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Integration of sites

Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 6:29 am
by hiran
Hi there.

While I am often surfing to http://oolite.org/, http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Oolite_Main_Page and this wiki it is kind of annoying that once being here this is a dead end. To get to one of the other sites I have to open a browser and put in the URL myself. Yes, that could be even covered by bookmarks, of which I have many.

What will help many users though is if the forum menu had one or two entries more. And while at that, maybe the look and feel could also be made a bit more like http://oolite.org/. It would make whizzing between those three easier.

Just a suggestion though...

Hiran

Re: Integration of sites

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2021 5:30 pm
by Cholmondely
hiran wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 6:29 am
Hi there.

While I am often surfing to http://oolite.org/, http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Oolite_Main_Page and this wiki it is kind of annoying that once being here this is a dead end. To get to one of the other sites I have to open a browser and put in the URL myself. Yes, that could be even covered by bookmarks, of which I have many.

What will help many users though is if the forum menu had one or two entries more. And while at that, maybe the look and feel could also be made a bit more like http://oolite.org/. It would make whizzing between those three easier.

Just a suggestion though...

Hiran
Having mulled this over, I agree!

Would it possible to add a link to both Oolite.org & our wiki (either on the top bar with notification/private messages etc, or on the Quick Links menu)?

Re: Integration of sites

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2021 5:43 pm
by Cody
Cholmondely wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 5:30 pm
...add a link to both Oolite.org & our wiki (either on the top bar with notification/private messages etc, or on the Quick Links menu)?
Only Giles and Jens (and possibly Winston) have those admin permissions.

Re: Integration of sites

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2021 6:13 pm
by hiran
Cody wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 5:43 pm
Cholmondely wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 5:30 pm
...add a link to both Oolite.org & our wiki (either on the top bar with notification/private messages etc, or on the Quick Links menu)?
Only Giles and Jens (and possibly Winston) have those admin permissions.
...and, as I learned, all three of them have moved on. What a dilemma...

Re: Integration of sites

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2021 6:18 pm
by Cholmondely
hiran wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 6:13 pm
Cody wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 5:43 pm
Cholmondely wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 5:30 pm
...add a link to both Oolite.org & our wiki (either on the top bar with notification/private messages etc, or on the Quick Links menu)?
Only Giles and Jens (and possibly Winston) have those admin permissions.
...and, as I learned, all three of them have moved on. What a dilemma...
Well, Aegidian updated this BB back in March, and Winston helped sort out the issues in the wiki back in February. So it's not utterly dismal. Mayhaps it makes best sense to wait until we have a finalised list of requests for the BB before we start to bug Aegidian about it!

Re: Integration of sites

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2021 6:22 pm
by hiran
Cholmondely wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 6:18 pm
hiran wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 6:13 pm
Cody wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 5:43 pm
Only Giles and Jens (and possibly Winston) have those admin permissions.
...and, as I learned, all three of them have moved on. What a dilemma...
Well, Aegidian updated this BB back in March, and Winston helped sort out the issues in the wiki back in February. So it's not utterly dismal. Mayhaps it makes best sense to wait until we have a finalised list of requests for the BB before we start to bug Aegidian about it!
Then let's start collecting ideas. Probably more for the holy trinity of the sites.
We can create thread to collect ideas in a brainstorming manner, then put up a wiki page with the results.

Re: Integration of sites

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2021 6:28 pm
by Cody
To quote Bob Dylan: you don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows.

Re: Integration of sites

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2021 8:53 pm
by hiran
Cody wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 6:28 pm
To quote Bob Dylan: you don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows.
Full ack. But you cannot believe how often teams need an outsider to start seeing the elephant in the room.
;-)

Re: Integration of sites

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2021 9:05 pm
by Cody
There's an elephant in the room? Where's my gun?

Re: Integration of sites

Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 4:31 am
by Nite Owl
Cody wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 9:05 pm
There's an elephant in the room? Where's my gun?
It is probably in TUSCALOOSA.

Sorry.

Many, many, many moons ago, during the early days of my wayward youth, some amount of time was spent spouting Elephant Jokes. It is now considered an early, yet integral, part of my life long attempt to Understand Humor.

Re: Integration of sites

Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 6:24 am
by Cody
Nite Owl wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 4:31 am
Sorry.
And so you should be!