sanahtlig Posted March 18, 2015 Posted March 18, 2015 It'd be nice if there was a ticker I could put in my signature that would list the title of my most recent personal blog post, along with a hyperlink to that post. It would help drive traffic from the forums. Even better would be a ticker I could use in other forums. Quote
Nayleen Posted March 18, 2015 Posted March 18, 2015 That might be a nice feature to offer. I'll consider doing it over the weekend, if I find the time. Tay, sanahtlig, MoFried and 1 other 4 Quote
Nayleen Posted March 18, 2015 Posted March 18, 2015 Just note that it'll be something similar to the steam signatures you see around the forums. Thinking about avatar + blog title + most recent post: date, title, snippet. How's that sound? Quote
sanahtlig Posted March 18, 2015 Author Posted March 18, 2015 Looks like you're envisioning something more complex than I had in mind. Let's see, maybe make the image optional? I think it's important not to introduce too much clutter, especially vertical clutter. Blog title, date, and post title seem like good info. Snippet is hard to judge without seeing examples. I think the /index.php?/topic/9085-mangagamers-message-to-fan-translators/?p=246539">Steam tag is a bit bloated, IMO. Quote
Nayleen Posted March 18, 2015 Posted March 18, 2015 They are, and I wouldn't go for much more. There's no real way to produce dynamic, includable snippets for other forums without using an image. Almost everything that is embeddable and dynamic is by its very nature dangerous and consequently blocked, apart from images. Quote
sanahtlig Posted March 18, 2015 Author Posted March 18, 2015 Text as an image is fine, what I mean is using avatars as part of the image. The problem is avatars tend to use up a lot of vertical space and very little horizontal space. Since this concept is meant for forum signatures, those aren't good characteristics. Quote
Nayleen Posted March 18, 2015 Posted March 18, 2015 I'll run drafts for it by you and I'm sure we'll find a nice solution, but I think you're right about avatars, since they're also redundant to some extent. Quote
sanahtlig Posted March 18, 2015 Author Posted March 18, 2015 Actually, now that I think about it, we really should keep this as simple as possible. Users can hack their own non-dynamic content into the signature. This ticker just needs to include the dynamic content. So avatar isn't needed. Neither is the blog title. All that's needed is the post title, a generated hyperlink, date (optional), and snippet (optional). The simpler we keep it the more customizable it'll be. Also we need to minimize the burden on your servers too. Quote
sanahtlig Posted April 1, 2015 Author Posted April 1, 2015 The number of views would be another cool piece of dynamic information. I have a mock-up of what the final product might look like in my signature (ignore the static info like the blog name and "Now featuring"). It should all fit on a single line. Number of views could be after the date: (3/31/15, X views) Quote
sanahtlig Posted April 25, 2015 Author Posted April 25, 2015 I think Nayleen got busy with other stuff. Quote
Nayleen Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 Indeed, a combination of feeling down (depression again, ugh), actively trying to spend some more time outside to counter those problems, and being incredibly busy with work before and after my vacation (working for a SEO company, and Google's mobile update hit on the 21st). Quote
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