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nopoles
Posts: 2212 - Karma: 871
Hey everyone,

I'm collecting a list of suggestions for improvements or additions to NS. I will offer this list to the site admins to help them continue to improve the site.

Please offer any reasonable suggestions you may have...

Thanks
'What! How could I fail women's studies, I love bitches?!'
Sep 28 2004 7:54AM
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pmills
Posts: 7162 - Karma: 59
just to clarify it's in the cult section when you are looking at 'your cults'
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Oct 13 2004 4:41PM
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Tosh
Posts: 3272 - Karma: 673
freezy yea its easy to have the tag but would just be that much easier if there was button


ALSO LIMIT the god damm signatures to like 150 works or soemthing the huge ones piss me off
Oct 14 2004 1:40PM
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Tosh
Posts: 3272 - Karma: 673
LIMIT the goddamm signature there is some kid that has a full screen and more jut of his signature and its stupid
Oct 23 2004 8:39PM
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Ryno
Posts: 31125 - Karma: 336
1) Change 'Classifieds' to a forum becasue everyone posts their shit for sale in the SKi Equipment gabber. * Most important *

2) When you go to reply and it sends you to the white box to type in there should be the code for posting links/pics below the box for copy and paste purposes...I always go to NS help if i need to and its a bit of a pain.

3) With the dropdown at the top, when you highlight Forums, it would be neat to have a slide out dropdown beside forums with the different forums to make it easier to get to em off the start

4) Don't use those generic forums . One reason NS is different is because its forum is different. NO SMILIES!
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'godzilla man. he's gonna show up and shit will hit the fan.'

ellermann -> i hope you realize you just threw yourselves a birthday party online. just think about that for a little while

Ryan V.G

~~Phunkin Phatt Phreerider~~
Oct 24 2004 2:52PM
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J.D.
Posts: 21362 - Karma: 5,141
I have a huge problem with a total reworking of the forum structure. Aesthetic changes are one thing, but if you start throwing in feature after feature, or worse, using some kind of vbulletin-like model, the place will run ridiculously slowly, especially given all the members on here. As it is, it's reasonably quick, compared to many other sites. I also agree with people on the 'No emoticons, no easier pic posting' thing... some people might prefer it, but it's going to cause WAY more harm than good. I very much concur with the idea of a limited edit-post feature of 5 minutes and the addition of a classifieds forum.

Also, and this has been suggested in the past, could you add a 'Mass-PM' feature for cult leaders, so that they can message all the members at once? I know GD would appreciate it.

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In a haze
A stormy haze
I’ll be around
I’ll be loving you
Always
Always

Here I am
And I’ll take my time
Here I am
And I’ll wait in line
Always
Always...
Oct 24 2004 3:12PM
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pmills
Posts: 7162 - Karma: 59
careful there with that, it could lead to mass spam attack...
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Oct 24 2004 6:49PM
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link80
Posts: 1069 - Karma: 414
I think you should use an open source forum like phpbb or something.
*Kerry-Edwards '04*
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Oct 28 2004 12:32AM
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Sharpy
Posts: 7596 - Karma: 19
I liek the classifieds idea, the poll idea, and the idea of posting the picture script under the reply section
Oct 28 2004 11:40AM
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Bangor
Posts: 9599 - Karma: 129
i was talking to cko awhile ago about the 'message the entire cult' feature, but limit that to leaders, or just the master....... i think that would be great. by limiting it to the leaders, it would cut down on the spam as well.

another thing that i heard that i like would be the scroll over the thread to bring up a snippet from the thread, so you don't have to go in if it sucks......... that would make my 56k NSing much better :).

and a definite no to the smilies and emoticons, they would totally bog down the site. easier image uploads as well, that would be a pain in the arse. if people can't figure out how to upload a picture into the 'misc' section, they shouldn't be using images.

and one other thing that would be craazy cool would be to be able to add a few cults to your quick links..... idk how hard that would be to integrate, but, it would be cool.

but i think that the NS forums are good..... and don't need a new 3rd party type of thing brought in....... just my $0.02
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~~Phunkin Phatt Phreerider~~

'what a coincidence! i have an erection.' - Derek

'and i was talking about the US. Montana is in canada' - rodeo270

'giving people here more options in the forum is like giving a stoned baby a chainsaw.' - mauii, on forum upgrades
Oct 28 2004 11:56AM
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nopoles
Posts: 2212 - Karma: 871
Hey,

Thanks for all the suggestions guys... some of these will definetly be added soon.

The forums will be re-worked. I'll make it look exactly the same, but with a few more features. Signatures will be limited to a paragraph, and posts will be filtered to allow only certain kinds of HTML tags. I doubt that this will slow down the site any. The current forums already have a few implementation flaws that reduce performance, I'll make sure to fix these. It should even out.

BTW Emoticons are out... nobody wants them. ;)
New NS IT guy.
Have problems? Lemme know about it. ;)
Oct 28 2004 12:28PM
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KAF
Posts: 863 - Karma: 11
Thanks for fixing the FireFox dropdown issue!
Nov 1 2004 9:50AM
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Bangor
Posts: 9599 - Karma: 129
yay!
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~~Phunkin Phatt Phreerider~~

'what a coincidence! i have an erection.' - Derek

'and i was talking about the US. Montana is in canada' - rodeo270

'giving people here more options in the forum is like giving a stoned baby a chainsaw.' - mauii, on forum upgrades

'it looks like a giant unicorn humping the brains out of renee zellweger' - skunkfucker
Nov 1 2004 10:24AM
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Rez4frederick
Posts: 4740 - Karma: 40
I just thought of some ideas.
A mountain of the month/week on the front page!! Similar to member of the month, but, updated more often and not taking up as much space. You could click on the link which takes you to a more detailed page. People could submit their own writeups on their local mountain or one they traveled too. Pix would be necessary!! You could select the best writeups to post in the case there are multiple submissions. It would be cool to check out some smaller mountains that many of us have no idea about. I think it would be so sick!

Another idea, is for a quick link, dropdown type, for the cults. The dropdown would include all of the cults you belong to, easier access means more action in my opinion.
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Has anyone ski Bear Paw Ski Bowl? Fun place to ski lots of rocks and icy kickers
Nov 8 2004 12:25PM
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Bangor
Posts: 9599 - Karma: 129
^ although i really like the mountain of the month idea, it's basically free advertising........ which i'm not so sure NS is into........

but i could totally be wrong there, and it is a cool idea.
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Nov 8 2004 2:53PM
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Ryno
Posts: 31125 - Karma: 336
i like the idea of being able to add maybe 3 cult to the quicklinks, that would be neato
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A view on the downfall of the US by 221:
'godzilla man. he's gonna show up and shit will hit the fan.'

ellermann -> i hope you realize you just threw yourselves a birthday party online. just think about that for a little while

Ryan V.G

~~Phunkin Phatt Phreerider~~
Nov 9 2004 8:11AM
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Parkboy
Posts: 2303 - Karma: 32
I have a suggestion, maybe delete accounts that have 0 posts and that are over a year old.




www.star-board.com
www.naishsails.com
www.pro-limit.com
Nov 15 2004 9:47PM
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laughdamon
Posts: 1133 - Karma: 10
Get rid of the Quick Chat... I see absolutly no point in it, and thats the only thing thats slow on here, it keeps uploading every 5 seconds. Also, add a edit, even if it is just for 5 minutes, it will take up less space, because we wont have to create another post just fixing or adding something we forgot.
Nov 15 2004 11:35PM
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laughdamon
Posts: 1133 - Karma: 10
Oh thank god I just figured out how to turn it off... Why do you need a list of the users online? Maybe just a little indicator on each post they have showing if their on or not
Nov 15 2004 11:40PM
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freestyler540
Posts: 13047 - Karma: 18,296
This may sound weird,but I would suggest that someone cleans up the tricks section.Ive been thinking only the staff can write new tricks in the trick book because Im tired of seing stupid things in the trick section.

I know its a lot of work.


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Nov 16 2004 6:40AM
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Bangor
Posts: 9599 - Karma: 129
^ yeah.

also, mabye a special section of the site for the GW awards?
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Nov 16 2004 8:58AM
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Parkboy
Posts: 2303 - Karma: 32
how about a thing that lets you know when people from your friends list are online




www.star-board.com
www.naishsails.com
www.pro-limit.com
Nov 16 2004 9:17PM
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laughdamon
Posts: 1133 - Karma: 10
How bout an auto login?
Nov 16 2004 9:32PM
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OpIvy
Posts: 741 - Karma: 9
One thing that would be good is a title to the forums. So when you are in the Ski Gabber, you can easily tell what forum you are in.
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Nov 25 2004 4:04PM
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pmills
Posts: 7162 - Karma: 59
an place on the websight that says when the radio's on, so we don't miss any part of the show...maybe a radio icon that you could click to link to it, then you know for sure when there is a show
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Nov 25 2004 7:59PM
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freezed
Posts: 12973 - Karma: 500
i have to agree with mauii and mikee...i dont think we really need the smileys or easy picture posting. if people cant deal with an easy HTML tag, they shouldnt post pictures. and the ability to go back and edit posts makes threads really confusing, i think. NS Radio is a great idea though.


ill be super rich and own mt.hood and let everybody from ns ski for free... except freezed
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Nov 25 2004 8:20PM
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nopoles
Posts: 2212 - Karma: 871
We will be putting up an all new tricks section soon. It's going to be staff ran with videos and proper descriptions.

It's gona be sick.
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Nov 25 2004 8:54PM
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lanks
Posts: 12543 - Karma: 72
word, an all new trick section sounds awesome, and it will eliminate half of the threads in ski gabber as well. cant wait.



-Joel



'joel...has curly hair..

its hard not to stare.

he's tall too...he's like, way up there.

this poem sucked, but i don't care!'

-lucyford



~Phunkin Phatt Phreerider~

Capital City Rider

Dragons Lair



lanky steeze
Nov 25 2004 11:21PM
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Ryno
Posts: 31125 - Karma: 336
sounds like a purdy slick idea with the trick second...more cool vidoes to watch!
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A view on the downfall of the US by 221: 'godzilla man. he's gonna show up and shit will hit the fan.'



ellermann -> i hope you realize you just threw yourselves a birthday party online. just think about that for a little while



Ryan V.G



~~Phunkin Phatt Phreerider~~

Dragons Lair
Nov 26 2004 10:01AM
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Ryno
Posts: 31125 - Karma: 336
also adding the donating levels back into the NS help would be good
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A view on the downfall of the US by 221: 'godzilla man. he's gonna show up and shit will hit the fan.'



ellermann -> i hope you realize you just threw yourselves a birthday party online. just think about that for a little while



Ryan V.G



~~Phunkin Phatt Phreerider~~

Dragons Lair
Nov 26 2004 1:08PM
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Markman
Posts: 1582 - Karma: 47
I think the icon to say when NS radio is on would be a good idea
Nov 26 2004 1:37PM
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Bangor
Posts: 9599 - Karma: 129
^ definately.
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Nov 26 2004 7:23PM
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strode
Posts: 7549 - Karma: 14
i know pretty much everyone on here is used to it by now, but maybe you could make it so when you type in quotation marks, two of them actually show up so you don't have to actually type them twice



-Strode



Only in my sweetest dreams do my streams lack troubled waters, shallow pools full of shallow fools...
Dec 5 2004 2:09AM
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*cowboy*
Posts: 8830 - Karma: 214
I think the quotation marks has something to do with the database and php, i dont know how easy it'd be to change that. I'm sure nopoles can figure it out though!

-Jason

[www.theonlywarehouse.com]

[www.option5team.com]
Dec 5 2004 2:23AM
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SkiUnit03
Posts: 3597 - Karma: 114
an option for more advanced searches would be great.

and auto log it or just when you come to the page your username is already there so all you do is type your password









'collars up are officially gay, but layering 2 polo shirts is still acceptable'

-ATLANTASKI



'r u sayin we r being censored by da goverment?

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Dec 5 2004 9:40AM
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pmills
Posts: 7162 - Karma: 59
or on that note maybe a serch for inside the cults?
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Dec 5 2004 1:39PM
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Swirly999
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On firefox at least I knwo that it stores your name and password so its always there right when you open the page, at least for me it is.



Hello, Please message me.
Dec 5 2004 5:47PM
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T.L.
Posts: 4729 - Karma: 3,008
1) Secure organized classifieds forum.

2) Search not only site sections but different forum sections too. ex. ski-gabber, non ski gabber etc.

4) completely re-do the cluts. alot of them are dead and people dont go anymore. maybe be able to have pic or video sections in the cluts themselves to keep people comming back.

3) more cult master controls like, being able to delete posts, send multiple people messages like to all of your leaders or the whole clut, invite more than one person at a time.

Sookhon De'Snutz
Dec 5 2004 10:17PM
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Inthefridge
Posts: 207 - Karma: 15
The photo of the days pretty cool but it seems to got through the same few photos a lot. Any way of making it cycle through all/more of them?
Dec 6 2004 7:13AM
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oO~sKiErGirL~Oo
Posts: 2314 - Karma: 21
k here is one I want cause I'm really shallow, but when randoms message me I like to view their profile right away to see if I want to answer back. Unfortunately, if I haven't been at my comp for a while the person sending the message may have logged off already, which means I have to go to the members section and scroll through the entire letter page to get to the profile of whoever sent me the message, and so many names are the same that you might not find the right profile. So, if you get a message from someone, can you please add a link with the message that allows you to view their profile? it would make life much easier. thank you! (p.s. I'm liking what is happening with the site.)


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Dec 7 2004 5:30PM
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pmills
Posts: 7162 - Karma: 59
you just click the name that says from: and it'll take you to their profile, it's always been like that
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Dec 7 2004 5:46PM
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nopoles
Posts: 2212 - Karma: 871
The quotation mark thing is a bit of a trick in PHP. The code that is in place now doesn't handle it so well, but once I redo the forums they will work in posts and signatures.
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Dec 7 2004 5:48PM
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$1080PLP$
Posts: 4382 - Karma: 12
man when do we get our porn forum??????? damn it kick the 12 year olds off and let us have our damn porn!!!!!!!!!!!!

.:l[Tyler]l:.



who is the furious five? I thought you knew- its me and my 4 other split personalities that believe apestead should be castrated - oO~sKiErGirL~Oo

Dec 8 2004 5:31AM
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ifsa_alum
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Under Quick Links, have the Donator's Forum link appear all the time. i.e. It disappears when you're looking at individual messages, but is present when viewing indices and posting a reply. Problem is in ReadTopic.php4.

ListTopic.php4 and PostReplya.php4 are ok.
Dec 8 2004 9:28AM
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pmills
Posts: 7162 - Karma: 59
i think you should put in some sweet easter eggs in the sight and have some clues here and there for us to find them like an easter egg hunt
volkl karma: it's the sickest thing to ever happen to skiing
Dec 8 2004 1:53PM
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Swirly999
Posts: 2833 - Karma: 10
haha that would actually be a really cool idea and then there could be prizes for finding them.



Hello, Please message me.
Dec 8 2004 2:02PM
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sconniestyle
Posts: 3945 - Karma: 26
i really like ryno's idea posted way up there about having the text to link a url or to insert a picture be uncer the reply box when you are typing a message, so that people could just copy and paste it from right there without having to go to different parts of the site. I dont know how much trouble it would be to get that in there, but i for one would really appreciate it.



mark

'One good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain'
Dec 8 2004 4:36PM
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T.L.
Posts: 4729 - Karma: 3,008
is there anyway to make it so we can upload bigger videos?
Dec 8 2004 5:02PM
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J.D.
Posts: 21362 - Karma: 5,141
I'm just going to put this as directly as possible.

Please eliminate post counts completely. I beg of you.

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In a haze
A stormy haze
I’ll be around
I’ll be loving you
Always
Always

Here I am
And I’ll take my time
Here I am
And I’ll wait in line
Always
Always...
Dec 8 2004 7:19PM
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SkiUnit03
Posts: 3597 - Karma: 114
or make it so you can only see it when you viset someones profile. but yeah please make it so you can't see someones post count right there









'collars up are officially gay, but layering 2 polo shirts is still acceptable'

-ATLANTASKI



'r u sayin we r being censored by da goverment?

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Dec 9 2004 4:22PM
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SkiUnit03
Posts: 3597 - Karma: 114
oh and you should make a poll on it or a thread in the nsg









'collars up are officially gay, but layering 2 polo shirts is still acceptable'

-ATLANTASKI



'r u sayin we r being censored by da goverment?

fuck pussy dick suckin lip
Dec 9 2004 4:23PM
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