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Post by natsalilfly on Apr 10, 2012 18:12:10 GMT -5
That's what we're talkin' about Brosin
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Post by brosin on Apr 11, 2012 0:55:53 GMT -5
Okay guys - here's what I got as my list. Really appreciating all the feedback as it has really helped in knowing what to put on this list.
Still have to put together the links to these different answers (and still finishing the answers), but if you could please take a look at this and let me know if there's anything not on this list that you had a question about. Thanks!
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Rant Finance Website
What is Rant Finance all about? How do I get started at Rant Finance? How do I sign up for Rant Finance? What are the benefits of signing up for Rant Finance? Where can I find the Rant Finance Terms of Use / Terms of Service? I’d like to read the Rant Finance Privacy Policy, where can I find it? Where can I find Rant Finance Blogs? I’d like to start my own Rant Finance Blog, can do I do that? I’d like to write for Rant Finance, can I do that? What are the benefits of blogging or writing for Rant Finance? How do I comment on an Article?
Rant Finance Members
I just signed up, why can’t I log in? How do I fill out my profile and add an avatar? How do I accumulate points? How do I participate in Rant Finance Contests? What do I get if I win a contest? What do I get if I finish in the top 3 for points in a given month, quarter, or year?
Rant Finance Social Network
What is the Member Activity Feed? How do I filter and customize my personal Activity Feed? How do I add a friend? How do I share an idea? What’s the difference between a Group and a Forum? What’s the difference between the Group Directory page and Forum Directory page? How do I join a Group Forum? Can I start my own Group Forum? How do I make a Group Forum post? Do I have to start a Group Forum post to talk to members of the group? Can I make a general post that isn’t in any particular Group Forum? I just replied to a post, comment, or group forum topic on the activity feed, why can’t I see it in the group forum? How do I share my ideas with Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest? How do I publicly message another user? How do I privately message another user? How do I post a chart from the website? How do I share a chart from the website? What’s considered good behavior? How do I delete my account?
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yjfang
Broker/Dealer
Posts: 525
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Post by yjfang on Apr 11, 2012 2:07:37 GMT -5
I am really diggin the blogger stuff you guys! WOW. I am gonna be on that site all day long. You think I can reserve the name "Fang's Venom" for when one day I am smart enough to write stuff that people might actually want to read...
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Post by brosin on Apr 11, 2012 11:37:25 GMT -5
Sure YJ we will trademark that one for you - you could get started right away if you wanted! You know you have enough stuff for people to want to read, even now ;D
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Post by jack on Apr 11, 2012 19:25:25 GMT -5
It would be cool if we could get it to automatically refresh I second that!!!! Taj knows how to do that pls incorporate that feature I'm getting carpal tunnel as it is anything to mitigate that would be greatly appreciated.
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Post by exabi on Apr 11, 2012 19:56:52 GMT -5
Use the time and date when posted, not the elapsed time since post.
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Post by tajmahal9898 on Apr 11, 2012 20:15:37 GMT -5
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Post by jack on Apr 11, 2012 20:58:59 GMT -5
Rant font is smaller and not as dark as Fastopia. I have 20/20 and I'm having difficulty.
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Post by natsalilfly on Apr 11, 2012 21:21:25 GMT -5
Rant font is smaller and not as dark as Fastopia. I have 20/20 and I'm having difficulty. Yes I've been feeling squinty over there on the forum
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Post by brosin on Apr 11, 2012 22:19:19 GMT -5
It would be cool if we could get it to automatically refresh I second that!!!! Taj knows how to do that pls incorporate that feature I'm getting carpal tunnel as it is anything to mitigate that would be greatly appreciated. Do you guys mean auto refreshing the activity feed, or the whole board?
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Post by brosin on Apr 11, 2012 22:19:58 GMT -5
Rant font is smaller and not as dark as Fastopia. I have 20/20 and I'm having difficulty. Yes I've been feeling squinty over there on the forum Yeah I'll take a look. I upped the font once - are we talking forums or the articles, or all of the above?
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Post by jack on Apr 11, 2012 22:31:10 GMT -5
Yes I've been feeling squinty over there on the forum Yeah I'll take a look. I upped the font once - are we talking forums or the articles, or all of the above? Just checked the homepage: All the above. Put both side by side and measure the same word to see how much Rant fonts need to expand. Thanks
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Post by natsalilfly on Apr 11, 2012 22:36:44 GMT -5
I think the small fonts are mostly in the forums but can't check while on my iPhone. Also, I think we're asking for auto refreshing like on Facebook - posts just appear in the feed as soon as posted. Can that be done? Its really cool.
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Post by kryptos2009 on Apr 12, 2012 9:20:08 GMT -5
Is there a way to set the time shown to our local timezone?
Is there a way to add a signature to a profile?
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Post by natsalilfly on Apr 12, 2012 9:27:07 GMT -5
Is there a way to set the time shown to our local timezone? Is there a way to add a signature to a profile? There should be a way to add signatures, as I recently joined another forum that uses WP and all those users have signatures - I haven't added one yet. But that forum is very sloppy and not as attractive as our Rant Site. There is a place for bloggers to have a "bio". I couldn't get mine to activate so Brosin did it for me. www.rantfinance.com/2012/04/11/not-gonna-buy-this-stock-yet/
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Post by natsalilfly on Apr 12, 2012 11:51:15 GMT -5
Brosin - I just noticed a "Group Forums powered by Fastopia" on the homepage with direct links to the Trading Floor, Saloon, and Chart Addicts. Is this new? Anyway, it looks good.
I clicked on Trading Floor where I could see Kryptos PPTD thread for today. I clicked on that expecting it to take my directly to the discussion, but it took me to the link to open it up. It was pretty straightforward, but this seems like one extra step than it needs to be. Is there a reason for that, or can that last step be eliminated?
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Post by brosin on Apr 12, 2012 11:55:19 GMT -5
We're trying to see if people like to comment on articles more than they like replying to forum topic (seems to be that way so far).
That's the key though, to your point, in figuring out what people like to do. We're all kind of still feeling things out. Notice that the PPDT article has plenty of replies while the forum topic doesn't have any.
I may just add a drop down back under the "Traders" part on the homepage - before it had drop downs for the PPDT, FFR, Wrap, Poll but we weren't sure if that was the way to go. Starting to lean back that way because as you said and as Kryptos and we were discussing last night, it's helpful to just have a one button click to take you right to the PPDT thread.
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Post by natsalilfly on Apr 12, 2012 11:56:35 GMT -5
Oh I think I see now. Kryptos initial posting is like an "article" and the rest are comments.
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Post by brosin on Apr 12, 2012 11:56:56 GMT -5
Oh and that thing with the Trading Floor, Charts, and Saloon isn't new, although I changed the default setting of what it is showing to "Popular" compared with the prior setting of "Active" - I think it'd be nice to have it show 5 instead of 3, so that could be coming too. Everything is still a work in progress, that's for sure! The feedback we've gotten both positive and negative has been great
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Post by brosin on Apr 12, 2012 11:58:04 GMT -5
Oh I think I see now. Kryptos initial posting is like an "article" and the rest are comments. Yep it's an article that goes into the PPDT category and also in his Kryptos Korner blog category that is in the blogger dropdown. If I add the PPDT category to the "Trader" drop down, that'd be there too.
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Post by brosin on Apr 12, 2012 11:59:08 GMT -5
Oh and that thing with the Trading Floor, Charts, and Saloon isn't new, although I changed the default setting of what it is showing to "Popular" compared with the prior setting of "Active" - I think it'd be nice to have it show 5 instead of 3, so that could be coming too. Everything is still a work in progress, that's for sure! The feedback we've gotten both positive and negative has been great We're also going to have the "powered by Fastopia" actually show the Fastopia logo but the code for how to get a picture to look right is a little tricky
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Post by natsalilfly on Apr 12, 2012 12:00:58 GMT -5
We're trying to see if people like to comment on articles more than they like replying to forum topic (seems to be that way so far). That's the key though, to your point, in figuring out what people like to do. We're all kind of still feeling things out. Notice that the PPDT article has plenty of replies while the forum topic doesn't have any. I may just add a drop down back under the "Traders" part on the homepage - before it had drop downs for the PPDT, FFR, Wrap, Poll but we weren't sure if that was the way to go. Starting to lean back that way because as you said and as Kryptos and we were discussing last night, it's helpful to just have a one button click to take you right to the PPDT thread. It's a little awkward that the comment box and the most recent comment are separated by the comments. I think we're used to seeing the last comment while we respond, either via quote or at the bottom of the page. We should get other's opinion about this - I recommend people get over to that thread today to try it out. See what real-time market conversation is like just keep it all on the PPDT for today and tomorrow so we don't get lost. I bet some real practical suggestions will come out of that.
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Post by brosin on Apr 12, 2012 12:03:29 GMT -5
That's a good call out. Especially because the comments start w most recent and move downward. Maybe we reverse that like it is here in PB?
Or we maybe move the comment box to the top if we keep the order as is. I agree it'd be nice to have everyone start testing it a little more
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Post by natsalilfly on Apr 12, 2012 12:12:44 GMT -5
FUNNY, SMART PEOPLE needed on the Rant Site! I'm going to take a shower now, but when I come back I personally need some humor over on the Rant PPDT thread
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Post by kryptos2009 on Apr 12, 2012 12:13:01 GMT -5
Looks like the most recent reply shows at the top of all the comments and the "comment box" is all the way at the bottom.
In Fastopia, the most recent comment is the last one shown at the bottom of the page with the comment/reply box right below it.
Also, I noticed where it appears that A2L hit the "reply" button on Cosmic's post so his commentary is inline/associated with Cosmic's post rather than the overall thread.
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Post by kryptos2009 on Apr 12, 2012 12:14:31 GMT -5
Don't know if you saw this one Bros: Is there a way to set the time shown to our local timezone? Is there a way to add a signature to a profile?
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Post by natsalilfly on Apr 12, 2012 12:17:40 GMT -5
Looks like the most recent reply shows at the top of all the comments and the "comment box" is all the way at the bottom. In Fastopia, the most recent comment is the last one shown at the bottom of the page with the comment/reply box right below it. Also, I noticed where it appears that A2L hit the "reply" button on Cosmic's post so his commentary is inline/associated with Cosmic's post rather than the overall thread. Yes I just replied to Brosin's comment so I could see his comment while I wrote, and it appeared at the top. New comments are like a new subthread. This may be an option we like - we need more opinions...
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Post by kryptos2009 on Apr 12, 2012 12:17:44 GMT -5
I do like how the initial PPDT starter post stays visible at the top all the time with the running commentary below it. I don't know how many times on here I have had to go back to page 1 to see my original post to check the PP's.
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Post by natsalilfly on Apr 12, 2012 14:13:37 GMT -5
Comment boxes have sprung up everywhere!
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Post by brosin on Apr 12, 2012 14:32:43 GMT -5
Don't know if you saw this one Bros: Is there a way to set the time shown to our local timezone? Is there a way to add a signature to a profile? Hey Kryptos sorry, yeah I did see it. After looking into it, I'm still not sure for the time and will have to get back to you. I know there's a time setting for the whole site, but not sure how to customize it by person (there's gotta be a way just have to find it) other than making it sysdate in the website code which I have to locate For a signature, do you mean one for your posts as an author, or for your profile itself? There is an "About Me" feature for authors where if you set it up we can click a button and have that display under your posts - check out a post by Cosmic in his blog for example. If you mean for the profile itself, there's technically no field for it just yet although we're still playing around with some things like how to display your "money makers" & "money breakers" on each person's activity screen and stuff like that. The way you can do one now is to do the "What's new, Brosin(whoever)" and post it in your profile. This has the effect of storing it for when you go to the member directory page although it won't show below each activity feed entry from you or anything like that
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