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#1 2009-05-17 21:32:35
Categories
I have heard much about people who are sick of having the front page dominated by whatever and stuff. I'm sure you've heard it. Anyway, the system of categories I am proposing may be a remedy to it.
So here we go. Categories.
The idea was sort of stolen from DeviantArt, but anyway, it's where each project is entered under a certain category which pertains to the subject or theme of a project. If such a system were applied as a filter on the home page, complaints about homepage "dominating" will most likely die down.
It's basically just a front page thing, and in a way for organizing.
You may think "that's what tags are for", but tags can be spammed, added unwillingly, and a project can have more than one.
I needed to post this up soon before I put it off any longer... If there are any questions, just ask. I'm probably missing a bunch of stuff anyways.
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#3 2009-05-17 23:03:01
- technoguyx
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Re: Categories
fruit wrote:
more?
Drawings
Subcategories: Computer-Drawn (subdivided in "Mouse-Drawn" and "Tablet-Drawn"), Drawn on Paper. Both should be also divided on Manga/Comics, Sketches, Portraits, etc...
Pseudo-3D
Subcategories: Isometric, Pen Rendering.
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#5 2009-05-19 15:57:03
- The_Flaming_Duck
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Re: Categories
I indefinitely agree, BOINOINOINOINOI
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#7 2009-05-19 17:19:22
Re: Categories
Sounds kind of helpful because many people (Like boinoinoinoin said) are getting tired of people dominating the home page.How about the admins create a network with each other to contact what goes on where of the Home page?
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#8 2009-05-19 17:19:33
Re: Categories
keroro645 wrote:
You can add tags a second time on a project, like it had "game"as a tag, and if you put game as another tag, it makes the tag larger.
One of my big points is that tags do not solve this problem.
Tags:Categories::Missouri Compromise:The old slave situation
That's an exaggeration, but you get the point.
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#10 2009-05-19 18:37:15
Re: Categories
keroro645 wrote:
I know, I like your idea. So you mean, like an Action category, Adventure, Misc., Helpful, or whatever categories?
I was kind of thinking like:
Games
Music
Animation
Art
Simulations
And then with subsections and whatnot narrowing it down and such.
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#11 2009-05-19 19:33:31
Re: Categories
technoguyx wrote:
fruit wrote:
more?
Drawings
Subcategories: Computer-Drawn (subdivided in "Mouse-Drawn" and "Tablet-Drawn"), Drawn on Paper. Both should be also divided on Manga/Comics, Sketches, Portraits, etc...
Pseudo-3D
Subcategories: Isometric, Pen Rendering.
Sounds good. And you can suggest a category, but only the creator can actually add them.
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#12 2009-05-19 19:37:25
Re: Categories
BWOG wrote:
technoguyx wrote:
fruit wrote:
more?
Drawings
Subcategories: Computer-Drawn (subdivided in "Mouse-Drawn" and "Tablet-Drawn"), Drawn on Paper. Both should be also divided on Manga/Comics, Sketches, Portraits, etc...
Pseudo-3D
Subcategories: Isometric, Pen Rendering.Sounds good. And you can suggest a category, but only the creator can actually add them.
Maybe if you contact a member of the scratch team (at MIT) they can maybe give this a try?
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