Avatars (neopets, but also possibly Subeta, of sorts)
Posted: 22 May 2009 07:59 pm
Right. This page lets logged in users say which avatars they have:
avatars.php
I'd like to know a few things.
1. Are there any avatars which exist and I don't have listed as an option?
2. Do people want a way to share this information? You could have a line in your forum profile saying how many you have, something like below location, occupation and interests, a line saying "neopets avatars: 270" (which wouldn't show up if you have none, and probably would also provide a way to opt out of this). This could either then link to a full list of the ones you have plus the little percentage bar (I just like that percentage bar), or not. If you'd like this, please specify which option - or another option I've not considered. I could also manage this on a per user basis - ie, users A, B and C track their avatars. User A can see their list for themselves, but no-one else can, and there's no total on their profile. User B has a line on their profile saying how many they've got, but doesn't have a public list of which ones. User C has the line on their profile, and it links to the full list of which ones they have and which ones they don't. You get the idea.
3. Getting users to tick boxes is very low effort on my part and requires little maintenance, so is there any Subeta equivalent which people would like to track? I'm not sure if by suggesting people could track the number of achievements they have, I'm opening up a whole can of worms...
4. Not a point of things I'm going to do, more a thing I'm not - I'm not going to provide a way for people to do anything much with creating Subeta human avatars (simply because I'd never, ever keep up with all the clothes). However, if people want their human avatars to show up on their forum profile or something, that's doable.
5. If you have suggestions for other features I haven't considered, feel free to share them, though I don't promise to do them
avatars.php
I'd like to know a few things.
1. Are there any avatars which exist and I don't have listed as an option?
2. Do people want a way to share this information? You could have a line in your forum profile saying how many you have, something like below location, occupation and interests, a line saying "neopets avatars: 270" (which wouldn't show up if you have none, and probably would also provide a way to opt out of this). This could either then link to a full list of the ones you have plus the little percentage bar (I just like that percentage bar), or not. If you'd like this, please specify which option - or another option I've not considered. I could also manage this on a per user basis - ie, users A, B and C track their avatars. User A can see their list for themselves, but no-one else can, and there's no total on their profile. User B has a line on their profile saying how many they've got, but doesn't have a public list of which ones. User C has the line on their profile, and it links to the full list of which ones they have and which ones they don't. You get the idea.
3. Getting users to tick boxes is very low effort on my part and requires little maintenance, so is there any Subeta equivalent which people would like to track? I'm not sure if by suggesting people could track the number of achievements they have, I'm opening up a whole can of worms...
4. Not a point of things I'm going to do, more a thing I'm not - I'm not going to provide a way for people to do anything much with creating Subeta human avatars (simply because I'd never, ever keep up with all the clothes). However, if people want their human avatars to show up on their forum profile or something, that's doable.
5. If you have suggestions for other features I haven't considered, feel free to share them, though I don't promise to do them