[Fineus]

As the title and poll says, how many people would be interested in an archive of FreeSpace 1 / 2 screenshots? I've got this all thought out and think it would be a pretty neat (not to mention simple) idea. I just need to know if there's interest in it.

Therefore, say as much on the poll!

There's two or three obvious ways this could be done, outlined below:

1 - Website:
The most obvious choice, chuck everything into a catagorised website that can be updated via HLPs PHP code.

2 - Forum:
A new forum section with subsections for each variation. Very very simple to maintain - but I'm not sure what kind of load that would put on the forum (using it to upload crap-loads of images).

3 - Wiki:
I've got almost 0 Wiki experience but a couple of people have mentioned this.

Also, I know this isn't strictly general discussion - but the widest possible audience is based here.

[Stunaep]

Forum form, IMO, since, let's be honest, no-one really checks the web pages.

[Flipside]

I think website is better to format, but I think the forum would benefit from something like a nice prominent 'Files' button at, for example, the top, which would take you to a page of links for screenshots, documentation, SCP Files, SCP Media etc. I know we have more or less that at the momentin the SCP Forum, but it'd be nice and accessible to everyone who signs in then

[Unknown Target]

I think a forum form would be a good idea This would be great for showing FS2 off to my freinds, hehe

[Lightspeed]

Website.

What better way could we come up to make people actually *check* the websites?

[Gloriano]

1 - Website

[karajorma]

I would say wiki if it weren't for the fact that it's a pain to get those pictures hosted on HLP's servers rather than having them hosted on the webspace of whoever uploads them (no more than a website but still)

[Mystical]

I agree that a screenshots section would be fairly pointless, as
1)  (as Karajorma mentioned) it would take up a lot of space
2)  screenshots that can be posted by anyone you'd get some pretty pointless screenshots in there.  No one's going to browse through 2000 screenshots (because i guarantee you that soon you'll have that many)

[Thorn]

Website and Forum.
Have it whenver someone posts an image, its added to the website as well...

[WMCoolmon]

Originally posted by Lightspeed
Website.

What better way could we come up to make people actually *check* the websites?

[Goober5000]

Er - don't we have something like this already on the HLP 2.0 site?

[TopAce]

Website form. Forum could be complicated and hardly editable.
HTML format is reliable.

I have made some screenshots from the original FS2 volition campaign using VOLITION FreeSpace(not FSO). Are you interested in those?

Originally posted by Stunaep
Forum form, IMO, since, let's be honest, no-one really checks the web pages.

This makes me think ... good point.

Originally posted by Goober5000
Er - don't we have something like this already on the HLP 2.0 site?

YES! We DO have it. But most of the pictures there are from other mods + FreeSpace Open. As far as I understand from Kalfireth's first post, this new thingy would be about Original FreeSpace.

This post is long enough, so I include my signature.

[Sheepy]

forum or website

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Mystical
I agree that a screenshots section would be fairly pointless, as
1)  (as Karajorma mentioned) it would take up a lot of space

Actually I wasn't on about the space. That's up to the admins What I was on about is the fact that if you put pics on the wiki you'll still have to e-mail them or something to one of the admins so that it can be put up on the 3DAP servers so that you can link to it.

If you didn't do that people will put them up on their own webspace and then forget why they're there and delete them leaving loads of dead links.

I do have an idea though

For that reason I'm thinking a website. The main HLP site already has a picture upload bit doesn't it? How hard would it be to then sort out the pics like the Mod Database does? (I've linked to the MG one as an example).

[TopAce]

Originally posted by karajorma

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For that reason I'm thinking a website. The main HLP site already has a picture upload bit doesn't it? How hard would it be to then sort out the pics like the Mod Database does? (I've linked to the MG one as an example).

Well, the ModDatabase guys do not expect that amount of pictures we would post. I dare say this. If you have a look at mods of other games, you will realize that they do not have focus of posting more than 5-10 screenshots. My campaign has 14 images posted, and they are almost out of control, since ModDatabase only shows 9 pictures per page. Who would visit the second page?

[Bobboau]

the website needs some content, it's pathetic think about how many little mods there are out there, like single ships, how many of them are on the site?

[Fineus]

Gotcha, thanks for the input guys - thread unstuck. I'll see where this gos.

[Taristin]

I have no opinion on this matter.

[Janos]

1) Make it a website
2) Pimp it more than my 3-year old sister
3) profit.

[Unknown Target]

Originally posted by Janos
1) Make it a website
2) Pimp it more than my 3-year old sister
3) profit.