Also, with the new card search feature, is there a way we can get a link to TCGPlayer's "Search for decks using this card" on the card page? Magiccards.info has that and I use it regularly. Some sort of link to search the forum for discussion of that card would also be sweet, but that's deep on the wishlist.
Aside from that, the card search for the new site looks very solid and I'm looking forward to using it more.
First off, thanks for adding the My Subscriptions stuff.
A minor problem with the Forum subscriptions, though: the page is still fixed-width, and the "Unsubscribe" button is getting squished. See attachment for a picture.
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Be aware of singing as if you were half dead,
or half asleep:
but lift your voice with strength.
Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
First off, thanks for adding the My Subscriptions stuff. :love:A minor problem with the Forum subscriptions, though: the page is still fixed-width, and the "Unsubscribe" button is getting squished. See attachment for a picture.
Ah, I knew I forgot something I saw from yesterday! Noted, thanks!
Some staff have the tag:Forum Specific Moderatorwhile others have:StaffWhy the split? I thought it was upper and lower staff at first but thats not even the case.
That is just a vanity title, any mtgs admin can change those - so an easy fix at any time its just using defualts atm
I've been fixing some of those, mainly to get a feel with the system.But I have been unable to figure out how to edit the various properties that make username change colors or that add small icons to usernames.
Staff as the vanity group should give the mana staff icon.
Is there any way to get the "Staff" tag bolded like it is on the current forums? I found that this was a really helpful visual cue, especially for new forumgoers, for identifying who is a mod/admin.
Also, is there anywhere that the mods can try out the new infraction/warning system to see how it runs?
Last one: Avatars seem enormous relative to the rest of the left column. Is it just me or do they seem really big to everyone (and I'm not just talking about my poor pixelated image either; all of them look big).
I've been fixing some of those, mainly to get a feel with the system.But I have been unable to figure out how to edit the various properties that make username change colors or that add small icons to usernames.
Staff as the vanity group should give the mana staff icon.Curse as the vanity group gives the flame.Let us know if that's not what you're seeing.
Oh, I know that What I have been unable to figure out is how to add a special icon to, say, the Rules Guru group or the World Project Leader group (just hypothetically). Or change the username formatting of the Administrator group (bold & italics is the age-old classic).
Reposting the feedback I gave in the last feedback thread that is still relevant:
Signing In/Getting the Right Account:
1. This Curse sign-in thing needs something done about it as it is causing my computer at work fits trying to sign-in. I know it's not firefox since it worked fine at home, so it could possibly be because I am on a cloud or something, but half the time I signed in, it didn't sign me in and instead just redirected me to a log-in screen, telling me to log in or join. I am not sure what is causing it as it seems random, but it's annoying. Also in that same vein I seem to be randomly logged off after a while. This is the only site it happens on, so I feel it probably is specific to the site/log-in stuff.
2. When I sign-in to the Beta and it goes through it seems to sign me in for every Curse site. This is annoying because everytime I want to check the red tracker on ReignofGaming it prompts me to choose a nickname and won't let me in to the site. Signing into one site shouldn't sign you in to other sites.
3. I still have the problem where when I sign in I am being signed-in to the wrong account due to two accounts having the same email address. As it is I am currently unable to access my Guardman account on the Beta. I am auto signed in on Chrome Browser, but on every other browser it signs me in two a different account.
Avatars:
1. All of the corners are rounded, not allowing for 100x100 true square avatars.
2. The avatars seem to be raised or have some sort of shading/beveling around it which is very annoying especially when looking at certain avatars (see The Warden's avatar for example).
3. The little green dot in the corner of avatars when you are online is also annoying. Especially if a person has text at the bottom of an avatar.
4. I don't like having a blank picture for people without avatars. It would be nice if it just showed nothing like the current site does.
Basically make it so that the avatars are 100% like people uploaded it as and don't try to mess around or put stuff over.
Post Per Page:
Also I seem to be unable to change the number of posts per page (I don't see an option to change it), which is extremely annoying for something like Mafia which prefers my current of 60 ppp.
Skin:
Site still needs a dark skin for people like me who find that the current skin hurts their eyes.
Posting:
Is there a place to have preset fonts and colors. Right now I don't even see a place to change the font in the post box.
Also why is there no post page? It seems like I can only quick reply right now. I miss having an entire page dedicated for post writing and not having it clogged with other posts. Also there are a lot of post functionality missing such as the preset smiles that you can easily get to (or most of the smiles for that matter).
The quick reply box is really, really wide. While I like having posts be widescreened, writing posts in the quick reply box on wide is actually really annoying and a little hard to follow as not everything is in my field of vision.
Can the quick reply/reply area use a different font than courier new. In fact it would be nice if could be set to use use the font you use to post.
Need a dropdown menu for fonts and colors.
User Info:
Also we are missing things like locations, join date, blog posts, and the flag under the avatar.
It is sort of hard to tell who is a mod and such. It took me a while to see the five color next to a name. It would be nice if staff still had different name colors or formatting or something so it is easier to tell.
Quoting:
The dropdown multiquote is awkward at best, and makes multiquoting awkward especially since the post box appears below the first quote you quote. Really need the multiquote system like the current forum has as it's a lot easier to use then this.
Also really need a post page that you can go to with all your quotes like the current forum has.
Forum General:
Speaking of annoying the most annoying thing is the avatars next to names of who posted on a thread. They are too small to tell what they are or who they are, but so colorful that they are distracting. Either get rid of them or at the very least give an option to turn them off.
Also why does this site need a Terms of Service above the post box. It's been bothering me since I noticed. MTGSalvation isn't supposed to be a corporate website. It's supposed to be a forum. It just feels wrong. It's one thing to have a corporate owner and another thing to really feel like the site is being engulfed in the corporateness.
Tools > Mark All Read on the front page of the forums seems to be a dead link.
It works, the page just needs to be refreshed. This should probably happen automatically, I'll make a note of it.
Not sure what you mean. Clicking "Mark All As Read" then refreshing doesn't do anything. Or did you mean something else?
EDIT: Also, in making this reply, I quoted your post on page 1, and the post appeared at the bottom of page 1 when it is actually on page 2. I'm not sure if there's a "nicer" way to do that, but thought it was noteworthy.
1. This sounds like an issue unique to your work as I haven't heard of anyone else having this problem.
2. Our sign in system is global intentionally. I'm not sure I understand the problem on signing in to RoG. Does choosing a nickname not work? It should only ask once.
3. I'm only seeing one instance of the email you use for Guardman in our system. If you're being logged in to a different account automatically in other browsers, I'd guess that's because they have different login information saved for the site.
EDIT: Also, in making this reply, I quoted your post on page 1, and the post appeared at the bottom of page 1 when it is actually on page 2. I'm not sure if there's a "nicer" way to do that, but thought it was noteworthy.
I agree that it's somewhat awkward, but this is intentional. This may be something we look at in the future.
The sign in issue with RoG is I don't want to be signed in to RoG since I am only there for the red tracker, when I am signed in here. This is especially bad since I keep getting sent to different accounts meaning I have to choose a new nickname each time. And since when I sign out here I am still signed into RoG means that I can't sign out to circumvent the nickname thing. It's annoying and a pain in the ass since outside of Chrome I can't sign on to the Beta without getting either DireBere or a MTGSLegacy account to pop up on RoG.
Basically it would be ideal if signing into MTGS didn't sign you into other curse sites, which given the fact that signing out of one curse site doesn't sign you out of all curse sites seems like it should be doable. The only other work around I've gotten is to have RoG and Sally opened in different browsers, which is less than ideal, or start going to a different site with a red tracker.
The biggest things though is the dark skin, posting, post per page, and quoting issues. As until those changes get made the site has extreme usability issues and is basically incapable of being used to play mafia due to the extreme awkwardness of quoting and posting. As for a dark skin this should be a very high priority as it is a health issue for many users besides just myself.
I started poking around the beta in the places that i normally frequent and noticed something kinda annoying. Where in the normal forum you can put title text on each post, that same ability doesn't seem to translate over to the new beta. For example, in the Pokemon RPG I've been running in the Colosseum, I've been using the post title to denote which Pokemon belong to which player...
But in the new Beta that area is black'd out...
While it doesn't really bug me for the regulars, who I've gotten to know who's is who's, for the newer players it causes a bit of a memory issue.
Just thought I'd bring it up.
P.S. Also, apparently my Sig Banner doesn't work. IDK if that's normal or not...
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while others have:
Staff
Why the split? I thought it was upper and lower staff at first but thats not even the case.
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A minor problem with the Forum subscriptions, though: the page is still fixed-width, and the "Unsubscribe" button is getting squished. See attachment for a picture.
Be aware of singing as if you were half dead,
or half asleep:
but lift your voice with strength.
Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
It works, the page just needs to be refreshed. This should probably happen automatically, I'll make a note of it.
Ah, I knew I forgot something I saw from yesterday! Noted, thanks!
That is just a vanity title, any mtgs admin can change those - so an easy fix at any time its just using defualts atm
But I have been unable to figure out how to edit the various properties that make username change colors or that add small icons to usernames.
Staff as the vanity group should give the mana staff icon.
Curse as the vanity group gives the flame.
Let us know if that's not what you're seeing.
Also, is there anywhere that the mods can try out the new infraction/warning system to see how it runs?
Last one: Avatars seem enormous relative to the rest of the left column. Is it just me or do they seem really big to everyone (and I'm not just talking about my poor pixelated image either; all of them look big).
Oh, I know that What I have been unable to figure out is how to add a special icon to, say, the Rules Guru group or the World Project Leader group (just hypothetically). Or change the username formatting of the Administrator group (bold & italics is the age-old classic).
Signing In/Getting the Right Account:
1. This Curse sign-in thing needs something done about it as it is causing my computer at work fits trying to sign-in. I know it's not firefox since it worked fine at home, so it could possibly be because I am on a cloud or something, but half the time I signed in, it didn't sign me in and instead just redirected me to a log-in screen, telling me to log in or join. I am not sure what is causing it as it seems random, but it's annoying. Also in that same vein I seem to be randomly logged off after a while. This is the only site it happens on, so I feel it probably is specific to the site/log-in stuff.
2. When I sign-in to the Beta and it goes through it seems to sign me in for every Curse site. This is annoying because everytime I want to check the red tracker on ReignofGaming it prompts me to choose a nickname and won't let me in to the site. Signing into one site shouldn't sign you in to other sites.
3. I still have the problem where when I sign in I am being signed-in to the wrong account due to two accounts having the same email address. As it is I am currently unable to access my Guardman account on the Beta. I am auto signed in on Chrome Browser, but on every other browser it signs me in two a different account.
Avatars:
1. All of the corners are rounded, not allowing for 100x100 true square avatars.
2. The avatars seem to be raised or have some sort of shading/beveling around it which is very annoying especially when looking at certain avatars (see The Warden's avatar for example).
3. The little green dot in the corner of avatars when you are online is also annoying. Especially if a person has text at the bottom of an avatar.
4. I don't like having a blank picture for people without avatars. It would be nice if it just showed nothing like the current site does.
Basically make it so that the avatars are 100% like people uploaded it as and don't try to mess around or put stuff over.
Post Per Page:
Also I seem to be unable to change the number of posts per page (I don't see an option to change it), which is extremely annoying for something like Mafia which prefers my current of 60 ppp.
Skin:
Site still needs a dark skin for people like me who find that the current skin hurts their eyes.
Posting:
Is there a place to have preset fonts and colors. Right now I don't even see a place to change the font in the post box.
Also why is there no post page? It seems like I can only quick reply right now. I miss having an entire page dedicated for post writing and not having it clogged with other posts. Also there are a lot of post functionality missing such as the preset smiles that you can easily get to (or most of the smiles for that matter).
The quick reply box is really, really wide. While I like having posts be widescreened, writing posts in the quick reply box on wide is actually really annoying and a little hard to follow as not everything is in my field of vision.
Can the quick reply/reply area use a different font than courier new. In fact it would be nice if could be set to use use the font you use to post.
Need a dropdown menu for fonts and colors.
User Info:
Also we are missing things like locations, join date, blog posts, and the flag under the avatar.
It is sort of hard to tell who is a mod and such. It took me a while to see the five color next to a name. It would be nice if staff still had different name colors or formatting or something so it is easier to tell.
Quoting:
The dropdown multiquote is awkward at best, and makes multiquoting awkward especially since the post box appears below the first quote you quote. Really need the multiquote system like the current forum has as it's a lot easier to use then this.
Also really need a post page that you can go to with all your quotes like the current forum has.
Forum General:
Speaking of annoying the most annoying thing is the avatars next to names of who posted on a thread. They are too small to tell what they are or who they are, but so colorful that they are distracting. Either get rid of them or at the very least give an option to turn them off.
Also why does this site need a Terms of Service above the post box. It's been bothering me since I noticed. MTGSalvation isn't supposed to be a corporate website. It's supposed to be a forum. It just feels wrong. It's one thing to have a corporate owner and another thing to really feel like the site is being engulfed in the corporateness.
Signing into your account will sign you into every curse website. Logging off will only log you off from the curse website you log off from.
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Not sure what you mean. Clicking "Mark All As Read" then refreshing doesn't do anything. Or did you mean something else?
EDIT: Also, in making this reply, I quoted your post on page 1, and the post appeared at the bottom of page 1 when it is actually on page 2. I'm not sure if there's a "nicer" way to do that, but thought it was noteworthy.
Hmm, I may have spoken too soon, it does indeed look like it's not functioning. Made a note of this, thanks!
1. This sounds like an issue unique to your work as I haven't heard of anyone else having this problem.
2. Our sign in system is global intentionally. I'm not sure I understand the problem on signing in to RoG. Does choosing a nickname not work? It should only ask once.
3. I'm only seeing one instance of the email you use for Guardman in our system. If you're being logged in to a different account automatically in other browsers, I'd guess that's because they have different login information saved for the site.
We plan on revisiting our avatar system in the future, but for right now it's fairly low on our priority list. We appreciate the feedback though.
This is a global setting. We are exploring displaying additional PPP.
This has been discussed and may be in a future release.
I'll look into the font colors/styles tomorrow.
All the smilies you're used to should continue to work here, we just don't have a button for them. I'll look into this tomorrow as well.
Additional profile fields may be in future additions, but for right now they are very low on the priority list.
I'll look into making mod titles a bit more noticeable.
Our quoting system has a couple issues right now that we are looking in to. As for a more complete revamp, that may come down the line.
Thanks for all the feedback!
I agree that it's somewhat awkward, but this is intentional. This may be something we look at in the future.
Basically it would be ideal if signing into MTGS didn't sign you into other curse sites, which given the fact that signing out of one curse site doesn't sign you out of all curse sites seems like it should be doable. The only other work around I've gotten is to have RoG and Sally opened in different browsers, which is less than ideal, or start going to a different site with a red tracker.
The biggest things though is the dark skin, posting, post per page, and quoting issues. As until those changes get made the site has extreme usability issues and is basically incapable of being used to play mafia due to the extreme awkwardness of quoting and posting. As for a dark skin this should be a very high priority as it is a health issue for many users besides just myself.
But in the new Beta that area is black'd out...
While it doesn't really bug me for the regulars, who I've gotten to know who's is who's, for the newer players it causes a bit of a memory issue.
Just thought I'd bring it up.
P.S. Also, apparently my Sig Banner doesn't work. IDK if that's normal or not...
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I suspected as much. Just wasn't sure if you were aware of it. No big issue.
Force of Will as a card-tag is fine, though.