The Clan Profile page could use a serious overhaul to make it more visually appealing and efficient. Here are some things I would like to see:
[list][*]Larger text box! This is, in my opinion, the most important portion of a clan's profile as it's where most users introduce themselves/their clan. Lore writers often put the premise of their clan's stories here. The one we have now is too small to use effectively. As @junipa added, it should stretch according to the text that's in it, but only to a certain point. What I've pictured below is what I feel would be the ideal limit, as it aligns with the side bar.
[*]Less space taken up by "Recent Clan Activity." This element is not terribly important and does not need nearly the amount of space it currently has.
[*]Comments should be shortened as well, while still allowing them to accumulate within reason. My example has just one comment showing, with a "view all" link that would either take the user to another page or create a sort of drop down that extends the page and allows the viewer to see all previous comments.
[*]Since all users may now obtain vistas, having them also appear on the Clan Profile page might give incentive to those who do not use the forums to buy them anyway.
[*][b]NEW:[/b] A button to set up a crossroads with the user whose page you are visiting.
[*][b]NEW:[/b] More consistent alignment and a more efficiently prioritized sidebar, with the interaction buttons at the top.
[*][b]NEW:[/b] [i]Wider[/i] info box to match the width of forum signatures. This allows signature images to also be placed in the clan info without requiring a horizontal scrollbar.
[*][b]NEW:[/b] User status icon to let others know if they're online, offline, or idle. Ideally, an "invisible" option would be available in user settings.
[*][b]NEW:[/b] "Last Seen" date listed under the rest of the general user info.[/list]
@YamiTheDragon provided a great visual for the input on page three, [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/sug/1710024/3#post_16824062]here[/url]. I have since implemented their layout for Recent Clan Activity in my mockup.
I propose something like this. Click the image to see it full-size:
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[ [url=http://i.imgur.com/LgSB7LT.png]old version[/url] ]
[size=2][art featured on my profile in this screenshot by [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=lair&tab=userpage&id=47999]Volpe[/url] and [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=lair&tab=userpage&id=151065]dragoonwys[/url], respectively][/center]
[quote name="junipa" date=2016-01-11 12:56:33]
i think the comments section should be shorter, and the scroll section should expand (from nothing if there's no text in it) - but only to a point? like, i keep a lot of stuff at the bottom of my bio precisely because you have to scroll all the way down to get to it and i don't want it to be immediately visible the way it would be on a dragon bio page or whatever.
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[quote name="khalyeezy" date=2016-01-11 14:10:50]
Support! Also what if you could change your clan profile's colors? Even if it was from a bunch of palatte presets i'd love for people's profile pages to be color coordinate dto their flights or smth if they so chose!!
Wet your whistles with gem sales for people buying palattes maybe admins??? if that would make this suggestion more persuasive WINK
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[quote name="Asteri" date=2016-02-17 17:15:38]
Maybe we would be able to choose text and background colors from the FR colorwheel, so you can theme it like one of your favorite dragons?
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[quote name="Latigirl" date=2016-01-11 14:11:56]
THe comments thing, is I feel useless. The recent activity could be more useful if it covered more than hatchings, and achievements. Which really no one cares about. It would be better if the comment section was scrollable and incorporated the achievements into it.
Or just add the recent activity under/in that box on the right of the page under recent forum activity (logical placement: recent and recent).
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[quote name="quailheart" date=2016-01-11 15:42:58]
I'd also like - if anyone hasn't mentioned this yet - to be able to remove certain things. For example when editing the page you can choose what displays at what doesn't. Of course, there should be things that can't be removed no matter what like your username, avatar, flight etc. This can help people privatize things they no longer want to be public. I'd like the options to:
-Hide my Friends List
-Hide/Disable my Recent Clan Activity
-Hide my Recent Forum Activity
-Hide my Birthday
-Disable Profile Comments[/quote]
[quote name="TwilightFlower" date=2016-01-11 15:46:35]
[...] the ability to set our own background images would be nice. I just feel like we have pages with a bunch of empty or useless spaces that feel very generic. The ability to customize them more, or have them feel more incorporated with our flights and lore would be very nice for a better, more immersive experience.
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[quote name="MoogleSam" date=2016-01-11 17:37:52]
- Make the 'Block User' on other people's profiles an actual button. Right now it is just a weirdly random floating link for some reason and it looks out of place like that despite being in alignment. It is also difficult to see like that because a) it is small and b) it is floating beneath all the important seeming stuff so it is easy to scroll past it by accident and think it is impossible to block people.
- Add a preview button to the bio section (this would also be handy in dragon bios too honestly). I want to be able to check all my links and images are working BEFORE I click save and it currently doesn't let me do that which is inconvenient for testing why it isn't working.
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[quote name="Rosarya" date=2016-01-13 14:13:23]
Maybe something you can trigger on/off, for the people who keep a bunch of reference links in their bio?
Also the fact that bios don't scroll and the clan profile does has been bothering me a lot recently.[/quote]
[quote name="Axiomatix" date=2016-02-17 12:31:10]
[...] I also like the idea of a range of preset colors for the backgrounds, though personally I would urge there to only be faded versions of each flight's colors or dragon colors available to avoid incredibly eye-searing possibilities.
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[quote name="Dreamweave" date=2016-03-24 23:15:40]
Support, it'd definitely be nice if it was a bit wider so things that can fit in areas like signatures just fine, wouldn't make the clan profile have to pop up the horizontal side bar.
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[quote name="Wapiti" date=2016-04-26 15:51:10]
it also might be nice to have a couple different layout/themes to choose from...? like on some other websites, they have a couple things in slightly different order or different fonts in some themes and things like that. then, people would have the option to keep it the current layout if this is the one they like best.[/quote]
The Clan Profile page could use a serious overhaul to make it more visually appealing and efficient. Here are some things I would like to see:
- Larger text box! This is, in my opinion, the most important portion of a clan's profile as it's where most users introduce themselves/their clan. Lore writers often put the premise of their clan's stories here. The one we have now is too small to use effectively. As @junipa added, it should stretch according to the text that's in it, but only to a certain point. What I've pictured below is what I feel would be the ideal limit, as it aligns with the side bar.
- Less space taken up by "Recent Clan Activity." This element is not terribly important and does not need nearly the amount of space it currently has.
- Comments should be shortened as well, while still allowing them to accumulate within reason. My example has just one comment showing, with a "view all" link that would either take the user to another page or create a sort of drop down that extends the page and allows the viewer to see all previous comments.
- Since all users may now obtain vistas, having them also appear on the Clan Profile page might give incentive to those who do not use the forums to buy them anyway.
- NEW: A button to set up a crossroads with the user whose page you are visiting.
- NEW: More consistent alignment and a more efficiently prioritized sidebar, with the interaction buttons at the top.
- NEW: Wider info box to match the width of forum signatures. This allows signature images to also be placed in the clan info without requiring a horizontal scrollbar.
- NEW: User status icon to let others know if they're online, offline, or idle. Ideally, an "invisible" option would be available in user settings.
- NEW: "Last Seen" date listed under the rest of the general user info.
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YamiTheDragon provided a great visual for the input on page three,
here. I have since implemented their layout for Recent Clan Activity in my mockup.
I propose something like this. Click the image to see it full-size:
junipa wrote on 2016-01-11:
i think the comments section should be shorter, and the scroll section should expand (from nothing if there's no text in it) - but only to a point? like, i keep a lot of stuff at the bottom of my bio precisely because you have to scroll all the way down to get to it and i don't want it to be immediately visible the way it would be on a dragon bio page or whatever.
khalyeezy wrote on 2016-01-11:
Support! Also what if you could change your clan profile's colors? Even if it was from a bunch of palatte presets i'd love for people's profile pages to be color coordinate dto their flights or smth if they so chose!!
Wet your whistles with gem sales for people buying palattes maybe admins??? if that would make this suggestion more persuasive WINK
Asteri wrote on 2016-02-17:
Maybe we would be able to choose text and background colors from the FR colorwheel, so you can theme it like one of your favorite dragons?
Latigirl wrote on 2016-01-11:
THe comments thing, is I feel useless. The recent activity could be more useful if it covered more than hatchings, and achievements. Which really no one cares about. It would be better if the comment section was scrollable and incorporated the achievements into it.
Or just add the recent activity under/in that box on the right of the page under recent forum activity (logical placement: recent and recent).
quailheart wrote on 2016-01-11:
I'd also like - if anyone hasn't mentioned this yet - to be able to remove certain things. For example when editing the page you can choose what displays at what doesn't. Of course, there should be things that can't be removed no matter what like your username, avatar, flight etc. This can help people privatize things they no longer want to be public. I'd like the options to:
-Hide my Friends List
-Hide/Disable my Recent Clan Activity
-Hide my Recent Forum Activity
-Hide my Birthday
-Disable Profile Comments
TwilightFlower wrote on 2016-01-11:
[...] the ability to set our own background images would be nice. I just feel like we have pages with a bunch of empty or useless spaces that feel very generic. The ability to customize them more, or have them feel more incorporated with our flights and lore would be very nice for a better, more immersive experience.
MoogleSam wrote on 2016-01-11:
- Make the 'Block User' on other people's profiles an actual button. Right now it is just a weirdly random floating link for some reason and it looks out of place like that despite being in alignment. It is also difficult to see like that because a) it is small and b) it is floating beneath all the important seeming stuff so it is easy to scroll past it by accident and think it is impossible to block people.
- Add a preview button to the bio section (this would also be handy in dragon bios too honestly). I want to be able to check all my links and images are working BEFORE I click save and it currently doesn't let me do that which is inconvenient for testing why it isn't working.
Rosarya wrote on 2016-01-13:
Maybe something you can trigger on/off, for the people who keep a bunch of reference links in their bio?
Also the fact that bios don't scroll and the clan profile does has been bothering me a lot recently.
Axiomatix wrote on 2016-02-17:
[...] I also like the idea of a range of preset colors for the backgrounds, though personally I would urge there to only be faded versions of each flight's colors or dragon colors available to avoid incredibly eye-searing possibilities.
Dreamweave wrote on 2016-03-24:
Support, it'd definitely be nice if it was a bit wider so things that can fit in areas like signatures just fine, wouldn't make the clan profile have to pop up the horizontal side bar.
Wapiti wrote on 2016-04-26:
it also might be nice to have a couple different layout/themes to choose from...? like on some other websites, they have a couple things in slightly different order or different fonts in some themes and things like that. then, people would have the option to keep it the current layout if this is the one they like best.
I really don't know what to say other than a HUGE support! I'd really love this and I'm sure others will too.
I really don't know what to say other than a HUGE support! I'd really love this and I'm sure others will too.
Only if someone who has NOTHING on their profile page doesn't get it changed (ie have the text box expand to that size instead of having it that size to begin with.)
Otherwise I don't really see a problem with it :)
Only if someone who has NOTHING on their profile page doesn't get it changed (ie have the text box expand to that size instead of having it that size to begin with.)
Otherwise I don't really see a problem with it :)
Support! I think the area for where we write stuff should be even bigger than your example! Having to scroll through someone's profile is really awful, The full text/images should be displayed.
Support! I think the area for where we write stuff should be even bigger than your example! Having to scroll through someone's profile is really awful, The full text/images should be displayed.
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i think the comments section should be shorter, and the scroll section should expand (from nothing if there's no text in it) - but only to a point? like, i keep a lot of stuff at the bottom of my bio precisely because you have to scroll all the way down to get to it and i don't want it to be immediately visible the way it would be on a dragon bio page or whatever.
i don't know! but either way, wholehearted support to clan activity being moved to the right and a longer bio info section.
i think the comments section should be shorter, and the scroll section should expand (from nothing if there's no text in it) - but only to a point? like, i keep a lot of stuff at the bottom of my bio precisely because you have to scroll all the way down to get to it and i don't want it to be immediately visible the way it would be on a dragon bio page or whatever.
i don't know! but either way, wholehearted support to clan activity being moved to the right and a longer bio info section.
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This would make the clan profile so much easier to navigate! I like reading people's lore but sometimes the tiny little text box is like, ugh!
You have my complete support!
Support!
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This would make the clan profile so much easier to navigate! I like reading people's lore but sometimes the tiny little text box is like, ugh!
You have my complete support!
Just noticed something though, didn't you get rid of message and add friend button?
Just noticed something though, didn't you get rid of message and add friend button?
I support this idea also. I would love to be able to add more clan information, but it's not immediately obvious and as a newbie I missed loads before realising it was scrolly. I think a larger bio page would be brilliant.
Maybe a section that expands so that it's not a massive gap for those who don't want to use it but that is clearer for those of us who do. :)
I support this idea also. I would love to be able to add more clan information, but it's not immediately obvious and as a newbie I missed loads before realising it was scrolly. I think a larger bio page would be brilliant.
Maybe a section that expands so that it's not a massive gap for those who don't want to use it but that is clearer for those of us who do. :)
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Oops, that was unintentional! Thanks for pointing it out. xD It's not there 'cause it doesn't appear on one's own profile, ha. I'll fix that in just a sec...
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Oops, that was unintentional! Thanks for pointing it out. xD It's not there 'cause it doesn't appear on one's own profile, ha. I'll fix that in just a sec...
