Is there a way to remove the "Important Community Blogs" block, or at least move it somewhere else that I don't have to see it? The newspaper does not interest me.

Oh, and while on the subject, is it just my browser (Chrome)'s fault that certain blogs (Josh's blog comes to mind as a particularly nasty offender) are badly justified in-window?

Thanks for your time!

-- wilt

As far as I know, the blog stays there. I wish I had the choice of favoriting it if I wanted to read/see it.

And if you mean how his content blocks take up half the page for no apparent reason (actually, I think there's a setting), it's not just you.

You don't have to click on the blog. It's just an extra millisecond of scrolling. Plus it's already under all of the blogs you favorited anyways.

I've got about 5 favorited and I'd rather see the others that I haven't. If anything, it should at least be at the bottom so it's not as intrusive. Or able to be minimized like forums.

It's forcing people to see a blog even if they're not interested. I can't see how giving the viewers the option of favoriting it instead would be that much different, except those who don't want to see it, won't.

It doesn't even take up the space of two blogs put together. I really don't see the problem.

The problem is that I don't want to see it. lrn2rd plz.

Anyone?

I gotta agree with Wilt on this one. A link in the forum header would be less intrusive, but then a link to the other Sal's media project, the Salcast, would be fair to add as well.

I understand that you don't want to read it or see it, but is it really that intrusive? It's just as intrusive as a topic you don't want to read while you're going through a subforum. Plus it's not like the blog is covered in pornography or graphic images.

There will be an update to IPB 3 soon, so don't expect any changes for like a couple of months, so that everyone can get orientated with the new software.

I want this to be a message to people so that they can stop complaining.

Seems like splitting hairs to me. In a week you'll be used to it.

Except that it takes up way more of the page than a topic. I'd rather give people the choice to favorite it if they want than forcing it upon everyone.

It's all relative. Each blog takes up the space of 7 topics. Making the Newspaper a blog has taken up less than the space of two blogs. It's extremely trivial.

I don't really understand why they're doing the blog instead of having the actual newspaper.

I don't mind the blog thing, but I'm not really reading it. The interviews are boring (no offense).

If you want to use that analogy, the newspaper blog wouldn't be 'stickied', it would be in the list just like every other blog. And I don't think anyone else has a problem with that. Now tell me what's the harm in giving people a choice?

It's about as annoying as the inactive blogs I am too lazy to unfavorite.

Personally the newspaper in my opinion sucks and I don't want to see it. Haven't figured out a way but could there be a way for a pm to be sent to me when certain Blogs post a new entry because I think there's like 7 I read and the rest just make me /wrists.

Since when were we able to give you a choice?

I thought it was pretty clear what I was talking about.

The only problem is that it isn't like any other average blog; it's the official Sal's Realm Newspaper blog.

I thought you meant the option of seeing it, as others have said in this thread.

I really don't see how this is life-changing. It's a small extra space that doesn't even reduce the amount of blogs on each page.

I think it's just the fact that they might glance at the Newspaper blog that bothers them.

Every time something happens on this forum, there is a group complaining and a group trying to keep it as is. Usually those roles are reversed to what we're seeing in this thread.

Adam: To me it is just an average blog. I don't care about the play articles people are writing about a community I reside in. If I want a story I go to that forum, if I want a comic I'll go to the graphics forum or a different site. If I want to know what's been happening lately I'll browse, like I would have to do to find the article anyway.

Again, Gillis: It's not needed. If people want it up the top they can favourite it, if not then why force them to?

But it isn't. It's an official blog for the site, and therefore shouldn't be treated like any other blo.

Doesn't make it more important than others.

Yes it does.


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Mine's the official Sal's Realm Wilt's blog; why can't it be up there then?
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Seriously, turn it into a normal blog, make a newspost announcing that if we want to read the newspaper, we can favorite said blog, and quit forcing those of us who are not interested in a toy newspaper to see it. Or better yet, go back to the old system wherein the regular newsposts would bring continual interest to the paper, instead of this silly method to draw readers. Forcing things on an unwilling group is not the way to get fans.

It might be a small thing, but it's a small thing that I didn't need to worry about before. When small annoying things are added, it's worse than putting up with them in the first place. I just know that you're not going to get any more regular readers from among those of us who've been here a while by making us see it -- and when was the last time you saw a newbie in the blogs section regularly? If you ask me, the move is a bad thing, because if it's in a newspost, everyone'll see it (including the newbies) whereas if it's in the blog section and isn't being called to attention by a newspost every few months, it's going to be forgotten.

Edit in response to Adam?'s post: What makes it so special? I can assure you it's not the writing quality...

I still don't understand the problem. It's so damn trivial that it's not even worth thinking about complaining about it. I can say without a doubt that this has in no way affected the way you read blogs, unless you have some phobia of newspaper blogs.

We can work with that.

I have a fear of newspaper blogs that border along the lines of making me massacre those who force people to acknowledge their existence.

Really is it this damn hard to give people the choice if they want to have it shown or hidden?

Pros:
It's easier for us to moderate the blog
People that don't wish to favorite the blog can easily find it
It's under the favorited blogs already

Cons:
It takes roughly .001 seconds to scroll past it.

And what's the cons of letting people decide that if they don't want to see it, it simply doesn't show up for them?

Look, it's intrusive and annoying. Have the newspaper go back to being elsewhere were people that actually want to look at it can see it, we don't want it, nor did it need to become part of the site as a blog which makes it look even less professional then it already was.

Only to those involved. I don't consider it important at all.


Favourite it.


If they want to view it easily they should favourite it.


The same applies to those who change the time on their blog entry to make it always at the top, but that's against the rules.

It isn't intrusive. You're either overreacting or you are extremely sensitive to change. Just take a second to think and look at the blog. Is it really in the way? You even said yourself that you only read 7 blogs anyways. Just favorite those and you will never have to see the newspaper ever again.

And on that professional comment, it's a goddamn Runescape newspaper.

Dad, as far as the forum is considered it is more important. You may not think so, but then you can just ignore it.

It's really not that hard to ignore it. I end up reading every article before it gets posted so there's no need to click the blog, and I end up ignoring it completely. It doesn't bother me at all because a) it is UNDER (I repeat, UNDER) my favorited blogs and b) it's almost the size of a regular blog anyways.

I seriously think it would work better as an independent blog that's hosted on the main runescape.salmoneus.net domain. Not newspaper.salmoneus.net, not salsnewspaper.com, but just something simple like runescape.salmoneus.net/newspaper.

This will aid in the Google indexing of the content, generating search traffic of hoards of Runescape players with a hunger for the hottest Runescape news. The problem with the newspaper being hosted as a forum blog is that (from what I've witnessed at least) the blogs section is not typically frequented by the newspaper's target market (which is people who actively play Runescape I assume). Judging from the reactions in this thread, these people don't care about interviews with other Runescape players, amateur fiction, or dated tech news. Rather, a self hosted blog with a prominent link on the forums would likely receive better targeted traffic.

Another issue might be the newspaper content in general, and I know I'm getting kind of off topic but while I'm on this tangent...

I think the newspaper tries to be too many things to too many people. Ya'll should focus on fewer topics, but go more in depth. Take the technology posts, for example. The people who care about tech likely get their information from tech oriented blogs like Engadget or Arstechnica long before it's published here. It just seems like the newspaper staff is spread to thin.

Yeah I know I'm ramblin' and that this is likely riddle with run-on sentences and such, but .

^^^ That actually sounds like the best solution.

This blog is going to be updated on a regular basis, probably more often than most blogs. Whether it's in the middle of the page or at the top, it will always be within the first few pages, if not the first. It will always be "in your way", so the thing you really don't like is that it's at the top.

We're going through a trial period right now. If you think this new system sucks, it would be great if you could post in the Feedback section instead of making a big deal out of something that may not even be here for long.

Thank you man, this is exactly the kind of post that can actually help us.

Thank you so much for actually contributing and not saying "I don't like it!!!!!!!!". We're seriously considering this and Goliath and I will talk about the second part.


@Cxkslei
[07:05:09] <godpot> but what irks me
[07:05:10] <godpot> right now
[07:05:16] <godpot> is that youre making a big deal out of one blog space

That's why I'm defending it. I hate it when people complain about nothing for no reason other than "I don't like it!!!!". It's like when your mom uses the reason "Because I said so" when she tells you to do something.

You're like the parent who says, "Tough! That's the way it is." You should be more compromising and less forceful. I think you're taking your new position in the newspaper far too defensively. If people don't like it, don't force it on them. Display the link discretely in the board header next to the Forum Rules link. People will still see it and it won't be atop the blog section unless individuals favorite it. Problem solved both ways. If you're still so stubborn for change, take a poll and agree to act upon the results.

You act no different than those who oppose this when you oppose something yourself.

People are saying that they dislike it and they lack reason. I'm simply questioning that. They are allowed to dislike it, but calling it intrusive and in the way is just plain wrong. And since when must we change something just because a few people complain? If we want to continue the parent analogy, that would make me the pushover parent that gives the kid whatever he wants. Your solution isn't a compromise; it's siding with the few people against the placement of the blog. Until a true compromise is reached, there is no reason that we should move the blog.

It's just plain wrong because you disagree with it. You're incapable of viewing this from their side probably because your bias as the newspaper head. If users find something they don't like, they'll go elsewhere for that service.

I could go a few ways with your parent analogy, but I'm not going to even bother.

My suggestion was one possible solution. At least it was on track of compromise, as opposed to you shutting the door completely. You also didn't explain how my suggestion wasn't compromising. You want the newspaper to get more display which is probably a good reason why you moved it to the forum blog system in the first place. Your current method of doing so is annoying to some. The newspaper will still get loads of notice in the board header next to the forum rules link and the complainers will have no reason to complain. Do you have a better suggestion?

This has nothing to do with me being head of anything. It's honestly the size of blog plus a few pixels.

You don't know any of the reasons that we moved it to the blogs apparently. I can assure you that exposure wasn't even addressed when we discussed this.

Actually the reasons were because I'm not allowed to release that information.

Right. Whatever. I don't like it either. Omg wer gona liek make rant to da jagex sal !!1!!11!! now we no get use to da nyu stayl!1!!1111 roflcopter!1111!1111 we gnna pwn u!11!1!!!!!11!

I don't understand why so many of you voted for every article released. Actually, I liked the old newspaper, no one was just writing. I liked it when we discussed about having a british issue. But this I do not like.

Really, ask Sal to release an announcement that we need more activity on the paper. I don't know.

It's intrusive as adding noob to every other word.

Did noob you noob know noob that noob I noob won noob the noob lottery noob yesterday noob ? noob

One more example.

Hey noob did noob you noob know noob that noob Sal noob is noob a noob homo noob? noob

Wait, those are only examples! Stop attacking me! ACKKK!!!!! noob

It is intrusive and in the way.

If a giant 350px tall additional section at the top of the page isn't intrusive, I'm not sure what is. Fine, you may have a load of blogs favourited, but I'm sure a lot of people don't (it took me over a year until I found the feature) and Guests can't favourite blogs. If content is released regularly, it'll be near the top of the listings most of the time even without it being pinned, meaning it's visible, but ~130px shorter and not always above what you want to view.


Simply unpin it and most of the problems sound like they'd be solved.

Does anyone find it odd that the only members against unstickying it is the staff of the newspaper?
I'm all for unstickying it though myself.

A lot of us on the staff are actually in favor of removing the blog off of the favorites list. I don't know what you're talking about.

Anyway, we're working on an idea to replace the blogs. So it should be gone eventually when Gillis wants it to.

Gillis and Adam? are the only ones who want it to stay.

I want it to stay, and since im staff I guess that makes it 3 people who want to stay. We just need more articles, nothing's wrong with it apart from some announcement kinks.

This is the thing that's aggravating me. I never said that I want it to stay. I just don't understand the arguments against it. I'm pretty indifferent and I will take action when a legitimate idea pops up. Just complaining isn't helping anyone. Right now we're working on a wordpress blog or something that definition and Goliath are working on that I really don't understand.

http://runescape.salmoneus.net/forums/inde...t&p=3433634

Also Agent's suggestion.

It's intrusive, it's in the way, it's annoying to see. You say I can favorite the blogs I read which I did, but it is still in the way, the reason I didn't favorite them in the first place was so that I could see new blogs that are popping up easily. It's a nuisance and simply because it's a nuisance, that's why people want it taken down. You can also say it takes 2 seconds to scroll past it but over the longrun seconds become minutes, minutes become hours. I don't see what would be the big problem with UNPINNING it, considering that if content is constantly posted it would still be at the top almost the whole time.