Okay heads up people - Users with less than 10 downloads will have thier journals deleted!. I've seen about 15 people try and create journals without the required number. I suggest you go back and read the first post of this thread again.

These're nice ideas... Thanks for the huge work... for the addition...

2 questions..
How can I sort the journal through a username in the journal page?
Where to find the journal link of a person through that person's profile?

Delphy this is great, and thank you. But it says that a post must be at most 1,000 characters. So I massaged mine until MS Word says that it is
Characters, no spaces: 780
Characters with spaces: 993

and it still won't accept it.

Thanks

roseisred

It might be counting line feeds too. I'll increase the limit a little bit.

niol,

The link to the journal is in the box marked "Journal Information" from thier profile page. What do you mean by sort?

This sounds excellent. Before I found MTS2, I frequented only RedvsBlue.com, and they have a Journal system as well. It all works incredibly well.

The one key is that everyones' journals are even and equal in every way. Everyone has thier journal, from start-to-finish of thier profiles, with no restrictions (other than the normal Rules and TOU).

They also have a "Karma system" that monitors site activity and how many "Mod Points" a user recieves from others to determine their Karma Level. The higher the level, the more respected the member.

(That's what I thought the instant I read "Modding," in the title of this thread, and I believe it would make an excellent addition to MTS2 as well.)

And it all works together, to form a network of systems that support and promote positive activity in one another. Most sites have features here and there, but all they really are are Forums with useless features that get ignored and end up wasting server space. RvB is different. The Forums are huge, but they're not half the experience.

A member's journal and profile is a place where they can be more personal with their friends on the site. A place where they don't have to worry about what other people think, because it's thier journal, and if you don't want to read it, you don't have to.

There is an entire profile system that works beautifully.

I cannot explain with text words how wonderful everything works together there. It truly is a masterpiece.

Another thing is that for $10, you achieve Sponsorship, which includes a plethora of exclusive forum features like Colored Text, Editing Posts, Smilies, A Star next to thier screenname wherever it appears on the site, etc.

The one obstacle for MTS2 to overcome, should it adopt this sponsorship system, is that the main attraction for Sponsorship there is early-release, Hires episodes of the series, and exclusive Sponsors-Only videos.

Probably the single-biggest 'feature' of the RvB site is that HTML is supported nowhere at all, and there are no signatures. HTML tends to make forums and sites seem tangled and unorganized, as do Sigs. On RvB, you have your Avatar and S/N next to your post. That's all you need.

I suppose you'll have to experience it for yourself to fully appreciate it.

I don't know if I am just not seeing this in front of my eyes, but if not, would it be possible to have one more view on the journals page, which is to show a list of all existing journals sorted by username? I feel as if I could be missing something if I only see the last entries.

Inge, you aren't seeing it in front of your eyes. :P

Go to the main journal page. Scroll below the latest entries. Change the sort to "Journalist". Voila.

BobSalawalatski,

vBulletin has a similar system to karma called reputation. I have, however, decided not to turn it on on MTS2.

The sponsorship system would be pretty useless on MTS2. Why? Becuase members can already edit thier own posts, use smilies, and so on. Regular donaters get an icon next to thier name, but thats it. People who donate to the site should do so for the good of the entire community as opposed to any gimmicks or stuff they get over everybody else. HTML is not turned on on MTS2 either and you may have noticed that we have strict signature rules that keep them small and unobtrusive.

This is not the RvB forums, nor do I intend to turn it into them.

Delphy,

Thanks I've found the journal information box in Waltman15's profile but not in yours. Silly me assuming you've one for an example. Obviously, I made a mistake on that.

What I meant by "How can I sort the journal through a username in the journal page?" is basically the same meaning as Inge's "which is to show a list of all existing journals sorted by username?"
I've tried to "Change the sort to "Journalist"", but I've found that some people's journalist names are not the same as their usernames... (In other words, in some cases, journalist names =\= usernames)

After all, I can use search member to get to the username's profile and then get to their journals through the "journal information box" if any.

So, my problems are solved... Thanks again...

Such a great idea! 2 more uplods and I'll be able to get a journal :D

Thanks Delphy!!

Ah! Actually I wasn't seeing it in front of my eyes cos it wasn't in front of my eyes. After I saw the pages 1,2,3,Next after the latest entries listing I just went through those and never realised there was anything else further down the page. Doh!

I still had to delete a bit so that it would be accepted. 3 lines to be exact.

I have dyslexia and have always broken my paragraphs into smaller 1/2 or 1/4 paragraphs, making it easier for me to read and keep my place (especially in note taking). Large paragraphs and right and left justification are killers in this regard.

I'm just going to have to make my posts smaller

niol,

I have had a journal, then deleted it, then started it, then deleted it. I'm the test dummy, so to speak. :P

I'll have a look at the sort.

Just tried to start a journal. Got the 1000 characters message, so I shortened the entry, then again, then again,... to no avail. It just wouldn't go. I don't have a character counter in my word programme, so that might be a useful addition to the journal tools, if possible. Then I got the MTS is doing maintenance message.... even though journal seem to be working....... hmm.

Anyway, now I try again, click on view my journal and it says I'm in the moderation que, oooops, lol. I have no idea which version is posted and how many times I might now be in the que as I kept getting the error message and didn't think anything had been submitted. (Sorry to the mod who has to go through all those, lol)

Just another little thing I noticed the message about - if you don't have 10 uploads, or if you are a prominent member of the community, your journal will be deleted.
Shouldn't that be "if you are NOT a prominent member

Looking forward to eventually having a journal,
thanks
Muse

Edit
Ok, noticed in CP, that my journal is there. Clicking on the name brings up the maintenance message, clicking on the entry brings up what's posted (or still in the que, as the journal isn't listed in the Journals index yet)
Quick question. I have two updates I want to add. I guess because of the 1000 word limit, I will have to post them individually. Will each entry from the journal owner always have to be moderated?
thanks in advance.

So can we create our own group are do we have like some special way of doing that ?

Cool, Delphy! only 10 more uploads to go...

I like the idea of a journal. Thanks!

How do you start your own modding group?

http://www.modthesims2.com/forumdisplay.php?f=436