Posted by Kim on January 1, 2019, 2:37pm
Normally on January 1st I'd post a list of my goals for the RPR in the upcoming year.And even though I have plenty of ideas for things to do and ways to get more done, I thought this year, I'll mix it up --
If you were going to write the list of features and priorities you'd want to see the RPR receive in 2019, what would YOUR wish list look like?
I can't promise I'll do everything on your lists, but I do promise you'll have a major influence on what gets worked on this year!
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The only thing that comes to my mind right now is that I would love to be able to pay for epicness and the like via "paysafecard".
I don't know how much of a thing this is in other countries and I don't know if it would be even technically possible at all to include this service here, but I will probably never possess my own credit card and currently have no paypal account, and I guess it's not too far fetched to think that there are people who have neither of those as well.
Sooo in a case that extended payment methods would be discussed, I personally would suggest "paysafecard" because you can just buy it in store with cash and then enter the code to pay on whichever site features this method.
I don't know how much of a thing this is in other countries and I don't know if it would be even technically possible at all to include this service here, but I will probably never possess my own credit card and currently have no paypal account, and I guess it's not too far fetched to think that there are people who have neither of those as well.
Sooo in a case that extended payment methods would be discussed, I personally would suggest "paysafecard" because you can just buy it in store with cash and then enter the code to pay on whichever site features this method.
An API for developers to utilize.
An option to create and use free-use characters would be cool.
Sometimes you don't have a character who suits a certain roleplay, so it would be cool to have a section of random characters created by others for the sole purpose of lending them out to others.
Sometimes you don't have a character who suits a certain roleplay, so it would be cool to have a section of random characters created by others for the sole purpose of lending them out to others.
Seth
January 2, 2019
2:28am
I would like to offer myself for help! I don't do php (specially the outdated version that RPR is using, yaikis!) but I'd be more than willing to help with coding an app if needed~
I would really really love for custom Epic templates to be able to list used resources for all users to see. I am uncomfortable with the idea that some templates might be using resources without permission, and having some sort of credit list helps to clearly show whether or not something was obtained with the right licenses. I'd also like to label templates as responsive designs so I don't have to resize previews all the time to check, since not every template creator accommodates responsive designs. (Which is fine, I just prefer mobile responsiveness). And to be able to work on templates through some sort of 'live' version where small changes don't need a save and full on refresh. Something like the preview button in the text editor does, but without the editor.
I'm also hugely looking forward to better sorting for custom templates and easier access from the Dashboard or homepage - it takes so many clicks to get to my custom library because they're character assigned that I ended up dedicating a link in my bookmarks bar assigned to a test profile just to start making edits or create a new template.
I know that some of this has been on the radar before, but I'm just highlighting it again to reference/vote count.
I'm also hugely looking forward to better sorting for custom templates and easier access from the Dashboard or homepage - it takes so many clicks to get to my custom library because they're character assigned that I ended up dedicating a link in my bookmarks bar assigned to a test profile just to start making edits or create a new template.
I know that some of this has been on the radar before, but I'm just highlighting it again to reference/vote count.
Aw, heck... I actually posted a thread not that long ago in the Suggestions forum. My desire for it still stands: group specific inventory and currency for people that wish to breathe more life into their groups.
I would like more customisation. I want to add background images to my rpr profile page rather than just recolour the background.
I want more help or more free sites for assistance with BBCode, stylised formatting etc.'The Template Jam' and similar sites have been wonderful for it, but I'd love if some were implemented into the actual site like picking a template is.
I struggle to understand a lot of bbcoding and it's not the content I struggle with, I can write about my characters for days, but I'd love if it was just that much easier to style text boxes and really play with my pages more elaborately and extensively. (The help page RPR has is great for everything basic). I don't have any money to pay/ask people so I'd really like there to be more of this either for free or at least included in epic.
Please note that this is entirely my own opinion and struggle, I don't want to cause offence. Yes I understand it's peoples hard work and time that go into bbcode, yes all artists and coders deserve paying. It is just a suggestion.
I want more help or more free sites for assistance with BBCode, stylised formatting etc.'The Template Jam' and similar sites have been wonderful for it, but I'd love if some were implemented into the actual site like picking a template is.
I struggle to understand a lot of bbcoding and it's not the content I struggle with, I can write about my characters for days, but I'd love if it was just that much easier to style text boxes and really play with my pages more elaborately and extensively. (The help page RPR has is great for everything basic). I don't have any money to pay/ask people so I'd really like there to be more of this either for free or at least included in epic.
Please note that this is entirely my own opinion and struggle, I don't want to cause offence. Yes I understand it's peoples hard work and time that go into bbcode, yes all artists and coders deserve paying. It is just a suggestion.
Oh, one thing I think would be a really good idea--anti-kudos. Kudos are fine and all, and good as far as they go, but seeing numerous different people saying "They ghosted me" or "they stopped responding and flipped their lid when I asked about it" and so on would be as useful as different people saying "they were always on point" and such. Held to the same high standards as kudos, but offering something like a possible counterpoint to give a reader more information.
I do get most of the stated reason it isn't a thing, but I really feel that it would ultimately be useful.
I do get most of the stated reason it isn't a thing, but I really feel that it would ultimately be useful.
I've seen a few suggestions that I know are things, like different fonts, and I've heard that other suggestions are already things, too, such as DamnationFromAfar pointing out to me that the notification for messages may already be a thing (thanks for pointing that out!).
So I'd like to add a suggestion to someone collating all the already-a-thing suggestions and maybe altering help files and whatnot to make these things a bit more obvious.
So I'd like to add a suggestion to someone collating all the already-a-thing suggestions and maybe altering help files and whatnot to make these things a bit more obvious.
I think it'd be fun if RPR did a weekly or monthly poll It'd allow a simpler way for moderators and others to see members' opinions, and it'd also create another little gateway for some fun.
For example, some polls could be for gathering information (i.e., how many members prefer literate roleplaying vs script styles, group roleplays vs 1x1, etc.), and other polls could be asking members which season they like best in the year, which RPR event is their favorite, which genres they're more interested in... The possibilities are endless!
It'd allow a simpler way for moderators and others to see members' opinions, and it'd also create another little gateway for some fun.For example, some polls could be for gathering information (i.e., how many members prefer literate roleplaying vs script styles, group roleplays vs 1x1, etc.), and other polls could be asking members which season they like best in the year, which RPR event is their favorite, which genres they're more interested in...
The possibilities are endless!
So what I'm gonna say here is a small gripe, but it is really my only gripe with Repo at all, and I don't know if it's ever been addressed. It is pretty niche after all.
Anyhow. Something about RPR that has always bugged me a bit was the color scheme. Browns and whatnot tend to make me pretty uncomfortable, though I supposed I get used to it after a while. On everything that I can, i tend to use a darker them.
If there were a way to implement a client side setting to change/customize the asset colors, even at the expense of destroying the website's formatting and requiring a more ".wapka" sort of layout, I would be absolutely ecstatic. If something like that already exists, I could certainly benefit from it. My eyes are pretty sensitive to color, and sometimes it's kind of hard for me to look at the site for prolonged periods of time.
Anyhow. Something about RPR that has always bugged me a bit was the color scheme. Browns and whatnot tend to make me pretty uncomfortable, though I supposed I get used to it after a while. On everything that I can, i tend to use a darker them.
If there were a way to implement a client side setting to change/customize the asset colors, even at the expense of destroying the website's formatting and requiring a more ".wapka" sort of layout, I would be absolutely ecstatic. If something like that already exists, I could certainly benefit from it. My eyes are pretty sensitive to color, and sometimes it's kind of hard for me to look at the site for prolonged periods of time.
As Demilicious said, I would also like Foreign Characters. ^-^
That's really all, for me.
That's really all, for me.
I'll tell you what I think...A larger size limit on avatars/character photos (as in, the character's avatar). It's tedious to stay below 100 kb, to be honest...That's my opinion, though.
3 words, which I know I've repeated so many times by now that I owe Kim lunch: Foreign Language Letters 
I am sort of amused by how many people are requesting things that, if I am understanding, already exist or has been discussed many times why it doesn't exist. 
I know some of it isn't super obvious, though.
I'm working out a list of my own. I'll post it soon.
I know some of it isn't super obvious, though.I'm working out a list of my own. I'll post it soon.
@Kim -
Mostly it's that the web-optimized site doesn't send notifications, which means we have to manually refresh instead of getting alerts. Honestly, I think that that's most of what we're asking for, app notwithstanding.
Mostly it's that the web-optimized site doesn't send notifications, which means we have to manually refresh instead of getting alerts. Honestly, I think that that's most of what we're asking for, app notwithstanding.
I do not think an app is a good idea frankly; but I do think that one thing that could be done is something to fix the damn mobile notifications! LOL. They work for one week then not at all for two months; so that would be great.
Another thing I forgot to mention in my list of things:
a font type option in the BBCode thingys at the top of the text box. Nothing complicated, just a few different fonts, times new roman, gabriola, vivaldi. All generally fonts that work on most computers at least.
Colors at in the BBCode thingy at the top of the text box.
An option to delete certain thingys at the top of our text boxes. I don't usually use the bullet list, or the numbered list at all.
Another thing I forgot to mention in my list of things:
a font type option in the BBCode thingys at the top of the text box. Nothing complicated, just a few different fonts, times new roman, gabriola, vivaldi. All generally fonts that work on most computers at least.
Colors at in the BBCode thingy at the top of the text box.
An option to delete certain thingys at the top of our text boxes. I don't usually use the bullet list, or the numbered list at all.
For those asking for an app, can you articulate how you envision this app being different/better than the mobile optimized website?
29Bear
January 1, 2019
4:45pm
A way to send pictures from your computer. And an app would be nice.
8TigerBunnyTora
January 2, 2019
7:01am