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12-12-2015, 03:07 PM
Hey guys!
So, it's finally back - the adoptables system! And, it comes with a few improvements, too...
Final notes that aren't going to be pretty with circles because I'm weird like that:
* If you have characters under your "Manage" tab that are listed as "unavailable" despite never having been adopted, they were marked as adopted by administrators during a sweep to clean up adoptables no one wanted at the time. Check with an admin before putting these back up for adoption.
* Do you guys want to be able to view a listing of "Adopted" characters? There isn't one right now because there's no way to distinguish between adopted characters and aforementioned cleaned-out characters.
Two last words:
* This song is too sexy for my own good. Click.
* I'm now going to go to my giant pony and put salve in her eye. Having to do that twice a day was exactly what I needed right now to manage my stress levels. :B :B :B :B :B :B :B /wants pity cake
--- NEO
So, it's finally back - the adoptables system! And, it comes with a few improvements, too...
- Improved design! I gave it a face-lift to match the theme of the site better, as it now (sorta) mimics a profile when you view an adoptable!
- A cookie remembers which Species tab you had open the last time you visited the main page, and will reload that tab upon being opened again.
- I know that some people ran into the problem of 'You don't own this character!' when trying to put a pre-existing account up for adoption. This has been solved, by making it very easy: you can only put an account up for adoption by being logged in to it! So be careful with that checkbox...
- The manage tab contains the controls for your adoptables. The same controls are available as links on the adoptable's "view" page, if you're the owner or an admin. Control/Manage is based upon your account switcher, so it shows all adoptables associated with your account/s.
- In the same vein, the system will only display adoptables created by someone with at least 1 account in an "active" usergroup (any of the herds, Unclaimed, Outcast, Other, SWP, or an admin rank). This is because it feels slightly unfair to display an adoptable for someone you have no means of contacting anymore. If you find one of your adoptables is missing from the list, ask an admin to change its "Created by" ID to your current main and it should show up again!
- Even if you entered an older account as the Creator, it's going to display a link to your current main account on the View page (as long as the accounts are linked).
- Creator ID is pre-set to your current master account, to make it even less of a hassle to figure out. :)
- NEW FIELD: "Vision"! This is for more specific things like, what you would like to see a potential adopter do with the character! For example, certain plots, story arcs, developments, etc. Basically, a place to expand on your expectations, hopes, wishes and ideas. :)
- Did I make a typo or an oopsie? Let me know xD
- Also, final note: if you have to fiddle with the adoptables, for example mark one as "adopted" or ask an admin to do it, you might run a risk of getting it set to the "Unclaimed" usergroup. Just explain in rank updates if this is the case. I'm sorry about this, but I think it'll only happen when done from the Admin CP. I'm too lazy to fix it because, aside from this one occasion when characters might've gotten taken out manually when the system was down, it should not be a problem in the future. ;D
- DELETING AN ADOPTABLE does not delete the account, if one exists. It just removes it from the Adoptable system. :)
Final notes that aren't going to be pretty with circles because I'm weird like that:
* If you have characters under your "Manage" tab that are listed as "unavailable" despite never having been adopted, they were marked as adopted by administrators during a sweep to clean up adoptables no one wanted at the time. Check with an admin before putting these back up for adoption.
* Do you guys want to be able to view a listing of "Adopted" characters? There isn't one right now because there's no way to distinguish between adopted characters and aforementioned cleaned-out characters.
Two last words:
* This song is too sexy for my own good. Click.
* I'm now going to go to my giant pony and put salve in her eye. Having to do that twice a day was exactly what I needed right now to manage my stress levels. :B :B :B :B :B :B :B /wants pity cake
--- NEO
