Suggestions

[TOXIC]

This is for all your suggestions on what you would like to see added to the forum to make it more at home to you no matter how crazy the idea seems.

[gaganjain]

one thing everyone would like fast reply/quick reply box. It would be nice reply fast
Enhanced Quick Reply 2.0
http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=883

Edit after posting
After posting Return same topic rather than going to it sub main page...
On this have take some suggestion by other members too... as this new
There is tick box Return to this topic. which keep u on same page,,,,

[Wayne]

To add the quick reply box go to you profile >> Look and Layout Preferences and near the bottom change 'Use Quick Reply on Topic Display' to 'show on by default'. You'll then have the quick reply set up by default. We are looking into a better way of handelling it. We a re also looking into changing the returning to the forum after replies.

Wayne...

[Freespace]

Hmm, maybe 100x100 or 125x125 avatars?

[Wayne]

Hmm, maybe 100x100 or 125x125 avatars?




I'll see what I can do....although the back end is currenetly a nightmare to get around until we optimise it a bit. But it'll be in there somewhere...lol

Wayne...

EDIT: changed to 150x150let me know if theres a problem with it working or not. (Rushed off my feet with it being opening day and all. :) )

[Freespace]

Works great, thanks for jumping in and doing the change, Wayne!

[Wayne]

No Problem, I'm trying to get as much done as I can before our new baby arrives, as that is bound to slow dev up for a week or three.

Wayne...

[Freespace]

I'm sure she won't mean bad. :) Just needs some extra love first few weeks.

Another suggestion I'd have is a portfolio system like the one they have on 3dtotal or cgtalk, where users can upload some of their images in organized albums. This could be too much, but it would be useful later on when the forum will be more frequented.

[Wayne]

I'm sure she won't mean bad. :) Just needs some extra love first few weeks.

Another suggestion I'd have is a portfolio system like the one they have on 3dtotal or cgtalk, where users can upload some of their images in organized albums. This could be too much, but it would be useful later on when the forum will be more frequented.


Err......Actually we already have that ability.

Its simply a right royal pain in the arse to link to the main forum, we've a great plugin to handle it all but its not easy to work into this modded and messed about version of the forum software. Maybe once things calm down a bit Dave bates will have a go and sorting that out but I hate to put too much on his shoulders.

There was a lot of not so obvious stuff added suring the beta phase that has still to be fully intergrated as time allows. ;)

Wayne...

[creatoroflife]

Hi,,

I like a topic what handels PAINTING and all about and arround it,, my son and i seems to be beginners,, and we want to know is teher a function like "FREESE" AND THEN PAIINT WITOUT PAINTING ARROUND IT. aNS HOW CAN WE PAINT IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND noT ::) VIEW OUT LIKE WATER??


THNXS & GREETS m..

[Hulahuga]

Hi,,

I like a topic what handels PAINTING and all about and arround it,, my son and i seems to be beginners,, and we want to know is teher a function like "FREESE" AND THEN PAIINT WITOUT PAINTING ARROUND IT. aNS HOW CAN WE PAINT IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND noT ::) VIEW OUT LIKE WATER??


THNXS & GREETS m..




It would be cool if you could have this and other things like; litspheres (including how to use), lights and different "instruction threads" in its own section under the home part of the site. Like the work in progress section.

[Hulahuga]

Subscriptions of threads

EDIT: Found it

[Norman]

I'm sure she won't mean bad. :) Just needs some extra love first few weeks.

Another suggestion I'd have is a portfolio system like the one they have on 3dtotal or cgtalk, where users can upload some of their images in organized albums. This could be too much, but it would be useful later on when the forum will be more frequented.


Err......Actually we already have that ability.

Its simply a right royal pain in the arse to link to the main forum, we've a great plugin to handle it all but its not easy to work into this modded and messed about version of the forum software. Maybe once things calm down a bit Dave bates will have a go and sorting that out but I hate to put too much on his shoulders.

There was a lot of not so obvious stuff added suring the beta phase that has still to be fully intergrated as time allows. ;)

Wayne...


I'll be looking at this sometime today.. :) See what I can do.. I'll also need to get a bit more info from Wayne on all of what he wants to do with it.

[Hulahuga]

I noticed a problem.
Whenever you add a picture from your computer to the forum, the link never come up?
A fix might be necessary

[Freespace]

I'm sure she won't mean bad. :) Just needs some extra love first few weeks.

Another suggestion I'd have is a portfolio system like the one they have on 3dtotal or cgtalk, where users can upload some of their images in organized albums. This could be too much, but it would be useful later on when the forum will be more frequented.


Err......Actually we already have that ability.

Its simply a right royal pain in the arse to link to the main forum, we've a great plugin to handle it all but its not easy to work into this modded and messed about version of the forum software. Maybe once things calm down a bit Dave bates will have a go and sorting that out but I hate to put too much on his shoulders.

There was a lot of not so obvious stuff added suring the beta phase that has still to be fully intergrated as time allows. ;)

Wayne...


I'll be looking at this sometime today.. :) See what I can do.. I'll also need to get a bit more info from Wayne on all of what he wants to do with it.



Excellent! :)

[show]

Hey guys,
I Really like the forum you've set up here Wayne. It's great to see such initiative made.
Smaller forums like this always feel so much more personal.
I'm a Chrome user and a big fan of their 'less is more' ethos.
In the spirit of "if you don't ask you don't get" I just wanted to raise my opinion on the header area, and I really hope you don't mind me saying so but it is much too large.
The top row images are a really great size and I've always been a fan of such features on the websites that employ them. But the area above it isn't particularly useful and is much too over padded with the graphics.
Instead of being able to load the page and see all the valuable information at once, I always have to scroll down a little bit first instead.
Of course bigger monitors don't really suffer from the same problem. But I'm at work right now and have taken a screenshot to illustrate the effect a 1280*1024 desktop has. With a reduced header size I'd be able to see all the forum headers and whether or not there are any new posts as soon as the page loads.
http://markedwards.net/example.jpg

[Hulahuga]

Hey Wayne, at mudboxhub.om (not/forum) you got a couple of sections, like rendering, texturing and such. Wouldn't it be much easier to access if you put all vids in one section though with different categories?

[Wayne]

I want to make it so people have the least amount of hunting to find a video that they can, hence the differnt sections. I'm trying to keep it as close to a '2 click' rule as I can for each video with the minimum ammount of scrolling possible.. The whole front of the site will be getting a total overhaul at some point anyway to fit a few new things into it. But more on that closer to the time.


Wayne...

[Hulahuga]

Allright. But the from the ground up vids doesn't have a link there though.

[Wayne]

no not yet, theres something I have lined up for the ground up vids on this site. ;)

Wayne...

[Hulahuga]

all right. :)

[spybg]

I have to suggestions about the forum I fouth about them last night when I was washing my tooths in the bathroom :D
the first is to have buddy list (friend's list) or something like that becouse more users will join us I hope and it will be good to add as friends the others :)
here are many people i woud add like friend you know :D and like FAN you know :D

[Wayne]

Theres already a capability for friends lists, I've just got to sort out how you actually activate the damn thing lol.


Wayne...

[Hulahuga]

But I've already added one ?

[Norman]

I have to suggestions about the forum I fouth about them last night when I was washing my tooths in the bathroom :D
the first is to have buddy list (friend's list) or something like that becouse more users will join us I hope and it will be good to add as friends the others :)
here are many people i woud add like friend you know :D and like FAN you know :D




There is a way to do this, I'm not sure how well it works.. If you would like to add someone to your Buddy List just go into their profile and add them.. Image attached..

[Dave]

Great work on the forum! This is a blessed change from the "Area".

A couple points:
1) Does the MudboxHub watermark appear on every image uploaded automatically?
2) A quick reply option would indeed be helpful, as I read was mentioned earlier in this thread.


Slange!

[dessi]

wot about having a link bar at top to a gallery page were all pics are in for ppl to look at ..

[Wayne]

A couple points:
1) Does the MudboxHub watermark appear on every image uploaded automatically?
2) A quick reply option would indeed be helpful, as I read was mentioned earlier in this thread.


No I didn't want to impose this watermark on people and leave it up to them when the they wanted to add it or not. So it is up to the person themselves and theres no bais either way, it just helps to get teh boards name out there a bit.

2 - If you cannot see the quick post box at the bottom of each thread theres an option in your profile to switch it on. If you have trouble finding it I'll hunt out the place for you.


wot about having a link bar at top to a gallery page were all pics are in for ppl to look at ..


We're working on that as the code already exists for galleries, its juts a pain to intergrate.

Wayne...

[irobert]

This has probably already been suggested already, but the top row images, when clicked I would think should take you to that particular images post or topic. Is that in the works?

[Wayne]

This has probably already been suggested already, but the top row images, when clicked I would think should take you to that particular images post or topic. Is that in the works?


They used to I just haven't got around to modifying the links to the new domain yet. Things are pretty busy this side at the moment but I'll try and sort that tonight.

[EDIT: fixed forgot to swap the files over.]

Wayne...

[ScudzAlmighty]

i just noticed this, and i haven't checked the previous pages, but maybe Mudbox should be added to the forums dictionary so it doesn't keep coming up mis-spelled

[Freespace]

Perhaps thread thumbnail images for the Finished Models and Scenes section?

[Wayne]

Perhaps thread thumbnail images for the Finished Models and Scenes section?


We'll take a look at how easy this would be to implement and get back to you on it.

Wayne...

[Norman]

As a FYI for everyone, I'm currently developing a new system for the top row images.. the current will be there if you are not in the correct development group.. so you guys won't see much of a change until we flash over.. but hopefully the thing I'm creating will be a welcome change for wayne.

Dave

[Norman]

Perhaps thread thumbnail images for the Finished Models and Scenes section?


We'll take a look at how easy this would be to implement and get back to you on it.

Wayne...





Looking into this today.. :) Found a couple of mods we can install.. we'll see how it works out..

Dave

[Norman]

Perhaps thread thumbnail images for the Finished Models and Scenes section?


We'll take a look at how easy this would be to implement and get back to you on it.

Wayne...





With a couple of tweaks, I've installed a thumbnail mod... This mod will only switch on in the digital sculpting subforums..

Let me know if it needs to be tweaked, or if you just don't like it..

[Wayne]

Excellent job mate...I was going to ask you about it tonight, but you beat me to it lol.

Wayne...

[Norman]

Yeah I hope to have your new header stuff done this week so we can test that out.. I will need to get some info from you cause I'll need a database from ya :)

[Hulahuga]

With a couple of tweaks, I've installed a thumbnail mod... This mod will only switch on in the digital sculpting subforums..

Let me know if it needs to be tweaked, or if you just don't like it..


I've got it working, though one thing I don't like about it; it chooses the smallest attached picture in the first post, not the first attached picture :(. It would be great if you just could upload a "thread picture".

[Norman]

Yeah it's far from ideal.. I'm in the process of seeing how different it is from making VB Mods to SMF mods.. the packaging is a little different..

Once I get that all sorted, I'll more than likely make my own and it will be what we want :)

[Hulahuga]

Woho! :D

[Freespace]

With a couple of tweaks, I've installed a thumbnail mod... This mod will only switch on in the digital sculpting subforums..

Let me know if it needs to be tweaked, or if you just don't like it..


I've got it working, though one thing I don't like about it; it chooses the smallest attached picture in the first post, not the first attached picture :(. It would be great if you just could upload a "thread picture".


Though the idea of a "thread picture" option is the best, I don't mind it chooses to set the smallest attached picture instead of the first. You're never going to attach a 100/100 pixel image to show off your model, and this way you really don't care about first image attached as the forum will automatically set the smallest one as thread picture. Extremely useful for WIPs, when you want to come back and edit your first post to update the thread image.

Thanks for putting it in, Dave!

[Hulahuga]

With a couple of tweaks, I've installed a thumbnail mod... This mod will only switch on in the digital sculpting subforums..

Let me know if it needs to be tweaked, or if you just don't like it..


I've got it working, though one thing I don't like about it; it chooses the smallest attached picture in the first post, not the first attached picture :(. It would be great if you just could upload a "thread picture".


Though the idea of a "thread picture" option is the best, I don't mind it chooses to set the smallest attached picture instead of the first. You're never going to attach a 100/100 pixel image to show off your model, and this way you really don't care about first image attached as the forum will automatically set the smallest one as thread picture. Extremely useful for WIPs, when you want to come back and edit your first post to update the thread image.

Thanks for putting it in, Dave!


;), yeah you're right. Now that I think of it. Though now you have to crop the images... But ey, it saves money for the admins :P

[Freespace]

Here's a suggestion for future Mudbox iterations ( service pack, or the rumored 2010 edition ): A dark skin option. I use it all the time in 3dsmax and it's much easier on the eyes, especially when you spend 8-10 hours/day in it.

[Hulahuga]

Dark skin??

[Wagner]

Dark skin??


Yep, dark UI option. I always use dark one if there's option for it. I totally second this suggestion.

[TOXIC]

I would just like to remind you that this is a thread for suggestions for the forum only not mudbox it's self if you have any suggestions for Mudbox then be my guest and make a thread.

[Freespace]

I would just like to remind you that this is a thread for suggestions for the forum only not mudbox it's self if you have any suggestions for Mudbox then be my guest and make a thread.


Very well. Mustn't clutter threads, you're perfectly right.

[Hulahuga]

I've got an idea. Can't we show number of views on the gallery section?

[Hulahuga]

I suggest a ban of Chattaseilla!

[Shawry]

haha yeh i second that Hulahuga..
I also agree with a darker interface, also prehaps having the ability to detach certain windows, eg the brush window and all the other ones, i know u can go into expert mode etc.. but i like as much realestate to work with as possible without having to keep switching..

[Wayne]

haha yeh i second that Hulahuga..
I also agree with a darker interface, also prehaps having the ability to detach certain windows, eg the brush window and all the other ones, i know u can go into expert mode etc.. but i like as much realestate to work with as possible without having to keep switching..

You can already open custom brush windows in mud and fill them with whatever brushes you wish. :) I work alot in 'T' / export mode with just a small set of brushes I like.


Wayne...

[Shawry]

excellent, i figured out how to do that.. much handier.. just proves im still a noob lol. dammit