Using the front page
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2016 8:03 am
Hi guys,
I visit the site quite often, and I am getting a little tired of this 'SpudFiles recently did a spud shooting event...'
That was almost 3 years ago.
I think it would be nicer to show either weekly or monthly 'spotlighted' posts, that could be; interesting designs, nicely crafted launchers, either new or old. Or just recent post that have been getting a lot of activity.
I think this way the site would be more accessible and encourage (lurking) members to be more engaged in the community.
Another idea I've had is besides the tab on the side with 'recent posts' and 'side menu' is 'starter information' to address some of the new folks questions about the more elementary things, like how a QEV works or needs to be modded and what air container to use.
Also maybe a slideshow of pictures of past projects somewhere on the front page might be cool and inspiring.
Let me know what you think!
PS Is PCGUY still active? I haven't seen him post or do anything in a long time. Does anyone else have admin rights?( e.g. to change the frontpage out with something new)
EDIT
I just thought of something else, is there a(n) (active) SPUDFILES youtube channel? Right now, if I want to find inspiration on Youtube, I have to sift through a lot of crap.
It would be nice to have one channel that features video's of spudders channels and has playlists of informative and how to video's. That way you can easily find information and you know where to look! Subscribing to that channel would mean you'd get updates of what people are doing, which can then be discussed on the forum.
Someone (I volunteer) would have to set up this channel and get permission of some spudders to feature their video's. When it gets big enough people could just message this someone to get their video's uploaded.
I visit the site quite often, and I am getting a little tired of this 'SpudFiles recently did a spud shooting event...'
That was almost 3 years ago.
I think it would be nicer to show either weekly or monthly 'spotlighted' posts, that could be; interesting designs, nicely crafted launchers, either new or old. Or just recent post that have been getting a lot of activity.
I think this way the site would be more accessible and encourage (lurking) members to be more engaged in the community.
Another idea I've had is besides the tab on the side with 'recent posts' and 'side menu' is 'starter information' to address some of the new folks questions about the more elementary things, like how a QEV works or needs to be modded and what air container to use.
Also maybe a slideshow of pictures of past projects somewhere on the front page might be cool and inspiring.
Let me know what you think!
PS Is PCGUY still active? I haven't seen him post or do anything in a long time. Does anyone else have admin rights?( e.g. to change the frontpage out with something new)
EDIT
I just thought of something else, is there a(n) (active) SPUDFILES youtube channel? Right now, if I want to find inspiration on Youtube, I have to sift through a lot of crap.
It would be nice to have one channel that features video's of spudders channels and has playlists of informative and how to video's. That way you can easily find information and you know where to look! Subscribing to that channel would mean you'd get updates of what people are doing, which can then be discussed on the forum.
Someone (I volunteer) would have to set up this channel and get permission of some spudders to feature their video's. When it gets big enough people could just message this someone to get their video's uploaded.