Revamping OKgamers.com - What do you want to see?

[X_A]

So, I'm going to get some time to put into OKgamers soon, and revamp the front / main pages.  Other than a FAQ, and new photos in the header - that are guaranteed to happen, what else would you like to see?

FEEL FREE TO GO WILD - however realize not everything is doable

Flash Chat = NO.  However, perhaps a javachat?  We have a IRC chat that no one uses lol.

Anyway - let your idea's fly - and discussion follow.  Please remember this is NOT the chat forum, so let's stay on topic.



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[Rislone]

Javachat is okay for the most part but gets blocked by tons of proxys, so our school friends and work friends may not be able to access easily.

[Furyswrath]

heres what id like to see (and you know I will help ya)

1. Photo Gallery With Moderated uploads to allow members to upload their own gamer pics.
2. YouTube / Vimeo / Facebook / MySpace Video support in the BBCode
3. Gamertags / PSN / Wii  information in user profiles (i played with this and kinda had it working pretty good)
4. Forums Tags (but as we know we cant do this with SMF version 1, has to be version too. But just to throw that idea out)
5. Interactive Event Calendar. Say you Post a Event in the Calendar it Makes an automated forum post (or that deal I was working on for ya. Definitely need to at least do that for Form I Was working on atleast where you fill it out and it posts to the forums.)
6. Front Page Blog.  Need a way to jump out at people on whats going on with OkGamers.  Rather than have people browse the forums and hunt for upcoming events. i.e.  it was really hard to find out about OkGamer Meetings with out really searching and looking for it.  I Think a front page Blog will help this out.  Just need something where you (or staff) can post something of significance that happens here in Oklahoma for gamers.   Thats what I try to do with Plasma Burn, but I tend to do more National Gamer news and information.  But I really think we need something on the front page that can be dynamically updated and changed on a regular basis.
7. Let me put more emphasis on getting YouTube support and Photo Gallery Support.

Thats all I had on my Mind at the moment.  I know I had a ton of other ideas, I need to write them down.

[ezknight.okceca]

The Calendar is a great idea. That would be the first thing I would put up. It would be nice to look at a calendar see what is going on and then click on an event to be taken to the forum discussion for it. It would also help to be able to view regional calendars as well. So you can look at events only for OKC or Tulsa or whatever.

Photo galleries and gamertag friendcode etc would also be nice.

Aside from that and everything else Sammy mentioned, I can't think of anything else.

If need be, I can help.

[X_A]

Sammy - you and I have had some pretty indepth talks about changes - as you are a programmer, and I can come up with ideas   lol

But as you may recall - we HAVE a calendar - http://www.okgamers.com/forums/index.php?action=calendar

The problem is ADDING to it is so 'out of the way' and hard for people to do - thus yes, wanting to get your form working.  More so for the tags, but definitely for that.  How is SMF 2.0 coming along?!@



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[Furyswrath]

My oklahomawow.com site is running SMF 2.0RC1 , So far so good. I havent had any major issues.

Check it out, I will even give you admin access so you can see how it all works.  Im using an addon with it called portamax. Turns SMF into a Blog / Portal Style Forum.

[X_A]

You've got broken images heh.

Anyway - so we can start the whole tag / tracker thing we discussed?!@  Or am I missing something, and 2.0 doesn't have it yet?



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[Furyswrath]

You've got broken images heh.

Anyway - so we can start the whole tag / tracker thing we discussed?!@  Or am I missing something, and 2.0 doesn't have it yet?



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Yea I dont have it turned on right now.    As for the Images.  LOL you wouldnt see the broken images if you wouldnt use IE  lol    I Despise IE.  Ive come to terms that i dont care if 1/2 the US uses it lol   So far stat wise I only see 2 people that use it on okwow.  But yea its a crap theme I downloaded, and I Haven't edited fully yet. haven't had time quite yet.

[ezknight.okceca]

Yea I dont have it turned on right now.    As for the Images.  LOL you wouldnt see the broken images if you wouldnt use IE  lol    I Despise IE.  Ive come to terms that i dont care if 1/2 the US uses it lol   So far stat wise I only see 2 people that use it on okwow.  But yea its a crap theme I downloaded, and I Haven't edited fully yet. haven't had time quite yet.

You and me both. Unfortunately, my current job requires us to support IE6+. But any personal projects, no way.

[X_A]

Well, for the alerts / subscription system we talked about - tags seemed MUCHO importante.  If your not going to mess things up, I'd love to see tags working, and then review how / if we can still do that.   Are you still up for the form / system / yea?

Also - should I perhaps enable galleries / work with one - http://www.tulsanow.org/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=1

That site is running SMF - and I thought about it after seeing it.  Course, I think putting them up on Facebook might be a better system heh, dunno.



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[Furyswrath]

That site is running SMF - and I thought about it after seeing it.  Course, I think putting them up on Facebook might be a better system heh, dunno.

Might be able to do both at the same time. Ever heard of  Windows Live Photo Gallery?   Its a awesome program.   But  The development group I work with, we are working on a plugin that will tie a online photo gallery(we are trying to find the most common one used) with. Reason why is alot of Websites have a facebook group with a photo gallery tied to it.  and most people vist one or the other, so most webmaster want both.

[Furyswrath]

Saif

I almost have Tags enabled on Oklahomawow.com    its a little buggy but I think most of the bugs where self induced, because I didnt read the install proceedures.

[X_A]

Well, I really feel that tag system is our biggest hurtle to getting the systems together; as you've said heh.  So, once we've got that upgrade we can proceed towards making OKgamers really really useful.  Let me know how your testing goes!



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[X_A]

Bump?

Surely the 4 of us aren't the only one with opinions lol.



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[Animefreak6969]

uhh........lets get some boobs up in this joint