Trapezoid Posted May 14, 2002 Posted May 14, 2002 I just had an idea... Right on the main page, there should a Message of the Moment, right near the top in plain sight. It could start out as something like "Welcome to Mixnmojo!"... Here's the niftyish part. After the page gets, oh say, 100 hits, a "change" button appears next to the message. Whoever clicks on the button can type in the new message, then submit it and the message updates and the change button disappears. Yeah, it's silly, but it seems like the sort of interactive community type thing that makes Mojo fun. The message should have the name of the user who submitted it too. Probably wouldn't be too hard to program. And it could get a little competitive. Anyone else like this idea?
Zaarin Posted May 14, 2002 Posted May 14, 2002 Yeah, by making it only available to logged in membeers, you could help reduce "unwanted" posts. There may still be a few shady posts made though. It is a pretty cool idea though. Mojo needs a few more fun things around the place.
Spaff Posted May 14, 2002 Posted May 14, 2002 sounds pretty cool. wed have to find away around it becoming offensive though. i mean beyond controlling swear words...
BooJaka14m Posted May 14, 2002 Posted May 14, 2002 If something rude comes up, couldn't one of the main Mojo guys just change it?
Trapezoid Posted May 14, 2002 Author Posted May 14, 2002 Maybe you're caught putting something dirty up you get your account suspended for a week or something. How quickly do 100 hits go by, anyway?
Gabez Posted May 14, 2002 Posted May 14, 2002 I think it's a great idea. But maybe it would work better on the community page rather than the main one, to avoid it clogging stuff up? And how hard would it to be to make it block out pre-programmed words, like these forums do? And how about a maximum word amount, eh?
Trapezoid Posted May 14, 2002 Author Posted May 14, 2002 The maximum word amount could just be set by the box you type the message into. Simple. Does the comments feature have a swear filter? If they do, the MotD would probably just be a specially modified comments thread. Oh, and there should be an archive of all the messages. Also easy if it's just a comments thread.
Metallus Posted May 14, 2002 Posted May 14, 2002 Bouncing this over to Feedback. Just because, that's why.
Trapezoid Posted May 15, 2002 Author Posted May 15, 2002 That's ok. Too bad nobody's posting to it now. But as long as Spaff or someone reads it... Uh..
Metallus Posted May 15, 2002 Posted May 15, 2002 Well, I read it, and I'm sure other mojo staffers read it. It's a pretty good idea, too. Unfortunately our attention is dedicated to E3 right now, but we've got a lot planned for post-E3 joy.
Jake Posted May 15, 2002 Posted May 15, 2002 Like that? (arrow appears to the left when you can change it)
Trapezoid Posted May 15, 2002 Author Posted May 15, 2002 Yeah, but maybe the arrow should be a button, or something a little more obvious. Oh, and the text should be black. In fact, all the gray text on mojo is kinda hard to read.
Metallus Posted May 15, 2002 Posted May 15, 2002 I've got a couple of suggestions. Somehow we've got to buffer this so the same user can't keep posting over and over again. Maybe a once-a-day/week limit? I think it should either be set up to display a message for a set amount of time (so that it doesn't get overwritten immediately), or there should be multiple entries displayed randomly. I like the faded grey text as it is in the concept though .
Remi Posted May 15, 2002 Posted May 15, 2002 The faded colour is good for anything inactive (like tabs, and no Mojo messages, etc.), but for anything else it gets a bit too difficult to notice. It took me a few seconds to see the added text and arrow up in the corner.
Trapezoid Posted June 28, 2002 Author Posted June 28, 2002 Well, since the Community section of the site is open, someone should look in to whipping this up! I still think it's a neat idea.
Jake Posted July 2, 2002 Posted July 2, 2002 I made it light grey in the mockup like that because it will rarely have anything to do with Mojo... its just something you might notice not at first. I'd rather readers first notice the features and news before a wacky slogan that has nothing to do with anything...
Trapezoid Posted July 5, 2002 Author Posted July 5, 2002 Yeah, it should be a bit more noticeable, if nobody notices it then no one will race to change it and there'll be no challenge.
mxbx Posted July 5, 2002 Posted July 5, 2002 Wow.. that's a fantastic idea. You guys are idea powerhouses. *poom* *poom* is your mantra.
mercatfat Posted September 3, 2002 Posted September 3, 2002 A great idea, definately. Way better than my Mojo 3D site redesign.
scabb Posted September 3, 2002 Posted September 3, 2002 Heh Groovy. It should only register one hit per day per registered user, really, otherwise the server would probably die again due to everyone pushing 'Refresh' I love the 'Mojo makes it happen' attitude. In fact, that's what I'm gonna change the comment to
elTee Posted September 3, 2002 Posted September 3, 2002 This is a good idea. I'm offline for a day or so, and already you come up with something cool!
Scummbuddy Posted September 4, 2002 Posted September 4, 2002 Sooo is someone working on it or did we all just agree its a good idea?
Benny Posted September 4, 2002 Posted September 4, 2002 This thread is about 3 months old so id assume not.
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