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A better PMC?

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Anthrophobic avatar Anthrophobic
Level 45 : Master Ninja
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There are many ways I can see this site being better than it already is, I am going to take the time to list them here and see what others on Planet Minecraft have to say about them. The site has a ton of features that some users don't even know exist. Some of you may see this as a "rant" or a "angry post" but its not. I am simply attempting to make people aware and more informed!

Don't take this post the wrong way, I love Planet Minecraft and think its one of the best ways of posting your content for others to see. I just feel it needs improvement as it grows.



  • Message service
Problem: We seem to have two different message systems, our comments from submissions and our inbox on the forums. This makes it difficult for users that don't use the forums often or at all to get messages from users privately. I have had messages in the past that have been there for days and if I would not have clicked forums, I would have never noticed it to begin with.

Solution:
Combine the message system, give us a message icon when receiving new messages and a notice icon when receiving comments on submissions. This would resemble Facebook's system, but allow us to have one central inbox system with all comments and messages.

  • Profiles


Problem: There are two profiles for each account, your submissions profile and forum profile. This leaves information about a user scattered in two different locations of the website. Each profile allows you to edit selected information, like instant messengers.

Solution: Combine each profile and re-do the layout of the profile page. The profile page as it is uses 90% of the room to advertise submission from the user. When it comes to editing your profile you can just use a tab system, one for viewable information that is seen in the forums, like your quote, signature and such. The other for information seen on your actual profile.

  • Menu Bar


Problem: The menu bar is not very big at all, but it is stretched out more than it needs to be. Yes, some may think its more user friendly and some may think its not. There are many links that users have trouble locating, for instance, profiles. Not many people realize you can click your name in the upper right hand corner and be directed to your profile page.

Solution: Combine some of the features of the menu bar so that it would look like this in the long run.
Key:
- Tab
---- Opens up inside the tab.

- Home
- Submissions (drop down tab)
---- My Submission
---- Projects
---- Texture Packs
---- Skins
---- Servers
---- Blogs
---- Mods
- Forums
---- View My Post
---- Unanswered Post
---- View Active Post
- Members
---- Staff Members
- Chat
- Contest
---- Current Contest
---- Past Contest
- My Account
---- View My Profile
---- Edit My Profile

*I understand this menu typed out this way may not be understandable for some users.

  • Quality Control


Problem: Mass amounts of the same blog post and skins. Its ridiculous and this is one of the main things I wanted to talk about.

Solution: I understand each member has the right to post a submission and have it viewed no matter how good or bad it may be. Although, there is no need for a users to post a blog about 1.0.0 coming out after it was posted the first time. If users would take the time to use the search feature and find the information first they would understand. When users do this it makes it hard for others to find information they are looking for. Usually someone will always beat you to a post no matter what it may be about, so research it first. The biggest problem I have here is people post about a topic and its very helpful and useful. Then someone else post about the same topic and puts one sentence in it, this is people just seeking a way to gain more levels in a faster way. How many times have you seen a blog in the popular news feed that didn't deserve it while another one posted days before it has made its way into the vast amount of blogs and disappeared never to be seen again with more information than the one you saw? When it comes to skins, texture packs, projects and servers this is different, as long as its not a duplicate, this is alright! Everyone has an opinion of which skin of a character looks better and if a project no matter how good or bad it may be deserves to be rated well.

Solution 2: Create a new staff member called "Quality Controller" that does just this. Makes sure that each submission is not a duplicate or a pointless bit of information. The staff members already have tons of things to worry about and watch over, so why not create something new just for this problem?




There are tons of other features I could comment on and discuss but for now I feel this is enough. Lets see what your thoughts are and if you have any ways to help improve the site. Subscribe and be sure to stay tuned for A better PMC! [Part 2]. I will be updating this blog with the information so stay tuned here, I see no point in making a second blog post for this information and trying to gain more EXP off of it.

Things I will cover in A better PMC [Part 2]:
  • Chat Room
  • Level System
  • Trolls
  • More to come..



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11/29/2011 9:08 pm
Level 47 : Master Architect
7grims
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The quality topic is very good, I'm ready to get in team-quality-control xD

Because I really think one of the worst problems of this site is lack of quality. Worst then trolls and griefers, which mods and admins are always working on controlling, and on the quality department we don't see the same commitment.
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11/29/2011 9:16 pm
Level 45 : Master Ninja
Anthrophobic
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Thanks for your comments. I agree, there needs to be something done about people posting servers and nothing but greifers run to your server.
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11/29/2011 9:00 pm
Level 10 : Journeyman Taco
arb8996
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i Completely agree, this is crap, i was also in the chat main lobby, and a guy was advertising his server so i asked him to go to the server lobby,and i got IP banned? wtf!
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11/29/2011 9:19 pm
Level 45 : Master Ninja
Anthrophobic
Anthrophobic avatar
The chat room needs much improvement, I will be covering this in a later update.
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