Due to the fact that it's going to cost over $2000 to renew the script licences for all the sites, I've decided that money would be better invested in getting something custom coded that will do exactly what I want, rather than having a bunch of stupid features I'll never use. Our current software is very server intensive and not that well integrated. Parts of the site feel like they just aren't connected to others!
So here's your chance to tell us exactly what features you want to see in the next incarnation of AnimeOTK.com and it's sister sites!
Basic Outline of my Plans
- Forum
- Image Gallery (Fully featured tagging system, better "favorites" system, ability to zip and download a gallery section)
- Video Clip downloads
- Fiction Section (Writers will be able to link chapters from their stories)
- Artists/Writers will be able to add their own sub-folders to their gallery/fiction area
- Mini-Games (far too much to list here, and no - not crappy miniclip style flash games lol)
- Single "search" box - search the gallery, fiction area, forum and video downloads (or just one if you want) at the same time
- Single Site registration - register on one site to be registered on them all, the userlist and profiles will only display on one domain.
Yes, it doesn't look like much changed (apart from the fiction area), but it would take you half an hour to read all my detailed plans! Here is where you guys come in though.
What features would you really love to see?
What current features of the site are you desperate to keep?
What current features of the site do you hate and think we would be better without?
What areas of the site need improving and how can we do this?
Bare in mind this is a long-term project and is currently just in the planning stages, once the planning is done I'll be able to look for a coder to write the software for us and have a better idea of how much it'll all cost.
Over to you!