Before We Open...

[.: T O K I :.]

Doesn't really seem like my job to boss Alex around, but maybe you're a bit TOO excited? XP Getting ready is awesome, but we should still go over threads we've finished and polish them. I still need to write the Adopt A Newbie. Also fix the map a bit (said in chat box). I think we should also have an activity check to get rid of old accounts and old characters so the statistics can be fresh and new. I'd like to open the new version ASAP too, but I'd also like it to be all at once if possible. That way, it gives a stronger BANG, you know? So, a quick to-do/suggestions list before opening?

- AC (Add "AC" = activity check to Newbie's Guide)
- Add compass to map (maybe resize)
- make Adopt A Newbie
- double-check threads

Ideas/Suggestions
- Clean up archives? Delete characters of the member's who left?
- New boards/revised descriptions? This is just a personal preference, but I like boards that are images without text (maybe title/description ON the image instead). It wouldn't match with all the skins though. :\

More to be added. Again though, I just think we should slow down, and think/double-check of all the things that we should do before opening to make it SEEM like a COMPLETELY new setting. All these neat updates at once will be like = BAM, NEW SA!

[Dante]

Hell yes I'm over-excited and impatient. I have a really hard time waiting. Imagine a puppy who's been told to sit and stay while you back away slowly with a treat in your hand; the dog'll stare at you unblinking, ears perked and tail wagging furiously and will BOLT at that treat the second that you give the command.

That's what I'm like right now. X3

So I must thank you for making this thread. It gives me stuff to do so that I don't sit there and wonder about when we'll do the revamp.

Okay, so I'll add a compass to the map. Can't be resized though, so we'll just have to deal. DONE

I'll add AC to the newbie guide. done

I was thinking about going through all the boards when I took my name off the moderator list and editing their descriptions since I found a few typos recently. I don't like forums that have images for their descriptions, though. I don't know why, but it never quite sat well with me. (Plus, I don't know what it'll look like with the boards in the new way they're laid out.)

The point of the archives is to move old and dead things there, isn't it? We have a bunch of dead members' characters in there since they were involved in roleplays. So their charries will just stay in the graveyard. Their roleplays, though, if it's only between the deleted members, will be deleted.

[.: T O K I :.]

OH YEAH, I wasn't even thinking of the new board layout. Oh well.

[Dante]

Edited all the boards.

[Dante]

I'd just like to mention that this weekend I'm going to dad's house, who might still not have internet. So unless we want to risk it or wait until Sunday evening, can we do the switch by tomorrow afternoon?

[Dante]

So, I think the only real thing we needed to do was have Toki write up the adopt-a-newbie guide. Other than that, we're all set for the revamp on Monday after the AC right?

[.: T O K I :.]

We might want to check the IC stats (or fill them in) after we update the IC. I think a lot of people have dumped characters. Also, threads. Maybe we should clean them out (maybe all after July 1st or August 1st)? Also, I think with our new layout, it would look better if the welcome menu wasn't transparent. Also are we going to have text over buttons (ie: Add poll | reply | send topic, etc...) or keep it as buttons?