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Looks cool, I'll reply with my feedback!
Thank you TradeFortess, please keep in mind the site is very alpha. The team was cut shortly after the last post, so development has been slow. Also, there is almost no security implemented at this time, as focus has been on function. |
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About Olympus Discussion. Olympus Discussion is a community based communication platform based off a tag and subscription system. It's designed to provide you with the content you want to see immediately, but still allow for the easy spread of information. It's goal to to be an entree for the bounty found here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=50617.0About Alpha. This open alpha development phase is to reassure the community that the project is still active, albeit at a lower capacity. Our goals with this are to create a new line of communication with the people of the board who are interested in this project, which is why we have decided to post here in Meta, instead of the usual Project Development board. We are looking for feedback, bug reports, suggestions, and any comments you may have. Features List. This has been intentionally left empty so the lead developer on the project can come in and add the updated list himself. It will be updated shortly. Screenshots. https://i.imgur.com/659aB02l.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/aSIgmBWl.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/CmoJ5fil.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/Nyqrie2l.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/9b5KSYcl.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/cV0WsIrl.pngAlpha Server. This server will be wiped and updated every 24 hours, to reflect the changes in the software as they happen. It's a t1.mico EC2 from Amazon. IP: https://54.212.250.120/Want to Help? Posts Suggestions: This is just about the most helpful thing you could do right now. Anything from feature to cosmetic suggestions are very helpful. If you do have a suggestions, please post them here, and not on the Alpha Server, as it's databases will be wiped every day, so we may not see them there. If you wish to keep your suggestions private, email us at Syphorsoftware@gmail.comDonate: At the moment, it would not be financially responsible of Syphor to place anymore than the one developer on this project at a time, and they are switching in and out as their respective talents are needed on contracts that bring in revenue for Syphor to keep its doors open. Donations would give us the opportunity to give this project the time and devotion it deserves to get off the ground. If you wish to donate, our address is 1sYpHoRKWxtPdMWCWGUugABcjSZG9JVCT
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Due to all the feedback we have received, we are sad to say that the beta release will be pushed back to Monday August 26 in order to give our team members more time to redesign our UI to reflect the feedback we received from our previous mockup screenshots. We hope you partake in our beta and help us make software that is optimized to what the community would like to use.
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Thank you for your feedback and suggestion /dev/null After yours and TradeFortess' feedback and suggestions, the UI designer and one of the programmers from the team have decided to take a few days to flesh out Carte Blanche's HTML/LESS framework, ditch bootstrap completely, and begin working on new mockups. We appreciate both of your help in this, and we encourage others to voice their opinions on how they would like to see the new UI done. Any and all suggestions made will be taken into account, and we will try to work with the community as much as possible. Thanks again! |
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It's the most original forum "moockup" i've ever seen. It's something of the level i wanted to do for a website of mine for years now.
So, i'm positively surprised.
But again, you shouldn't start fresh out of nothing.
We're sure we will impress you again when the beta release rolls out, when you will have time to play around with the features, make posts, and report bugs. The current slated release date for the beta is this Friday, Aug. 23. Not exactly a fan of the mock up UI.  Individual posts take up too much space, and black on grey is not a good color combination for long reads. The <h2> or whatever makes the subject take up disproportionally more space - even through in 99.5% of the posts the subject of replies convey no additional information. The topic list UI is not well designed. The user bar should have a constant width that makes it easier to skim through the subjects. There's too much clutter to the right that makes it hard to see replies / views at a glance, and there is no last reply message. The timestamp is also unfriendly - you should use relative time (eg 3 minutes ago, not dates unless it is very old). Most people also generally read from left to right. IMO the sidebar would be better positioned on the left (and you should really get another color palette). The default theme should be minimalistic like the current theme. Nothing that looks "web 2.0": no speech bubbles, no significant space between posts, no significant hover effects, and few rounded corners.
The default theme must work well with all functionality and a reasonable page layout on text browsers without JavaScript. It should also work perfectly on browsers with unusually small browser dimensions. It should be at least somewhat usable (though maybe not pretty) on ancient and broken browsers like IE6.
Same color scheme as we have now: light with some blue. I also recommend to not go with major design overhauls to make it look web 2.0. I use Bootstrap a lot, but it's simply not what will work with the Bitcoin community. That means, don't start your project off with Bootstrap's large empty spacing, font size, large buttons, white/grey/black palette. Making something more web 2.0 has disastrous results for a technical internet community. DigitalPoint migrated to the latest version of vBulletin which is like the direction your UI is going. Take a look at how they are doing:  You can quite easily see that after upgrading their forum to be more web 2.0 / shiny, their userbase stopped visiting as much. They had to move to another forum software that was more traditional, and better for "power users". Thank you for your input TradeFortess. You make quite a few great points, and they will be addressed by the team before the beta release on Friday. We would still love to hear from others, and we intend to have updated screenshots ready on Aug. 21 that depict more of the software, including the user control panels, possible ad locations, and updated content. |
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We have updated the opening post with a few screenshots. There will be more to come as we reach the beta release date.
If there is something you disagree with, or would like to see some changes, please let us know.
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Olympus Discussion had to be built from scratch. Pre-made forum software could not be modified for the UI we have designed. Olympus Discussion is a collaborative concept of our development team to create forum software for the leading edge of modern web development. it strays from standard forum design by bringing in new concepts like a Tag Based Content System, Multiple Interfaces, Advanced Analytics, and other features that would be difficult to implement to pre-designed forum software and still meet our standards. As a company, Syphor Software is striving to create unique and unprecedented software that will not only impress but be functional and seamless in its design.
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Very interesting. After release and possible adaptation by the Bitcoin community will this platform be up for sale or maybe become open source?
According to the origional post by theymos: It would be fine for you to sell your software after you make it for this forum.
However, that was almost 2 years ago. Assuming we collect the bounty, we will talk with the forums administration about it. If they agree to it, we would like to release the software as open source, for the community. In the result that theymos does not award us the bounty, for whatever reason, we will put the software up for auction, at which point the winning bidder will have all rights to the finished product. In the event of such an auction, should the community decide to come together to win the auction, we will release the software as open source. We hope this answers your question. |
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Yes that is what I am talking about, please pass it along.
I don't consider that tipping it is more of a profile field, but I guess so.
The opening post has been updated to reflect your request, and to better describe the teams' progress as of the writing on this post. |
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One of our teams is working right now to try and fulfill this bounty, assuming it's still up for grabs. The project can be seen here ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=276512.0), where any suggestions or feedback are more than welcome. Thank you, Syphor Software |
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Google 2FA has nothing to do with google accounts. They are separate things completely. If you have access to my google account you don't have access to my google 2FA cause that is on my phone. It is safer than giving out my phone number to a forum.
You are confusing Google 2FA, which is 2FA support implemented by Google to protect your Google accounts ( https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/180744), and Google Authenticator, which can be used for Google 2FA. The difference is, Google Authenticator isn't a process or service, it is a tool, that uses the TOTP and HOTP standards set by the Initiative for Open Authentication, and thus can be used by anyone following the same standards. TOTP and HOTP support was not planned, as of the writing of this post, but if this is what you mean by "Google 2FA", then I'll be sure to let the team know of the request. how you going to do that with no e-wallet unless you are going to host it.
Please read "Tipping" in the opening post. |
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- Site Wallets (eWallets for tipping)
Theymos has stated he doesn't want the forum to become an e-wallet, so I am guessing this would have to be removed. Which is why is was under "possible". We haven't even implemented them, suspecting as much. It's too much of a liability to the forum owner. Also why no google 2FA email 2FA is bad, cause I am guessing many people have the same name even the same password as their email accounts. So yeah better to look into google 2FA as it be the best way!
Google 2FA is attached to your Google account. We do offer OpenID login, which can use your google account, and thus activate your Google 2FA, assuming it's attached to your account. Same goes for your Google E-mail, assuming you use Gmail. Email 2FA, is better than no 2FA. We would like to offer SMS 2FA, however that would require monthly fees to a API SMS service, which is obviously up to the forums owners. |
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Olympus Discussion
Beta Release Slated for Later. This Project has been worked on behind the scenes for about two weeks by one of ours teams. It is our entree for the 5500+ BTC bounty that theymos started in 2011 ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=50617.0), assuming he still intends to honor the bounty. Olympus Discussion is designed to tailor what you see, to your specific needs, so your not surfing though piles up sub-categories and mindless jabber to read what you want to read. Your feedback and suggestions are more than welcome, which is why we are posting this now, before we are completely ready for release. Developer FeaturesBoard Features [Paused - In Development - Completed - Not Planned For Beta]- Multiple Authentication Systems
- OpenID Authentication (http://openid.net/)
- Registration System
- Two-Factor Authentication Support
- User Accounts
- Custom Account Types
- Permissions System
- Web of Trust System
- Messaging System
- Weighted Stats
- Avatars
- Signatures
- User Assigned Attributes
- Bitcoin Address
- Email Address
- Website
- Company
- User Created Attributes
- Tag Based Content System
- Multiple Interfaces
- JS-based Interface
- Compatible with all modern browsers
- Reduces needed bandwith
- Provides a smooth user experience
- Automatically update content
- User Color Scheme Support
- Phone and Tablet Support
- Non-JS Interface
- Compatible IE7+ and newer browsers.
- Zero Client-Side JS
- User Color Scheme Support
- Phone and Tablet Support
- Crawler Interface
- Provided to self-identified crawlers like Google, Bing, etc.
- Significantly lowers bandwidth requirements for crawlers
- Advanced Analytics
- User Analytics
- Posts Over Time
- Messages Over Time
- Visits Over Time
- Moderation Analytics
- Post Removals Over Time
- Post Edits Over Time
- Post Tag Edits Over Time
- Financial Analytics
- Checks Donation Address Transactions
- Collective Ad Revenue Data
- Integrated Ad Campaigns
- Tag and User Attribute Targeting
- Time Based Ads
- Custom Analytics
- User-based Control Panels
- Common Control Panel
- Access to Profile Information
- Access to Ad Campaign Data
- Customize Color Schemes
- Moderator Control Panel
- All Common Controls
- Access to Own Moderation Analytics
- Access to Board User Analytics
- Admin Control Panel
- All Common and Moderator Controls
- Access to All Moderation Analytics
- Access to All Ad Campaign Analytics
- Access to Board Financial Analytics
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I agree. Newbies should IMO be a Beginners & Help Board.
No advertising of any kind in there.
No Trades, no "invests" & no altcoin give-aways, etc...
I agree, as long as the newbies themselves aren't censored on the newbie board. |
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