Okay I've done some thinking, and the following are things that have no inspiration over what has been said already (even though some ideas are similar)
More Community InvolvementNow I wasn't a big user of the site when V2 was around, but I remember the front page having so much more to offer than there is now. I remember there was something by the name of Twodded(?). Either way, it would be great if there could be more things a P2Lian cool look forward to on the site.
I remember there being people (could be wrong) that searched for articles all over the net that they thought users would find handy. Just things like that keep us entertained greatly
Right now the only cool things this site offers is a Tutorial Engine and place to write tutorials (excluding the forums and all the contests etc it has right now). Forgive me if I'm wrong, but the whole place is a little bland at the moment.
Featured TutorialsOkay! Time to take this up a thousand notches! I have quite a few suggestions/things I'd like to see in this category:
- Two [or more] featured tutorials - For me [and probably many other people], I rarely ever go into the "Write" section to view tutorials, as they're already listed in the main P2L engine. So, it could almost make sense to have the featured Publisher tutorial on the front page as well.
- Previous Featured Tutorials - If you're like me, then you're a person who loves to be taught by the best quality tutorials (in terms of end product and ease-of-read etc). So, it would be really good if you guys could add in a feature that list all previous featured tutorials. This would also include previous feature Publisher tutorials - whether or not you want to put them into a seperate section is another thing.
- Faken's view [lame name lol] - Like on dA, maybe have a little section in the comments area or something where Faken (as he's the only one that approves of tutorials in the first place?) explains why he chose that particular tutorial to be featured (unless the user paid lol).
Site Design RenovationsAs said by a few other users in this topic, I think we all know it's time that P2L took a turn in the colour scheme and template industry. The Green & Blue has been awesome thus far, but wearing a bit thin in the boredom department.
Side-projectsTouching on what was already been said before. I'd really love to see side-projects coming out left right and centre - give the users something really cool to look forward to, or maybe something to ease tutorial search; be creative!
NGPixel, I remember a long while back you were working on a P2L MSN bot - now that was a REALLY cool idea, and I reckon it should be continued. If you don't have the time or something, why not try to introduce someone to your code (maybe someone already experienced, or someone who's trying to get into the desktop programming industry - kind of like a leg-me-up at the same time as learning).
Just things like that that people can enjoy using.
Also finding some members to be committed to being involved in some sweet P2L projects would be cool - as many of us are students and dying to get our hands on something like that.
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Now I understand that some of these things require enormous amounts of work from the Staff, which is why I love the idea of bringing in different users in different areas to help you guys out - Kind of like a win/win situation (I think lol).
Mind you, this is probably one of the reasons in the decrease of forum activity - a lot of site happenings went missing after v3 was introduced - so I don't think the increase in social networking is all to blame.
That's it from me... sorry if there's anything not clear in that peoples - I rushed through it all and couldn't be bothered to proof read
Atm my brain is bursting with more ideas... but I don't want to overwhelm you guys
Edited by Bug, 13 December 2007 - 08:59 AM.