Wincustomize suggestions
Wednesday, July 18, 2001 by Alexandrie | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
If you have any suggestions about WinCustomize please post them here.
Does not mean we will do it, but maybe if we like the idea we'll do.
What I would like to have is a theme section to skin WinCustomze and be able to track the number of person using the theme. What do you think about it?
now what's your suggestions?
Does not mean we will do it, but maybe if we like the idea we'll do.
What I would like to have is a theme section to skin WinCustomze and be able to track the number of person using the theme. What do you think about it?
now what's your suggestions?
 |
|
Page 2 of 3 | |
|
|---|
Jafo
Reply #22 Thursday, July 19, 2001 9:02 PM
Reply #22 Thursday, July 19, 2001 9:02 PM
Deven....but not just here....you disappeared of the planet....#skinnerz, ICQ, email....the works....
Tarkus
Reply #25 Thursday, July 19, 2001 9:55 PM
Reply #25 Thursday, July 19, 2001 9:55 PM
As I suggested in another thread, I'd love an easier way to change skins here. Maybe a combo box on the main page instead of having to go through the account stuff. It already has my cookie, so it knows who I am.
DevenDmer
Reply #26 Thursday, July 19, 2001 9:57 PM
Reply #26 Thursday, July 19, 2001 9:57 PM
ICQ broke on me around the same time. I'm in #skinnerz right now.
MadIce
Reply #27 Friday, July 20, 2001 5:27 AM
Reply #27 Friday, July 20, 2001 5:27 AM
I noticed that when submitting news a title is added to ones logon name - even if you switched it off in the account settings. It would be great if the news section would use the account settings.
craeonics
Reply #29 Saturday, July 21, 2001 9:38 AM
Reply #29 Saturday, July 21, 2001 9:38 AM
He means that the title will show, so if I were to post news, it would show as "Evil Daemon craeonics" rather than just "craeonics".
DavidK
Reply #31 Saturday, July 21, 2001 11:23 PM
Reply #31 Saturday, July 21, 2001 11:23 PM
or put another way - Ed Craeonics... a natural shortening of the full title...
how's it going Ed?
how's it going Ed?
skinner7892
Reply #32 Sunday, July 22, 2001 3:52 PM
Reply #32 Sunday, July 22, 2001 3:52 PM
Here are my suggestions:
1. Create an "official" moderated (and I insist on moderated) channel on IRC. That would let artists have instant interactivity between them and increase the sense of community.
2. Create a brief one-page-only monthly or weekly registration-based newsletter covering topics like new stuff, design techniques, etc. and which would serve as an incentive to attract people to the site.
3. Have regular contributors/columnists that would offer magazine-like in-depth articles on whatever subject (thightly integrated with the newsletter concept which should direct subscribers to the corresponding article on the site)
4. Create regularely a variaty of contests with prizes, if possible. People love contests.
Of course, each of these suggestions would need to be developped further but for now I think this gives a good starting point for discussions
1. Create an "official" moderated (and I insist on moderated) channel on IRC. That would let artists have instant interactivity between them and increase the sense of community.
2. Create a brief one-page-only monthly or weekly registration-based newsletter covering topics like new stuff, design techniques, etc. and which would serve as an incentive to attract people to the site.
3. Have regular contributors/columnists that would offer magazine-like in-depth articles on whatever subject (thightly integrated with the newsletter concept which should direct subscribers to the corresponding article on the site)
4. Create regularely a variaty of contests with prizes, if possible. People love contests.
Of course, each of these suggestions would need to be developped further but for now I think this gives a good starting point for discussions
MadIce
Reply #34 Monday, July 23, 2001 11:59 AM
Reply #34 Monday, July 23, 2001 11:59 AM
Crea: Right. In my case they even called me Sir!
I know I am old, but don't tell me.
I know I am old, but don't tell me.
rmiles7721
Reply #36 Wednesday, July 25, 2001 5:57 PM
Reply #36 Wednesday, July 25, 2001 5:57 PM
A Cursorex section .
Being able to log in and see your stats on the main page (ala skinz.org. I think this was mentioned up above by Boxxi as well.
Being able to log in and see your stats on the main page (ala skinz.org. I think this was mentioned up above by Boxxi as well.
berzerka
Reply #37 Thursday, July 26, 2001 6:55 AM
Reply #37 Thursday, July 26, 2001 6:55 AM
IDEA: At the top of each section (desktop X etc) put a link to either
a) the programs website OR
to download the program OR
c) some other way of learning more about the program
a) the programs website OR
to download the program ORc) some other way of learning more about the program
Hell Dragon
Reply #38 Thursday, July 26, 2001 10:29 AM
Reply #38 Thursday, July 26, 2001 10:29 AM
Here are some ideas for you:
- Expand the Author Info section a little with some extra information like: # of skins you've rated, # of forum posts, submissions etc...
- Move the authors submissions so they are shown in the profile like skinz.org used to do it and not on a separate page.
- Have a Random link to take you to a random skin/wallpaper if your feeling lucky or adventurous
- Have a thumbnail of the DD and DS over at deviantART, and a thumbnail of the featured skins over at LOS and SkinBase.org, it would probably have to be downloaded locally every 24hrs and loaded from the WC server - as not to steal any bandwidth.
- Hold a contest every few months with a certain theme, or for a random skins category.
- Make the skins for the site easier to change (without going into your profile) with a drop-down combo box or something... you could maybe put it up near where it says 'Welcome [yourname]'
- The ability to edit your posts would be kind of handy too.
- Also an option to set the 'rating limit' on the skins when your do a Search, so that you can specifically limit the quality (i.e. see EVERYTHING or see only the best (9-10)
Hope these help
- Expand the Author Info section a little with some extra information like: # of skins you've rated, # of forum posts, submissions etc...
- Move the authors submissions so they are shown in the profile like skinz.org used to do it and not on a separate page.
- Have a Random link to take you to a random skin/wallpaper if your feeling lucky or adventurous
- Have a thumbnail of the DD and DS over at deviantART, and a thumbnail of the featured skins over at LOS and SkinBase.org, it would probably have to be downloaded locally every 24hrs and loaded from the WC server - as not to steal any bandwidth.
- Hold a contest every few months with a certain theme, or for a random skins category.
- Make the skins for the site easier to change (without going into your profile) with a drop-down combo box or something... you could maybe put it up near where it says 'Welcome [yourname]'
- The ability to edit your posts would be kind of handy too.
- Also an option to set the 'rating limit' on the skins when your do a Search, so that you can specifically limit the quality (i.e. see EVERYTHING or see only the best (9-10)
Hope these help
Hell Dragon
Reply #39 Thursday, July 26, 2001 10:46 AM
Reply #39 Thursday, July 26, 2001 10:46 AM
Just thought of another funky idea
I know some people will have a problem with this, but I think it could work, and would be really cool if it did.
This is how it works:
If a skin gets over 5 comments AND has a user rating of 9 or 10 voted for by 10 or more people, then the skins becomes 'Elite' and is shown in a special section on the site, this can apply to any skin/wallpaper.
Then... when your browsing the elite section you know that at least 10 other users (often with different tastes) thought these skins were worth a 9 or a 10... so you can be pretty sure that it's going to be stacked with ultra high-quality skins and wallpapers.
It's just an idea... of course, could work... and remember I just picked those numbers out of my head, the admins would have to think a little about what would constitute a 'Elite' skin.
I know some people will have a problem with this, but I think it could work, and would be really cool if it did.
This is how it works:
If a skin gets over 5 comments AND has a user rating of 9 or 10 voted for by 10 or more people, then the skins becomes 'Elite' and is shown in a special section on the site, this can apply to any skin/wallpaper.
Then... when your browsing the elite section you know that at least 10 other users (often with different tastes) thought these skins were worth a 9 or a 10... so you can be pretty sure that it's going to be stacked with ultra high-quality skins and wallpapers.
It's just an idea... of course, could work... and remember I just picked those numbers out of my head, the admins would have to think a little about what would constitute a 'Elite' skin.
Please login to comment and/or vote for this skin.
Welcome Guest! Please take the time to register with us.
There are many great features available to you once you register, including:
- Richer content, access to many features that are disabled for guests like commenting on the forums and downloading skins.
- Access to a great community, with a massive database of many, many areas of interest.
- Access to contests & subscription offers like exclusive emails.
- It's simple, and FREE!
|
|
Page 2 of 3 | |
|
|---|
Reply #21 Thursday, July 19, 2001 7:53 PM