andreww38
On OP, you have 2 profile pages.
I'll use killervp as an example.
One is your "forum profile":http://forums.obsidianportal.com/account.php?u=60627 (built on vanilla forum)
One is your "OP profile":https://www.obsidianportal.com/profile/killervp (built on OP's secret blend of spices and ruby on rails code)
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Your OP profile has an "add friend" and "personal message" link.
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to add a friend while you're talking on the forum, you need to find your way from the forum, then to obsidianportal.com, and find the person (via their campaign or other pathfinding sorcery), which can be as tough as getting from the shire to Mount Doom on foot.
My question is:
1) Would you like to easily access "add friend" and PM functions on a user's profile?
2) Would it be useful? On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the most useful, would it be? (Spinal Tap "volume 11" ratings will be counted as a "10")
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Current situation:
because they're on 2 separate platforms, we need a fair amount of work for them to "talk" to each other.
At the same time, I feel it could potentially be useful and make OP more social, it might be worth doing.
But only if you guys tell us you want it.
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Hoping to capture as much feedback (ie: more than 10 responses) to this by the weekend.
Vote wisely.
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My questions (again):
1) Would you like to easily access "add friend" and PM functions on a user's profile?
2) Would it be useful? On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the most useful, would it be? (Spinal Tap "volume 11" ratings will be counted as a "10")
Comments
Just trying to help out.
But as Killervp pointed out there are a number of more glaring issues that should probably be addressed first. Fancy new toys are nice but they don't cover up the broken heater in the corner.
These old forums on a separate platform do seem a little isolated from the main site; however, I've personally never had trouble finding profiles in the past, so while this might be convenient in the future, I don't think it would save more than a few seconds every so often. Maybe worth some cycles in the future, but right now probably not a high priority.
- Kallak
A straight redirect, rather than adding more buttons to the forums or slightly-buried forum profiles, would be more effective at making it more social, since we could click a name and immediately see what they are a part of on OP. Besides, the OP profile has more detail and function; the only thing the forum profile really shows is visits and post counts.
So to answer the questions directly:
1) NO, because a direct link to the OP page would be better.
2) Usefulness rating: 0/10 if above suggestion is implemented, 3/10 if not.
~Mae
CotM Selection Committee
I agree with KVP that deflecting resources for such changes would detract from fixing important issues, so I will just ride things out for now.
twiggyleaf
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- Kallak
1) Would you like to easily access “add friend” and PM functions on a user’s profile?
Yes.
2) Would it be useful? On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the most useful, would it be? (Spinal Tap “volume 11” ratings will be counted as a “10”)
5
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Ketherian
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Also, it would REALLY be nice if the forums allowed a signature file. Having to go and copy and past mine every time works, but not having to do so would REALLY be nice.
Keelah Se'lai,
Keryth
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Just trying to help out.
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OP is a custom coded Ruby on Rails script.
So there is no easy way to unify platforms, and will require advanced planning, hence I brought it up now.
It's unlikely to see any major changes until the bigger issues get resolved, but it will help me in planning out what resources to ask for in the later part of the year.
All feedback, positive or negative, is welcome.
Can anybody confirm if it's showing on my profile page for them (e.g. killervp sees it on Maesenko's forum profile), or alternatively if it's just a user's own page (e.g. killervp sees it on killervp's forum profile) ?
~Mae
CotM Selection Committee
Just trying to help out.
~Weasel0
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http://forums.obsidianportal.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=4088&page=1#Item_13
Just trying to help out.