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There's a bunch of news items, and I'll try to make them all brief:
- We've been optimising the forums layout off-and-on for a couple months now. Sometimes combining sections, sometimes nesting forum sections under others. Basically just trying to make the place easier to browse and find things. Expect to see more of this kind of thing in future, and of course, please feel free to suggest improvements.
- The topic of the VPM 16:9 spanned tables came up recently, and the question is-- does anybody still use these? These tables represent an obsolete way of spanning game displays across multiple monitors in VP9, but we're not sure if anybody still needs them. For example, maybe some people out there have cabs set up nicely with 2009's VP9 and have never upgraded? Otherwise, we're thinking about retiring these tables.
- We've added a lot of notices recently. These won't appear except for special circumstances, for example when uploading a resource, asking for maintenance help, or doing an advance search. I'm simply curious if 1) anyone's noticed these, and 2) would you prefer these to be dismissible? Or even 3) have we added too many?
- Along these lines, I also added an FP help notice that suggests tagging various people, such as @TerryRed, @Gimli, @NitroNimbus, @AnonTet and @wild such that someone in need can more quickly & easily get help. If you'd prefer not to have your name listed, please just let me know.
- Ever since the "solutions" system get introduced, I've been looking through various help threads, and identifying solvers. You can see the running tally here. In future, you should be able to click and see a member's list of individual solutions, not just the static tally. This system normally works via a help thread's voting system, with the thread-starter choosing the best solution.
- Members should now be able to log in to the site via Google.
- There's now a "Pinball Nirvana app" that's installable if you wish. You should see a prompt in the URL line, or possibly a notification via smartphone / tablet. Jon added this one, and when I tested it, it simply provided a quicker jump point to the site. So probably not much use for desktop people, but perhaps useful on phone, etc.
- We really appreciate the recent table ratings, especially poor ratings or broken entry reports, as these help us identify problem resources. Big thanks to @hawyer and @vladaymir on that!
- I don't know if anyone noticed, but Jon recently improved the attachment thumbnail quality. Many of the thumbs looked blurry only a few weeks ago, but they should appear much sharper, now.
- I'm sure everyone knows about the "like" system, but I'd like to point out that it's useful for more than just indicating a "strong like" or a particular reaction. It's also super-useful just for letting people know that you've read and acknowledged something without needing to post a reply. So I hereby invite everyone to "like" comments when possible. It's a little thing, but it adds up to better communication for all of us.
- Just something silly, but I went through the site's resources and tagged all the hockey and soccer (futbol) resources I could find. I like tags, as they're a fun way to group things together.
- And finally, finally-- the site could still use some help! Because we're still working to get everything sorted out since the big XenForo move a year ago. The single biggest area of need are resource entries that could use their info improved. Other needs: more media items added (like backglasses & stripped playfields), and more tags added everywhere. Some of this stuff can be done by anyone right now, and some of it would require an added permission. Please let us know if you're interested in helping out with something... likely some area of the site that interests you.
--Ike
Oh, and I also want to welcome and thank @worldofVPX for the great videos, and welcome and thank @ArgCades, @Vpxpinball, @clarkee, and @Spelly88 for contributing to the significant "all in one" discussion. Thanks, folks. :)
- We've been optimising the forums layout off-and-on for a couple months now. Sometimes combining sections, sometimes nesting forum sections under others. Basically just trying to make the place easier to browse and find things. Expect to see more of this kind of thing in future, and of course, please feel free to suggest improvements.
- The topic of the VPM 16:9 spanned tables came up recently, and the question is-- does anybody still use these? These tables represent an obsolete way of spanning game displays across multiple monitors in VP9, but we're not sure if anybody still needs them. For example, maybe some people out there have cabs set up nicely with 2009's VP9 and have never upgraded? Otherwise, we're thinking about retiring these tables.
- We've added a lot of notices recently. These won't appear except for special circumstances, for example when uploading a resource, asking for maintenance help, or doing an advance search. I'm simply curious if 1) anyone's noticed these, and 2) would you prefer these to be dismissible? Or even 3) have we added too many?
- Along these lines, I also added an FP help notice that suggests tagging various people, such as @TerryRed, @Gimli, @NitroNimbus, @AnonTet and @wild such that someone in need can more quickly & easily get help. If you'd prefer not to have your name listed, please just let me know.
- Ever since the "solutions" system get introduced, I've been looking through various help threads, and identifying solvers. You can see the running tally here. In future, you should be able to click and see a member's list of individual solutions, not just the static tally. This system normally works via a help thread's voting system, with the thread-starter choosing the best solution.
- Members should now be able to log in to the site via Google.
- There's now a "Pinball Nirvana app" that's installable if you wish. You should see a prompt in the URL line, or possibly a notification via smartphone / tablet. Jon added this one, and when I tested it, it simply provided a quicker jump point to the site. So probably not much use for desktop people, but perhaps useful on phone, etc.
- We really appreciate the recent table ratings, especially poor ratings or broken entry reports, as these help us identify problem resources. Big thanks to @hawyer and @vladaymir on that!
- I don't know if anyone noticed, but Jon recently improved the attachment thumbnail quality. Many of the thumbs looked blurry only a few weeks ago, but they should appear much sharper, now.
- I'm sure everyone knows about the "like" system, but I'd like to point out that it's useful for more than just indicating a "strong like" or a particular reaction. It's also super-useful just for letting people know that you've read and acknowledged something without needing to post a reply. So I hereby invite everyone to "like" comments when possible. It's a little thing, but it adds up to better communication for all of us.
- Just something silly, but I went through the site's resources and tagged all the hockey and soccer (futbol) resources I could find. I like tags, as they're a fun way to group things together.
- And finally, finally-- the site could still use some help! Because we're still working to get everything sorted out since the big XenForo move a year ago. The single biggest area of need are resource entries that could use their info improved. Other needs: more media items added (like backglasses & stripped playfields), and more tags added everywhere. Some of this stuff can be done by anyone right now, and some of it would require an added permission. Please let us know if you're interested in helping out with something... likely some area of the site that interests you.
--Ike
Oh, and I also want to welcome and thank @worldofVPX for the great videos, and welcome and thank @ArgCades, @Vpxpinball, @clarkee, and @Spelly88 for contributing to the significant "all in one" discussion. Thanks, folks. :)
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