discussion Group Build badges / Tags.

[langy71]

Just wondering if there is a way that we could add some kind of 'badge' / tag to reflect the group builds we participate in, onto the bottom of our profiles.. the thought behind this is that it would be seen by other members and may influence more members to join in and become more active on the site.

eg.. the members taking part in the current 'spitfire' group build, upon finishing and posting final pics, get something like this .... 'Spitfire Group Build 2022'..... and possibly a link to the finished group build photos added to their profile..


It's just a thought (whilst I'm currently out my tree on pain killers) and feel free to shoot it down if it's not an easy thing to do,

 

[adt70hk]

Just wondering if there is a way that we could add some kind of 'badge' / tag to reflect the group builds we participate in, onto the bottom of our profiles.. the thought behind this is that it would be seen by other members and may influence more members to join in and become more active on the site.

eg.. the members taking part in the current 'spitfire' group build, upon finishing and posting final pics, get something like this .... 'Spitfire Group Build 2022'..... and possibly a link to the finished group build photos added to their profile..


It's just a thought (whilst I'm currently out my tree on pain killers) and feel free to shoot it down if it's not an easy thing to do,

Hi Chris

You can in a round about way...... Have a look at posts by the mod. Alan aka AlanG.

He lists his previous/in progress builds that then links to them.....the principle is exactly the same for a link to a GB thread etc., you just need to change the wording to reflect what you want to link to.

I'm at work so won't have a chance to look at how it works until this evening but I'm assuming it has to be somewhere in your signature profile based on how Alan does it.

HTH.

Andrew

 

[adt70hk]

Chris

Check out the below link.

Just bear in mind though that if you are looking at it on a phone you have to turn your phone so it's in landscape and the screen flips, otherwise you won't see it, at least that's how my phone works.... But that may of course be a limitation due to the size of the screen.

https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/spots-on-the-internet-2022.38455/post-621017

 

[John]

I've added a little badge that users can turn on and off themselves, but I don't think it's working right, I will continue to look at it

 

[adt70hk]

Thanks John.....

 

[Mr Test]

Testing user thingy

 

[boatman]

Testing user thingy

WELL MR TEST what are you testing ?
chrisb

 

[Ian M]

Not a bad idea Chris.

I've added a little badge that users can turn on and off themselves, but I don't think it's working right, I will continue to look at it

I can see you have taken part in the Spitfire GB 2022 Boss... Only cant find your build...lol :tongue-out2: :tears-of-joy: :tongue-out: :smiling5:

I think that it would be better as a simple link in the signatures though John. After five or six GB's the user info is going to get rather long....
Still we need a think over that...

 

[Mr Test]

You will see if it works

 

[Ian M]

lol.

 

[langy71]

make sure you don't mix up your test and your tickles.....

 

[rtfoe]

make sure you don't mix up your test and your tickles.....

Remember that the test results will be slightly lob sided. :tongue-out3:

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Tim Marlow]

You are testing adding group build labels aren’t you LOL……

 

[Mr Test]

You are testing adding group build labels aren’t you LOL……

How did you guess that lol

 

[PaulTRose]

i used to be on two other forums that did similar and always thought it a great idea.....cant for the life of me remember the names of them though..............one used to do a little 'medal'.....deferent design for each GB............the other used to do a ribbon /banner with the name of the gb...again different design for each GB

problem is you would need to limit the number you are allowed to have cos theres always someone who enters lots of gb's and after a year or two every post they make is long and colourful cos of all the ribbons

 

[Guest]

While you’re out testing things, you could also add a forum that’s invisible to everyone except a few select user groups

 

[stillp]

It worries me that it might get a bit competitive with people trying to outdo each other in the number of GBs. If so that would be a great shame, competitiveness is something this forum is thankfully free of.
Pete

 

[John]

While you’re out testing things, you could also add a forum that’s invisible to everyone except a few select user groups

What and who?

 

[John]

I've tested this and it almost works, it works fine on Mr Test but not me.

If we did use it rather than people having loads of badges, they would only show during the build, then they would be removed, so someone would only have a maximum based on current builds.

 

[AlanG]

While you’re out testing things, you could also add a forum that’s invisible to everyone except a few select user groups

We already have that. It's the admin section