Greetings fellow MapCorians!
Do you like MapCore? Would you like to help us making this place even cooler? Do you have the coding skills to add thread rating support to our phpBB?
If the answer is yes - then this is your chance to give some love back to the community!
First off let me answer you two questions, which you might already have on your mind by now:
Why do we want to add rating support for threads on this board? Will you be able to rate threads in each section?
For now - we only want to add it to the "Finished Work" gallery, because this is the section which sparked the idea and needs such a system the most.
Why? Because right now the ability to elevate threads and members to "spotlight" status (resulting the work to be displayed on the front page) is exclusive to Moderators and Admins on this board and we plan to change this.
There are no guidelines that determine when a level "is fun" enough or a scene "looks good" enough to deserve spot light status. If the "general consensus" taken from the replies qualified the work to be good enough, it was moved by one of our mods or admins to the Spotlight gallery, but this definition is a bit loose and from time to time excellent work slips under the radar.
The ability for regular people from the community to rate threads can change this.
Our plan is to give community members the ability to rate threads that are posted in the Finished Work section and once a thread reaches a certain number of votes and a minimum average rating - the mods will move it to the gallery and put it on the front page.
Everything clear so far?
Great.
Now this is where you come in.
Right now this whole rating system is still pure fiction. Me personally - I am happy to find my way around this board without getting lost or deleting half of the database, so messing with the inner works of the board and adding features is clearly beyond me.
Mojo knows how to do some tricks, but he's also a very busy man, so we need somebody to help us out!
If you think you have the dedication and time to add such a feature to the MapCore board please send a PM to Mojo. He will take your offer from there.
Anyone having questions? Anyone thinking this is a horrible idea and we should all burn at a stake for bringing this up? Feel free to post comments and suggestions below.
