a newer, better, faster, and even prettier version of PixelJoint is upon us.  we have the technology.

this topic is dedicated to the new version.

first of all, let me explain what will be happening:

i will be redesigning all of the PJ pages.  they will be going all standard compliant, with WAP enabled.  the ability to customize it will be expanded, making almost every aspect of the look and feel left to your imagination.

here is where you come in...  we want to know what YOU want.  what would you like to see on the front page, what would make your PJ experience more enjoyable?

consider this a focus group.  suggest ideas and discuss ideas people have offered.

Here are suggestions recieved so far:

1. Better control over fonts
2. Something for featured artists
3. Russian language/more language support
4. Ability to add/remove content on frontpage

feel free to offer your opinions on those, and be sure to suggest your own


Edited by Ensellitis - 10 August 2006 at 9:49pm

How about no character limit on comments? I guess debates aren't really to be had in the news area but... still. Text limits are aggravating when you want to say a lot.

Aleiav, i'm afraid there has to be a limit for comments to avoid serious spamming. Not sure what the limit is at the moment but it might be haggleable i suppose.

Ctrl+MouseScrollWheel

font size will be addressed.

any other ideas/suggestions?  this being a community, i would love some community input to the new design.

what happened to my sticky?


Edited by Ensellitis - 10 August 2006 at 8:31pm

i will make some sort of area for featured artists to coerce those pesky admins to do more of them.   

Instead of having to find the news article, it'd be nice for there to be a link to last month's top ten pixel pieces on the front page. That is, unless I'm missing something...

Just an idea. Maybe there is a way to link a partcular piece to its WIP thread when applicable? Say in the art submission page right below the PJ rules* a check box to indicate that it had a development thread and somehow creates a link to it.

*Wish List - A hand that pops out of the screen and slaps the artist who violates rule #6 then lists them on the front page in the "shame" section

According to the font size suggestion, to make this relative to the user's preferences (font size option, Ctrl+Wheel, etc. ), you'll have to change all absolute text size in the css file : http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/css_styles/default_style.css :

@panda, that has been there foir awhile XD
@maloart, that css file is not going to be used.  everything is going to be redone.

my  idea so far is a ajax based design.  ajax would allow you to add and remove sections that you want, dont want, and also reorganize to your taste.  along with a way to customize the colors/sizes without having to submit your css, but do it in real time.

what if.....you can't rate art until you click the preview to view full image? it may be a little inconvenient, but who knows how many people rate based on the preview image. it isn't exactly essential or convenient but it may throw off ratings..     opinions? i'm not sure if many people would like that though

yeah, people rate the previews to get the highest # of ratings..

Here's an idea for the v3 programming nerds;
Is it possible to include an "@" alert tab in the comments. Say you look at a piece and make a comment with a question for the artist or your comment includes something that sparks a debate of some kind. Unless an answer is directly above yours you have no way of knowing something needs a further reply from you or a need to manually check the piece again. This happens to me often and often feel like an idiot for not noticing till its too late. Maybe any piece that mentions you by name could be an alert or even better a check box that you choose to follow then alerts you of new comments on that particular piece that is not yours?

Edited by halfDemon - 12 August 2006 at 7:46pm

MoD, i dont understand you thar... do you mean one which notifies of the amount of 'unread' pm's? like.. '422 NEW PMS, YU R POPLAR' =D

you mean like a "unread pm" box, and once read they go to a "read pm" box?

ahhhhh, you see, you never mentioned anything about the forum before XD

zing

SNAP!  crackle...  BURN

ok, back on topic folks

anyone have any ideas for the design of pj?

I agree about everything but pixel fonts.  While they're shecksy, they're a pain in the ass to read, especially if you have paragraphs of text.

Keep the regular text something normal, but use pixel fonts for buttons, etc.

The IRC channel is always down for me.

Just thought. It would be brilliant if we could pick our own 'favourite artists', because sometimes i want to fav all the art by one person, but i know that'd be silly.

the forum has issues with knowing what's been read and what hasn't. i've got to make sure to click "mark all forums read" before i leave, even if I HAVE read all the new posts in the forum.