RFP: Order of Featured Projects

RFP: Order of Featured Projects

Postby charlie » 06 Feb 2013, 11:01

Currently the featured projects are ordered alphabetically.

As the number of projects with a board continues to increase, it could be argued that more prominent forums (e.g. STK, RE) are being pushed down too far.

Does anybody have a good idea on how we should organize the featured projects? Does it even matter since most projects will link straight to their own forum anyway?
Free Gamer - it's the dogz
Vexi - web UI platform
User avatar
charlie
Global Moderator
 
Posts: 2131
Joined: 02 Dec 2009, 11:56
Location: Manchester, UK

Re: Feature Projects ordering

Postby qubodup » 06 Feb 2013, 11:19

Alphabetic sorting is a curse of the open source. Package managers give you a visibility benefit if your project starts with "a" or "0".

I think it matters because I'm a forum user that uses index pages for orientation. I'm a tiny sample size of users though (1).

Right now, I would create two batches: featured projects with >5000 posts and the rest, this would make OD, STK and RE be at the top.

Then I would start a thread on the OD forums discussing the problem of the 10 subforums disturbing the forum structure and disorienting. I would suggest what subforums would be deleted/merged. Please write objections or suggestions on how to discuss this better(?).

What do you think?
User avatar
qubodup
Global Moderator
 
Posts: 1671
Joined: 08 Nov 2009, 22:52
Location: Berlin, Germany

Re: Feature Projects ordering

Postby Skorpio » 06 Feb 2013, 12:14

Code, Game-Play, Administration -> OD General
Models & Graphics, Sound & Music, Mapping -> OD Art & Assets
Bugs & Feature Requests, Install and upgrade -> OD Help & Support
Misc Dev, Misc Player -> OD Misc (?)

... would be my suggestion.
User avatar
Skorpio
OD Moderator
 
Posts: 775
Joined: 05 Dec 2009, 18:28

Re: Feature Projects ordering

Postby charlie » 06 Feb 2013, 12:40

Code, Game-Play, Administration -> OD Development
Models & Graphics, Sound & Music, Mapping -> OD Art & Assets
Bugs & Feature Requests, Install and upgrade -> OD Help & Support
Misc Dev, Misc Player -> OD General

... would be my suggestion.
Free Gamer - it's the dogz
Vexi - web UI platform
User avatar
charlie
Global Moderator
 
Posts: 2131
Joined: 02 Dec 2009, 11:56
Location: Manchester, UK

Re: Feature Projects ordering

Postby Arthur » 06 Feb 2013, 13:50

Not sure if the ordering matters much yet. On my 1920x1080 22 inch display I can view all forum categories at once. But it could perhaps be nice in the future if the number of projects or categories should rise to several more. I'm not against doing it like you suggest already; just that it may not be urgent yet. :)
Hey pal, I took an oath for justice! "In happy days or tightest tights..." or something like that.
User avatar
Arthur
 
Posts: 1073
Joined: 06 Dec 2009, 00:49

Re: Feature Projects ordering

Postby qubodup » 06 Feb 2013, 15:12

charlie {l Wrote}:Code, Game-Play, Administration -> OD Development
Models & Graphics, Sound & Music, Mapping -> OD Art & Assets
Bugs & Feature Requests, Install and upgrade -> OD Help & Support
Misc Dev, Misc Player -> OD General

Very nice upgrade to Skorpio's suggestion.

We need more input from people actually working on the OD forums.

Merging audio and graphics would probably make a rule to use [music] [model] etc tags, at thread starts useful.

rant: I consider "game play" to be "game design" which seems to lack attention in open source game development reality.
User avatar
qubodup
Global Moderator
 
Posts: 1671
Joined: 08 Nov 2009, 22:52
Location: Berlin, Germany

Re: Feature Projects ordering

Postby Skorpio » 06 Feb 2013, 23:55

Arthur {l Wrote}:Not sure if the ordering matters much yet. On my 1920x1080 22 inch display I can view all forum categories at once. But it could perhaps be nice in the future if the number of projects or categories should rise to several more. I'm not against doing it like you suggest already; just that it may not be urgent yet. :)

Yeah, actually I don't see the reason why the structure should be changed. The difference will be minimal so we could as well leave it as it is.

Edit: I meant the OD forums not the featured projects.
Last edited by Skorpio on 07 Feb 2013, 07:01, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
Skorpio
OD Moderator
 
Posts: 775
Joined: 05 Dec 2009, 18:28

Re: RFP: Order of Featured Projects

Postby Evropi » 07 Feb 2013, 00:14

Order them by the number of posts in every sub-forum for each game, descending. Done.
You just wasted 3 seconds of your life reading this.
User avatar
Evropi
 
Posts: 385
Joined: 02 Sep 2012, 16:18

Re: RFP: Order of Featured Projects

Postby Arthur » 07 Feb 2013, 00:29

Well that can change. E.g. Red Eclipse might surpass SuperTuxKart in a while, and what to do if one week one has more, the next week the other, and back and forth? Alphabetic is at least very simple to determine. ;)
Hey pal, I took an oath for justice! "In happy days or tightest tights..." or something like that.
User avatar
Arthur
 
Posts: 1073
Joined: 06 Dec 2009, 00:49

Re: RFP: Order of Featured Projects

Postby charlie » 07 Feb 2013, 00:40

Or we could use a lottery system to place a new one at the top every 7 days!
Free Gamer - it's the dogz
Vexi - web UI platform
User avatar
charlie
Global Moderator
 
Posts: 2131
Joined: 02 Dec 2009, 11:56
Location: Manchester, UK

Re: RFP: Order of Featured Projects

Postby Arthur » 07 Feb 2013, 02:52

YAY! :D
Hey pal, I took an oath for justice! "In happy days or tightest tights..." or something like that.
User avatar
Arthur
 
Posts: 1073
Joined: 06 Dec 2009, 00:49

Re: RFP: Order of Featured Projects

Postby Skorpio » 07 Feb 2013, 07:00

No, we need a contest! :) And you win by bribing the judges/admins.
User avatar
Skorpio
OD Moderator
 
Posts: 775
Joined: 05 Dec 2009, 18:28

Re: RFP: Order of Featured Projects

Postby charlie » 07 Feb 2013, 09:44

I can not be bribed. :x But I can be schmoozed! Cold beer and fresh pizza will be especially looked upon favourably!
Free Gamer - it's the dogz
Vexi - web UI platform
User avatar
charlie
Global Moderator
 
Posts: 2131
Joined: 02 Dec 2009, 11:56
Location: Manchester, UK

Re: RFP: Order of Featured Projects

Postby Flipflop » 07 Feb 2013, 09:59

Of course, no one will try to bribe the Admins :) :) .... but....interesting...I see some, lets say "possibilities" ....whats your favorit Beer or Pizza? :)
User avatar
Flipflop
 
Posts: 181
Joined: 19 Dec 2012, 13:31
Location: Hamburg, Germany

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest

cron