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Shout box and homepage comment box
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:51 pm
by Marffy
There needs to be a shout box on this site. like a chatroom thats always on. right on the page 24/7. those things are awesome. then, this site needs a comment box at the very bottom of the home page. then we can put comments there and say like "whens the next official contest" and then people could reply/respond "its gonna be soon" i think these attributes would be nice.
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:57 pm
by POLAND_SPUD
ohhh god... I was about to start a thread about it... today...
lol what are the odds ??
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:57 pm
by irisher
a chatroom thats always on
Why? The one we have is plenty. I can't see an advantage and I think that it would get in the way.
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:32 pm
by rp181
Im pro-shoutbox.
new page would probably be needed.
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:18 am
by chinnerz
well if we are using phpnuke on sf i think flashchat has a block as well....
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:52 am
by jrrdw
Hmmmmm,
Shout box = PM feature
Comment box = PM feature
....
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 12:21 pm
by psycix
Call this thread the shoutbox and.... done...there's your shoutbox.
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:04 pm
by clemsonguy1125
Well we have features that will work like this and it may clutter the home page
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:14 pm
by POLAND_SPUD
nahhh it's a great idea really... no one has time to enter the chatroom and wait for someone to join... let's face it, normally there are just 3 or 5 member at one time and most of us do other stuff while browsing the site... so the chatroom is not very useful
anyway there are lots of threads asking stupid questions... like is ASA compatible with BSP ?
or even something more basic than that... people wouldn't have to start a new thread to ask questions but instead they could post them in the shoutbox
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:15 pm
by Marffy
i want this stuff so i can get answers faster. people never use the chatroom=(
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:37 pm
by jrrdw
I passed this on to PCGUY, give it a day or few for a reply.
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:16 am
by PCGUY
I've always kind of leaned away from the idea of a shout box because usually a bunch of crap ends up getting posted in them. Plus if someone asks a serious question in one, it doesn't stick around for people say the next day to read and respond... the question gets buried among everything else put into the shout box right after the question.
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:24 pm
by john bunsenburner
Knowing the stuff we talk about in the chatroom a shout box is a waste. If you have a question unworthy of a thread use the PM, or be in the chatroom between 8PM and 11PM GMT+1. But I agree to a brain storming thread of some sort where anything spud related goes(according to rules and minmal common sense).
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:27 pm
by Marffy
I like the shout boxes for questions like "what should be my next cannon?" or who knows of any good plans for a paintball/airsoft mine?" i was searching throught the forum for a 45 minutes and i finally found some good ideas for a mine. these situations are just dieing for a shout box. besides, why care about if a whole bunch of crap gets in it? all you have to do is take a quick glance for any ummmmmm, oh yeah. legitiment questions.
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:39 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
PCGUY wrote:the question gets buried among everything else put into the shout box right after the question.
That said, many questions are regularly asked on the forum that even a basic search could have answered...