of making the "parchment" background blue, like a stormy sea, for the Castaways event. However, Matthias is wary of trying to change the physical appearance of the board; he doesn't want to risk messing anything up. I've never run a SMF forum before and have no idea what it entails, so I think it's best to defer to his judgment. At any rate, as he pointed out, most of Mr. Jacques' tales take place in the past, where the "aged parchment" theme is more than appropriate.
That said, though, anything to increase recognition of the other works sounds like a good idea. We could make this a part of the next Brian Jacques Day (which is already an official event), or make it a separate occasion altogether, as Corn suggested. I'd appreciate more feedback from the community about this.
Wait, the backround is parchement?
I never knew that.
Anyway, I thinl the added text looks fine.
^ I always assumed it was to do with the red walls of the abbey, even though it isn't technically the right colouring. Ahh, learnt something new. :p
I noticed that a whole bunch of spammers have been joining during the last few days, and I suspect it has something to do with the fact that the security question when you register ("what was Martin's weapon?") is no longer there. Could this be re-added?
Great observation, Jukka! :) And I agree. Spammers are a no-no :P
Okay, I just noticed a guest viewing this thread (http://www.redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php?topic=2106.0).
I think the language filter has gone crazy. :P
Took a look at it -- I think the period he put in after the "V" is what threw it off. I'm not sure there's much that I can do about it besides editing the topic, or getting rid of that word's censor altogether. I could write Doug (who provided the censor mod that we use) and ask about putting in exceptions, I suppose, but I don't want to put him through extra stress.
The word filter indeed needs help.
Could you be more specific? PM me if necessary.
In the board 'Licensed Works' could we put a board for the tv series/movie?
Quote from: Tungro on August 24, 2018, 03:50:52 PM
In the board 'Licensed Works' could we put a board for the tv series and movie?
What movie? ???
I support a section for the TV series though.
I remember finding it on Youtube but I looked again and don't see it. I was basically 2 hours of the main story cut from the tv show. It is weird though because I remember watching 3 different arrangements of Redwall
The first was the full tv show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbUe_Jiyk7Q&list=PLwKXg8dlwRBODgBbamoxo2eki9PtJXcSy
Another I remember was also a tv show but stuck more to the book (no spice merchant or circus)
The third one I remember was the movie
Yes, there was a movie. We have it recorded on VHS.
Quote from: Chipster of Noonvale on August 24, 2018, 06:55:46 PM
I support a section for the TV series though.
Do you know of anyone with the power to do that?
The movie is more like a movie for the TV show than a Redwall Movie, however.
Very true
Quote from: Tungro on August 24, 2018, 03:50:52 PM
In the board 'Licensed Works' could we put a board for the tv series/movie?
Cheers for the suggestion. We may/may not be undergoing some general restructuring across the forum, will keep this in mind.
When viewing yours or another's profile, would it be possible to insert a space between things like the, "About me," "Quote," and, "Status?" I know it's minor, but I feel it would just be more pleasant to look at profiles if all the text wasn't dumped on top of each other as it currently is.
Quote from: danflorreguba on February 28, 2019, 09:17:18 PM
When viewing yours or another's profile, would it be possible to insert a space between things like the, "About me," "Quote," and, "Status?" I know it's minor, but I feel it would just be more pleasant to look at profiles if all the text wasn't dumped on top of each other as it currently is.
Duly noted, I've added it to a list the staff and I have been assembling. Right now, this guy is near the bottom in way of priority - so if time goes by and you're not seeing the change quick enough, please ping one of us on this. Exactly
what is higher up on that list is something that I'm hoping to make public near the end of this weekend.
*waits in eager anticipation*
*waits in line behind Rosie with eager anticipation*
It's been about a year and a half since the last update to the Season Namer list (http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php?topic=5643.msg266345#msg266345).
A lot of the other reference topics could use updating too
Quote from: Banya on March 28, 2019, 03:24:14 PM
It's been about a year and a half since the last update to the Season Namer list (http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php?topic=5643.msg266345#msg266345).
Good catch. I updated one list but never got to this one! I'll polish that up this weekend - thanks for pointing it out.
It would be nice if we could reinstate the awards program,
http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php?topic=5643.msg266345#msg266345