I'm tired of doing IotD

Undertoad · 09-20-2007, 01:48 PM

It's been a good long run folks, but damn, every goddamn day... it's finally gotten to me.

Should I make it an open forum? Where anyone can contribute an image?

lumberjim · 09-20-2007, 01:51 PM

WOW...no....make bruce do it.

or go every other day/week with him .....

Flint · 09-20-2007, 01:53 PM

srsly . . . ...Bruce...uh..."volunteered"!... . . . :::takes one step back at exactly the same time as everybody else:::

Undertoad · 09-20-2007, 01:56 PM

I asked him at one point... and axlrosen

Shawnee123 · 09-20-2007, 01:57 PM

If I volunteered, it would have to be "Image of the Workdays and Days I Don't Take Personal Days or Vacation Days and Days I Am Not Sick and Days I'm Not Swamped." Otherwise, it'd be fun.

Flint · 09-20-2007, 01:59 PM

'Toad? Don't tase me, bro.

What if we (Cellar members) voted on submissions before they went out for general (actual IotD w/ Blog view etc.) consumption?

Have an IotD "staging" thread.

theotherguy · 09-20-2007, 02:04 PM

What if it was IotW (image of the week)?

lumberjim · 09-20-2007, 02:08 PM

IotEoD?

image of the every other day?

Shawnee123 · 09-20-2007, 02:10 PM

IotSS

Image of the Summer Solstice

theotherguy · 09-20-2007, 02:10 PM

IothEtTHtit21st?

Image of the every third Thrusday that isn't the 21st?

lumberjim · 09-20-2007, 02:11 PM

srsly, if you open it up to general posting, it will lose all integrity. there will be multiple pics one day, none the next, etc.

appoint 7 people. give them mod status to that forum. assign 1 day per each. have standards, teach them how you do it.

i'd do 1 day per week for a quarter.

lookout123 · 09-20-2007, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

appoint 7 people. give them mod status to that forum. assign 1 day per each. have standards, teach them how you do it.

that could be really cool. that way no one person has to stress over finding good material every day. they can spend a week just keeping their eyes open for that one special image.

i've never really been involved much in IOTD but I'd hate to see it go. a lot of cellarites have gained entrance from lurking in that area. i don't think i'd be good at it, but i'll help if that is what needs to be done.

glatt · 09-20-2007, 03:07 PM

I'd really hate to see the IotD go.

I'd like to help keep it alive, but I wouldn't want the responsibility of any one day or days. I like the idea of some sort of submission thread/queue etc. where the active Cellar community can participate to create the IotD. A closed thread that you can only see if you are an active user who is logged in. I'm not technical enough to know how it would work, but someone should be able to submit the image and text and then the Dwellars can vote on it, or you (UT) can click a button to make it so if you like it.

I imagine most Dwellars would get involved in the process if it was low key/ little pressure.

lumberjim · 09-20-2007, 02:11 PM

i mean a quarter of the calendar,.....not trying to negotiate salary here.

Undertoad · 09-20-2007, 02:14 PM

The voting problem... one thing that this vBulletin software is really bad at, is hooks to the outside world. I was able to code up the IotD blog view pretty easily because it's read-only, you know, in programming, reading something is usually much more trivial than writing it. Then I wrote a queue manager which holds pending images and the posts them when I press the "publish" button.

But the first time I ran it, it logged me out and changed my user title to the default. I shit you not. This is because I used some of the vBulletin functions to post the message, but didn't fully understand what else the function needed to do first. It does a lot of things with the user, before and after posting the post...

So it's hard to write additions where a logged-in user is verified to be logged in, then the user information is used to count a vote, then back to the old forums... and it wouldn't work to have people log in twice, they wouldn't do it.

More time for coding is wot i need

09-20-2007, 01:48 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I'm tired of doing IotD It's been a good long run folks, but damn, every goddamn day... it's finally gotten to me. Should I make it an open forum? Where anyone can contribute an image?

09-20-2007, 01:51 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	WOW...no....make bruce do it. or go every other day/week with him ..... __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-20-2007, 01:53 PM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	srsly . . . ...Bruce...uh..."volunteered"!... . . . :::takes one step back at exactly the same time as everybody else::: __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-20-2007, 01:57 PM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	If I volunteered, it would have to be "Image of the Workdays and Days I Don't Take Personal Days or Vacation Days and Days I Am Not Sick and Days I'm Not Swamped." Otherwise, it'd be fun. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-20-2007, 01:59 PM	#6
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	'Toad? Don't tase me, bro. What if we (Cellar members) voted on submissions before they went out for general (actual IotD w/ Blog view etc.) consumption? Have an IotD "staging" thread. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio** Last edited by Flint; 09-20-2007 at 02:16 PM.

09-20-2007, 01:56 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I asked him at one point... and axlrosen

09-20-2007, 02:04 PM	#7
theotherguy no not that other guy, the other one Join Date: May 2007 Location: TN Posts: 640	What if it was IotW (image of the week)? __________________ I should be working.

09-20-2007, 02:08 PM	#8
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	IotEoD? image of the every other day? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-20-2007, 02:10 PM	#9
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	IotSS Image of the Summer Solstice __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-20-2007, 02:11 PM	#11
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	srsly, if you open it up to general posting, it will lose all integrity. there will be multiple pics one day, none the next, etc. appoint 7 people. give them mod status to that forum. assign 1 day per each. have standards, teach them how you do it. i'd do 1 day per week for a quarter. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan Last edited by lumberjim; 09-20-2007 at 02:17 PM. Reason: forum, not thread

09-20-2007, 03:07 PM	#13
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'd really hate to see the IotD go. I'd like to help keep it alive, but I wouldn't want the responsibility of any one day or days. I like the idea of some sort of submission thread/queue etc. where the active Cellar community can participate to create the IotD. A closed thread that you can only see if you are an active user who is logged in. I'm not technical enough to know how it would work, but someone should be able to submit the image and text and then the Dwellars can vote on it, or you (UT) can click a button to make it so if you like it. I imagine most Dwellars would get involved in the process if it was low key/ little pressure.

09-20-2007, 02:14 PM	#15
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The voting problem... one thing that this vBulletin software is really bad at, is hooks to the outside world. I was able to code up the IotD blog view pretty easily because it's read-only, you know, in programming, reading something is usually much more trivial than writing it. Then I wrote a queue manager which holds pending images and the posts them when I press the "publish" button. But the first time I ran it, it logged me out and changed my user title to the default. I shit you not. This is because I used some of the vBulletin functions to post the message, but didn't fully understand what else the function needed to do first. It does a lot of things with the user, before and after posting the post... So it's hard to write additions where a logged-in user is verified to be logged in, then the user information is used to count a vote, then back to the old forums... and it wouldn't work to have people log in twice, they wouldn't do it. More time for coding is wot i need

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