So after breaking the site approximately 15.67 times, I've finally managed to get news and forums inextricably linked together. Okay, so what does that mean? It means two things, basically:
1) Any posts I, or the other admins/moderators make will automatically be posted to the forums under the correct user (this sounds boring but believe me, it's a lot harder than you'd think)
2) Comments (assuming I open them up on the blog side of things, not sure if I will yet) will be automatically cross-posted back and forth, so you'll be able to see forum posts on the blog and vice versa (though the versa is less necessary)
Now, that's the first piece of news. The second piece is more of a request for feedback on something. Some of us agree that a contest would be a good way to promote the site, once it's ready for launch (which, excitingly, is getting very close now). Here's what we need to figure out for that:
- What is the contest about? (SFM, Portal 2 mapping, TF2 mapping, etc)
- When does the contest take place? (School needs to be a consideration for some)
- Who will be judging (I need RELIABLE judges, and I might want to enter myself - it's also possible that we could open this up to the community, if it's something workshop compatible, and see what has the most upvotes at the end of a specified period or something of the like)
- What will the prizes be? (I can provide funds for some cheap ($15-$20) first/second place prizes, if necessary. Contributions would be welcome, too)
Try to mainly use this thread to discuss the contest. Keep the news post thread for bugs/feedback on the news feature.
