Re: Proposal for Finding Works More Easily

Thu, 30 Apr 2020 20:28:37 +0000

Hey. First off, we appreciate the suggestion; seeing user input is always a good thing. But I'm afraid blurb-based listing of articles is functionally impossible with Wikidot being the way it is. We use ListPages modules for the Index and Enter The Library, which allows us to easily bring up pages with certain tags or ratings etc, but at the cost of not really allowing much flexibility in what is displayed. That said, this is the navigation scheme the Library used to use before the revamp — is this something like what you were imagining?

As for tag revamp, we're actually working on a revamp of the tagging system right now. A tag search is a really good idea and one we're still working out the logistics of — the development of the system will also need coding knowledge and stuff.

Regardless, we really do appreciate you giving your input. Thanks, and keep reading!

Proposal for Finding Works More Easily

Thu, 30 Apr 2020 19:10:45 +0000

i've found the shelves and the index, but i can't help but notice that pretty much all you can do is click on whatever title sounds most interesting and read it, and you have to wait like a minute or so for the shelves to change. i like the randomization aspect theoretically, but i think it would be easier to peruse if all of the shelves were listed instead of changing.

i'm not good at wikidot coding so i don't know how possible this is, but as the wanderer's library is more focused around collecting stories, shouldn't each article on the index have like a little blurb explaining what they are somehow? a short passage from the text, or a hand-written summary or fake review made by the author themselves? to me that would aid greatly in finding new and interesting stories to read.

anyways, i know this isn't the foundation, and as someone who's only used the foundation for the past 4 years and is a newcomer to this site, it may just be that it's been hard to adjust. but i feel this site could really benefit from some ease of navigation so that all the different things people put hard work into writing can actually be found and enjoyed.

oh! maybe you could have some kind of tag search or like label each tale with a genre or something and set up a whole kind of dewey-decimal-esque library system so you can search for books on a specific subject? that would be pretty neat.

thank you in advance to anyone who considers these suggestions