RTB Gallery System

[laremere]

I think preset tags would be a better idea because you'd run into people using many different ways to label the same thing, such as "Futuristic Space", and not so intelligent people using tags like "scence ficton" or "Sy Fy".  I think it would be less work if there were preset tags, but there was a field where you could request new tags that would have to be approved by a mod.  If they think it is a unique tag worth being added, the mod would be able to change the name to something better if the name they suggested wasn't too descriptive, and create the tag automatically applying it to the build that suggested it.  Mods could also create tags without builds at any time obviously.

In addition to helping make similar tags the same, it would cut down on tags that aren't really worth being tags that newbies spam because they think the more tags they can spam the better it is, such as "road" or "brick" in a city build.

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[TMAN7676]

i have an idea, in the gallery, there is all these sorts of builds, then you save them, they go to a folder that YOU made, like Minigame or space station, i dl a space station, i get to chose where it goes to

[Chrono]

i have an idea, in the gallery, there is all these sorts of builds, then you save them, they go to a folder that YOU made, like Minigame or space station, i dl a space station, i get to chose where it goes to

Or so calcSaveOffset actually works properly, save it to the correct map folder.

[TMAN7676]

Or so calcSaveOffset actually works properly, save it to the correct map folder.

one of your choice, you could even set it to minigame even its just some house

[Chrono]

Or how about it gets set to the map folder it's supposed to so it works properly?

[Wedge]

For build tags, other tag based sites usually just let people tag their own things whatever they want. Popular tags and popular searches get displayed on the home page in larger font. So if every build uses the tag "house" and then someone decides to type "hooooouse" instead because they think they're being funny, no one will be able to find their build when they search for house. When people go to submit saves they will tend to pick the common (larger) tags so that their saves have more visibility.

It regulates itself and we don't have to spell check everyone or enforce consistency. To start it up with a good database of "acceptable" tags you can just upload every build you have and type the tags you want people to use to start off the site with a couple of "big" tags.

If people type every old tag in to get their save to show up people can just vote it down since the builds will probably be stuffty anyway. You could also put in a "flag tag" button and if enough people click it (say 30?) the tag gets hidden and reported to moderators to either approve or change the tag.

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Terrain builds.

Loserheros builds.

A to z.

ID from lowest to highest.

[Chrono]

For build tags, other tag based sites usually just let people tag their own things whatever they want. Popular tags and popular searches get displayed on the home page in larger font. So if every build uses the tag "house" and then someone decides to type "hooooouse" instead because they think they're being funny, no one will be able to find their build when they search for house. When people go to submit saves they will tend to pick the common (larger) tags so that their saves have more visibility.

It regulates itself and we don't have to spell check everyone or enforce consistency. To start it up with a good database of "acceptable" tags you can just upload every build you have and type the tags you want people to use to start off the site with a couple of "big" tags.

If people type every old tag in to get their save to show up people can just vote it down since the builds will probably be stuffty anyway. You could also put in a "flag tag" button and if enough people click it (say 30?) the tag gets hidden and reported to moderators to either approve or change the tag.

Sounds like a golden idea.

[Ephialtes]

I like Wedge's idea, apart from the flag tags. That'd be a really intense job for moderators because I know people would go all self-righteous and nit-pickety and report even the smallest problems with tags. I can see reports for builds tagged with "doric pillar" saying "hmm no I looked at the wikipedia article, this is definitely an Ionic pillar - no doubt about it!". For example, how many times do users run around threads on these forums going "this should be in forum X"? Exactly.

[Truce]

Tags aside, I think a "build response" feature would be interesting. Similar to Youtube video responses, users would be able to post a gallery submission related to the original submission, assuming the original uploader allows it. This could give some options such as "build a cool interior for my house and post your result!", "can you make a better landscape?", or perhaps even if someone makes a "warehouse DM", then they could respond to their own with "hillside DM" (assuming its related in the weapon/etc sense).