NeoRequest Public Preview

[+chorpeac MVC]

The Beta has been returning some good comments and suggestion and bugs, and many changes have been made that were recommended.

Jmann and I are pleased to annouce the public preview of the Neowin Graphic Request system. For those of you who are not familiar, the previous graphic request threads worked, but there are many things that the new system does for the process.

Requests will no longer get lost in all the jibber jabber that filled the current threads.

To start, login with your Neowin credentials.

NeoRequest allows someone who is looking for a graphic the chance to submit a request. The request must include certain information to be submitted. Once it is submitted an artist can accept to work on it. The requestor will know who is working on the request. The requestor, artist, or a normal person logging in can post comments/Questions on the request. Once an artist is finished, he/she will submit a URL to a graphic or a zip file containing the graphics.

The artist has the option to track their work and all work completed in the past in the artist workdesk. This is also where the artist submits their finish products for a request. An artist can also edit previously submitted URLs for any reason.

A basic search function is available for a quick search of historical requests.

We hope you enjoy the system, see the benefit of it, and continue to make your graphic requests through it.

Once again, this is a public preview, not a final product. It is almost a final product. The risk of data loss is possible. Also, changes can and are still being made, so please be patient. Access the system to become familiar with it, test it out, or make a live request!

Have fun, if you find errors, have a suggestion, or have a question about it, PM Jmann or chorpeac!

The address to access the system is NeoRequest

[Fugi]

it says my sig is compleated but where do i find it?

[+chorpeac MVC]

well the system is currently down...but you would open your request, and select the "completed work" from the dropdown. it should be there.

[JMann Veteran]

Looks very good man. I prefer the buttons actually.

[+chorpeac MVC]

Yeah, I have one issue right now. It is giving an error on first load for some, but deleteing the neorequest cookie and closing all browser windows is a temporary fix.

Also, I am still working on the email alert... :(

[+chorpeac MVC]

OK all should be up and running. I have the functionality to email an alert, but I don't know if it is working just yet. :) I have a help ticket into my host to make sure there isn't anything special I need to include for the email to be forwarded.

Check out the new buttons, some visual enhancements, and the user options section. The User Options allows you to change the # of rows to show in the grids, and it allows you to specify a default email, that is required for the email alerts (which can also be turned on and off).

Let me know of any issues.

[Mokano]

I love it chorpeac!!!! :D

[+chorpeac MVC]

cool, I'll be happy when I get the email thing smoothed out. :)

[Mokano]

And put the comments on the same pages as the requests ;)

[+chorpeac MVC]

I'm looking into the comments...shesh... :)

[hava333]

When you click on the buttons it turns dark blue and looks really really stupid i think that needs to be changed. It did that with the old buttons and that looked stupid too.

[+chorpeac MVC]

When you click on the buttons it turns dark blue and looks really really stupid i think that needs to be changed. It did that with the old buttons and that looked stupid too.

Are you talking about the links, or the main buttons on the top? If it is on the top buttons, I have never seen that. Please post a screenshot.

[+chorpeac MVC]

We've been updated again. We now have a request title. I think this will help differentiate requests better.

Also, I changed the buttons on the User Options from links to buttons to be consistent with the other data entry forms

[matt74441]

Looks good. You should add this to your CSS:

.forminput { 
    font-size: 8pt;
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    vertical-align: middle }

And use:

class="forminput"

On all your form fields, textareas, checkboxes and buttons. It will help complete the look.

(I swiped that from Neowin's CSS for Neomap :ninja:)

[Fugi]

there should be an option to set your stats to unpleased i haev to deleat and remake so i can get another person to try.

[JMann Veteran]

Looking a lot better. I like the buttons better now. I am currently thinking about Skins but hold off that idea for a while, during a discussion period between me and Chorpeac. :)

[+chorpeac MVC]

Looks good. You should add this to your CSS:

.forminput { 
 ? ?font-size: 8pt;
 ? ?font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 ? ?vertical-align: middle }

And use:

class="forminput"

On all your form fields, textareas, checkboxes and buttons. It will help complete the look.

(I swiped that from Neowin's CSS for N:ninja:ninja:)

good point, I think I have just forgotten to include th:)... :) Will do. Thanks for the reminder

[+chorpeac MVC]

Awesome...yeah I like that a lot better. Stylesheet class entered...thanks Matt!

Glad to see you guys like the title. :)

[JMann Veteran]

Hey guys, well just so you know I will be working on *trying* to code some skins and do the graphics for them. I will see what I can do. Any specfic colours you guys want? One skin I will be doing is Ice Blue, any other suggestions are cool. :)

[hava333]

The whole design isnt optimized for the larger majority of web users, (800x600) The buttons are too wide and make the site look bad, when on 800x600. I think this NEEDS to be changed.

[JMann Veteran]

I will take this into mind when creating the skins thanks. :)

[matt74441]

Awesome...yeah I like that a lot better. Stylesheet class entered...thanks Matt!

Glad to see you guys like the title. :)

Looks much better :)

[drewthefoo21]

looks great

[+chorpeac MVC]

The whole design isnt optimized for the larger majority of web users, (800x600) The buttons are too wide and make the site look bad, when on 800x600. I think this NEEDS to be changed.

Thanks for your comments hava. Are you more concerned about the buttons? B/c the site design is mimic'ed directly from Neowin... :unsure:

[+chorpeac MVC]

Hey if anyone is out there, could you log into the system, accept my latest request, and submit a quick URL. I am trying to see if the email is working.

If you can't find the request, login, and then copy/paste this in the address box.

http://neorequest.tekngn.net/GraphicsRequestView.aspx?ID=52

[+chorpeac MVC]

OK I modified the RequestView. It now shows comments initially with the request. It allows you to show hide the sections you want. Check it out and see if you like this better than the drop down.