Hey everyone,

ImpishIdea now has its own forum. As you know, the wonderful Deus Ex Machina served as the forum for a time, but I think II would benefit from a more focused forum.

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  1. SubStandardDeviation on 23 October 2008, 23:36 said:

    *ITS

    Haha, cool. Then when a comment thread starts to veer wildly off-topic, someone can say “take it to the forum.” cough ASOIAF cough

    The NaNo section is also a great idea.

    As for general site organization, since you requested feedback a while ago:

    x I’d suggest removing the “Categories” on the sidebar (each links to a page with no sidebar and only 5 articles per page – very unhelpful).

    x What you’ve done so far is a start, but I’d still like the lengthy bullet-lists within each section subdivided. I understand if the site format won’t allow it, but it’s quite intimidating to the newcomer, especially disorganized as it is.

    x “Reviews”, since it’s so short, could be merged into “Criticism.” Three of them are bashing Brisingr anyway.

  2. Legion on 24 October 2008, 01:47 said:

    It’s looking very good already. I like the skin/color scheme, especially. Simple, matching the site, and easy on the eyes. thumbs up

  3. Legion on 24 October 2008, 13:52 said:

    Btw, was adding Twilight and Inheritance discussion categories in your blueprints for the forum?

    If not, I think it would be good to have them. I like the fact that my review article has 100+ comments but the vast majority of it has nothing to do with the article. =\ Same with your Brisingr review. The topics that are brought up would be awesome as thier own threads in the forum though.

  4. Rhaego on 24 October 2008, 14:41 said:

    I’m already making a GRRM thread in general discussion.

    There go 3/4 of the off-topic discussions right there.

  5. SlyShy on 24 October 2008, 16:07 said:

    Hey, guys, thanks for the helpful suggestions. I’ll get to implementing them soon, now that I’m less busy. I slept no more than 45 minutes last night trying to get things done, aha.

  6. Legion on 24 October 2008, 16:10 said:

    Yikes! I think I speak for everyone though, when I say THANK YOU for this place and all your hard work. _

  7. SlyShy on 24 October 2008, 16:14 said:

    Yeah… So you know the way a college credit is estimated to be 4 hours of work? Well, they were probably underestimating. And here I am with a 20 credit semester. I should try being a little less ambitious with my course load.

  8. Legion on 24 October 2008, 16:25 said:

    Oh yes, hour estimates are always BS and not to be trusted, so I’ve also learned during my time as a college student. I have to admit: As much fun as loopiness from sleep deprivation after several all-nighters in a row was during my college days, I actually like sleeping. XD

  9. SlyShy on 24 October 2008, 17:48 said:

    SSD,

    I went and re-categorized everything, removed the categories from the right bar (makes space for links), and changed the section pages a bit. Do things look better now (this a question for all of you).

  10. Virgil on 24 October 2008, 18:09 said:

    It looks slick. Not so cluttered.

  11. Hedwig Widrig on 24 October 2008, 18:44 said:

    The new subheadings on the section pages are nifty.

  12. Legion on 24 October 2008, 20:08 said:

    Hey Sly, no hurry as I know you’re occupied with more important site mods, but any chance that you can take the character limit off posts and signatures? They’re just annoying.

  13. SlyShy on 24 October 2008, 20:14 said:

    Oh, sure thing.

  14. Legion on 24 October 2008, 20:15 said:

    Thanx dude. =]

  15. SlyShy on 24 October 2008, 20:16 said:

    Done.

  16. SlyShy on 26 October 2008, 03:16 said:

    Hmm. I’ll have to figure out how to do that, but it sounds useful.

  17. Hedwig Widrig on 26 October 2008, 10:56 said:

    I was thinking the logo at the top could link back here, rather than going to the index?

  18. Virgil on 26 October 2008, 11:53 said:

    I use that link a lot to quickly go back to the index. It’s like a standard for forums, I think. It’s probably embedded into the forum too, can’t go changing it. I don’t know.

  19. Amelie on 26 October 2008, 13:03 said:

    Forums! Yesss! Thanks Sly and everyone else who might have helped. :)

  20. Addie on 9 November 2008, 01:04 said:

    Hey, SlyShy:

    When I tried to register for the forum, it wouldn’t let me do so under the name ‘Addie.’ It said it was already a username. It permitted Addy, so I’m using that now. But why was that?

  21. SlyShy on 9 November 2008, 01:35 said:

    I guess it might have been because you posted under that username as a guest, so it was reserving that. I’m not quite sure, to be honest.

  22. Addie on 9 November 2008, 01:39 said:

    Interesting. I just found the ‘members’ category, and sure enough there is an Addie under there, who joined, funnily enough, yesterday around the time I was trying to join. And who has no posts.

    Hmm … ?

    Oh, well. I don’t suppose it really matters.

  23. SlyShy on 9 November 2008, 01:43 said:

    Hm. I think what probably happened is, you registered, but you pressed the button twice, so you were registered, but the second time it tried to register you, it said your name was taken. Try logging in as Addie.

  24. Addie on 9 November 2008, 01:52 said:

    I have investigated.

    Yes, that is probably what happened. However, I typed in my email adress wrong, too.

    So many things wrong … I feel like hanging my head …

    Can you do anything about that? Like, remove the account, or anything …

    I’m sorry if this is getting to be some trouble for you.

  25. SlyShy on 9 November 2008, 02:01 said:

    No worries, I’m happy to help out with things.

    I deleted your account, so you can re-register.

  26. Addie on 9 November 2008, 02:03 said:

    Thanks.

  27. Addie on 9 November 2008, 02:16 said:

    Now it says my email is already in use. No wonder; it is. Could you get rid of Addy too?

    Yikes. I feel like such an idiot … (laughs and tears at hair)

  28. SlyShy on 9 November 2008, 02:28 said:

    All done.

  29. Addie on 9 November 2008, 02:36 said:

    PHEW.

    Successfully registered. Huzzah.

    Thanks again for your help.

  30. Morvius on 9 November 2008, 08:34 said:

    Ah! Sorry SlyShy but could you delete my account “Morivius” too? I put in an “i” by accident.

  31. SubStandardDeviation on 9 November 2008, 21:26 said:

    Belatedly answering your question, yes, I love the new subheadings. Use ‘em all the time, especially for reading people’s NaNos.

    Don’t think I’ll need a forum account except to troll the ASOIAF thread, since y’all seem to be all writers.