New feature suggestion in TPT

  • TheExus
    22nd Apr 2016 Member 2 Permalink

      I have subconsciously wanted this idea I am about to propose. So without further to do, I would like to introduce subscriptions. Although I have not created any art for my idea but I will tell you the concept. Subscriptions are to work similar to how they do on youtube. You can access basically a page with the latest saves or updates of saves of the people you are subscribed to.

     

      There will be a sub-page (or a menu) accessable through the subscription page where you can view the people you are subscribed to and manage them (unsubscribe from them). In the subsciption page you can see the recent saves but you can filter these options for sorting them:

    • New Saves
    • Updates saves
    • New/Updates saves (both new and updated)

     

      I request this whole entire system be private. What do I mean by that? Well on youtube it is a fight on who has the most subscribers. I request not to make the subscriber amount of a given user known to anyone. You should only be able to see how many people you are subscribed to (in the manage subscriptions menu or whatever it would be called). I suppose moderators can get access to that information, but not the users. This is to remove any competition for the reason that this subscription idea is for the interest of if you want to see new saves from a certain player or players.

     

      I hope I made the idea understandable, please consider is fairly! Remember, it is a private feature, similar to the Favorites feature; nobody can see what saves you have favorited. You do not need to include every feature I have listed above, you change or add what is necessary.

    Thank-you, Namaste and Good Luck!

     

    Sincerely,

      TheExus.

    Edited once by TheExus. Last: 22nd Apr 2016
  • 08ohib
    22nd Apr 2016 Member 0 Permalink

    I think this is quite a good idea, so you can see saves form different users, that you wouldn't normally see on frontpage, as not everything gets there. :)

  • tptquantum
    22nd Apr 2016 Member 0 Permalink

    But they will be saves like "SUBSCRIBE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!". I don't like the idea.

  • TheExus
    22nd Apr 2016 Member 0 Permalink

    @tptquantum (View Post)

     That's why I proposed it be private. That may be a problem unless they make a rule not to do that.

  • Catelite
    22nd Apr 2016 Former Staff 1 Permalink
    Like deviantArt's system, in other words. Subscribe to someone, see all the saves they make.
  • TheExus
    3rd May 2016 Member 0 Permalink

    Will this idea be moved?

  • jacob1
    4th May 2016 Developer 0 Permalink
    Subscriptions are definitely a planned feature, yes. I've wanted them for years. Originally I planned to add it to my mod using an api jacksonmj created, but now I have access to the website code so could make it an official thing. Unless we get more developers I can't really see it happening though ):

    It took a long time but I eventually finished school and got a job so I haven't done much TPT development this year, besides finally getting 91.0 out.

    I also don't know if I have enough access to do everything I need. I could do it but it might be dangerous with no way to fix it (releasing 91.2/91.3 was dangerous too with the access I had, but I did it anyway and the only issues were minor ... and still not fixed). If I accidentally break the database (this would require database changes), that wouldn't be very good.

    @tptquantum (View Post)
    That isn't really an issue, this would just be a hidden thing. Should we not have votes because people will be like "PLEASE VOTE!!!"? Well people do that anyway, we just unpublish the saves and it hasn't been a problem in years.
  • TheExus
    11th May 2016 Member 0 Permalink

    @jacob1 (View Post)

     Alright, awesome! I hope things come together and this feature gets finished. I wish I knew LUA, but I don't :(
    Best of luck!