New version of stepmania.com

[dAnceguy117]

http://beta.stepmania.com/

now might be a good time for some of us to join up, no? I mean, we kind of play the game they make, and stuff. would be pretty cool if we can help them out in any way.

[Fission]

i couldn't even figure out how to change my avatar after i uploaded it and i have to change my password to upload an avatar. this site is pretty balls in terms of usability.

[cedolad]

it's pretty though

[dAnceguy117]

there are definitely some iffy things with the site and forums currently. "beta" is in the URL after all. there's a section on the forums to report this stuff so they can make it better. sounds cool to me.

Originally Posted by Fission

i couldn't even figure out how to change my avatar after i uploaded it

there should be a few buttons available after uploading an image. you also have to hit "save changes" or something like that near the bottom afterward.

Originally Posted by Fission

and i have to change my password to upload an avatar.

technically you can enter your original password and still update your profile. but yeah, that's irksome and should be reported.

[Xyr-]

Originally Posted by Fission

i couldn't even figure out how to change my avatar after i uploaded it and i have to change my password to upload an avatar. this site is pretty balls in terms of usability.

You don't have to change the password to update anything, just enter your current one again.

[aj187]

The site is still very much a work in progress; there's a thread where problems and suggestions could be reported.

[Izzy]

Originally Posted by Fission

i couldn't even figure out how to change my avatar after i uploaded it and i have to change my password to upload an avatar. this site is pretty balls in terms of usability.

Weird, I explicitly didn't upload an avatar and it put it in for me from fuck knows where.

[Arkuski]

Originally Posted by danceguy

I swag, and I surf

[dAnceguy117]

now to think of ways to try to break SM5 so I have something worthwhile to contribute. hmmm

[Pseudo Enigma]

the site's an eyesore imo

[choof]

so are you

[Pseudo Enigma]

Originally Posted by choof

so are you

thanks. While I can't change that, maybe the composition of yellow with white could be thrown up more so it doesn't hurt so much to look at.

[dAnceguy117]

perhaps you could request for there to be multiple options for site skins?

[Wafles]

looks a lot nicer

still probably wont have an active forum

[rCaliberGX]

was the stepmania.com forum ever really active?

[Pseudo Enigma]

Originally Posted by dAnceguy117

perhaps you could request for there to be multiple options for site skins?

this would probably be a better alternative. I'm sure most of you guys are fine with it, but I've always been sensitive to yellow colours. Maybe there are others like me?

[Fission]

Originally Posted by Xyr-

You don't have to change the password to update anything, just enter your current one again.

i didn't know that but my point is is that i shouldn't even have to do that for something as simple as an avatar change

EDIT: you should minify your javascript

[shakesoda]

@Pseudo Enigma: If you think the site looks bad tell me things you'd like to see from it and I might be able to solve some of those gripes (uh, preferably in the thread over there though, I hardly check over here).

@rCaliberGX: yeah the site used to be really active, things just turned to a mess ever since the damn vB4 update and Chris just doesn't have time for StepMania anymore (I manage stuff now, though, so this isn't a problem anymore)

@Fission: The JS will be minified later, I just don't have it set to automatically do it because I've been changing it so much and the scripts are pretty small as it is.

As for the profile page, yeah, it sucks. It's on my list. The more stuff gets reported the better the site can be before it's out of beta, so I really appreciate any constructive feedback.

I have a roadmap with a lot of the things I have planned - I need to go through the feedback threads and get to addressing issues (and will soon), I just have had a hell of a busy month (I'm trying to get the Skullgirls linux port running before the end of the year) so it's a little delayed.

[Xyr-]

Originally Posted by Izzy

Weird, I explicitly didn't upload an avatar and it put it in for me from fuck knows where.

Gravatar.

The site says "If you use Gravatar, leave this blank and it will automatically use that as your avatar" or something of the sort.

aka you've used Gravatar for another site, so for any site that uses Gravatar, it'll pull that as your avatar by default.

[Fission]

Originally Posted by shakesoda

@Fission: The JS will be minified later, I just don't have it set to automatically do it because I've been changing it so much and the scripts are pretty small as it is.

fair enough, just wanted to make sure it was on the to-do list . new site looks pretty good though.