So I decided that the way the society and tavern index pages looked wasn't really very user friendly. I mean, so you got a list of societies and captains but you didn't get to know anything about them without finding what you were interested in and clicking on it.
The new look pages, rather than giving a block of listings with just a picture and a name attempt to counter this problem by providing some more useful information. The society listings now show you some useful and interesting stats about the groups, and likewise with the captain listings.
Theres also some extra goodies on the society pages for the leaders to edit - there is now a specific place for a web link back to your own pages if you have one (I do ask that you return the favour with a link back to www.potbs-companion.net), as well as a new option for setting the 'focus' of your organisation - whether you're casual, PvP, economic, and so on. This should make the site more informative as well as being a useful recruitment tool.
Now is a great time to update your society listing and check your text, and invite your in game members to the site to build up your numbers. Likewise, if you've got a captain profile then you might want to edit it and fill in the 'back story' box - its just a bit of fun, so you can write a little story about how your captain came to be who they are.
Let me know what you think of the new pages!
Following the development of www.potbs-companion.net; a utility for players of Pirates of the Burning Sea.
Monday, 10 August 2009
Saturday, 8 August 2009
Society Ranks
A brand new addition to the site is the ability for society leaders to control the access, or 'rank' of each society member.
In the game, there are three ranks of character - Member, Agent and Leader. On the website however, we have six. They are: Inactive Member, Alt Character, Member, Agent, Leader and Founder. These extra ranks should help organise and understand who is around and who is not.
If you are a society agent, leader or founder you will be able to carry out promotions (up to your level) and demotions within your society - simply go to your society page (there is a direct link from your cabin, or you can find it under the societies menu) and you will see a list of members you can affect to the right hand side, with the options you can use on them.
Additionally, it is no longer possible for a captain to join a society without being approved by its leader or one of its agents. A new member is now put into an unapproved status and the leader/agent will see a list of members awaiting approval on the society page. From there, an agent can approve the new member, or ignore it. A leader has the option to deny a member, which removes them from the society completely.
Leaders - now is the time to get your society memberships up to date, the next features in the pipeline are the society economy tools!
In the game, there are three ranks of character - Member, Agent and Leader. On the website however, we have six. They are: Inactive Member, Alt Character, Member, Agent, Leader and Founder. These extra ranks should help organise and understand who is around and who is not.
If you are a society agent, leader or founder you will be able to carry out promotions (up to your level) and demotions within your society - simply go to your society page (there is a direct link from your cabin, or you can find it under the societies menu) and you will see a list of members you can affect to the right hand side, with the options you can use on them.
Additionally, it is no longer possible for a captain to join a society without being approved by its leader or one of its agents. A new member is now put into an unapproved status and the leader/agent will see a list of members awaiting approval on the society page. From there, an agent can approve the new member, or ignore it. A leader has the option to deny a member, which removes them from the society completely.
Leaders - now is the time to get your society memberships up to date, the next features in the pipeline are the society economy tools!
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