AnswerBank Update Coming Monday (We Think!)

[AB Editor]

Good Afternoon,

We've got some good news - there's going to be a site update on Monday.

That's right, you now have an excuse to go to the pub this coming Monday - don't say we don't ever do anything nice for you!

Some things which might get upgraded/added while you're having a pint or three:

(if you've not got much time, just read 6 & 7! Quick!)

1. Improved Contact Us Page - Bigger text, bigger boxes, no requirement for a phone number (as it was causing some to head to spam) clearer and cleaner... we hope

2. Improved Registration Page - Believe it or not, some new users have trouble signing up or put the wrong information in the wrong place. We've improved the layout of the registration page to make everything clearer.

3. Improved Ads on Desktop and Mobile Sites - currently there's some spots on the site where we can't get the most for the space we've got. We're changing that. Better cash flow means better improvements down the line.

4. Housekeeping! - excitingly there's a few improvements to the tools I use to manage the site. This includes things like being able to move threads and categories around. We can finally move Crosswords to a top-level category! I can FINALLY move your stray questions into the right category!

5. Deactivate Account Button - Those who want to leave AB (for whatever reasons) will be able to revoke their account with the click of a button. It makes flounces more fun and flounce denounces even funnier.

6. Best Answers V 2.0 - You'll now be able to see threads where others have had their answer marked as best in the public profile.

7. Badges - To recognise the outstanding contributions of some members of this excellent website we've put together a "badge" system. Badges are earned through contributions to the site. They include things like the "newscaster" badge for posting a great number of threads in News and "debator" for contributing to a certain number of long threads. We'll reveal all the badges and how one would achieve them once the site is live.

Hope this all sounds palatable to you. We'll update you as we get closer to the launch.

Please let me know what you think.

All the best,

Ed

[LoftyLottie]

LOL Chuck Brilliant.

[albaqwerty]

are they pure cotton though Lottie? :-)

(ps I want to ask you a question about your neck of the woods, but will have to find a suitable category, probably homes, sorry to digress Ed)

[LoftyLottie]

Yes pure cotton!!

I shall look out in the homes section Alba and hope I can help.

[Baldric]

Oi CF, stop nicking my ideas!

post at 15:36

;o)

[Nibble]

Badges to be sewn on Gnomish Hats?

[AB Editor]

There is an Acolyte badge Nibble.

[LoftyLottie]

Perhaps we could be issued with gnome hats after being AB members for a length of time with no suspensions!! I would wear mine with pride!!

[AB Editor]

I think there is a case for a special AB "jacket" for some of you. It's really cozy, but you need someone else to do the straps up at the back...

[LoftyLottie]

Hmmmmm

[Nibble]

Who'll tie the last AB'er into the required jacket when we've all reached a sufficiency of answers though, I wouldn't like to come over all undone halfway through a posting :)

[AB Editor]

Oh, there's always new ones Nibble :)

I'm tweaking the badge thresholds at the moment to make sure most of them get distributed properly. I think I set the thresholds a little too high to begin with.

[jno]

will there, be, erm, special cakes, say, for moderator of the month?

Not that I'm thinking of anyone at the Co-Op in particular, mind.

[Mick-Talbot]

we've put together a "badge" system.


I can't wait.
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[Mick-Talbot]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qkSe4YM7EY

[Mick-Talbot]

How odd .... I put a link in the first post and nothing, then get two in the following post.

[Mamyalynne]

I have my Ink well monitor badge, an upgrade to Prefect would be nice.

[Nibble]

Anyone for pencil sharpener monitors (I was one - that was my limit in school) :) In terms of H&S we may need one again.

[whiskeryron]

If I get 4 suspenders will they help to hold me trousers up ?

WR.

[DTCwordfan]

will there be a poetry badge, madge?

[boxtops]

We ought be able to buy AB t-shirts - that would announce to the world who we are, without revealing our IDs.

Income generation, Ed?