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What would make good website features? (Community)
What would make good website features? // Communityfacter facter@awsupportFeb 7, 2001, 3:47pm
Okay, heres an open question for all of you - I have a very extensive list
of features that are being implemented on the new website, what I want to know, is what kind of stuff do you guys think would be really handy to have on there ? I'm open to all good suggestions Facter aka Fletcher Andersen AW Support & Webmaster xeroFeb 7, 2001, 3:51pm
Better navigation, maybe a built in search. Right now its impossible to find
ANYTHING on that page, everything is hidden. crazy glue ilFeb 7, 2001, 4:01pm
I agree, I will find something one day, then lose it the next. Try something
like those boxes that when you put your mouse thingy over it abox pops up, and you could list sub-directories there, just a suggestion. -- We all have atleast ONE crazything in us >:] ~Johnathon a.k.a CrAzY gLuE IL [View Quote] agent1Feb 7, 2001, 4:08pm
A database of known issues with the browser. This could be used for beta testing as well...
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<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html> Hmmm.. ever try the site map? [View Quote] xeroFeb 7, 2001, 4:19pm
Yeah, I've seen the site map, and its still impossible to find anything, its
like, real big and long, and unorganized, like if you want to find where the 3rd party tools are its like all mixed in with the other stuff etc etc etc. It's a total mess. I shouldn't have to go through that just to get to a page on a webpage, thats crazy. holistic1Feb 7, 2001, 4:28pm
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html> Well, I don't seem to have a problem... But then, You have never seen my desk.....:) [View Quote] xeroFeb 7, 2001, 4:35pm
LoL...It's not a super big problem, but, it would be nicer to get to the
places on the webpage without a site map, any good navigation lets you do that. -- -Xero nornnyFeb 7, 2001, 5:42pm
In the end, you CAN find everything, but a good website doesn't make you go
searching around as much as AW users do, unless there is a purpose of "getting lost" in the site. Especially being a corporate site, the faster you can impress and navigate your visitor around, the more registered users you get. Which for AW could mean more income. A website does make a major impact. Nornny [View Quote] builderzFeb 7, 2001, 6:32pm
I have a suggestion: fix
http://www.activeworlds.com/products/commercial_servers.html so that it doesn't automatically re-direct you to http://www.activeworlds.com/products/personal_servers.html. =) -Builderz [View Quote] vetoFeb 7, 2001, 6:57pm
I think that on the home page you should show how many people are current
logged into AW, and how many worlds are running. [View Quote] wingFeb 7, 2001, 7:09pm
Less load time, replace the screenshot on the front page with one that shows
the features of the new browser (3.1), a menubar with collapsing catagories (on homepage just major headers are shown, then navigating to one of those catagories brings up homepage for that section and any subcategories are shown along with the original menu) -- Wing This little spot is dedicated to my girl, Jessie. She paints her nails, and she dont know, he's got her best friend on the phone, She'll wash her hair, his dirty clothes, for all he gives to her. And he's got posters on the wall Of all the girls he wish she was, and he means everything to her. Her boyfriend, he dont know, Anything, about her... She's just the flavor of the week. AW Citizen 305004 "Wing" bathgate at prodigy.net eyemwing at teleport.com ICQ #101207433 [View Quote] crazy glue ilFeb 7, 2001, 7:57pm
Wing, that is what I was trin' to say, LOL!
-- We all have atleast ONE crazything in us >:] ~Johnathon a.k.a CrAzY gLuE IL [View Quote] facter facter@awsupportFeb 7, 2001, 8:40pm
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Excellent - thats already on the list as well, I'm glad you guys are
tihnking of these things too, it means i'm on the right track with what i'm doing =) F. > [View Quote] facter facter@awsupportFeb 7, 2001, 8:41pm
sw comitFeb 7, 2001, 10:01pm
Hey Facter, I'm not sure if your in control of this, but you should really
update the whole Community section. There's lots of organizations out there, and it's hard to compete with the big orgs because they got so much support from you guys. Also, the resource page could use a tune up, there's a lot of new pages I've seen that aren't up and should be. just inFeb 7, 2001, 10:10pm
Facter - I gave a few suggestions by email to you when I was setting up a
new world. Here they are again: 1. Up-to-date zips for the Alpha Objects/Textures/etc plus registry 2. Clearer instructions on setting up a new world on a remote unix server Regards, Justin j b e l lFeb 7, 2001, 10:32pm
i personally think the current one is fine.. heh... now pricing on the other
hand... lol.. especially since hosting costs more then some of the worlds, even though it bears a light load on the server... -- J B E L L http://platinum.awjbell.com G O I N G P L A T I N U M [View Quote] xeroFeb 7, 2001, 10:35pm
Uh jbell, thats why you can use free hosts, atleast when AW hosts you, if AW
is down, so is your world, LoL. On other hosts if they're down, your worlds down, and AW is up, then its a problem, right? LoL..although I do agree it is kinda pricey. -- -Xero facterFeb 7, 2001, 10:46pm
There will be an integated community section on the same site - yep, already
totally on the list. Some of my wants for it are a full object DB (with the release of all the building objects from Mars, atlantis etc included in there) - in conjunction with what already exists at object 'd activeworlds, a bot and program/tool repository (which users can submit to - this may be a hard one, as we may need to fix up the licensing for the sdk, as well as inspect code for user created bots first - security is very important to us), integrated news section, so that when things *do* happen around the company, the community knows about it a little better....that kind of thing - I will be speaking to allt he people involved int he community pages, and asking their assistance in the whoe project - that side of the site will rely heavily on the help of those that are currently involved with that area - it shouldnt be too ahrd though, I can set up different permissions for people to do different things on the new site. Also,a "place" registry would be nice... Alot of stuff, also, is goign to go into it, like webpage-bots for different types of admin, and that kind of thing...its a huge, huge project - I dont know when it will be completed..but I want to get as much done as quickly as possible - because of the way it is going to be designed, it will be so much easier to add to than the current site. Oh, and yes, there *will* be stylesheets =) F. [View Quote] facterFeb 7, 2001, 10:47pm
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Read the last tech talk logs, I believe an idea in that kind of regards was
spoken about in there...not sure when it would happen..but.. F. > > -- > J B E L L > http://platinum.awjbell.com > G O I N G P L A T I N U M [View Quote] nova n@n.comFeb 7, 2001, 11:00pm
I like the idea bout the drop down list maybe in a lower frame sim to how
namezero had there lower frame set up you click the drop down box and you get a list of sub domains. Maybe use a subdomain set up for major areas of the web site ? example http://downloads.activeworlds.com and it would have the download section http://status.activewolds.com would have the same info as the curent network status . etc [View Quote] j b e l lFeb 8, 2001, 1:29am
NO FRAMES! FRAMES SUCK! especially for text based browsers...
-- J B E L L http://platinum.awjbell.com G O I N G P L A T I N U M [View Quote] j b e l lFeb 8, 2001, 1:29am
poseidonFeb 8, 2001, 4:40am
Hey Facter, this is an idea that kinda goes in hand with the AW current
status: IE the Current worlds and users that are logged on. Is there any way to put a streaming shot of maybe Alpha WOrld GZ ont he main page so newbies can get the feel of how everything looks and works before even having to enter AW. Just a suggestion! Poseidon facterFeb 8, 2001, 5:00am
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Stranger and stranger - I actually jsut set up an experimental stream of
exactly that on Monday =) Worked out well..though, i need to refine the whole thing ... I am *definately* on the right track here =) F. > > Poseidon > > poseidonFeb 8, 2001, 12:12pm
Excelent! I hope it goes over well Facter. Just keep one hting in mind - the
over all lag, or slow connection. You dont want someone on a 56K to pop on and have to download the page for 5 minutes or so. Just a thought. Poseidon [View Quote] kahFeb 8, 2001, 2:47pm
a list of ALL current citizens, selfupdating and with a online/offline
indicator (that would have to be something that you get when you click their names or something). It would also be cool if you made it possible for ppl to have a ppl search on their AW pages, that could use the same technique as the list page. And HOW do you make a streaming picture/video of a place in AW?????? KAH [View Quote] |
