Tool section

[Jangoo]

I think we need a section for fan-made tools.

Whenever somebody creates a spreadsheet, an excel-tool or a whole new site (e.g. the recent QI-site (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,5676.108.html)) it could go there.

Currently, the only section that fits is mostly "general" and we all know for how long a thread will stay on the first
page of this section ... tool-threads don't exactly inspire lengthy discussions, they just need to be found easily.

[Scaredgirl]

I will start..

http://elementscommunity.org/tools (not working currently)

..as soon as all this current craziness has been dealth with.

Idea is to have one place to put all the tools. Nothing fancy, just the tools in a simple list, ready to be used. And not only links to these tools, but the tools themselves. I'd like the thing work as a kind of a Wiki, where we have the code, and if the original coder decides to quit, someone else will take his or her place.

Example 1: Chriskang did some great stuff for the community but all that is now lost because he got eaten by a bear (theory). Had he given us the source code, someone else could have continued the work.

Example 2: Same thing happened with a previous tournament bracket thing we were building. Myself and others spent hours planning and testing it, and when the coder decided to quit, all that work was lost because he was the only one with the original code.

So instead of having multiple people start their own websites with their own tools, it's better to have one site with all of them. Original developers of course get the credit, and nobody is going to steal their code. We just need a failsafe in case there are more hungry bears out there.

Tools that get added in the http://elementscommunity.org/tools will also get their own topics somewhere.


Related to this, we might soon start Elements University. It would be similar to Art Class (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/board,365.0.html) ran by vrt and pepo, only this time instead of just art, we would cover other subjects (all somehow related to Elements or the forums) as well. We could have a coding class with about 12 people or so, led by an experienced coder. This class could together build some kind of useful tools that we could then add to the tool page. So it would be learning coding while helping the community.

[EmeraldTiger]

Related to this, we might soon start Elements University. It would be similar to Art Class (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/board,365.0.html) ran by vrt and pepo, only this time instead of just art, we would cover other subjects (all somehow related to Elements or the forums) as well. We could have a coding class with about 12 people or so, led by an experienced coder. This class could together build some kind of useful tools that we could then add to the tool page. So it would be learning coding while helping the community.

This also fits with the idea for a Card Design Class that OldTrees and myself thought about.

[Jangoo]

Sounds great SG.
Having the actual data/codes/whatever uploaded to a server would sure help alleviate the
"the site you are trying to access does not exist ... blabla" problem you sometimes get when clicking on
stoneold links to certain upload sites.

Tools that get added in the http://elementscommunity.org/tools will also get their own topics somewhere.

So a seperate forum-section called "tools" where you can post screenies, tutorials or simply advertise the product is
intended along with the site?

[Scaredgirl]

Related to this, we might soon start Elements University. It would be similar to Art Class (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/board,365.0.html) ran by vrt and pepo, only this time instead of just art, we would cover other subjects (all somehow related to Elements or the forums) as well. We could have a coding class with about 12 people or so, led by an experienced coder. This class could together build some kind of useful tools that we could then add to the tool page. So it would be learning coding while helping the community.

This also fits with the idea for a Card Design Class that OldTrees and myself thought about.

Yep. We talked about the same thing in the Council. Teaching the basics (and also advanced stuff) of card designing, would be very useful. I'll ask the next Council to resolve the Elements University business.

Sounds great SG.
Having the actual data/codes/whatever uploaded to a server would sure help alleviate the
"the site you are trying to access does not exist ... blabla" problem you sometimes get when clicking on
stoneold links to certain upload sites.

Tools that get added in the http://elementscommunity.org/tools will also get their own topics somewhere.

So a seperate forum-section called "tools" where you can post screenies, tutorials or simply advertise the product is
intended along with the site?

Yep. Currently we have all kinds of tools, databases and spreadsheets all over the place. Having them all in one place would be very useful. Here is the plan: http://elementscommunity.org/ . As you can see "Tools" is one of the main parts of the community stuff, along with forum, wiki, chat and radio. The link doesn't work yet though.

And yes, we need to have some kind of section for "tools" where developers can have one topic per tool and people can post feedback etc.

[TimerClock14]

Related to this, we might soon start Elements University. It would be similar to Art Class (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/board,365.0.html) ran by vrt and pepo, only this time instead of just art, we would cover other subjects (all somehow related to Elements or the forums) as well. We could have a coding class with about 12 people or so, led by an experienced coder. This class could together build some kind of useful tools that we could then add to the tool page. So it would be learning coding while helping the community.

This also fits with the idea for a Card Design Class that OldTrees and myself thought about.

Me like!

As for the coding class, I'd be happy to help ^_^ RL is a bit crazy right now, but that will be organized by the time this happens (if it does)

[UTAlan]

Related to this, we might soon start Elements University. It would be similar to Art Class (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/board,365.0.html) ran by vrt and pepo, only this time instead of just art, we would cover other subjects (all somehow related to Elements or the forums) as well. We could have a coding class with about 12 people or so, led by an experienced coder. This class could together build some kind of useful tools that we could then add to the tool page. So it would be learning coding while helping the community.

Looking forward to this! Hope I'm able to help out.