General Category > General Discussion
Site suggestion for uploading covers
videogametrader:
I think I am having the same issue as almost everyone else on the site. If I am need of a cover and I can't locate it on the normal cover section i do a forum search. Problem is the forum searches send back so many results its sometimes hard to find something that exists.
I know the cover admins are doing the best job they can putting covers up. And I understand wanting perfect covers.
How about this. Instead of the cover admins having to go through and post/approve the covers. Why not let anyone that is a FULL MEMBER or higher upload the covers to the site and then the cover admins could go through and remove/hide the bad covers. At least they will be easily searchable in the meantime. I find that most covers that are posted in the forums are pretty good. Sometimes they are not great. But they are pretty good.
Another idea, would be for the site to have a dedicated "Upload" section. Kind of like COVER GALAXY. Cover Galaxy appears to not update their normal cover section at all. But their forum is very well organized. And finding covers is a snap.
I am not sure if any of the Cover Admins have permissions to do this. But if someone can make a main heading called UPLOADS, and sub heading with all the platforms. Then i think this would solve the problems. Then instead of posting the finished covers in whatever random forum post is started, the artist can post in the Uploads section and link to that post.
Thoughts?
Marcus_CA:
I also find it tedious to find missing covers. An unapproved *print at your own risk* kind of section for user submissions like you mentioned would be convenient.
Grog:
I absolutely love this idea. Of course I'd prefer a super high res print but if one isn't available yet I would rather have a lower res print on my shelf then a blank UGC sticking out like a sore thumb.
sheep2001:
Never going to happen. There are specific threads for people to showcase their work with media fire links, etc, and if they feel it's good enough they can submit for approval. I put the onus back on the cover creators to post them in the correct sections, and to label the Image correctly so it's easier to find in a forum search.
Sorry, but The site couldn't take the bandwidth hit if any old shit was being hosted.
Marcus_CA:
--- Quote from: sheep2001 on October 01, 2013, 09:51:36 AM ---Never going to happen. There are specific threads for people to showcase their work with media fire links, etc, and if they feel it's good enough they can submit for approval. I put the onus back on the cover creators to post them in the correct sections, and to label the Image correctly so it's easier to find in a forum search.
Sorry, but The site couldn't take the bandwidth hit if any old shit was being hosted.
--- End quote ---
What about a dedicated sticky? At the moment, everyone has their own threads popping up here and there making it a tad difficult to search for.