| Application Name | askapic.com |
| Version | let's just call it Beta |
| Short Description | Photo Question & Answer Site |
| Supported OSes | N/A |
| Web Page | http://www.askapic.com/ |
| System Requirements | a browser :) |
| Authors | tomos (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=24930) & adi_barb (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=274727) with lots of help from mouser (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=2) |
what do you think of the name imagenamer.com ?-Tomos
I should have asked you a long time ago Chris :-*what do you think of the name imagenamer.com ?-Tomos
Quizapick (has more than one deliberate ambiguity).-cranioscopical (December 20, 2010, 02:36 PM)
Nice!
What about AskMyPhoto?-adi_barb (December 20, 2010, 03:27 PM)
Wossissden.com (you may have to say it out loud)-timns (December 20, 2010, 03:31 PM)
Wossissden.com (you may have to say it out loud)-timns (December 20, 2010, 03:31 PM)
:) I had similar ideas but was told someone has to be able to spell it on hearing it....-tomos (December 20, 2010, 03:45 PM)
What about the following :
askapic :Thmbsup: ; picwhy ; photosabout
All the names are available on .com-adi_barb (December 20, 2010, 04:29 PM)
askapic :Thmbsup:-adi_barb (December 20, 2010, 04:29 PM)
What about the following :Gets my vote (well, it would if I had one). :Thmbsup:
askapic-adi_barb (December 20, 2010, 04:29 PM)
Start out with the smallest number of categories/sections you possible can, and expand only when things get busy enough to demand re-organization.
There is a big temptation to logically organize everything into tons of hierarchical categories, but when you start out with so many different isolated areas in the beginning, it just feels empty and pointless.-mouser (December 22, 2010, 10:10 AM)
I was querying what "Categories" to use for a new Q&A website (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24956.0) and got this reply:Re: categories, I'd be more in favor of tags. They're more flexible. Alternatively you could go with a system that allows suggesting new categories. With *either* solution you want an auto-complete of some kind or a "suggest" function so there is less chance for spelling-related miscategorization, etc.-JavaJones (December 22, 2010, 03:32 PM)-tomos (December 23, 2010, 03:33 AM)
Re: terms and conditions, one thing you definitely want to make clear is copyright. Essentially, anyone uploading an image should, by doing so, be stating that they either own the copyright for the image, have explicit permission from the copyright holder to use it in this manner, or it is an open/creative commons/otherwise not copyright controlled image. These kinds of Cover Your Ass (CYA :D) terms may be critical to the long-term survival of such a system as it could otherwise be easily cut-off from web hosting without warning, or be the subject of a lot of DMCA/take-down notices (at the least).-JavaJones (December 22, 2010, 03:32 PM)
With all the suggestions, i forgot to say: CONGRATULATIONS to tomos and adi_barb for getting this up and running so quickly!
Very very impressive. :up: :up: :up:-mouser (December 23, 2010, 04:11 AM)
I would probably limit it to public domain/creative commons only, and make the user fill out a credit box with creator info (name, url), and let them check some boxes for the image's license type: BY, NC, ND, SA, PD/CC0 (some of these can be combined, some can not)
This would allow your site to become truly useful as a repository of free images with open licenses and cut down on the legal worries associated with allowing users to just upload whatever they please.-app103 (December 23, 2010, 04:37 AM)
I would probably limit it to public domain/creative commons only, and make the user fill out a credit box with creator info (name, url), and let them check some boxes for the image's license type: BY, NC, ND, SA, PD/CC0 (some of these can be combined, some can not)
This would allow your site to become truly useful as a repository of free images with open licenses and cut down on the legal worries associated with allowing users to just upload whatever they please.-app103 (December 23, 2010, 04:37 AM)
It would be great if people could tick a box which would apply a particular license. I dont know if that's even possible - BUT the reality is: if someone really wanted to post something they would lie. So I think the Terms have to place the responsibility on them to NOT upload copyright material.
It would be great to have a repository of free images but I dont think it's feasible in this instance - I mean, how can people really prove that an image is theirs to license? It may be possible, but I cant see it being easy....-tomos (December 23, 2010, 05:34 AM)
Any opinions on this as a Facebook icon - design; quality
(90 x 90 pixels)
(see attachment in previous post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24956.msg228857#msg228857))-tomos (December 28, 2010, 06:19 AM)
Whatever you choose, it should become the recognizable face of your service, so you really should go for consistency across all sites where your logo will be displayed. Settle on a single design that can serve for your logo on the site, and on facebook, twitter, or anywhere else.-app103 (December 28, 2010, 08:26 AM)
Current Problems (mainly the big ones :p)
1) You have to tag an image before it will be accepted:2) Facebook login works a treat - but I'm not sure what shows up on your Facebook homepage (nothing in my case) - do let me know! [seems to be showing okay on FB]
- you have to add a comma "," after the tag word for it to be accepted
- the status of your selected file is not indicated - e.g. if you forget to add a tag to an image, you will get an error message and the site will 'forget' the selected file's details so you'll have to srat from scratch (your question is remembered though).
3) Currently you are UNABLE to change any details on your Profile page
4) Categories are not properly associated with the questions i.e. on Categories page they all show as having zero related questions.
5)"Unanswered" tab on the homepage shows all questions
6) if you ask a question and then login using name & password, you may get an error message but the login should still be successful
7) Some emails take a long time (I get emails instantly in my gmail a/c but have had to wait hours with other email accounts. But note that you can post instantly - without having gotten your regristration email. I dont know why this is - some problem with the godaddy email accounts maybe.-tomos (December 20, 2010, 02:28 PM)
we hope to finish all the necessary modifications the next 2-3 days.-adi_barb (January 02, 2011, 03:14 AM)
It's a number 4
Suggestion: Integrate OpenID for sign-in.-wraith808 (January 02, 2011, 02:16 PM)
To be precise, it is the number of people that noticed a number in the top left corner when they visit the page, and complained about it afterwards. Prepare for that number to skyrocket, folks. :P-worstje (January 02, 2011, 08:25 AM)
mouser thanks for your nice words.+1 :)-adi_barb (January 05, 2011, 01:34 AM)
[1] when clicking on [selected] there will be a dropdown which will display the categories and when a category is selected, the last picture and question posted in that category will appear in the slideshow. I'm afraid if there will be tens of categories the dropdown will be annoying being too high. I'm also not sure about what to do with the "topics" there.(Adi, I numbered your points.)
[2] I think a black background will not match the rest of the design and think about the fact that there could be uploaded pictures with small sizes. Big slideshows looks great due to the large size of the images
e.g: buildinternet.com/project/supersized/default.php
[3] in the picture, there is no header and footer. I'm a little bit confused about how people will get on the previous page or homepage.-adi_barb (January 05, 2011, 01:34 AM)
1) is the question left out completely? If not, where could it go?
[...]
would this be possible:-tomos (January 05, 2011, 07:27 AM)
please take a look http://askapic.com/photos/
we're almost done-adi_barb (January 06, 2011, 03:04 AM)
we placed the buttons below the slideshow. we couldn't include the "categories" in the menu.-adi_barb (January 06, 2011, 03:59 AM)
that's great.
I've just discovered a small bug when adding friends. They aren't displayed in the public profile pages. We'll solve this right away.-adi_barb (January 06, 2011, 04:30 AM)
ps. the slide show is a really nice interface..I agree - it's lovely and clean and smooth :-* :D-mouser (January 06, 2011, 11:47 AM)
I find it hard to comment on the colours thing. While I realize I haven't spoken up till now, I'm not personally a fan of the light blue background your website has going as a theme, and the logos as they are aren't even set to that colour background, making it even harder to make a right decision.True.-worstje (January 06, 2011, 12:01 PM)
On a white bg, the greish one looks best. The other two.. I don't know. The colours aren't all that bad, but I just don't like the chemistry the way I see it atm. Dropshadows are overdone imo and I'd recommend taking it out to look less cheap. :)-worstje (January 06, 2011, 12:01 PM)
Yeah I made an account. :) The place definitely needs OpenID though, and when I registered while posting it didn't refresh. So I ended up hitting Post a second time... which I think due to the use of Ajax made it look like it finally posted for the first time while in actuality it was a double-post that was hidden from me.-worstje (January 06, 2011, 01:57 PM)
how did you land on this url? it's a broken one.-adi_barb (January 10, 2011, 01:18 AM)
I need to say that it made me feel uneasy when I saw my name spelled out in full, next to an enlarged copy of my facebook picture. Will it be possible to change these features, or Should/Must/Can I cancel my account?-Curt (January 10, 2011, 06:31 PM)
Congratulation, Tom. This is quite exciting! :-)I agree :D-Curt (January 10, 2011, 06:31 PM)
I need to say that it made me feel uneasy when I saw my name spelled out in full, next to an enlarged copy of my facebook picture. Will it be possible to change these features, or Should/Must/Can I cancel my account?-Curt (January 10, 2011, 06:31 PM)
Congratulation, Tom. This is quite exciting! :-)
I need to say that it made me feel uneasy when I saw my name spelled out in full, next to an enlarged copy of my facebook picture. Will it be possible to change these features, or Should/Must/Can I cancel my account?-Curt (January 10, 2011, 06:31 PM)
I was just thinking that displaying name instead of username is a much more friendlier way of listing the questions. We will modify the website to display usernames instead of names as soon as possible.-adi_barb (January 11, 2011, 01:52 PM)
first name and last initial might be good.-mouser (January 11, 2011, 02:55 PM)
...when people have to fill in a user name they dont expect the full name to be used (that's the feedback I'm getting).-tomos (January 11, 2011, 02:48 PM)
PS dont be posting any answers here please >:( :D-tomos (March 24, 2011, 03:26 PM)
PS dont be posting any answers here please >:( :D-tomos (March 24, 2011, 03:26 PM)
Wot, not even 42?-cranioscopical (March 24, 2011, 05:12 PM)
Wot, not even 42?-cranioscopical (March 24, 2011, 05:12 PM)
you have me there Chris :-\-tomos (March 25, 2011, 05:32 AM)
Wot, not even 42?-cranioscopical (March 24, 2011, 05:12 PM)
you have me there Chris :-\-tomos (March 25, 2011, 05:32 AM)
Sorry… HHGTTG (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#Answer_to_the_Ultimate_Question_of_Life.2C_the_Universe.2C_and_Everything_.2842.29). Obviously, it's time for me to throw in the towel.-cranioscopical (March 25, 2011, 06:19 AM)