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Author Topic: AgendaDB.com - 12/18 6:02pm build  (Read 531 times)
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« on: December 18, 2009, 08:11:31 PM »

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New testers read here

Here's some info on how to test. First, head to www.agendadb.com. The credentials are:

U: adb_user
P: something

Here's features that I've worked on that I'd appreciate people taking a look at:

  • Skill Calculator: I've improved the bonus totalling. Need lots of feedback on this tool
  • Screenshot submissions: Does it work? Does the interface for creating thumbnails make any sense?
  • Equipment Add/Edit: Either go to add equipment or pick one and use the edit link. How usable is the current interface? I'll be writing documentation at some point and removing all those useless icons for the list later.

Note: Looks like adding/editing with additional mods is broken at the moment.
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« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2009, 01:49:30 AM »

The site does not like me   Angry
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« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2009, 06:45:34 AM »

regarding skill calculator

i rly like the way those bonuses are beeing added - its not like they appear instantly - u did it to appear slower, but fast enough not to be iritated.

also i like the green/red numbers when an already existing bonus has increased/decreased.

to sum up - all i find needed for skill calculator are bigger icons/images/wahtever u call it


ah and the tooltip boxes are now working properly - so all i reported yesterday have been fixed.

GJ !

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« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2009, 11:22:52 AM »

The site does not like me   Angry

What do you mean...?
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« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2009, 03:07:06 PM »

Wow!  I'm very impressed so far, everything I've tried seems to be working well.  Did you build this from scratch?

I did have some trouble figuring out how to upload an image and select the thumbnail.  There should be some text that describes to the user to "click and drag on the 'original image' to select a thumbnail".  Some other suggestions:

Move the "Uploaded Image" blue box above the actual image.  I was trying to click on this box to start my drag but couldn't.  Another suggestion is to automatically select some portion of the "Uploaded Image" automatically for the user.  In my first case, I uploaded an image that was slightly smaller than the "thumbnail".  Ideally, I should be able to just click "Done" without having to do any cropping.  Maybe if the uploaded image size < thumbnail, automatically select the entire image.  If it's larger you could automatically select the exact dimensions of the thumbnail from the top-left of the uploaded image.  This would make it more clear that they can expand, drag, etc. to crop.

FINALLY, there doesn't seem to be a way to clear the selection except clicking outside of the selected area.  If someone selects the entire "uploaded image", they have no way to change it.  Hope these make sense, great job so far!!
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« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2009, 03:27:14 PM »

http://www.agendadb.com/equipment/view/36

I managed to break the thumbnail for one of my uploads.  I can't seem to reproduce, maybe you'll have some debug though.  Also, I don't see any way to delete comments, screenshots, etc.  I'll stay on this peice of Medic equipment so I don't scatter bad info everywhere.

Edit:

The captcha seems to be stuck... displays "asau" right now and I can't seem to get it to change. 
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« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2009, 04:08:53 PM »

Thanks for the feedback and testing TuckWat, very useful!

The image upload area does need more explanation, it's on the (long) list. I'll be messing with that whole feature more, it should be easier.

Moderator/admin accounts can delete comments/screenshots. I'll probably add a way to delete one's one submssions. Screenshots will need approval before they are posted as well, I just have them auto-approve at the moment.


When did the captcha break on you?

Regarding development, yes I did build this up myself on top of a webapp framework so the low level functions (like database abstraction, MVC, etc) were there to be built upon. Other than that, jQuery and various plugins. I'm a web engineer at Intuit (TurboTax/Quicken) during the day so I spend quite a bit of time doing this stuff  Wink. I've been building this since the beginning of September.
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