Oddworld Forums > Zulag Two > Forum Suggestions & Help


 
Thread Tools
 
  #1  
05-23-2008, 05:25 PM
Wings of Fire's Avatar
Wings of Fire
Beautiful Bastard
 
: Dec 2007
: Stafford
: 9,537
Blog Entries: 143
Rep Power: 32
Wings of Fire  (13656)Wings of Fire  (13656)Wings of Fire  (13656)Wings of Fire  (13656)Wings of Fire  (13656)Wings of Fire  (13656)Wings of Fire  (13656)Wings of Fire  (13656)Wings of Fire  (13656)Wings of Fire  (13656)Wings of Fire  (13656)
Chip off the old Blog.

Over the last two weeks or so, for some unknown reason, the VBlog has become insanely popular, with about five entries, easily, every two or so days and over five comments for each entry.

Because of this new-found 'Return of the Blog' I suggest that the Blog layout system needs a bit of renovation, if at all possible. I trust I'm not alone in the view that I'd like to be able to follow a Blog after it's been bumped off the front page, and using the whole blog subscription system is far too fiddly. Firstly; I never know whether a Blog is worth following or not untill a few comments in and secondly I still have nightmares from where my number of subscribed threads in the forum seemed to multiply by magic and filled around 50% of my inbox before I could stop, Sorcerer's Apprentice style.

I know it's just meant to be a fun add-on for the forum when all's said and done, but, it has become quite a popular system and I'd like to see it have a chance to evolve if VBulletin and Peter's blood alcohol level allows.

And would it kill Them to make a sort of mini rep system for Blogs?
__________________
:
“I always believe the movies I've made are smarter than the way they are perceived by sort of mass culture and by the critics,” Snyder said, a statement he immediately followed by saying, “Also, ‘It looks like a video game.’

Reply With Quote
  #2  
05-23-2008, 07:28 PM
Alcar's Avatar
Alcar
Oddworld Forums Owner
Magical Happy Dream Queen
 
: Nov 2001
: Sydney, AU
: 6,698
Blog Entries: 14
Rep Power: 29
Alcar  (1705)Alcar  (1705)Alcar  (1705)Alcar  (1705)Alcar  (1705)Alcar  (1705)Alcar  (1705)Alcar  (1705)Alcar  (1705)Alcar  (1705)Alcar  (1705)

Can't happen! The fact that we have the blogs displayed on the forum home page is still a fucking mystery to me. I was obviously extremely drunk and overly happy when I did that.

Alcar...
__________________
General OWF Information
Forum Rules § Titles, Ranks & Reputation
Signature / Avatar Requests § Forum Suggestions & Help
Oddworld Forums Blog


Upcoming Forum Events
11th Anniversary of Abe's Exoddus (September) § 9th Anniversary of the Oddworld Forums (May 2009)
Release of Citizen Siege (2020) § Double Back Ceremony (Daily)


“Also, we don't need no Jacob to gay this place up. We have officially won the award for the forum with a highest proportion of gay members whilst not being themed about poojabbing, cowboys or Kylie.” - Nate

Reply With Quote
  #3  
05-23-2008, 07:31 PM
Wings of Fire's Avatar
Wings of Fire
Beautiful Bastard
 
: Dec 2007
: Stafford
: 9,537
Blog Entries: 143
Rep Power: 32
Wings of Fire  (13656)Wings of Fire  (13656)Wings of Fire  (13656)Wings of Fire  (13656)Wings of Fire  (13656)Wings of Fire  (13656)Wings of Fire  (13656)Wings of Fire  (13656)Wings of Fire  (13656)Wings of Fire  (13656)Wings of Fire  (13656)

Darn I shall write to VB suggesting a new level of forum-blog synergism and see if they take note.
__________________
:
“I always believe the movies I've made are smarter than the way they are perceived by sort of mass culture and by the critics,” Snyder said, a statement he immediately followed by saying, “Also, ‘It looks like a video game.’

Reply With Quote
  #4  
05-24-2008, 12:39 AM
Strike Witch's Avatar
Strike Witch
Laserguns!
 
: Jan 2003
: 気持ちপ
: 4,311
Blog Entries: 246
Rep Power: 27
Strike Witch  (4900)Strike Witch  (4900)Strike Witch  (4900)Strike Witch  (4900)Strike Witch  (4900)Strike Witch  (4900)Strike Witch  (4900)Strike Witch  (4900)Strike Witch  (4900)Strike Witch  (4900)Strike Witch  (4900)

Wings, stop being so awesome and intelligent.

It's not right that so many people are Mod material.
__________________
Ah, we are high school boys,
the miserable high school boys.
If we were girls, we could get popular by doing anything:
rock band, jazz band,
karate, kendo, mahjong, cyborg, synchronized swimming...
On the other hand, high school boys are
useless outside battle and sports anime.
But they're recklessly trying to make a slice-of-life anime about us.
Ah, we are high school boys,
the miserable high school boys.

Reply With Quote
  #5  
05-25-2008, 03:59 AM
Havoc's Avatar
Havoc
Cheesecake Apocalypse
 
: May 2003
: Netherlands
: 9,976
Blog Entries: 71
Rep Power: 30
Havoc  (4126)Havoc  (4126)Havoc  (4126)Havoc  (4126)Havoc  (4126)Havoc  (4126)Havoc  (4126)Havoc  (4126)Havoc  (4126)Havoc  (4126)Havoc  (4126)

Havoc is here to save the day!

Use the RSS feed so you can track someones blog even outside OWF! OMG! You can follow the feed on a frontpage website (like iGoogle) or a newsreader on your desktop. Also very handy for daily news.
Just go to someones blog page and look out for . When you click it you will be directed to the feed and the link that appears in your address bar is what you need to enter into your newsreader or website.

I know it sounds complicated but it's pretty simple and when you learn how to use it it's pretty damn handy.
__________________
The Oddworld Wiki

When one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion.

Reply With Quote
  #6  
05-25-2008, 06:38 AM
Wil's Avatar
Wil
Oddworld Administrator
Oddworld Inhabitant
 
: Apr 2001
: UK
: 13,534
Blog Entries: 39
Rep Power: 39
Wil  (9443)Wil  (9443)Wil  (9443)Wil  (9443)Wil  (9443)Wil  (9443)Wil  (9443)Wil  (9443)Wil  (9443)Wil  (9443)Wil  (9443)

But what we need, Havoc, is a feed that brings us the comments also. It’s easy to go to blog.php and see the latest ten (rather than five) blog entries, but still have to check them for new comments. What Wof wants is the list of latest comments—​but better.

MI→?
__________________

Reply With Quote


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 








 
 
- Oddworld Forums - -