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Post by Greymuzzles on Apr 20, 2017 21:03:14 GMT
Post in this thread if you’ve thought up something you think could help improve TCE, or have an idea that you would like to see added to TCE’s canon. A few areas of particular interest have been noted below to provide a little guidance, but you’re welcome to post anything that comes to mind! Member Suggestions are particularly encouraged for:
Treeclan Customs Treeclan Features Random Events Limited Trait/[Future] Shop Additions
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Post by Greymuzzles on Apr 20, 2017 21:04:21 GMT
This post will host a record of all member suggestions that have been incorporated into TCE. Global Contents - Response to feedback from Kiwi
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kiwi
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Post by kiwi on Jul 28, 2019 5:13:19 GMT
I've tried to refer this site to a few friends, and most are getting overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information that is being presented and how 'far apart' it all feels to them. This friend of mine also felt like everything was kinda far apart. Which, I'd like to add I do feel like it is a bit difficult to find all the information one needs while searching around. While I cannot speak for the others, I personally have a processing disorder which makes things hard for me to comprehend and grasp without helpful pointers or nudges in the right directions.
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Post by Greymuzzles on Jul 28, 2019 8:24:00 GMT
Hmmm....it does sound like there's a problem, but I'm not too clear right now on what might be done about it. Reducing the information available isn't really possible without starting to remove content (which I'm not keen on doing, since much of it is clan/setting lore, which has always been meant to be detailed--and is set to continue growing), and it may be tricky to move things around without things winding up in illogical places, becoming even more overwhelming (the herbs list, for example, would be ridiculously long if moved to the boards--and would also be a nightmare to recode for them), or needing to overhaul the layout. I think I'll need to think on that awhile to see what I can come up with, though perhaps something as simple as a global contents page might do the trick? I've also had a navigation tutorial on my to-do list for a while, which may help too - and is something that I can try to prioritise.
It might be worth noting in general that most of our information is accessed directly from the drop-down menus, and that the buttons/link to them elsewhere on the boards are meant more to shortcut people to the pages that are connected to whatever they're currently reading, rather than as the 'the way to find everything'. Essentially those links are saying 'since you're looking at x right now, y is particularly relevant', whilst the drop-downs are 'this is where you'll find most things'. That might be helpful to pass on to your friends, too, and it's a note that I can problably spruce up and put somewhere more visible as an additional helper.
I'm not sure what 'the profile thing' is, since your screenshot doesn't go into any detail about that, so I'm afraid I can't really do anything there. I'd need to know what that problem is before I can see if there are any solutions/clarifications/etc that can be offered.
(Sorry if this seems a bit disjointed, by the by. Started typing half-asleep.)
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kiwi
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Post by kiwi on Jul 28, 2019 9:09:40 GMT
I don't think that the level of detail is the problem; I think it's more of a... I guess presentation? Organization? I have an idea on how to maybe fix it, or at least provide an alternative to going through all the dropdowns -- a "important links" thread perhaps?
With links to every single informational page you could ever need in regards to TreeClan, from the overview, to the clanmembers. As well as links to the character templates, extant names list, rules, etc.?
The particular 'profile thing' he was mentioning in the screenshot I BELIEVE was the character template, but he did say to ignore that as he's very tired.
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Post by Greymuzzles on Jul 28, 2019 14:35:40 GMT
Sounds like you're more or less describing what I was half-envisioning (in my sleepy just-waking-up way) when I mentioned a global contents page, and I can't see that being any real issue to set up. I have an idea of how one might be laid out (both to offer clarity and tie into the normal navigation), so I'll put that down as a solid to-do and see if I can get something together either today or tomorrow evening.
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Post by Greymuzzles on Aug 4, 2019 19:19:50 GMT
kiwi - I've just rolled out the Global Contents page re: the above feedback/discussion, so if you could give it a quick look over and let me know if you think it will do the trick, then that would be great! It would also be handy if you could see what the friend you referred to thinks, too, since you mentioned that they also found it a little hard to keep track of everything (no pressure, of course, but extra opinions are always good to get).
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kiwi
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Post by kiwi on Aug 4, 2019 19:47:00 GMT
@greymuzzles - Thank you! That's really really helpful, I'll make sure to look over it and also send it to my friends
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