Any Feature Requests?

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Socoder -> On Topic -> Any Feature Requests?
Sun, 21 May 2017, 09:20
Jayenkai	Whilst I'm still at the "it isn't entirely unwieldy yet" stages of SoCoder2, does anyone have any specific requests for features that they might like to see added to the site? -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sun, 21 May 2017, 10:15
rockford	Maybe have a small, random selection of your games available to play online? Have them visible, rather than buried in posts or diverting to AGameAWeek. Dunno. The site pretty much already has everything I want from it. We're all pretty old-school, do we really need anything that takes away from what the site/forum is all about? Remember; all this additional work isn't necessarily going to attract more users to the site (it might, but is the extra effort worth it?)
Sun, 21 May 2017, 10:26
Jayenkai	Today I finally added a "last post scanner" to recheck the sections for latest posts.. it's something I've been intending to add for most of the past Decade, but has been overly complicated to do due to the .. oddness of the site's script It doesn't specifically make it "better" and sure as hell won't be bringing folk into the fold, but it's a core function that should've been there a long time ago!! It makes things a little smoother, and helps me in my admin duties. Handy to have. If you've ever tried doing something on the site and thought "hmm.. that shouldn't do that!" Or "Why won't it do that??!!" ... What was it? -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sun, 21 May 2017, 10:30
spinal	email notifications of a topic/pm you started is replied to? -=-=- Check out my excellent homepage!
Sun, 21 May 2017, 11:00
Jayenkai	Ooh, yeah. I initially avoided that 'cos the server was cackin' itself Should be doable. I'll have a nosey. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Mon, 22 May 2017, 06:23
Jayenkai	More or less vaguely functional! I'll add extra power (and probably more testing!) to the functionality at a later date, but .. Its in!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Mon, 22 May 2017, 12:02
spinal	Cool
Sat, 27 May 2017, 02:30
spinal	Ability to delete uploads, I've had to do that once or twice. Or at least make theme non-public, in case that infringing upload is needed for future research or something -=-=- Check out my excellent homepage!
Sat, 27 May 2017, 02:54
Jayenkai	I've not made a start on Upload functionality, yet, but .. Ok, if you think it's so important! tsk And an easy way to "Kill Me Now!", leave the site, and destroy everything you've ever created in your time here. .. But you know my feelings about things disappearing from the internet. It's sad when things go away -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sat, 27 May 2017, 05:07
rockford	Yeah, I'd agree with the deleting of images, but not the ability to nuke everything all in one go. At the end of the day, those images are ours and copyright to us. I know you'd remove them if we asked, but it would be easier just to be able to do this ourselves.
Sat, 27 May 2017, 07:14
spinal	Hell no, just be able to delete a reference to a file would do, keep hold of all the junk I've uploaded if you like, most of it is utter crap. But in the case of "You used my music without permission and I fear legal consequences as the game you cloned is vigorously IP trolled"... You see where that feature might be useful. However, as I can only recall two occasions when I ever wanted any of my uploads to be removed, you're point is valid -=-=- Check out my excellent homepage!
Sat, 27 May 2017, 09:12
9572AD	I was also going to suggest that HTML5 games should be enabled to play from post or gallery..however I know this could cause some fucker to commit fuckery on your site with malicious code, so you'd have to weigh the risks. -=-=- All the raw, animal magnetism of a rutabaga.
Sat, 27 May 2017, 09:36
Jayenkai	Yeah, there's a lot of security issues with that kind of thing. It's why we don't currently have anything of that sort. (Except PlayMyCode!!) What might appear perfectly safe on the day I check it, might be replaced by a virus riddled bag of insanity the next.. True, it's not really any worse than having folk link to a virus riddled .exe, but ... meh.. Tricky stuff, and I'd rather not have to deal with it. Link to your own site, and host it there!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Tue, 30 May 2017, 09:27
Pakz	It would be nice if a email could be send if a new item was uploaded/added to the snippets/articles/showcase/shoutboard ect. Would be nice to see the ipad or phone making a ping for that
Tue, 30 May 2017, 09:56
Jayenkai	I'd imagine that'd get frustrating.. I'd need to add all manner of options to mute spammy users, and things like that... If anyone has any suggestions to simplify such a thing, lemmie know. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Tue, 30 May 2017, 10:59
Pakz	I have not seen any spam from snippets and showcase. Maybe a option to get that email per section? A unsubscribe link in the email would be handy also maybe. I like getting some messages from Twitter ect. That kind of social media is quite nice.
Tue, 30 May 2017, 12:30
shroom_monk	One way to avoid spam (to some degree, at least) would be to bundle up lots of posts happening around the same time into a single email. So rather than sending an email as soon as a post is made, you could every (for example) 15 minutes check if any new posts have been made, and if there are any, send an email listing them. You could also make the time period customisable per user, though that does make things a little more complex. -=-=- A mushroom a day keeps the doctor away... Keep It Simple, Shroom!
Tue, 30 May 2017, 13:57
cyangames	Same script but just set to run on a cron job then. --- Oh, yeah, I meant to forward you over some handy PHP code for server things Jay, I have it installed on the refresh cartridges site in it's admin panel and it can make things really easy to keep tabs on server loads on the fly, etc. -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
Tue, 30 May 2017, 15:12
Jayenkai	I'm keeping "notifications" in mind, and will try to come up with something that works out. I think Pakz wanted near-instant notifications, so any anti-spam measures would ultimately kill the point of that. It's going to be tricky to come up with a way to do both at once.. I also need to completely rewrite the upload frontend, so that might be tomorrow's task. I might even try to make it functional from it's own script, so you can bookmark it for quick access. ... and add a delete button!!! .... and a gui that works nicely on all res/ratios.. Tomorrow's going to be busy!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''