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Welcome to the new Golden State Of Mind and SB Nation

Way back in the fine summer days of 2007 Fantasy Junkie and I had a meeting with Trei to discuss his vision for SBN 2.0 and how to shape its UI and functionality to meet the needs of all you golden folk. Both of us walked away impressed and excited about what was about to come. Today on the eve of April 14, 2008 we're all blown away at what Trei and his teammates Pablo, Michael and Ryan have assembled. It's a testament to what excellent user centered design (or in this case fan centered design!) can bring when executed by a very hard working and creative crew.

I'll pass the mic on over to Trei for a great in-depth introduction to the new platform for you, but two things that look to be the most applicable to this particular community:

  • Fanposts: This is your blog within a blog. There's a lot of brilliant and creative minds in the GSoM community who are excellent writers. We got your playpen. Drop science!
  • Fanshots: Got a pic, video, sound clip, link, or list? Here's the perfect place to just drop a quick hit. Together we can create the most comprehensive online collection of GSW + NBA + hoops + Bay Area sports culture around. I really think this could be big with all the passionate and active GSoMers out there.
  • The rest of the GSoM Crew and I are obviously extremely excited about all of this. I know Trei and his team would really appreciate your feedback in the comments section, but before you do that please give them all a golden round of applause in the comments. Show them why we're the online home for the best fans in the National Basketball Association!

    As we say around these parts... GSoM 2.0 is Unstoppable Baby!

    - Atma Brother #1

     

    Hey Golden State Of Mind,

    Today is the big day. We've switched your community over to the new SB Nation sports blog platform. My name is Trei, and I'm here to help you get adjusted to the new home we've built for you. If you have questions or trouble with the new system, post a comment in this thread and myself or one of the team (lovitt, sixfoot6 or odacrem) will try to point you in the right direction.

    Before we begin, I want to let you know that Golden State Of Mind is one of the first blogs in the SB Nation family to make this transition. We still consider this a beta platform, so don't be surprised if you find a few bugs or if everything isn't exactly right yet. We hope you'll take the time to report any problems you encounter at bugreport@sbnation.com.

    Please take a few minutes to read about what's new below. But if you just can't wait to jump in, here are some quick things to check out:

    1. Sign up for your SB Nation network account and claim your old blog accounts
    2. Once you're logged in, press your  Z  key in any thread with new comments
    3. Explore your dashboard and setup your profile
    4. Read the guide to the new FanPost editor
    5. Install the FanShot bookmarklet and post videos to Golden State Of Mind from YouTube or images from Flickr
    6. Click the "Rec" button on posts and comments to help other people find the good stuff.

    What Has Changed

    SB Nation Network Accounts - the Big Change

    Readers across all of our blogs told us they wanted one account to use on every SB Nation blog. To make this work, we're requiring that everyone create a new SB Nation network account. In most cases you should be able to keep your old username, but a few of you may have to choose something new, since every other community in SB Nation will be going through this same transition. We tried to be as fair as possible in deciding who gets to keep which name, using a formula that takes into account length of membership and frequency of activity.

    We want to make it as easy as possible for you to participate on all of our blogs, but we don't want to encourage everyone to start visiting rival team blogs and initiating flame wars. To maintain friendly communities we ask that you explicitly join each blog in order to participate. It's a two-click process, but it does means accepting each blog's community guidelines. Just as you join each blog individually, you can be banned on each blog individually.

    You can claim old accounts from multiple SB Nation blogs, and your new username will be retroactively attached to all your old comments and diaries. So now you'll be able to access all your writings from your single profile page... like magic.

    To get started, click here to claim your old blog accounts and create a new SB Nation network account.

    FanPosts (the Section Formerly Known as Diaries)

    We changed their name. Why? Because we took this major upgrade as an opportunity to leave behind some vocabulary that never made much sense for a sports blog. SB Nation is the network of, by and for fans, and these are the blog posts we make. So we call them FanPosts. When you're at a bar telling someone to check out your online sports opinions, you don't have to suggest they read your diary.

    FanPosts are displayed differently on the homepage - we include your avatar to give more credit for the time you spend writing great posts. The new post editor has a WYSIWYG view that provides easy formatting. It also auto-saves drafts so you don't have to worry about losing your work when you compose a post within the web browser. And you can now associate teams, players and games with your posts: these tools promote your FanPosts on our new team, player and game pages - across the entire network.

    The new system does not work like the old diary editor. For example, in HTML mode the new editor doesn't auto-create a new paragraph from two line breaks. But it does offer a whole array of new features. Look for the blinking help button on the right side of the FanPost editor for quick tips, and take a look at our full guide to writing FanPosts on the new platform.

    IMPORTANT - if you write your posts in Microsoft Word or some other off-line editor, you will get the most reliable behavior if you cut & paste your post into the HTML view of the FanPost editor. And if you do that, remember to wrap <p></p> tags around each paragraph so your text doesn't run together.

    Visual Redesign

    This one is probably the most obvious change of all. Like other major websites working to improve readability for their audience, we've adopted a fixed-width layout optimized for the 1024 x 768 resolution used by the majority of Golden State Of Mind and SB Nation network users. Use the switcher below the user menu if you prefer the wider layout designed for 1280 monitors. We've introduced a top navigation bar with quick links into old and new sections of the site. We also polished a few edges, made some things larger, others smaller and moved a few boxes here and there. More changes and adjustments to come.

    Search

    We've completely replaced the old search engine with a new one. We're excited to make it easier to find old posts and comments, but we've only taken our first pass on the tools we're offering. We're focused on making search even better than what you had before, so please know that we're aware search is missing key features and we're working on it.

    What's New

    Schedule, Scores, Stats and Roster

    Golden State Of Mind now has all the basic information about the Golden State Warriors and hundreds of other teams. During games you'll see a regularly updated line score, and as the season progresses we'll track team stat totals and leaders. This is just our first step, so look for us to publish more detailed and archival stats in the future. The best part about all this sports data is that we've integrated it directly into the blog so. We now have special pages that aggregate all blog posts written about games, players and teams.

    Recommending FanPosts

    Some writing deserves more attention and more conversation. If you want to bump a FanPost up to the top and keep it there for awhile, just click the 'Rec' link under the body of the post. When a FanPost receives enough recommendations it will make the recommended list.

    Auto-refreshing Comments

    You no longer need to refresh the page to see new comments. If you're logged in, new comments will automatically appear on the page every few seconds. When you post a comment, the page will not refresh either. If you want to quickly cycle through all the new comments, you can press the C key on your keyboard. Unmark a new comment after you've read it with the X key. And use the Z key if you want to umark comments as you're cycling through them.

    As you use these shortcuts to cycle through comments, press the R key to reply to the current comment. All these helpful keyboard shortcuts are listed at the top of each comments section for reference.

    Recommending Comments

    Now you can reward those folks who take the time to look up stats and make smart arguments in the comments. Next to each comment there is an 'actions' link that you can click to find the recommend and flag options.

    Flagging Comments

    To help the moderators on a site, we've built-in tools that let you flag comments that are spam, trolling or just plain inappropriate. Only moderators can see those flags.

    FanShots

    Many members of the community just want to post that one link, video, photo or quote, but don't need a full FanPost. We've got you covered: FanShots let you share YouTube videos, Flickr or PhotoBucket photos, quotes from articles, portions of chat transcripts, top 5 lists and simple links. If it's a video or image we'll put a thumbnail on the homepage when you post it.

    For those of you who are experienced internet hunter-gatherers of Golden State Warriors material, install the bookmarklet onto the links bar of your browser and share FanShots with the community from wherever on the web you find that killer quote or photo.

    Archives

    It's much easier to find that post about a certain deadline trade or prospect retro feature. You can browse by year and month.

    Avatars

    Upload an image so folks can see your custom avatar on your profile, your FanPosts, and all your comments.

    Network Profiles

    Now that we have unified SB Nation network accounts, your profile will be your central hub for all of your activity on any blogs where you are a member.

    Network bar

    The top bar stays with you on all SB Nation blogs. It's a quick way to login and logout. When you're logged in, you'll see your avatar and screen name which links to your profile. The icon to the right leads to your Dashboard area where you can edit your settings, profile, account details and any FanPosts or FanShots you've published. As we add more blogs to the new SB Nation network, the My Blogs menu will be a handy way to navigate between the blogs you've joined.

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    There are plenty more small changes and additions we've made, so please take a careful look around and explore this new system. We appreciate your patience and hope you'll help us improve the new platform for this and all the other SB Nation blogs.

    And in case you missed it, you'll want to start by claiming your old blog accounts and creating a new SB Nation network account.

    This FanPost is a submission from a member of the mighty Golden State of Mind community. While we're all here to throw up that W, these words do not necessarily reflect the views of the GSoM Crew. Still, chances are the preceding post is Unstoppable Baby!

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    Yikes

    This will take some getting used to.

    by IQofaWarrior on Apr 13, 2008 11:26 PM PDT reply actions  

    yes

    yes it will take some time.

    I'm liking what I see so far though

    by disguy on Apr 13, 2008 11:33 PM PDT reply actions  

    Usability suggestions

    Fortunately, Mavsmoneyball is still using the old format, similar to the previous format here, so I can compare formats. One thing I liked about the old format is that each main post has a colored title background bar. It made it very easy on the eyes to spot each post when scrolling down the page.

    by IQofaWarrior on Apr 13, 2008 11:44 PM PDT reply actions  

    thanks for mentioning this!

    We've tried to adopt a newspaper style to make headlines jump out, but there are definitely a few things about the new entry layout that we'll be changing in future updates.

    I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly.

    by Ryan Gantz on Apr 13, 2008 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

    Well at least

    we get to keep our old screen names. As long as we also get the same great content that was on the old GSOM, I'm cool with it.

    by 1rabidwarriorsfan on Apr 13, 2008 11:46 PM PDT reply actions  

    wow

    This is new format looks pretty good.

    by nautica on Apr 13, 2008 11:47 PM PDT reply actions  

    I'm into it

    looking good GSOM! I was most excited to see the awesome posters still chilling on the left hand side... that Jessica Alba "Ladies luv Us" still makes me giggle

    by tvargs on Apr 13, 2008 11:47 PM PDT reply actions  

    What.

    Someone jacked coma from me before I had a chance to register it. Can I get a weaksauce?

    by xcoma on Apr 14, 2008 12:11 AM PDT reply actions  

    Weaksauce!

    I took warriorgirl asap! But I'm going to try this one... Sorry about your mishap

    by thecitygirl on Apr 14, 2008 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions  

    thecitygirl, did you mean to create two accounts?

    We tried to design the sign up process to make it easy to pull old comments and diaries into a new username for folks who want a name change. If you'd like to tie your warriorgirl history to your new name, please let us know.

    I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly.

    by Ryan Gantz on Apr 14, 2008 12:27 AM PDT up reply actions  

    jeremy, unfortunately not.

    As was hopefully made clear when you rolled over into AN 2.0 in January, your new account lets you access all the SB Nation blogs with one login, and maintain them from a central profile and dashboard.

    We may offer a way to choose a sig files per community, but single screen name login was a very highly requested feature designed to make things simpler.

    And hey, If you'd like us to change your screen name, drop us a line at bugreport @ sbnation.

    I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly.

    by Ryan Gantz on Apr 14, 2008 12:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

    oops

    February, nor January!

    I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly.

    by Ryan Gantz on Apr 14, 2008 1:10 AM PDT up reply actions  

    yeah

    i used to be “mike d”. is “xcoma” more hardcore than the original?

    I used to be "mike d." I'm still struggling with my new identity.

    by OaktownWarrior on Apr 15, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

    or Dictionary.com

    I don't know why but this format reminds me of urbandictionary.com

    by thecitygirl on Apr 14, 2008 12:15 AM PDT reply actions  

    More usability suggestions

    On each user comment, there is an "actions" link that when clicked, turns into a "Flag" link, and "Rec" link. However, if I click "actions" for my own posted comment, nothing appears. Why is this? Why have an "actions" link at all?

    Design-wise, I find it inconsistent that on the Home page, the box with the Welcome Guide/New FanPost/etc. is on the left column and the page's contents are in the middle, but for all other pages, that box is on the right and the page's contents start from the left.

    When trying to create a new FanPost, I get the warning that my browser (Firefox 1.5) isn't supported for the FanPost editor. What else doesn't work with Firefox 1.5?

    On a positive note, I just saw xcoma's comment appear while preparing this comment. That was pretty cool. The 'C' key to scroll to it worked, and the 'Z' key to mark it read worked too. I can't wait to try that during an open thread on the next game.

    Ooh, and thecitygirl's comments just appeared too. That's pretty neat.

    by IQofaWarrior on Apr 14, 2008 12:16 AM PDT reply actions  

    The R key worked for you?

    It doesn't seem to work for me. For me, the 'R' key defaults to Firefox's text search feature. No biggie, since I can click the reply link anyway.

    by IQofaWarrior on Apr 14, 2008 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

    oh

    I normally turn that feature off on firefox. I think it should work if you decide to turn that off

    by disguy on Apr 14, 2008 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

    I see now

    The R key only works for newly added live comments that are not yet marked as read. If the comment is already read, the R doesn't do anything. If the comment is not yet read, the R key starts a reply.

    by IQofaWarrior on Apr 14, 2008 12:42 AM PDT up reply actions  

    yeah, Z gets addictive

    We've heard a lot of users say that they try to use Z on other non-SB Nation blogs, with a frustrating lack of success ;)

    I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly.

    by Ryan Gantz on Apr 14, 2008 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

    Nice little distraction.

    Hey, at least this takes my mind off the stupid Rockets getting spanked by the Chicken Nuggets. Change is good.

    by turbulence24 on Apr 14, 2008 12:19 AM PDT reply actions  

    Still more observations

    When a new user comment is automatically added to the thread, a little window pops up in the bottom right corner letting me know that someone had commented. But if I happen to be in another program, and then I click back to Firefox, I won't see that box, so I won't know that a new comment had appeared.

    by IQofaWarrior on Apr 14, 2008 12:34 AM PDT reply actions  

    That's true.

    I usually have a number of threads open at once in different tabs. When I switch back to a thread, the first thing I do is hit my C or Z key to see if anything new has popped in since I was last paying attention.

    Does that help? I've got a lot of work / email / cellphone alerts pinging me all the time anyway, so I'd rather check when it suits me ;)

    I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly.

    by Ryan Gantz on Apr 14, 2008 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

    Coincidentally enough

    that's exactly the solution I was thinking of just a moment ago: Clicking C or Z to see if anything new came in.

    by IQofaWarrior on Apr 14, 2008 12:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

    This is dope.

    Score one here in the "hyped and satisfied" column.

    then we will fight in the shade.

    by Swamp Thing on Apr 14, 2008 12:39 AM PDT reply actions  

    Question

    Can we still slap webpins in for our signature? I'm guessing not since we now have avatars, and my webpin didn't carry over accounts.

    I'm gonna miss some of them, like Zorgon's sick Aluminum Foyle.

    then we will fight in the shade.

    by Swamp Thing on Apr 14, 2008 12:45 AM PDT reply actions  

    Me too :-(

    I would put it in, but the "posting tips" section is gone, so I can't remember how to format it, and am unsure if the admins would let me.

    [IMG]http://www.omegazorgon.com/Zorgons%20Schtuffe/Other%20Images/ZorgonWebpinAwesome.bmp[/IMG]
    Tony.psd = Da Man
    http://adonalobsessed.blogspot.com/

    by Zorgon on Apr 14, 2008 1:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

    Oh well

    I used the proper HTML code, and it wouldn't let me. I suppose the tiny pic will have to suffice. A minor drawback, though.

    Tony.psd = Da Man
    http://adonalobsessed.blogspot.com/

    by Zorgon on Apr 14, 2008 1:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

    Yeah

    looking back on the older threads now, the webpins added a lot of personality. Most of the webpins were Warriors related and very creative. Like "Keep on Truckin", and "Baron: Where all-star should have happened".

    by IQofaWarrior on Apr 14, 2008 1:32 AM PDT up reply actions  

    Visiting other blogs

    So the same account can be used on other blogs? Does that mean that at the end of the season, users from MavsMoneyball are going to invade us and make fun of us for missing the playoffs?

    GSOMers! Unite and prepare to defend ourselves against these evil invaders who dare storm our castle!

    by IQofaWarrior on Apr 14, 2008 12:50 AM PDT reply actions  

    they could try

    but A) they'll have to agree to GSoM house rules, and B) you guys have the power to flag and moderate users to keep them in line while they're in your castle. Click the "actions" link on my comment here to flag me as a troll ;)

    I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly.

    by Ryan Gantz on Apr 14, 2008 12:53 AM PDT up reply actions   2 recs

    troll

    and flagged. This is legit. I should be studying for a midterm but the new GSoM is way too exciting.

    then we will fight in the shade.

    by Swamp Thing on Apr 14, 2008 12:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

    Sweet

    There's a user floating around here named Cynthia that deserves that.

    by IQofaWarrior on Apr 14, 2008 1:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

    Wow, overhaul... I like

    Looking good guys! I definitely like the new format. Good job!

    by thermodynamic on Apr 14, 2008 12:58 AM PDT reply actions  

    Avatars

    Quick second post but you guys should make the avatars bigger, or there's not really much of a point in having them.

    by thermodynamic on Apr 14, 2008 12:59 AM PDT reply actions  

    weird

    I had trouble accessing the site for a few minutes.

    testing my sig

    testing

    by disguy on Apr 14, 2008 1:07 AM PDT reply actions  

    Am I dreaming?

    Is this heaven? Wow.

    Just....oh...my...God.....

    This will make Golden State of Mind SO much more RADICAL!!!!

    Whew....gotta catch my breath....wow....

    Tony.psd = Da Man
    http://adonalobsessed.blogspot.com/

    by Zorgon on Apr 14, 2008 1:08 AM PDT reply actions  

    yeah

    The live comment feature is amazing. As a software programmer, I'm having one of those "How'd they do that?" moments.

    by IQofaWarrior on Apr 14, 2008 1:10 AM PDT up reply actions  

    Magic!

    one of our programmers has the IQofaWizard when it comes to Javascript.

    I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly.

    by Ryan Gantz on Apr 14, 2008 1:12 AM PDT up reply actions  

    Also realised

    that my and everyone elses old avatars are INTACT!!!! AMAZING!!!!

    Tony.psd = Da Man
    http://adonalobsessed.blogspot.com/

    by Zorgon on Apr 14, 2008 1:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

    Here's a good test of the Javascript

    Link with 893 comments. This post causes my CPU to go 100% for about 20 seconds before it finishes loading.

    by IQofaWarrior on Apr 14, 2008 1:35 AM PDT up reply actions  

    much of the load time there is images

    It takes about 18 seconds for me in Firefox 2, and substantially faster in Safari and FF3. But that thread also contains about 4mb of images loaded from external sources like Photobucket. We've had dozens of 1000+ threads on the new platform, and we're continuing to work to speed speed up performance.

    I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly.

    by Ryan Gantz on Apr 14, 2008 7:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

    Make sense

    not to mention I have to do my part some day by upgrading my browser. Except everything works right now, so I'm too lazy to do it. :P

    by IQofaWarrior on Apr 14, 2008 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions  

    Posting a link

    Hmm, this is annoying. The old way of posting links using [ ] brackets no longer works. Now you have to use standard HTML anchor tag.

    Testing: Here's GSOM at its finest.

    by IQofaWarrior on Apr 14, 2008 1:16 AM PDT reply actions  

    true, but try the link button in the little icon toolbar

    just press, paste, and go

    I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly.

    by Ryan Gantz on Apr 14, 2008 7:18 AM PDT up reply actions  

    Signature test

    Testing images in my signature.

    Testing images in signature

    by IQofaWarrior on Apr 14, 2008 1:28 AM PDT reply actions  

    Getting used to

    I'm positive about this, so I am hoping it still works

    B.J. Armstrong... greatest Warrior that we don't remember

    by PHUT! on Apr 14, 2008 1:28 AM PDT reply actions  

    testing sig

    yeah!

    B.J. Armstrong... greatest Warrior that we don't remember.
    Formerly known as phutmasterflex

    by PHUT! on Apr 14, 2008 1:32 AM PDT up reply actions  

    Last suggestion of the night

    In the home page, in the schedule section, the Next 5 Games should be listed with the next game first. Better yet, maybe the section should be in chronological order like this (with the same existing column alignments):

    ---------- Last 5 ----------
    @ Memphis Fri 04/04 W 117 - 86
    @ New Orleans Sun 04/06 L 96 - 108
    Sacramento Tue 04/08 W 140 - 132
    Denver Thu 04/10 L 105 - 114
    Los Angeles Clippers Sat 04/12 W 122 - 116
    ---------- Next Game ----------
    @ Phoenix Mon 04/14 7:05 PM PDT
    Seattle Wed 04/16 7:30 PM PDT

    If you want to keep the current chronological order, then I think you should at least put an indicator, like a star, next to the next upcoming game, similar to how a star is shown for our team in the standings.

    by IQofaWarrior on Apr 14, 2008 2:38 AM PDT reply actions  

    I think there is a bug with our roster schedule....

    The order should be displayed as:

    Next 5 Games

    4/14
    4/16
    etc

    Last 5 Games

    4/12
    4/11
    etc

    working on a fix

    I'm one of the guys who built the new SB Nation

    by Pablo Mercado on Apr 14, 2008 6:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

    Fixed

    I'm one of the guys who built the new SB Nation

    by Pablo Mercado on Apr 14, 2008 7:15 AM PDT up reply actions  

    tnx -great job

    now GSoM is as GSoM must be

    better

    build a team & destroy the roof

    by Lat We N Trash on Apr 14, 2008 3:26 AM PDT reply actions  

    I was wondering how long it would be before GSoM switched

    I like this format better. Already gotten used to it on McCovey Chronicles. The autoupdate is awesome

    by Tchli on Apr 14, 2008 6:50 AM PDT reply actions  

    Hey guys

    Congratulations on the relaunch. I hope my site transitions as smoothly.

    by Evan Dunlap on Apr 14, 2008 7:02 AM PDT reply actions  

    I love it!!!!

    This is going to be so cool!

    Go Warriors!!!

    by goGSW24 on Apr 14, 2008 7:21 AM PDT reply actions  

    Hot

    Pancakes for everyone! Hurrah!

    by Tom Ziller on Apr 14, 2008 7:24 AM PDT reply actions  

    Cool

    New site looks great. And props to the GSoM community for embracing the new platform so quickly. Change is good, but it can be daunting. Everyone seems to be really positive.

    The Clippers! The (second) Best NBA Team in LA!

    by Steve Perrin on Apr 14, 2008 10:07 AM PDT reply actions  

    favicon

    i like favicons... lol. can we get one back? maybe the new 3d gsom logo?

    by singha on Apr 14, 2008 10:08 AM PDT reply actions  

    good call

    We'll add a favicon later today.

    I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly.

    by Ryan Gantz on Apr 14, 2008 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions  

    bleh

    Like the new features... not a big fan of the SB interface. Oh well, we've got a long off-season to get used to it.

    Hope Mully and Nellie work some magic to bring back most of the W's that we've gotten to know and love.

    by geebear on Apr 14, 2008 10:09 AM PDT reply actions  

    woh

    Wow, the site looks great. I'm sure this took a lot of work so great job everybody. Will take a little time to get used to the new functionality though. Bigger avatars would be great or only when we click on the image.

    by Funaddict on Apr 14, 2008 12:50 PM PDT reply actions  

    Feature suggestion

    The live comments is definitely a killer feature. What about about having a live home page? I think it would be nice if the home page automatically updated #of new comments in the posts and fanposts. It's a logical extension of the live comments feature.

    by IQofaWarrior on Apr 14, 2008 2:14 PM PDT reply actions  

    Feature Suggestion - Avatar Hover

    Since the avatars are small, how about on hover of an avatar, show the full size pic from the profile? Then when we scroll off the avatar, it goes back to normal.

    by Fantasy Junkie on Apr 14, 2008 2:17 PM PDT reply actions  

    Very Cool

    It will take me a little while to get used to tht echanges but it looks like a pretty sweet setup.

    by olympicmike on Apr 14, 2008 2:42 PM PDT reply actions  

    Question

    Is there any way to still post with your full size Webpins? They added so much character to the site. I would be pretty bummed if all we had are the impossible to see avatars.

    by olympicmike on Apr 14, 2008 2:45 PM PDT reply actions  

    Webpins

    Yea I would like that too, it seems to be ignoring mine. I guess the only way to do it would be to attach a picture to every comment - but that's a big pain.

    by Fantasy Junkie on Apr 14, 2008 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

    Yeah

    The new signature blocks don't allow HTML. (At least that what it seems like).

    It never occurred to me that one man could play with the faith of 50 million.

    by imovermyhead on Apr 14, 2008 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

    A Pain?

    Tell that to Tony.psd. He’s done it ever since he joined.

    Tony.psd = Da Man
    http://adonalobsessed.blogspot.com/
    "Zorgon is definately the Mike Gravel of GSoM." - Zorgon

    by Zorgon on Apr 15, 2008 1:10 AM PDT up reply actions  

    Gotta say

    I'm really loving the shortcut key feature. The transitions are really smooth. I'm at work using a slow ass computer, and it still works at ease with very little-to-no lag. NICE

    Yeah, webpins are a must.

    by disguy on Apr 14, 2008 2:58 PM PDT reply actions  

    I so love that subjects are not required anymore and that we can use one username for the entire SB network.

    I don't like the fact that ads are featured in the prominent spaces on each blog, but that's okay.

    - The Artist Formerly Known as Caught Backcourt

    It never occurred to me that one man could play with the faith of 50 million.

    by imovermyhead on Apr 14, 2008 3:22 PM PDT reply actions  

    test post with no subject

    by IQofaWarrior on Apr 14, 2008 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

    WebPins

    Just to be clear I wanted to re-post this. Please allow a way to have images in your sig. Most people here are used to a format that looks like this and would be sad if they weren't able to post with webpins.

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    by olympicmike on Apr 14, 2008 10:45 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

    what about polls?

    i threw up a complaining diary and wanted to have a snarky poll, too, but no luck. are fans out of the polling business?

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    by OaktownWarrior on Apr 15, 2008 1:54 PM PDT reply actions  

    Web pin suggestions

    I can’t believe I still miss everyone’s web pins. I really hope the site designers put that in. I’ve been thinking about some of the problems with adding them in. Right now, people can use the same account to visit any sbnation blog. If web pins were available, then bloggers from other sports teams who choose to comment here would end up showing their web pins here. We could end up with SF Giants or Oakland A’s web pins on a Warriors blog. That would ruin the atmosphere we have here of supporting our Warriors. Conversely, having Warriors web pins show up on a Giants blog would ruin the Giants atmosphere there.

    So my suggestion is that if you guys add web pins into the site design, make it so that people can have one for each blog. That way, we can show our support for multiple teams.

    Also, I think you should make it a user configurable option of whether or not to display web pins, just like the option for displaying avatars. That’s good for those who like to keep comments looking compact and organized.

    by IQofaWarrior on Apr 15, 2008 2:42 PM PDT reply actions  

    Thanks for your patience, we're getting there

    HTML is not disabled in signatures, but including images has been. We had serious issues with performance in big comment threads on large blogs with all the images loading. We introduced avatars to address this need, but clearly we still have work to do with that before it meets the needs of communities like GSoM. We’ll be rolling out some changes in the future.

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    by Ryan Gantz on Apr 16, 2008 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

    No worries

    I’m appreciative that you’re actually responsive. For example, someone requested that the FanShots section on the main page be moved up next to the FanPosts section so that people can see it, and it actually got done. Now THAT’s customer service.

    by IQofaWarrior on Apr 16, 2008 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions  

    There’s a few things FJ and I can control on the backend like some of the placement of the widgets on the side columns. Just keep the suggestions coming (in here preferably) and we’ll try to keep this thing evolving quickly.

    Trei, Pablo, Michael, and Ryan have put together a fantastic system with a rich feature set that I think can really make this community a better place. Let us know how we can make it more friendly and usable and we’ll do our best.

    Call it a masterpiece in progress!

    by Atma Brother ONE on Apr 16, 2008 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

    feature suggestions for posts/comments

    I like the new design. Good Job.

    One thing that bugs me about the old format and the new format is the way the new posts/comments are displayed. I would prefer the latest comments to be displayed at the top, and older posts/comments continually get pushed down. So the auto-refresh is nice, but having the latest comments on top would make it far more user friendly IMO. Could these be a user option to select?

    by okonomiyaki on Apr 16, 2008 12:17 PM PDT reply actions  

    We talked about this a bit.

    By far the most common standard for blogs is to have the entry at the top, with comments proceeding down chronologically, so we’ve stayed with that convention. Only a couple of users have requested bottom up comments. We may add this as a user option if more users make the request, but we’d likely need to require that auto-updates be disabled in such a mode, since new comments would push the down the comment you’re currently reading. It might be tricky.

    In the meantime, I use the Z or C key as a user-friendly way to jump down to new comments – no need to scroll.

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    by Ryan Gantz on Apr 16, 2008 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

    Another UI suggestion

    In the home page, in the fanpost section, the new comment count is displayed in bold, so it’s very easy to see which fanpost has unread comments. But in the fanshots section, new comments are not in bold. Can you make the new count in that section bold as well?

    by IQofaWarrior on Apr 18, 2008 11:33 AM PDT reply actions  

    yep

    We’re aware of this inconsistency. Thanks!

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    by Ryan Gantz on Apr 18, 2008 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

    just testing

    test

    test

    test

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    by ssmokinjoe on Apr 26, 2008 1:43 AM PDT up reply actions  

    Old Site

    There was a home grown and funky vibe that the last site had, something unique and very community oriented. This feels soooooo much more generic and has lost some of the niche flavor it used to have. It feels like a template (which it is) and a franchise front.

    Ironically, it reflects the change in the demo at Warriors games as well, as the popularity of the product grew, the heterogeneity has led to greater homogeneity. Such is the commercial cost of success.

    by SlamDharma on Apr 25, 2008 5:30 PM PDT reply actions  

    Loving that screen name!

    Appreciate the thoughts. I think that “home grown and funky vibe” is really at the core of GSoM. That’s our goal. I know those big web pins on the left side under “Words to Live By” don’t really fit aesthetically with the rest of the site, but we stuck with them so we hopefully wouldn’t lose our “Unstoppable Baby!” juice.

    Any ideas on what else we can do to make this new front get back to our original flava? Thanks.

    by Atma Brother ONE on Apr 26, 2008 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions  

    Atma

    Success on the web is so hard to formulate and predict. If it was so easy, everyone would be building something viral and innovative and retire early. But one key component to creating something that has some juice is to create something that gives people the option to make it their own. Webpins certainly fit the bill and while I’m sure that they ate up a lot of space, it was something that set the site apart from others. Tony PSD’s work was out front and it was fresh. The webpin phenomenon has a lot in common with tagging as an urban artform, especially in this environment.

    I think the die has been cast and your site is what it is, but I would highly recommend that you find some way to allow each individual posters personality to come through much in the same way the webpins used to achieve. Identity is the center of any community and if people here can can contiue to indentify with both the sit itself and how they appear within it, GSOM will continue to thrive.

    by SlamDharma on Apr 27, 2008 4:50 PM PDT reply actions  

    Home page suggestion

    I don’t know if the site maintainers still read this post, but here’s another suggestion for the home page. In one of my earlier posts, I complained about a lack of a background color bar to clearly identify each main story. Now, some of the main stories, which are really fanshots, have a blue rectangular background containing the posts, while other main stories like the Open Threads don’t. Furthurmore, the format is different in each case. For the main Fanshots, the poster, time, and comment count are all at the bottom, but for the Open Threads, the poster and tmie are at the top, and the comment count is centered at the bottom.

    To make the main stories more consistent, can you make all main posts formatted like the Fanshots? It makes the main stories column more consistent, and it would solve my complaint about not being able to identify each story at a glance.

    by IQofaWarrior on May 2, 2008 10:30 PM PDT reply actions  

    a good suggestion

    We’re in the process of redesigning the way that stories and FanPosts look, and the changes should address most of your concerns.

    I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly and with better features.

    by Ryan Gantz on May 4, 2008 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions  

    My god

    you actually still keep up on this thread. Thank you. I’ll put forth my best critical eye when the new design takes effect.

    by IQofaWarrior on May 5, 2008 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

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