Why Habbox isn't as good any more (imo...)

yeah but it doesn't because none of you seem to add little things onto habbox to make it more interactive and friendly. nothing major has changed on the main site since i started using it in 2006, it's the same old. habbo is moving on. other fansites are moving on. habbox isn't. don't get me wrong habbox is still my favourite and the biggest site ever on habbo and i'm not one of those who are like "OMG IT GOING DOWNHILL" but i just think a bit more emphasis on the main site wud be luvly.

at mike yeah thats why i turned down staff editor cuz it's a **** boring job lol and i'd get rly bored and start taking ages and it's not imaginative for me so i know i'd be poop so i said no.

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Originally Posted by Saurav

This is why Site related managers should be promoted to AGM position and GM, not Forum Managers.

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And yet to contradict that you have suggested that I should become GM despite my previous position as Forum Manager? :P

The site is obviously of utmost importance and we fully appreciate that. As I said in the other thread we are endeavouring to do as much as we can to work towards Habbox V6 without the specification that we need to bring it closer to launch. I agree the layout is outdated and unattractive, and I hope that V6 comes as soon as possible so we can get past this issue.

I think that the news is generally of a high quality and does attract a high number of readers, as reflected in a recent poll and the fact that some articles can get an immensely high number of comments. Furthermore I feel we have a very strong News Management team who work extremely hard to bring the quality of the news to a high standard. Finally, regarding news, V6 will have news as a widget option and whilst it will continue to play a key role on the site in it's default format you will probably be able to remove, minimise or place it somewhere you feel it won't bore you. However I must stress that news can only be as "exciting" as the content we are offered. I know that reporters put in a lot of effort to spruce the articles up and I think they do a good job.

Moving onto rare values we have discussed this amongst management and we understand that with the introduction of the marketplace and the merge the demand for rare values has dropped considerably. To make our values more reflective of the marketplace and the current economy on Habbo.com we have introduced credit values to replace the club sofa values we previously had. Nevertheless we recognise that merely replicating the marketplace is not the way forward. As a result we intend to make rare values a more interactive resource rather than reference, merging the rare watch and offering features such as detailed graphs and a rare calculator so as to make our rare values appealing over the marketplace itself. Rare Values management are currently drawing up plans so stand by for its implementation. With v6 rare values will also become a lot more interactive and appealing for our members.

When it comes to content I will admit this is not my area of expertise. Nevertheless the content team do regularly update all content on Habbox.com and I do not think it's so much the content that is the problem, rather the navigation and promotion of content - which I believe is an issue that results in content being underused and under valued. Again this is something we are looking to change and more importantly will change drastically with V6.

I hate to keep falling back on the V6 "excuse" but it really is just as frustrating for us as it is for you that we are as yet unable to really get stuck into it's creation. Nevertheless please bear with us as we work to at least get some mock ups done and perhaps some low level coding that will hopefully mean V6 will be with us soon. It really is very difficult to work with what we've got already which is why a lot of our plans focus on really launching V6 with a bang.

In my view the main problem is that the site appears neglected because everyone is anticipating the V6 spec. Until it comes out and everyone knows where they stand, I can understand an apprehension in wanting to do major site work because it might suddenly get cut half way through.

fire alkaz

Edited by Nicola (Forum Super Moderator): Please do not post pointessly

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Originally Posted by Nixt

And yet to contradict that you have suggested that I should become GM despite my previous position as Forum Manager? :P

The site is obviously of utmost importance and we fully appreciate that. As I said in the other thread we are endeavouring to do as much as we can to work towards Habbox V6 without the specification that we need to bring it closer to launch. I agree the layout is outdated and unattractive, and I hope that V6 comes as soon as possible so we can get past this issue.

I think that the news is generally of a high quality and does attract a high number of readers, as reflected in a recent poll and the fact that some articles can get an immensely high number of comments. Furthermore I feel we have a very strong News Management team who work extremely hard to bring the quality of the news to a high standard. Finally, regarding news, V6 will have news as a widget option and whilst it will continue to play a key role on the site in it's default format you will probably be able to remove, minimise or place it somewhere you feel it won't bore you. However I must stress that news can only be as "exciting" as the content we are offered. I know that reporters put in a lot of effort to spruce the articles up and I think they do a good job.

Moving onto rare values we have discussed this amongst management and we understand that with the introduction of the marketplace and the merge the demand for rare values has dropped considerably. To make our values more reflective of the marketplace and the current economy on Habbo.com we have introduced credit values to replace the club sofa values we previously had. Nevertheless we recognise that merely replicating the marketplace is not the way forward. As a result we intend to make rare values a more interactive resource rather than reference, merging the rare watch and offering features such as detailed graphs and a rare calculator so as to make our rare values appealing over the marketplace itself. Rare Values management are currently drawing up plans so stand by for its implementation. With v6 rare values will also become a lot more interactive and appealing for our members.

When it comes to content I will admit this is not my area of expertise. Nevertheless the content team do regularly update all content on Habbox.com and I do not think it's so much the content that is the problem, rather the navigation and promotion of content - which I believe is an issue that results in content being underused and under valued. Again this is something we are looking to change and more importantly will change drastically with V6.

I hate to keep falling back on the V6 "excuse" but it really is just as frustrating for us as it is for you that we are as yet unable to really get stuck into it's creation. Nevertheless please bear with us as we work to at least get some mock ups done and perhaps some low level coding that will hopefully mean V6 will be with us soon. It really is very difficult to work with what we've got already which is why a lot of our plans focus on really launching V6 with a bang.

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can u do a tl;dr paragraph plz

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Originally Posted by Jamesy

In my view the main problem is that the site appears neglected because everyone is anticipating the V6 spec. Until it comes out and everyone knows where they stand, I can understand an apprehension in wanting to do major site work because it might suddenly get cut half way through.

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the wat

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Originally Posted by pasta

fire alkaz

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no
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthrea...=657002&page=1

Effectively you're saying what happened in the past - A Site Manager OR General Manager and the forum was owned by jrh2002 so the work load was spread. You could have a Forum Manager and Site Manager, and dissolve the General Manager title as it is a bit of a wasted title when so many tasks involve a GM.

Also, I think Habbo doesn't help fansites when they have this anti-fansite view. Obviously it's not entirely to blame, it's just a contributing factor.

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Originally Posted by Richie

ok lets settle this, matt study web codding at college drop whatever u doing pls

hx.com is getting neglected I agree but every thread seems to be 'WE HATE MATTG ITS ALL HIS FAULT' lets be honest habbo itself is killing habbox, our rare values is no longer needed because the mp, habbo introduced on clent news & the merge has hit us bad.

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Love the post Richie but I don't think that's what they are quiet getting at. :P

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Originally Posted by immense

yeah but it doesn't because none of you seem to add little things onto habbox to make it more interactive and friendly. nothing major has changed on the main site since i started using it in 2006, it's the same old. habbo is moving on. other fansites are moving on. habbox isn't. don't get me wrong habbox is still my favourite and the biggest site ever on habbo and i'm not one of those who are like "OMG IT GOING DOWNHILL" but i just think a bit more emphasis on the main site wud be luvly.

at mike yeah thats why i turned down staff editor cuz it's a **** boring job lol and i'd get rly bored and start taking ages and it's not imaginative for me so i know i'd be poop so i said no and resigned. how dare nvr even ask ;l

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I agree the site isn't up to "todays" standard of Habbo fansites. There is some great sites out there with fantastic layouts and then when see Habbox, it's like "Oh". We are quite restricted on what we can add to the current site as things don't seem to fit in well or not at all, I think the only major change this year I would say is how the Rare Values look which I believe is also getting more improvements and changes sometime soon.

The problem is, we are all waiting for V6 of the site. Although we have been told some sort of specification won't be in our hands within the next X amount of weeks and will be a while. That is very frustrating for us to start work on anything for the big "Habbox Change", although we are currently creating and discussing many different designs for next layout and also what we can add to it in terms of features.

I will admit, I do love the forum and this where I started. Although each department I care about and if any issues arise, I will try my best to deal with them. The main site is outdated and does look dull but like I have said, it is a problem we are facing and trying to deal with.

I know we keep going on about V6 this, V6 that but this is our only big hope for the change Habbox needs. The current system we use, Joomla is a pain in the backside and most people who use it, hate it.

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

Effectively you're saying what happened in the past - A Site Manager OR General Manager and the forum was owned by jrh2002 so the work load was spread. You could have a Forum Manager and Site Manager, and dissolve the General Manager title as it is a bit of a wasted title when so many tasks involve a GM.

Also, I think Habbo doesn't help fansites when they have this anti-fansite view. Obviously it's not entirely to blame, it's just a contributing factor.

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LMFAO RYAN AT YOU STILL HAVING FOM IN UR SIG, DO YOU EVEN REMEMBER WHAT WE SAID THAT MEANS

p.s. loving ur almost at 20k posts habbox god :O:O!! x

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Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx

Love the post Richie but I don't think that's what they are quiet getting at. :P



I agree the site isn't up to "todays" standard of Habbo fansites. There is some great sites out there with fantastic layouts and then when see Habbox, it's like "Oh". We are quite restricted on what we can add to the current site as things don't seem to fit in well or not at all, I think the only major change this year I would say is how the Rare Values look which I believe is also getting more improvements and changes sometime soon.

The problem is, we are all waiting for V6 of the site. Although we have been told some sort of specification won't be in our hands within the next X amount of weeks and will be a while. That is very frustrating for us to start work on anything for the big "Habbox Change", although we are currently creating and discussing many different designs for next layout and also what we can add to it in terms of features.

I will admit, I do love the forum and this where I started. Although each department I care about and if any issues arise, I will try my best to deal with them. The main site is outdated and does look dull but like I have said, it is a problem we are facing and trying to deal with.

I know we keep going on about V6 this, V6 that but this is our only big hope for the change Habbox needs. The current system we use, Joomla is a pain in the backside and most people who use it, hate it.

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well as long as you know it's crap and are going to change it asap then that's all good

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Originally Posted by immense

no
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthrea...=657002&page=1

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ye. you're saying the site isn't as good anymore, it doesnt need gm help to make it good, its his role
&am i not allowed to see whats goin on no. sure you quit like 20 times ebfore:S

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Originally Posted by pasta

ye. you're saying the site isn't as good anymore, it doesnt need gm help to make it good, its his role
&am i not allowed to see whats goin on no. sure you quit like 20 times ebfore:S

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i have never genuinely said i am quitting (in public ;l) so ****