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Post by Misha on Sept 8, 2012 10:59:20 GMT -7
Ahahah, all right. I'll start working on it later tonight, I'll try and get at least the RP section working and most of the design stuff done, and then I'll add the general chat stuff later. The only thing I don't like about the other forum creator is the type of ad it uses... they're all ones with "DOWNLOAD NOW" links and things that kinda trick you into thinking it's part of the forum like "YOU HAVE 1 NEW MESSAGE" and stuff. Otherwise, it's great ^^; Unfortunately, I don't have the cash to pay to get rid of ads right now, so they'll have to stay... just, uh, remember that it's not part of the forum ^^;;; I would never use anything that required downloads
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Post by Misha on Sept 9, 2012 11:26:39 GMT -7
Working on actually figuring out a better forum for the RP, one without those banners. If I can't find one, then I'll have to use that one. I don't necessarily mind ads, but I hate ones with giant DOWNLOAD NOW buttons that could trick people who aren't computer savvy or something into clicking it, y'know?
I'll let you guys know when I've figured it out ^^;;
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Post by Darthtabby on Sept 26, 2012 20:15:05 GMT -7
How are things looking with this? It's nice to get it right the first time but I'm wondering if we should get started with things, particularly when it comes to bringing stuff over from the other board. How much longer do we have to bring stuff over from that board? I kind of got the impression it wasn't going to stay up long term...
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Post by MikaMika on Sept 27, 2012 14:31:04 GMT -7
Life just kind of got in the way and we got a bit distracted ^^;;
We'll be starting to work on transferring a few of the active RP Threads, and hopefully have them moved over before the end of the month. All of the others could really use a reboot or just starting them all over again. A good few of them had decent premises, but since characters had changed hands frequently and/or weren't being played right, the threads should really just be scrapped and attempted again here.
The Island thread currently sits in a bit of a grey area. Things had finally started to go in a more story-driven direction, but it was already so long that to try transferring it all over would be too much of a pain. Personally, I would leave it up to the players to decide if we just want to start it all over again with aiming things in the same direction as it had been when we all stopped, or starting it fresh and taking it somewhere new.
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Post by Darthtabby on Sept 27, 2012 21:10:51 GMT -7
Which threads are you planning to bring over? There's a couple I might try to do something with myself if you're not planning anything.
To be honest I'm only really familiar with part of the Island thread despite getting involved near the end. I found it too big to read the whole thing.
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Post by Misha on Sept 27, 2012 21:39:55 GMT -7
The Island thread is too large to bring over, I think, there'd be hours worth of copy-pasting, even if Trish saved it all for us. Those boards can't be uploaded here in a nice simple fashion. I'm cool with running the Island thread again, but I think it needs a reboot. The original thread went through tons of characters coming and going and changing hands that there's no real continuity to it, or at least not one that's easy to follow. That aside, I need to go through in the next couple of days and snag a bunch. I've copied only Honor Thy Father so far. If there are in specific you want copied, lemme know. I'm gonna stick to shorter/newer ones. Island was the only really long, really popular one, most of the older short ones had no real interest or a lot of the characters involved were retired so the threads were dead (though most of THOSE were archived anyways and no one cared about reviving them then so I doubt they do now ^^
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Post by Misha on Sept 27, 2012 21:43:56 GMT -7
Oh, and I've had no luck finding a free forum host that will do EVERYTHING I was hoping to, I just keep finding ones that have different things I like. So here's a few options:
1) Would you like me to use the one with the ads that are DOWNLOAD links, but has the ability to roll dice and use character sheets? (Would be RP only)
2) Would you like me to use one with more normal ads but I can add custom profile fields to sort of spoof character sheets? (I COULD move the whole forum here, if desired)
3) Would you like me to use one with NO ads but limited customization? (I could also move the whole forum here, no ads is nice, but the customization is VERY limited)
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Post by Darthtabby on Sept 28, 2012 20:37:20 GMT -7
Can you link us to some examples so we can see what you're referring to? It might give us a clearer understanding of the utility of some of these features if we could actually see some examples.
Personally, I would like something that doesn't require me to juggle/switch between a lot of different accounts when playing multiple characters. Otherwise I tend to prefer freeform RPGs over system RPGs so I'm not sure the features matter all that much.
With regards to option 3 if we're settling for a board without many features is there any reason why this one wouldn't do the job?
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Post by Misha on Sept 28, 2012 21:20:42 GMT -7
Since I already made accounts on most of those to see the features, I'll work on setting them up to show them.
There's a mod that allows account linking so you can quickly switch, but unfortunately, it's one that requires me to have full access to the boards, being able to install it. It's a bit much technically for me, and I'd have to pay for hosting, too, which isn't something I can do right now. So, unfortunately, for that we're stuck with one of two options -- Posting everything from a master account and labeling which character it is, or bouncing between character accounts.
The only reason I'd switch to the 3rd one is 'cause it's completely ad-free. This one still has ads. It's only if people are really annoyed by ads. ^^
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Post by Darthtabby on Sept 28, 2012 21:46:32 GMT -7
My vote is for using master accounts over trying to manage multiple ones, but you'll have to see what other people say on that one.
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Post by megadaffy on Oct 6, 2012 21:22:34 GMT -7
I'm all for rebooting the island thread! I had a new character going before the end and would like to try RPing as her again!
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Post by Misha on Oct 6, 2012 22:12:50 GMT -7
All right, we'll take the RP to the forum that has the annoying ads (I think you get a couple days ad-free, they'll show up soon enough.... just remember, if it says DOWNLOAD, you don't need to... I assume you're all internet savvy enough to know this, but I just want to make sure that's VERY clear anyways) fmp-jindai.forumotion.com/Still working on it, of course, I'm just posting it now since the decision is made. Tabby, sorry, but I think the general consensus is that it's neater/easier to keep track of if there are separate accounts for characters -- and on this forum, it's necessary to get it to work right, since it generates character sheets based on account-entered info.
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Post by bontakun117 on Oct 7, 2012 4:25:45 GMT -7
Looks nice, Leader. I especially like the color...
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Post by Misha on Oct 7, 2012 10:27:47 GMT -7
Yay ^^ I liked the orange, but I wasn't sure if people would agree or not. I usually stay away from warm colors when doing web stuff but I liked it anyways XD
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Post by megadaffy on Oct 7, 2012 20:57:14 GMT -7
All signed up! Can't wait to start! Are the RP forums at JH still up If I want to copy over character apps? =D
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