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<big>This page is for '''suggestions regarding this website, [[AboutUs.org]].'''</big><br /> (For concerns please go to [[ConcernsFAQ]].)</center>
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'''[[AboutUs.org]]''' values your expertise in making our site a true community [[WikiWiki|wiki]]. If you have an idea, you are welcome to place it here. We are generally not affiliated with websites we have [[DomainPage]]s for. Please use our site to contact other sites directly. If you don't know who to contact, we may be able to help - just post on the [[ConcernsPage]]. [[Constructive]] suggestions are appreciated here, thanks! <br />''We will reply to you directly below your message unless you note a better way to contact you.'' <center><div class="plainlinks" align="center" style="font-family: georgia; border: 1px dashed #06f; background: #eef; padding: 0.5em; margin: 0.5em 0.5em 1em; text-align: left; font-size: 18px;">[http://www.aboutus.org/index.php?title=SuggestionBox&action=edit§ion=new >> Click here to add your suggestion <<]</div> </center></div>
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== Subdomains ==
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: ''These can be added using [[Create subdomain]] for the time being. Eventually (read: "not soon") we will improve the bot to handle these) -- [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]] <small>([[User talk:TedErnst|talk]])</small> 11:07, 7 March 2008 (PST)''
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:: see also this proposal: [[SubDomainPage]]
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== RssWebfeed ==
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If would be nice if it was easy possible to include
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RssWebFeed content from the site in the wiki page about the site
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and/or in other related sites.
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== Cut and Paste ==
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I'm sometimes frustrated by my to cut material from one AboutUs page and paste it into an edit. This is especially a problem when trying to copy code. For example, I'd like to be able to cut Categories from [[PortlandTech/Instructions]] and paste them elsewhere on the site. --[[User:JDCohen | Joe Cohen]] | [http://www.aboutus.org/index.php?title=User_talk:JDCohen&action=edit&section=new Reply] 16:42, 14 December 2007 (PST)
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: Joe, are you doing the cut from the edit screen or are you doing it from page view? ~~ {{MarkDilley}}
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: Works fine from the edit screen, does not work from the page view in IE6. I've just found it works fine from IE 7. --[[User:JDCohen | Joe Cohen]] | [http://www.aboutus.org/index.php?title=User_talk:JDCohen&action=edit&section=new Leave me a message] 21:07, 10 January 2008 (PST)
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== Encouraging Community Reviews ==
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=== Making it easier ===
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''[[InfluenceUs]] is now live! On every domain page, you'll see an [[InfluenceUs]] link. We now have to write good documentation for it. Give it a try? [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]] <small>([[User talk:TedErnst|talk]])</small>''
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=== Motivating more contributions ===
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(I had given this some thought before hearing about Googlepedia.)
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* Recognition. Add a section on each page that lists the top-''n'' contributors to the page or Category. Could be subjectively designated by staff, or even better, automatically generated by a hard-to-game algorithm. Is there another place to recognize most-active contributors?
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* Prizes. This could be one (or a few) "big" prizes, or a greater number of small prizes (''e.g.'', an AboutUs t-shirt).
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* Revenue sharing???
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--[[User:JDCohen | Joe Cohen]] | [http://www.aboutus.org/index.php?title=User_talk:JDCohen&action=edit&section=new Leave me a message] 11:56, 15 December 2007 (PST)
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: ''Good idea! We have thought about how to do '''uncontests''' - since we struggle to see how we could implement a contest in a collaborative space. The idea of top - n contributors is good, also could be editors in your circle. ~~ {{MarkDilley}}
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== Different type, templating idea? ==
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Heya there. =]
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I have somewhat of an idea/feature I'd like to see. Seeing how you guys use "popup divs" for referrals, promote company, page alerts, etc, how about adding those for the 'Login' and 'Signup' buttons? I would love that and a bit of AJax for that (or even a refresh I'd settle for) for a quick login or signup process.
: ''I love the idea. Not sure where it will fall on the development priorities list. Maybe you want to add it there? [[OurWork]] -- [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]] <small>([[User talk:TedErnst|talk]])</small> 23:59, 10 January 2008 (PST)''
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== WikiPages table style ==
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Is there a style that a user can modify to change the appearance of "WikiPages" generated tables? --[[User:JDCohen | Joe Cohen]] | [http://www.aboutus.org/index.php?title=User_talk:JDCohen&action=edit&section=new Leave me a message] 21:40, 10 January 2008 (PST)
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: ''Good question. I'll see if Vinh can answer it.'' -- [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]] <small>([[User talk:TedErnst|talk]])</small> 00:01, 11 January 2008 (PST)
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== useful links sidebar ==
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Please consider adding to the useful links sidebar:
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#Concerns FAQ
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#Suggestion Box
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--[[User:JDCohen | Joe Cohen]] | [http://www.aboutus.org/index.php?title=User_talk:JDCohen&action=edit&section=new Leave me a message] 10:56, 12 January 2008 (PST)
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== Subdomain logos ==
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On your page [[SubDomainLogo]], you ask people to specify the absolute location of the image, http://images.aboutus.org/images/d/d5/Example.gif This will break if the image server's files get rearranged. It would be better to use a relative address like [[Example.gif]] which will remain the same if the image server's file structure is rearranged. --[[User:Eohippus|Eohippus]] 11:05, 18 January 2008 (PST)
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* True, but the way the [[Template:Clickpic|clickpic template]] works (which is the only way to get clicking the logo to load the URL -- like our thumbnails work on [[DomainPages]]) requires the absolute location. I've been looking for a work-around in MediaWiki (some sort of other template?) and would love thoughts/suggestions if you have any. -- {{TakTalk}} 16:45, 18 January 2008 (PST)
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== Usability ==
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Hello, I see that your page template reserves a large amount of space for the top banner, the menus and advertising on the right, and other acillary information. This leaves only a small amount of space for the actual content.
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If I reduce my screen to 800x600, then the ancillary stuff takes up almost all of the screen, and the page title takes up the rest. leaving none of the actual content visible.
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I hope you will keep these observations in mind as you continue to improve your site.
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Rahul
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P.S. The editing JavaScript is probably broken when used with Opera, and some of the buttons become nonfunctional. Editing works OK if I switch off JavaScript. I have not had any problems with Wikipedia, so perhaps your custom JavaScript uses some non-generic features.
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: ''I will point our designer, [[Vinh]] here. Thanks for the suggestions!'' [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]] <small>([[User talk:TedErnst|talk]])</small> 04:35, 22 January 2008 (PST)
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== Influence Us badge for use on my site ==
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I'd like to use my AboutUs page as the place were my customer's go to leave reviews. So I'd like to have a link from my site (estampeinc.com) to my AboutUs page for Estampe Auto Dealer Supplies. I see in the Help section were you offer 'AboutUs' link badges/buttons I can add to my site ... which is fine and would work. But do you offer a 'Influence Us' badge/button that would link directly to the form on my company wiki page? Or is that not an efficient approach
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: ''Great idea! We need to do this!'' -- [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]] <small>([[User talk:TedErnst|talk]])</small> 11:02, 7 March 2008 (PST)
I like AboutUs. Really. So I hesitate to suggest features which might not coincide with its original intent. However, since I’m one of <i>those</i> people, it’s hard for me to resist.
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<li>Could the default be to <i>not</i> [[CamelCase]] domain names?<br/><br/>Seriously, the automatic [[CamelCase]] generator gets it wrong quite a lot of the time, and can make links to those pages problematic.<br/><br/></li>
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Links work, not matter how they're capitalized. We're that good. :-) Plus, CamelCase domains are '''much''' easier to read! We love them! [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]] ([[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]) 23:17, 21 August 2008 (PDT)
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<li>Bulk addition of sites to a watch list.<br/><br/>Is that possible? I haven’t found a way to do it yet, but it would be nice to just batch-add all my domains to my watch list so that I can access them easily.<br/><br/></li>
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The default now is to add any page you edit to your [[watchlist]], so if you're making your pages better, they're on your watchlist. [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]] ([[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]) 23:17, 21 August 2008 (PDT)
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<li>Fast, programmatic way to add “PossibleSpamSite” to a site.<br/><br/>I’d like to be able to write a script to do this rather than have to go through the webpage when I’m doing spam analysis. I realize that this is potentially ripe for abuse—you wouldn’t want to be able to let unauthorized users edit pages willy-nilly with a script—but it would be useful to permit certain users to do so provided that they’d proven themselves responsible.<br/><br/></li>
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There are mediawiki bots out there that people use for various things. Please let us know if you're going to run one and we'll check it out and okay it. [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]] ([[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]) 23:17, 21 August 2008 (PDT)
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<li>Adding sites to AboutUs programmatically, with the same caveats as the last item above.<br/><br/>In other words, it would be nice if I could have a script I could execute that would check to see if a page already existed for a site, and if not, would then add a page for it. <br/><br/></li>
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: This is exactly how the [[Bot]] works now. If you search for a domain, you either go to that page if it exists, or it gets created if it doesn't. [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]] ([[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]) 23:17, 21 August 2008 (PDT)
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I'd even be willing to write an AboutUs Perl module for this kind of thing, if you folks permitted such remote operations on your end.
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--[[User:Mcglk|Mcglk]] 15:58, 18 April 2008 (PDT)
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==Website vs. URL==
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Why not use the name of the website instead of the URL, I mean its much easier plus thats what all other wikis do.--[[User:Xgmx|xgmx]] <small>([[User talk:Xgmx|T]] | [[Special:Contributions/Xgmx|C]] | [[Special:DeletedContributions/Xgmx|D]] | [[Wikipedia:Editor review/Xgmx|R]] | [[Dune:Editor review/Xgmx|DR]])</small>
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: ''Other wikis are not focused on websites the way we are. Website names can change all the time, while a url is forever. Sure, the content can change, and even move to a new url, but the old url is still that old url. We are exploring ways to include the name of the company along with the url. Hopefully we'll have something to show relatively soon. [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]] ([[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]) 08:41, 28 August 2008 (PDT)''
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== Display RSS on AboutUs page ==
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The current RSS syntax allows the viewer to drag a feed to their own reader, but ideally it would display the feed right on the AboutUs page. Perhaps it could show the 5 most recent entries from the feed similar to the way google gadgets can be customized.
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You've really got to work on your usability. I'm a designer w/ over a decade online and I find this site absolutely unusable. I have no idea how to integrate several of my sites under my user nor do the sites - which I KNOW are in aboutus.org - come up when I search for them.
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I think your idea is good but the execution is horrid. I think you should concentrate more on navigation and less on self promotion on the page. If a user is logged in, then he or she really doesn't require 2 columns of YOUR ads, right? Clearly if someone has signed up, they've taken the bait.
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I can't find anything on this site. None of the links make sense, for instance, if I click on "my watchlist" I go to the blank list... But is there a link to ADD? NO. So, how do I add items? Hmm? It's the same for just about every link.
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I don't think your typical user will take the time to read multiple help entries to do every little thing.
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I don't have the time for that.
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Make your site more usable and I'll use it more. Every time I log in, I end up reading help articles for 15 minutes then leaving because I just don't have the time.
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:''Reply on [[User talk:Misangela|your talk page]]. I'm sorry that our site isn't user-friendly for you... [[WikiWiki|wiki]] is quite a different thing and that's why you would be unfamiliar with many of the things such as your [[watchlist]]. I invite you to take our [[WikiAnatomy|tours]] if you haven't already and to join us in our [[AboutUsLiveChat|chat room]] where we can answer any questions you have. Best, [[Kristina Weis|Kristina]] <small>([[Kristina Weis/Contact|contact me]])</small> 10:13, 11 June 2008 (PDT)''
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== Please remove ==
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Please remove audrey j bourbonnais from your aboutus page. Thanks
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: ''Hi Audrey. Which page?'' -- [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]] <small>([[User talk:TedErnst|talk]])</small> 08:52, 17 June 2008 (PDT)
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== AddToAny or ShareThis ==
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i think you should use a better type of sharing your articles than addthis. what i'm talking about is sharethis (check it out at [[sharethis.com]]). i think it would fit better into your pages.
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: ''Say more about the benefits of switching? Are you just talking about visuals or something else?'' [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]] ([[User talk:TedErnst|talk]])
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well, both visual and something else. visual because you can customize the color of the popup to match your site and you can choose which services (social bookmarking sites, email, blog posters, etc) to allow to show. the something else is giving visitors a vast amount of options to choose how to share the page while still not taking up much room.
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: ''Okay. We'll check it out. Thanks!'' -- [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]] ([[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]) 10:48, 8 July 2008 (PDT)
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Actually I think you should use the original AddToAny [http://www.addtoany.com/ AddToAny ] sharing button. Their Share/Save button functions more like AddThis but lets people "add to '''any'''" service. It also shows the services each user uses, unlike ShareThis/AddThis. Much better customization options as well for visuals, menu options, etc. Oh, and the button still functions without <script>. I use it in all my blog posts, so I can vouch. :)
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--[[User:junkpop|junkpop]] 00:05, 16 July 2008 (PDT)
One more urge to get AddToAny up. I was browsing from work today (don't tell!) where I can't have my sharing toolbar installed. Looking to share an interesting wiki with my FriendFeed followers and lo and behold, FriendFeed isn't available in AddThis! So please include AddToAny to spare me the page name and URL c&p dance, and I thank you!
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--[[User:junkpop|junkpop]] 13:54, 20 August 2008 (PDT)
