So to get us started, over the last few months we've added quite a massive list of new features and revamps:
- User profiles http://www.nibbits.com/profiles/devilesk/maps/
- (My favorite) Sexy previews with full unit rendering http://www.nibbits.com/sc/maps/view/127229/preview/
- An improved overall rating system http://www.nibbits.com/sc/maps/browse/?sort=rating&order=desc
- Map ownership (its still rough, but you can claim maps then update them at will)
- Categories and Articles.
Alright, so, pretty nice list of stuff I've managed to get handled in my free time, but we're not done yet. The last two, categories and articles are what I'm looking for some feedback on.
Now let me start by saying I don't want to replace community resources like SEN. They're invaluable, and Nibbits is designed simply for map hosting. Now, with this in mind, there are a lot of things involved around map making that we want to help cover, and this is where the soon-to-be-integrated articles system comes in to play. We kind of envision it as a competitive wiki. The idea is that you can submit a guide, or article (these could even be branded to promote your site) and you're competing for popularity. This would ensure quality articles, as if it's crap someone else could just write a better one to show you up. At the same time, it has a wiki concept in which it uses the pending change system to allow other users to submit changes to your article. These changes you could then approve, or decline.
The second feature I wanted to get feedback on today is our newly added categories. Most of the map (and by most, it's probably all but a dozen or so) are not categorized yet. They can be categorized using our edit function, or on submission. Getting down to the meat, we've decided to use fixed categories in addition to tags to make browsing a bit easier for the visitors. Each map is allowed to select up to 3 categories, but is not required to choose any. They're mostly geared towards UMS maps, but we're willing to adopt melee categories if anyone comes up with some sane ones.
So the two big things I've come to ask of you all:
- In terms of the article concept. Opinions? Things you'd like to see?
- Additional categories? Categories to remove/rename? (the list can be seen on the submit page here: http://nibbits.com/sc/maps/submit/ )
And I guess, one more thing as I'm not sure who to direct this to. I was thinking it'd be great to show a little community news feed (starting with SEN since you guys have been great supporters). It would either be a ticker (so a horizontal bar somewhere) or a box on the maps home page showing the latest news posts from community sites, or a combination of the two. Who would I talk to setting things up from SEN?
Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Aug 9 2009, 9:58 am by zeeg.
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