Well, another suggestion I guess

[MotherGraham~]

Aye. Not very unique, though.

So, if you're in the mood (:cool:), it would be great if you could add a profile field; some sort of a 'game wish list' (e.g. to write down which games you intend to get), and display said profile field in postbit_legacy. It's always nice to be up-to-date what people want and whatnot. Another good one might be a 'Currently Playing: XXX' field, which should display on said template as well. :)

[Diachron]

I second the "Currently Playing" nomination. It'd be a neat shorthand to what everyone is currently wrapped up.

(So long as it allowed for multiple entries!)

[JustaBitOutside]

Sounds fun

[Jason]

Hmmm, I'll look into this one. I'm fairly sure it should be do-able with the basic vB functionality. If not, I might have to do it myself, in which case it could take a while.

Let me have a play round and see what comes of it - it'll likely be one or the other and not both, as I'm hesitant to overload the Postbit with too much information.

[Jason]

There. Took a few template tweaks, but I think I've got it working at least - any aesthetic changes can be made as and when. Any thoughts?

[Diachron]

Wow! Now that's a quick-turnaround. I need more of you at work!

Great stuff, thanks!

[MotherGraham~]

Excellent work, Jason. Much appreciated. :)

[Jason]

See, if I knew a bit more about CSS, I'd look to do a couple more dropdown menus like the Gamertags one, but I don't, so I can't. :p

[MotherGraham~]

I know pretty much anything and everything about xhtml, shtml and dhtml (a term, not a real 'new' thing), along with CSS level 2 and 3 (and C, C#, PHP, SQL and dabbled a bit in C++).

If you want, I can pretty much help you with anything. Just ask me on MSN and I'll answer your questions. ;)

I did add you to my new MSN, though somehow, my MSN is being stubborn and forced others to add me after I've added them. So yeah, add me: code.graemedalf@gmail.com. ;)

[Jason]

Ah, yeah... I think I've got it. I'm very rarely on MSN, but I might well give you a shout regards a few bits and pieces - I was thinking of dropdown menus for 'currently playing' and 'looking forward to', but I'm clueless with CSS and PHP, which are the two things I'd be needing to do something like that. I'll give you a shout about it when I get home. :)

[Archangel]

And now that you've put in the effort, I shall be the first to abuse it.

[Diachron]

And now that you've put in the effort, I shall be the first to abuse it.

Heh. Richard Garriot* once famously said, "If you give players a way to spell out '#$%@ you' in your world, they will."


* = AKA Lord British, creator of Ultima and Ultima Online

[Lance]

Trust you Arch :p

Drop down would be nice Jase, if you can manage it. Otherwise maybe just bold it so it stands out a little?

[Jason]

Thanks to Graeme's HTML wizardry, we've got an awesome new method of displaying what you're currently playing.

If you go into 'Edit your details' in your User CP, you'll see up to 5 boxes to enter the games that are currently holding your attention. Fill as many of those in as you feel necessary, and then look in wonderment at your shiny new dropdown menu. For an example, give mine a click now. :)

[Jack]

I was wondering if they couldn't be renamed to 'User Information' or something, rather than Gamertags / Playing. Not sure why but it doesn't look right to me. :P

[MotherGraham~]

I initially named it like that, but Jason preferred it otherwise. :p

[Jack]

I initially named it like that, but Jason preferred it otherwise. :p

Haha, I better not speak up then!

[Jason]

If enough members feel it's worth changing, then I'm happy to be overruled by majority vote. However, I feel that 'information' is too vague a word, and can't think of anything more specific that does the job of conveying the contents of the menu.

[MyNameDidntFit]

User Info doesn't really convey the whole gamertags/now playing idea of the drop-down, I say.

... I do agree that Gamertags / Playing is a bit of a mouthful, though... but I don't have anything better.

[Diachron]

wow, go away for a few days and come back to a new feature.. neat!