Central updater that manages: -Facebook -Livejournal -Personal Wordpress blog -Comic news pages -Twitter -DeviantArt Redesign the main site layout BUG -For some reason on the specific news post page on the main site, the date is bolding on mouseover OTHER -Fix entire layout -- non-tacky, professional look. -Different color themes for different areas of site -Trivium (black/white), Morrowind (gold/brown), Main (skaarj-green/yellow-brown), Gimpystick (?) -Redo the main body containment box (and probably the nav links) -Limits itself to the right side of the screen, no further. -Too-large images extended beyond the side of the screen without obscuring the text -Easy way to manage general header/footers from any directory -Spread the layout across the rest of the site -webcomics, too. -change hosted sites to subdomains. (keep my sites in subdirs) -Hustle -have all pages link to the main sections of the site -Quotes -Quotes are inefficient. Have a line at the top that says how many lines are in the file. -Find a way to linebreak them so we don't get one word linebreaking at the end -Search function for blog -Categories visible in blog -Other bloglike features (comments, that blog-linking thing) RSS -Different sections, pick and choose? -News -Main site -Comic sites -Trivium -Morrowind -Any new comics -Gimpystick -Updates -Comics -Gimpystick items -Gimpystick comments -Personal Gimpystick updates Gimpystick: -Forward/back button while browsing individual pictures COMMENTS -Find a way to post a comment right under the picture so you can still see the picture while commenting -allow bb code/smilies in comments -Allow inline pictures(?) -Allow a direct pull from an artwiki entry? SCORING -Change the xx/90 into a "speedometer" or something, with three or so sections, red/yellow/green. -Have it be weekly/monthly, so things are more immediate. The x/90 speedometer can be on artist page instead. -Update upload page to record when a cheat happens -Add "?" or some such on the main page so people can click it for more info on what the score is -Make "Cheating" more visible when it shows up. -Start keeping track of when people signed up, and if it's less than 90 days, use that as the start date -Scorecard page with more numbers -Use the numbers on the artist pages -"Reset" button available once a year (or 3 months? What?) for when someone leaves and comes back and doesn't want to drag up from 0. GENERAL SITE -Allow "non-artist" logins for other people to leave comments -Rules of joining as an artist -terms and conditions of the site to be legal for people registering -rules of posting comments (linked as well in posting block) -errors include a list of choices to fix the error (images/artists) -Image not found has link to artist's page/main page -Author not found has a list of artists to select from -author.php list listing has improper "(inactive)" label -"Gimpystick Artists" on main page defaults to "latest updates" but has "alphabetical" option -"Latest updates" page that sorts all images by date uploaded -"subject idea" -20 questions with a coin -Random word/phrase builder for subject -noun, adverb noun, noun verb, noun verb noun, adverb noun verb noun, etc WIKI/HOWTO -Have a tutorial for making tutorials so they're complete and understandable -integrate a fact vs opinion and critique howto -tutorial links for offsite references -Wiki requires these major features: -Gimpystick login, only they can edit -Revision history with reversal -Image/file upload and attach/embed -Drawing material tutorial (see Pencils blog post) -Word bubble tutorial for comics -Basic Drawing Theory tutorials -Drawing as a language -Read it MUCH faster than a written language. Can't avoid reading it, even. -WTF -- ALWAYS -Making different kinds of marks -Drawing as a global skill (drawing from observation) -memory and imagation -(materials tutorial linked next) -Elements of drawing (accoring to professor Becker) -Ways of starting a drawing -Types of selection -Drawing Systems -Clean up inking tutorial -Put up DK's converted Gimp inking tutorial -Add "Photoshop" tutorial, change "new layer" etc into this tutorial -Add "tapering" section for mouse, but also useful for tablet -Fire, explosion, smoke, splash, and wave tutorials -Have definitions on the wiki, and auto-link words in comments. -Local Value, Charicature, Reflected Light, etc -Tips and tricks -Carry a sketchbook and pencil with you at all times. -Stickfigure drawing tutorial. Ratio of head to budy, angle of the arms/legs, etc. Stickfigure are better smaller than larger. -Figure drawing tutorial as outlined (summer? or later?) ARTIST PAGE -Have a fill-out section with things like: -How long been drawing -Age -State/Country -Favorite art style/piece/artist -Where they want to take their art (hobby, career, etc) -give the author a section of their page (or seperate page) they can do whatever they want with. -Give predefined things they can put in. -The only one I care about is their GOAL regarding art. -PM ability (artist <-> artist only?) -stats page -shows contests won -Update incentives -"daily" meter. For month/halfyear/year/all time -"cheat" meter when someone updates twice in one day -contests (all are "completion awards", not pitting people against their fellows) -monthly theme (plants, human body, etc, and have days/weeks where things are drawn) -ideas: cartoon pain, hammerspace -Draw other people's characters -scavenger hunt/checklist for ~40 day period earns "gold star" -Give "Cookies" for rewards (that appear on stats page). -Scavenger hunts and etc have cookie rewards -users can give cookie rewards for whatever. -Two gallery: "Gimpystick" and "Gimpystick Showcase" -"Message center" thing -Also "new scavenger hunt" appears on list. And theme months? -Email notification when you have a new message(?) (low priority) -Email reminder when someone hasn't updated for a week/month? -Old contests page -Next and previous image/artist buttons UPLOADS -Am I limiting the size of the name? Limit the size of the name. -Rules of uploading content (linked on upload page) -ability to edit previous submissions (title and text) -Preview for uploading pictures and editing text -"Resize image" when uploading, also rotation. SETTINGS -Time zone selection so the "today/yesterday" stuff works right for individuals -Email notifications -New scavenger hunt -New comment/PM (first time only) -"You haven't updated for a while" Miniforum -Pagination in history -different smilies for other schemes so the colors match -option to disable smilies (through cookie?) -make smilies.skaarj.com and let people image block it(?) -have an alternate URL to visit with no smilies(?) -Allow the user that just made a post to delete it if IP is the same and it's less than 15 minutes + no one else has posted -see miniforum todo list /miniforum/todo -Reserve names of Gimpystick (and forum?) -Registered people have different colored name -make global site account for forum, Gimpystick, and shoutboxes? Morrowind Comic -update news engine on the comic to latest version -Redesign it to link back to the main site (Use Trivium's layout?). -News engine -Add a new field to support subcategories -Clean up formatting -Add old news in Morrowind to database and update those sites to work with engine. -Archive page (On Gimpystick/Morrowind Comic) -Ability to edit old posts -History -Way to link to a specific news post (url # notation, other news on the page) Essays -"Kicking the habit" - how I stopped sucking my thumb -willpower stat, plus endurance stat. -Put up the 'funny unfunnied' article -Feeling vs Emotion article Comic Engine -Editing/deleting news/comics working -Integrate miniforum -options galore -how news is displayed on main and children -changing color scheme easily -a few different layouts shipped, instructions on how to make a new one -View types: Weekly, storyline-on-a-page, daily Gallery engine (on hold) -autothumbs -pagination -url upload (enter URL and it steals the picture) -"hot" directory for file uploading -Easy titling/captioning/commenting. Let users suggest stuff, too. -batch changes (delete, rename, move, etc) Reused sound effect page: (low priority, currently exists here to keep notes) -Doom Imp melee sound = UT2004 shock core hit sound (confirm?) -UT2004 corpse disappear sound = Tron 2.0 enemy death sound (confirm?) -The Command and Conquer soldier death. Used everywhere (Geneforge?) Used in Westwood's early RPG -Relm (FF6) = Eyes on Me (FF8) -FF8 "fragments of memories" == BoF2 grass field behind village? -Mega Man 7 Shademan - Ghost and Ghouls -Super Mario RPG and FF - Zozo/Here's Some Weapons!, Fight with Culex/Decisive Battle -SecondLife teleport == Morrowind teleport -"This is your story" FFX the same as some song in FF:MQ