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Aug 7, 2024 1 year ago Official
Keith
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I've gone back and forth over the years on the sidebar, I'm sure you can pull up forum threads where I've declared it DEAD and BURIED and never coming back. Well, I've come around!

I'm now working on the sidebar on kumos.subeta.net (did you notice that you can collapse it 👀!) and have begun to build the pieces needed to power ✨ widgets ✨

NOTE Screenshots are all very early, pls do not judge!

Preferences

The first step of the process was to build a method of saving your preferences around the site easily, for the sidebar and any other feature.

Here they're introduced as the number of items shown in the inventory widget, and the on/off display of widgets in the sidebar.

Soon: In that modal you'll be able to move them up/down and reorder them as well.

✅ complete, and easy for me to utilize in other areas of the site to save preferences that we'd usually clear away when you refresh e.g. how pages are sorted when you first load them. This will make the site feel more dynamic, and like it remembers your choices significantly better.

example of how easy it is to get & set these new preferences

Auto Updating

One of the major improvements to our new widget system is the ability to listen for changes on the site, and automatically update the sidebar when they come through. For example, if you spend sP or CSC around the site that number will go down without needing a page refresh. Seems small, but it's huge for us!

Widget Requests

Once I finalize the underpinnings for the widgets, I'll move on to implementing the most popular ones of the site, and maybe some new ones 😉. So - what are the widgets you need on your sidebar, and if you could create a new one, what would be in it?

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Aug 7, 2024 1 year ago
Senti
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Wow! Thanks for all your hard work Keith!!! I would love to see the bathhouse on it, The Rift and also Item Directory

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Aug 7, 2024 1 year ago
Rat
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Ant

omg first of all THANK YOU SO MUCH for keeping the sidebar and widgets, i use them every day and i love having them and the bookmarks on the other side of the old layout! seeing that they may be removed made me so sad, so glad to still have them going forward!

The must haves for me are:

  • The main widget with your name/active pet/sp amount (though i think thats just a default always on?)
  • Quests Widget
  • Online friends widget (especially for event interactions, but i dont use this one AS much)
  • Notepad (i love having this to make notes on collections stuff. right now i have a note that i'm working on getting the antique shop foods. but its also nice to have stuff in there like reminders)
  • Oracle Quests (otherwise i will miss them sometimes lol)

If custom bookmarks arent being kept as is, i think it would be also great to have bookmarks widget. Gotta have the link to BHH on each page so I remember to check it

Aug 7, 2024 1 year ago
Coraychi
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Yay! I'll admit, I was sad to hear that the sidebar wasn't going to be moving over to the new site because it is integral to my daily gameplay lol

The widgets I use all the time are - User Stats (Subeta: (Username)) Human Avatar Notepad Quests Melody's Cottage

I also think that a widget for the Bathhouse Pools might be nice! Right now, my browser shortcut for Subeta just takes me straight to the bathhouse pools so that I don't forget, but having a widget would be an extra layer of assurance for me, and a good reminder for people who don't have a shortcut to it set up. :)

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Aug 7, 2024 1 year ago
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Bio_Broly

Thanks for the update . I love the new auto update that will be both handy for the users and your staff.

I do have an unrelated question about Kumos. Why don't the themes work there? I keep switching the theme setting around to aqua, halloween, and cupcake to see if the page changes and it doesn't. Refreshing the page also doesn't work.

Aug 7, 2024 1 year ago
The Plushie Collector
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Chaos 0

Looking good! I would absolutely love a widget for quests and item directory, they're very handy.

Aug 7, 2024 1 year ago
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Lyn
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Hot Mess

I Would be lost without:

~Events ~Navigation ~Quests ~Notepad ( This is a very important info location for me )

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Aug 7, 2024 1 year ago
iciness
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Exciting news! The widgets I love / use everyday / cannot live without are:

User Stats Shop Search Navigation Quests Notepad

And less frequently but still important when needed & during events especially: Melody's Cottage Oracle quests Friends online

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Aug 7, 2024 1 year ago
Hongske
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Thank you for the update and for the effort! I'm super glad to hear that the sidebar and widgets are moving over as well <3

My sidebar must-haves are:

  • Main widget (currency + pet + users online + buffs)
  • Notepad
  • Quests

Nice-to-haves are:

  • Oracle
  • Coda caves
  • Melody's Cottage

Wishlist:

  • Bookmarks
Aug 7, 2024 1 year ago
Draken
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I use the general ones(main info, search, notepadwhen needed, melodys cottage, friends, etc) but would actually like to potentially see the shoutbox open back up(though i generaly just it open in a tab now)

Aug 7, 2024 1 year ago
Dandelion
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Aziraphale

Thank you for keeping it, I need it ;_;

I use Shop Profits, Events, Quests, Oracle and Melody, and the user info/HA ones are nice to have.

If bookmarks are going then I will desperately need a bookmark widget, I have so many links in my bookmark sidebar

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Aug 7, 2024 1 year ago
abhorsen
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A generalized alert widget instead of the various set alert buttons. Since you're tying all timers together, I think you could have a widget that just lets you know when timer based events are available to do currently instead of having specific widgets.

Configuring the widget could let you choose which events you want updates on and even the questing widget could be consolidated (i don't know if the available quest count is useful beyond knowing that you do still have quests available for a particular questgiver for the day).

It can also link to the timer page that you referenced intending to build on the vending testing announcement which could provide more granular/verbose information beyond a "can i do this? yes // no" widget gutcheck.

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Aug 7, 2024 1 year ago
Enchant
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The ones I use everyday:

  • Shop Search
  • User Info
  • Oracle
  • Shop List
  • Quests
  • Notepad
  • Coda Caves (on the days it’s open)
  • Melody (on the days it’s open)

And a new one for the bathhouse would be great.

Aug 7, 2024 1 year ago
iciness
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+1 for new bathhouse widget, that would be immensely helpful!

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Aug 7, 2024 1 year ago
Faune
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Booped

omg I live by my sidebar lol.

I use these daily: User Stats HA Quests Notifications (idk if that counts)

Use these often: Shop Search Subeta Search

Would love to also have: Bathhouse Melody

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Simple acts of kindness and love
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Aug 7, 2024 1 year ago
NEVER feed
BoaConstrictor
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SapphireSeasGoddess

I remember being lost for ever and a day, when the layout was first changed. I wished we could keep a self progamable sidebar just as we have now with the events toggle. What I use on my sidebar:

User Info (name, sP/CSC, active Pet, status, users online and buffs)

Main/Battle Pet (that used to be 2 options, yet it would always be the same pet for both)

Coda Caves

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Shop search

Oracle

Shops Profits

Main Shop list alphabethically

Aug 7, 2024 1 year ago
Flying Ace
Ciannwn
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Gwyn ap Nudd

Main one where it shows sP etc Quests My avatar Oracle Quest Shop List

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Aug 7, 2024 1 year ago
abhorsen
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Sorry to doublepost, but since, as you said elsewhere, the site is a pack of countdowns in a trenchcoat, this probably consolidates a lot of the other requests as well. Melody, Baths, Oracle... all you really need is a gutcheck if its available to do and a link and that represents a good chunk of the dynamic content of the site.

Other personalized static links can be user-defined in the notepad widget since it supports sCode. Being able to have multiple notepads for grouping would be nice as would the ability to title them individually.

SO my regime would have training availability in the timer widget but quicklinks to the BC/Armory/Scrolls in a notepad widget, at user preference.

Then that leaves the question of what dynamic site content ISN'T represented by timers and can't be addressed with static links. User Info, shoutbox (though this is currently not in the SB due to event calendar), social info (active friends and feed)

OR OR OR i don't know if this is a feasible or it would create even more strain on the system but a model where every widget is a notepad and timers, bank balance, special currencies, shop tills, etc. can be addressed with new sCode tags and then users can construct their sidebar pretty much autonomously based on what about using the site is important to them. So something where [timer=Crypts] would give you a link to the Crypts page if the timer was up or unlinked text if you still had to wait, [quest=Wizard] would link to the Wiz if you still had quests for the day, [balance=sP] would return your banked sP, [balance=subeautique] would return your banked invites, [balance=shop1] would yield the till of your first shop, etc..

[EDIT]: And then you can offer a suite of preconfigured widgets like for battle pet or what ever but its a masquerading notepad widget that leans on these proposed new tags, and is then user-extensible as they mature and require different functionality but not really requiring more technical know-how than putting blocks together, and configs can easily be shared on the forums between users

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Aug 7, 2024 1 year ago
METROID
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Havoc

checks what's active for widgets

The Oracle [x]
Shop Profits [x]
Subeta: METROID [x]
Shop Search [x]
Notepad [x]
Battle Pet [x] - this one is very handy for quickly navigating to the coliseum

These ones. Keep them OR ELSE.

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Aug 7, 2024 1 year ago
Adventure Captain
Celesdragon
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Adee

Widgets save me so much! The ones I use the most are

User Stats (status, Sp, etc) Shop Search Friends online Coda Caves Melody's Cottage Oracle quests Events Shop Activity

I didn't even realize there was already one for quests!

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