Post by Greymuzzles on Jun 7, 2014 11:12:50 GMT 1
It seems that things are finally beginning to settle down for everyone now that coursework and exams are out of the way, and the school/college/uni year is drawing to a close, so what better way to celebrate, and kick off this very special month, than to
(Felis silvestris’ management apologises for its minions inane babbling. It would appear that said minion is yet to recover from back-to-back coursework and exams, and replacements are surprisingly hard to find.)
Reminders
SPOTLIGHTS
As you may or may not have noticed, the last few months have either been without nominations, or only one nomination post. Whilst I assume this is simply down to everyone begin busy, I’d like to remind you all that:
All members can nominate
Nominations always open on the 17th
Spotlight voting always begins on the 24th
I’m afraid to say that I’m going to be cracking down on this a lot more from here on out, which means that if there are no nominations by the 24th of the month, there will be no spotlights the following month. Sucks, I know, but extending the nominations necessitates a voting extension, which shortens the length of time a set of spotlights are up. Not great when they’re meant to be featured for a month.
ACTIVITY AND HIGH POSITIONS
I hate to mention this, I really do, but the rules make it quite clear that high positions are yours only so long as you’re active on the site. To quote:
‘Members owning high positions should post a minimum of once a fortnight (preferably with the high ranking character). Members failing to post one month or more, without prior notice, will lose the position.’
I understand that we’ve all been busy, which is why I’ve let this particular rule gather dust these past few months, but we’re now at the point when I have little real option but to begin cracking down on this. We need these cats, so as of July 1st, members who have been inactive (without prior warning) for a month or more will lose their high positions.
Sorry, guys. Like I said, I hate to do this, but needs must :/
PLOT
It’s still very much a nestling of a plot, but the precursors and first update have been available for some time now, so be sure to remind yourself of what little’s been put up. What we have right now is the foundations, so things will likely move a little slowly for a while, but hopefully they’ll get more interesting as time goes on. That said, these foundations won’t go anywhere fast if we’re not active…
/Hint
SHOP
Yeah. We have a shop, and an on-site currency for it. I’m not sure if this has been forgotten, missed, or simply doesn’t offer anything interesting enough, but inn case it’s one of the former two options, here’s a reminder.
REWARD SUGGESTIONS
Not so long ago I posted a thread requesting suggestions for some additional reward options. As yet there have been no responses, and whilst this isn’t a drama, I want to be sure that you guys know you have the opportunity to let me know what you’d like to see on this front.
STONECLAN TESTS
As mentioned in their clan information, Stoneclan tests all of its kits before choosing their mentors / deciding which specialities they are suited for. A thread asking for your design input has been available for some time, but is yet to collect any responses. This will remain open for another month or so, after which I will be closing it and putting together said tests from whatever suggestions might have been made.
FEATURE / LANDMARK SUGGESTIONS
Some of you may remember that I posted a thread asking for clan landmark suggestions shortly after opening FS. I just want to remind you all that this thread is still open, and such suggestions still very welcome, so feel free to post if you have any more ideas :3
CHAT AND MEMBERS POLLS / INTRODUCTIONS AND CHARACTER LISTS
These boards exist, guys. You can use them, you know…
New Features:
AD-FREE
Since you guys have started dropping by more often of late, and I’ve got a bit of spare cash, I’ve finally set up some ad-free for FS. It’s not much of a change, I know, but it’s just a little nicer, don’t you think?
MENU BAR
If you take a gander at the forums main menu bar you might just notice that it’s changed a touch (if you haven’t already). We now have a Pebbles and Games button, and both these and the Home and Profile buttons are now equipped with drop-down menus. Here’s hoping that this makes things a little easier to find :3
GAMES
Following up on a suggestion from Dusty, we now have some flash games tucked away on the site. Our starting ‘collection’ are a somewhat random selection, but there will be opportunities to suggest replacements / new additions in future, so keep an eye out.
On a related note, the Chess game is a plugin that allows you to play other members. The set-up for this one is different to that of the others – clicking the link will take you to the Games board, where you will need to click the ‘play chess’ option (next to ‘create thread’) to begin your game. Said game will be placed within its own thread, which you can use for chat (if so inclined), without impacting the game itself.
SPOTLIGHTS
Although the ‘classic’ versions of our spotlights will continue to be featured in our news table for the foreseeable future, they will now also be displayed on their own page. Said page has been set up to provide far more complete versions of said spotlights, and is accompanied by a new version of the original records – something that is also considerably more complete than the old. In other words, all previous spotlights are now much easier to look up, if you’re so inclined.
(Please note that the Pair of the Month spotlight for this page is still a work in progress. Hopefully it will be improved by the time a PotM is voted in.)
PORTAL
So named because we were meant to be directed to it upon login, but it turns out that a certain someone was an idiot and forgot to check that was possible before making it. The Portal is your one-stop-shop for a run-down of bookmarked, recent, and participated threads, notifications, personal messages, upcoming events, and polls, and will also contain a summary of the most recent news posts. It can be accessed using the Home drop-down menu, or using various links features on other pages.
Polls
There are currently no polls to answer.
Coming Soon:
FELIS SILVESTRIS’ FIRST ANNIVERSARY
Those new features I mentioned earlier? They’ve all been released as part of our Anniversary celebrations. Seems this site will have been open for a year come the 29th, and we’ll be getting a few more bits and pieces throughout the month to usher this year out, and welcome in the next. Keep an eye out, all!
PLOT UPDATES
With luck, the next plot update will arrive within the next month or so – but as mentioned earlier, this is very much depended on activity.
MAPS
They’re in the works, I swear. They’ve just been put to one side these past few months, but I plan to get back to them ASAP.
ADDITIONAL MENU OPTIONS
There are another three page-sets still in the works, and each of these will have their own menu button once they appear, so stay tuned!
THAT ‘THING’
Remember that thing I’d hoped to release back in February? Well, that’s still in the works (uni is a real time-eater XP) but with luck it’ll be ready to go at some point during the summer.