Staff Userbars

[Calum0812]

Hey everyone!

So I've been browsing through old forums and stuff and came across this thread:

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=768984

Now I'm not trying to kick off a debate to change something that isn't broken but I would like to discuss how they are shown on Habbox. Take a member of the HabboxLive team who may have VIP, the only way to identify them as a DJ is by their usertitle which imo doesn't really give them a "presence" on the forum as such.

The only usergroup where this seems to happen is mods, even if we have VIP, the mod userbar still shows - but I don't get why we should be any different to other staff.

My suggestion would be to do one of two things. Either...

a) Use the department userbars if you are in one department and then the VIP one as well if you have VIP, totalling two userbars. If you are in multiple departments, scrap the department userbar (because otherwise you'd end up with some people having 5 userbars) and just have the generic Habbox Staff userbar as well as VIP where appropriate.

b) Use the user badge things that Laura made and then be able to show all of the different staff groups you were in because they're small and wouldn't take up so much space, a pencil for graphics, a music note for DJs, something like the report button for mods idk

Show Hide Department Userbar

Show Hide Generic Staff Userbar

Show Hide Laura's Small Icons

Most other forums don't just have one userbar and instead use multiple ones to make it clear the user's role in the community.

Just a thought, discuss

[Chris]

Moderators have userbars on display at all time because their role is forum based and they may need to be contacted by members. This isn't the case for other staff roles which is why they aren't displayed.

[Kardan]

Using Laura's design would go against the result of the poll that decided the 'new' VIP bars.

I have no issue with people having their departments shown in userbars, it all depends if it's automatic I guess, if not - someone has a lot of work to do.

[lawrawrrr]

oh hello that's my name

I remember userbargate, all the threads and the memory is probably giving @Wispur; a heart attack!

Anyway - yes I do prefer the idea of having as many userbars as jobs - most other forums do it, but the way we currently have userbars makes it pretty much impossible - some people at the peak of their Habbox careers would have a whole page's worth!

If this wasn't possible to have all of them, would it be possible if people could choose like the top 5 (maximum) they could display? Or do the thing with just having staff if it's more than one.

But yes I am a fan of having multiple userbars, definitely.

[Mr-Trainor]

I personally think it looks a lot cleaner and more organised as it is at the moment, otherwise you'd have people potentially having 5 user bars sometimes if not more, and the current userbars don't really suit the layout of having them stacked up. And I agree with @Wispur; that unless someone's a moderator (or a general management) then it's not really crucial that it's shown.

However, when people don't have VIP it does show their staff userbar doesn't it? (But just one).

[Calum0812]

Moderators have userbars on display at all time because their role is forum based and they may need to be contacted by members. This isn't the case for other staff roles which is why they aren't displayed.

But then Manager's are contacted via the forum for enquiries about their department but they don't get the Dept. Manager badge if they have VIP

Using Laura's design would go against the result of the poll that decided the 'new' VIP bars.

I have no issue with people having their departments shown in userbars, it all depends if it's automatic I guess, if not - someone has a lot of work to do.

Bold: Yes, but if that was to be changed I'd assume another poll would be run on how to go about doing it. It was a suggestion of how all user"bars" could be displayed without taking up too much space. I think this was always Laura's intention, but wasn't made clear in the thread

Not bold: Other forums have it so that you get the userbar for every usergroup you're in so I'd imagine there is a priority order or something to have it done idk

Anyway - yes I do prefer the idea of having as many userbars as jobs - most other forums do it, but the way we currently have userbars makes it pretty much impossible - some people at the peak of their Habbox careers would have a whole page's worth!

Which is why I was looking at your badge things because then it wouldn't take up a whole page, but instead keep it clean and simple

I personally think it looks a lot cleaner and more organised as it is at the moment, otherwise you'd have people potentially having 5 user bars sometimes if not more, and the current userbars don't really suit the layout of having them stacked up. And I agree with @Wispur; that unless someone's a moderator (or a general management) then it's not really crucial that it's shown.

However, when people don't have VIP it does show their staff userbar doesn't it? (But just one).

Bold: Do you think Laura's small badges would suit that style though?

Not bold: Manager's should have a Dept Manager badge then surely? If mods and GMs do? And yes, they do show up if they don't have VIP, the VIP currently overrides it

[Chris]

oh hello that's my name

I remember userbargate, all the threads and the memory is probably giving @Wispur; a heart attack!

Anyway - yes I do prefer the idea of having as many userbars as jobs - most other forums do it, but the way we currently have userbars makes it pretty much impossible - some people at the peak of their Habbox careers would have a whole page's worth!

If this wasn't possible to have all of them, would it be possible if people could choose like the top 5 (maximum) they could display? Or do the thing with just having staff if it's more than one.

But yes I am a fan of having multiple userbars, definitely.

Heart attack doesn't cover it!

It's not currently possible to let users select which are displayed. The only options we have is to display it how it is currently or display them all at once.

But then Manager's are contacted via the forum for enquiries about their department but they don't get the Dept. Manager badge if they have VIP


Bold: Yes, but if that was to be changed I'd assume another poll would be run on how to go about doing it. It was a suggestion of how all user"bars" could be displayed without taking up too much space. I think this was always Laura's intention, but wasn't made clear in the thread

Not bold: Other forums have it so that you get the userbar for every usergroup you're in so I'd imagine there is a priority order or something to have it done idk

I debated that with someone before when I was forum manager. It wasn't up to me at the time, but I was against it because it looked ugly with the admin bar (A)

[Mr-Trainor]

Using Laura's design would go against the result of the poll that decided the 'new' VIP bars.

I have no issue with people having their departments shown in userbars, it all depends if it's automatic I guess, if not - someone has a lot of work to do.

It can be enabled. I remember it was once for a brief time.. I'm sure . But a lot of people had 3+ and it was disabled again after a very short time due to ultimately just not looking good.

[lawrawrrr]

Heart attack doesn't cover it!

It's not currently possible to let users select which are displayed. The only options we have is to display it how it is currently or display them all at once.

hahaha that was such a fun month of my life!!

You know if you're just a radio DJ you have the DJ staff bar, what departments actually have the dedicated ones? Cos if I remember correctly, it's not all of them

[Mr-Trainor]

Bold: Do you think Laura's small badges would suit that style though?

Not bold: Manager's should have a Dept Manager badge then surely? If mods and GMs do? And yes, they do show up if they don't have VIP, the VIP currently overrides it

Yes, or even the ones @David; designed as they're rectangle and wouldn't look so bad stacked on top of each other, even though they would still take up a lot more space than now.