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dude341
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Profile banners

OK, so before we start, let me show a mock-up of this first.

OK, got that? Great. Now here is the same image but marked, so I can tell you what the suggestion is.

Those red things are to help me tell you what the suggestion is, they wouldn't be in the actual thing.
1. The main thing of this suggestion, the profile banner! This is a banner that you can have on your profile. It would be useful for displaying adverts for your new projects, telling news about the account and more! Please don't say “No support, this is useless” because it does have uses.
2. The report button. If the banner is inappropriate, you can report it using that button.
3. The “change” button. Click on that to upload your banner.

EDIT:
Some more info:
  • There would be an option to make banners link to somewhere (like a project, forum thread, or another website entirely).
  • Banner size could be customizable and also an option to make it display at the top of the page, like a header, rather than in the profile space (removing the ability to link somewhere if this option was enabled).
  • User can disable banner altogether.

Last edited by dude341 (Aug. 24, 2019 00:04:05)

alexphan
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Profile banners

This could be useful in some ways (like advertising). Perhaps the ability for the banner to hyperlink to something in the Scratch domain and the ability to hide the banner if you don't need it would be really nice as well.

As for the report button, I think it should be part of the “Report this user” button, so the options available are

•Username
•Icon
•About Me
•What I'm Working On
•Banner

Last edited by alexphan (Nov. 6, 2016 18:04:13)

dude341
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Profile banners

alexphan wrote:

This could be useful in some ways (like advertising). Perhaps the ability for the banner to hyperlink to something in the Scratch domain and the ability to hide the banner if you don't need it would be really nice as well.

As for the report button, I think it should be part of the “Report this user” button, so the options available are

•Username
•Icon
•About Me
•What I'm Working On
•Banner
Good idea! Do you support?
P-Code
Scratcher
500+ posts

Profile banners

Hmm, sounds like a good idea! Here's a suggestion: an option to put that banner in your siggy.
dave4681
Scratcher
500+ posts

Profile banners

P-Code wrote:

Hmm, sounds like a good idea! Here's a suggestion: an option to put that banner in your siggy.
That is possible, but it's just that loads of people (like me) don't know how to do it
dude341
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Profile banners

dave4681 wrote:

P-Code wrote:

Hmm, sounds like a good idea! Here's a suggestion: an option to put that banner in your siggy.
That is possible, but it's just that loads of people (like me) don't know how to do it
You don't know how to do it because this suggestion hasn't been added yet.
Solmux
Scratcher
100+ posts

Profile banners

dave4681 wrote:

P-Code wrote:

Hmm, sounds like a good idea! Here's a suggestion: an option to put that banner in your siggy.
That is possible, but it's just that loads of people (like me) don't know how to do it

You just easily paste a picture into your siggy.
alexphan
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Profile banners

dude341 wrote:

alexphan wrote:

This could be useful in some ways (like advertising). Perhaps the ability for the banner to hyperlink to something in the Scratch domain and the ability to hide the banner if you don't need it would be really nice as well.

As for the report button, I think it should be part of the “Report this user” button, so the options available are

•Username
•Icon
•About Me
•What I'm Working On
•Banner
Good idea! Do you support?
I don't do “support” and “no support” anymore. However, I think this suggestion is nice.

Last edited by alexphan (Nov. 7, 2016 20:50:31)

MathlyCat
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Profile banners

I don't support this since it's very small.
Like literally no one will make a banner so concise to that size.

I'll only support a full-size banner above the username.
(Lo and behold your suggestion is different )
dude341
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Profile banners

MathlyCat wrote:

I don't support this since it's very small.
Like literally no one will make a banner so concise to that size.

I'll only support a full-size banner above the username.
(Lo and behold your suggestion is different )
Are you serious? I really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, hope you are being sarcastic. It is OBVIOUSLY a mock-up, and I'm guessing you haven't using MS-Paint before, because resizing stuff makes them look horrible.
pigbeast234
Scratcher
100+ posts

Profile banners

Full Support. It would give Scratchers the ability to customize their profiles as they please. Perhaps if they wanted, could the banner also provide a hyper-link?
pigbeast234
Scratcher
100+ posts

Profile banners

MathlyCat wrote:

I don't support this since it's very small.
Like literally no one will make a banner so concise to that size.

I'll only support a full-size banner above the username.
(Lo and behold your suggestion is different )

I don't want to be That person?? But I do enjoy making small banners like the one shown. I usually do it for sake of Chicken Smoothie, as signature coding involves multiple small banners such as that one. Sorry for the barge in.
bigpuppy
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Profile banners

MathlyCat wrote:

I don't support this since it's very small.
Like literally no one will make a banner so concise to that size.

I'll only support a full-size banner above the username.
(Lo and behold your suggestion is different )
Lol, I was going to say the exact same thing before I scrolled down! XD

Anyway, here is a mockup of what I think you are saying:



bigpuppy

scratchnapped
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Profile banners

pigbeast234 wrote:

I don't want to be That person?? But I do enjoy making small banners like the one shown. I usually do it for sake of Chicken Smoothie, as signature coding involves multiple small banners such as that one. Sorry for the barge in.
support for the topic, double support here for the mention of CS LOL
WaterComesBack
Scratcher
100+ posts

Profile banners

bump for dupe
dude341
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Profile banners

Forgot about this! Nice mockup I made. I still think this suggestion should be added.
SuperDoom
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Profile banners

Support. Why deal with the minuscule amount of text allowed in your About Me section when you can have a scrolling sign right beside your location?
Nambaseking01
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Profile banners

Support.

I would have semi-supported if you had not mentioned you can disable it, but since you said that I am left with no reason to object. Now that I have a shop in the Requests forum, I would love to be able to advertise it on my profile without commenting on the toppest area by copying, pasting, and deleting stuff.

And I have an announcement.

Hello!

I am a worker from the Scratch Ultimate Coding Shop and we would like to sponsor your suggestions! This means that we will advertise your suggestion in our shop and ask others to view it and see how it is! If you would want to remove your suggestion from the sponsoring event, you can always notify us in the shop!

Thank you for reading this letter,
Nambaseking01
dude341
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Profile banners

Nambaseking01 wrote:

Hello!

I am a worker from the Scratch Ultimate Coding Shop and we would like to sponsor your suggestions! This means that we will advertise your suggestion in our shop and ask others to view it and see how it is! If you would want to remove your suggestion from the sponsoring event, you can always notify us in the shop!

Thank you for reading this letter,
Nambaseking01
Sponsoring… suggestions? I'm not sure I exactly see the point, but I guess you can advertise it if you want to.
CatsUnited
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Profile banners

dude341 wrote:

Nambaseking01 wrote:

Hello!

I am a worker from the Scratch Ultimate Coding Shop and we would like to sponsor your suggestions! This means that we will advertise your suggestion in our shop and ask others to view it and see how it is! If you would want to remove your suggestion from the sponsoring event, you can always notify us in the shop!

Thank you for reading this letter,
Nambaseking01
Sponsoring… suggestions? I'm not sure I exactly see the point, but I guess you can advertise it if you want to.
I don't know either, but then again the Requests forum is a whole different creature from most of the rest of the forum.

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