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Re: Some important GS issues
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 3 Nov 2000 06:56:37 GMT
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Jon Palmer <jpalmer@oklahoma.net> wrote in message
news:G3DEBH.Aoq@lugnet.com...
> I really need some input on the categories on the site before it gets a • lot
> bigger.
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> -What do you guys think of the categories so far? Are they named
> appropriatly?
> Are some misleading?
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> -Should there be more? If there were more specialized sections would that • be
> confusing? Would a long menu bar be annoying?
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> -Should I have less categories?
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> -What do you think about the order of the categories? Biggest to smallest • or
> grouped by type?
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> -Furthermore how is the menu bar working anyway? Is it helping you find a
> ship effectively? Easy to navigate?
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> -Should I always have a Capital ship section or should I split the ships • up
> into their respective categories? (like have a carrier section, a • destroyer
> section, a freighter section...)
Maybe you should have a database with multiple keywords for each creation
submitted to the GS archives. Based on the number of creations available,
you could use these keywords to determine your level of discrimination. For
example, when I submit a fighter, I might catagorize it as a 'medium,
carrier based space superiority fighter' or 'heavy ground based variable
configuration fighter/gunship'. Initially, when there are 10 total
fighters, you could have a single 'fighter' category. When the number grows
to 30, you could split them into 'light, medium, and heavy' fighters. When
light fighters grow to 30, you could split them into 'carrier based and
ground based' or 'variable configuration and static configuration' or
whatever. The heirarchy would grow with the content. The *coolest* way to
present the GS would involve a database that lets the user discriminate
dynamically based on any keywords he or she likes. "Show me variable heavy
fighters by Jon Palmer".
When I think Spaceworld, I think universal space model archive with
relational groupings by author, world, and so forth.
-Doug
> The Galactic Shipyard
> http://www.oklahoma.net/~jpalmer
^V^^V^
I am: Damraska@Excite.com
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| This is an awesome idea. Instead of having these static categories which are more or less seperate I could have one database to dip into. I love the idea of having the keywords asigned to a creation-- a user could make any sort of list they wanted. (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Some important GS issues
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| I really need some input on the categories on the site before it gets a lot bigger. -What do you guys think of the categories so far? Are they named appropriatly? Are some misleading? -Should there be more? If there were more specialized sections (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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