What should I work on next?

[Tim]

As long as I've got some momentum on adding to the site, I'd like to get some feedback on what I should work on next. Mocking failed past efforts is perfectly welcome here, but please couple that with some actual feedback on how to make the site better.

 

Some ideas:

 

• Enhance the Prospect Ranking - Add charting, more security, etc.
  
• Recruiting writers - this is a hell of a lot harder than it seems!
  
• NSB Podcast - this was done really well by the B^2 guys, and all other efforts were horrible.
  
• Additional Message board features - I'm open to suggestions. Look here for possiblities.
  
• Standings/Results - Plenty of places have standings pages. How can this be unique and valuable?
  
• Schedule - same question.
  
• Prospects - we actually get more information here on cubs prospects than I've seen anywhere else. But you have to read every thread to get to it. There must be a way to condense that down and put it on individual pages for each prospect.
  
• Stats/Stats primer - I don't know that I can do anything better than what is out there already
  
• News Feeds - There's a variety of ways to do this, but I could put together a news aggregator for the front page
  
• "This day in Cubs History" - it would be a cool feature, but I have no idea how to feed it information

 

Any thoughts on how to prioritize these things? Any other ideas?

[jersey cubs fan]

as it pertains to the schedule, maybe an upcoming 5-day pitching probables schedule with opponent, date and time of game? If that can be boxed off somewhere I could find that useful considering how often I can't remember who is next.

[jersey cubs fan]

also nsb should start following back all the pornbots on twitter

[VVMattVV]

also nsb should start following back all the pornbots on twitter

 

Follow Da Bots is the second best FDB option to work on next

[Tim]

as it pertains to the schedule, maybe an upcoming 5-day pitching probables schedule with opponent, date and time of game? If that can be boxed off somewhere I could find that useful considering how often I can't remember who is next.

That should be on the front page now. It's only showing three days because of the break.

 

Here's an example of the format:

 

Braves @ Cubs

07/07/2016 07:05 CT

Wrigley Field - Chicago, IL

Home - Hammel 7-5 3.45 era

Away - Harrell 1-0 1.5 era

TV: ABC 7

Radio: 670 The Score

 

Cubs @ Pirates

07/08/2016 06:05 CT

PNC Park - Pittsburgh, PA

Home - Liriano 5-8 5.34 era

Away - Arrieta 12-3 2.33 era

TV: CSN, MLBN (out-of-market only)

Radio: 670 The Score

 

Cubs @ Pirates

07/09/2016 06:15 CT

PNC Park - Pittsburgh, PA

Home - Kuhl 1-0 4.09 era

Away - Lester 9-4 2.67 era

TV: FOX

Radio: 670 The Score

[Tim]

as it pertains to the schedule, maybe an upcoming 5-day pitching probables schedule with opponent, date and time of game? If that can be boxed off somewhere I could find that useful considering how often I can't remember who is next.

http://www.northsidebaseball.com/tools/cubs-schedule

[Derwood]

as it pertains to the schedule, maybe an upcoming 5-day pitching probables schedule with opponent, date and time of game? If that can be boxed off somewhere I could find that useful considering how often I can't remember who is next.

http://www.northsidebaseball.com/tools/cubs-schedule

 

Not mobile friendly on iPhone. Cuts off half the info and rotating phone/resizing doesn't fix it

[Proven Veteran]

as it pertains to the schedule, maybe an upcoming 5-day pitching probables schedule with opponent, date and time of game? If that can be boxed off somewhere I could find that useful considering how often I can't remember who is next.

http://www.northsidebaseball.com/tools/cubs-schedule

 

Not mobile friendly on iPhone. Cuts off half the info and rotating phone/resizing doesn't fix it

 

I don't think any of the recent enhancements work on mobile.

[Tim]

http://www.northsidebaseball.com/tools/cubs-schedule

 

Not mobile friendly on iPhone. Cuts off half the info and rotating phone/resizing doesn't fix it

 

I don't think any of the recent enhancements work on mobile.

I have no idea how to create a mobile-friendly drag and drop prospect ranking page.

 

As for the schedule page...I'll try to figure something out.

[Tim]

The schedule table should be fixed.

[Derwood]

The schedule table should be fixed.

 

It's now scrollable at least

[Tim]

The schedule table should be fixed.

 

It's now scrollable at least

What are you expecting - less info in the table when you're on mobile?

[Derwood]

The schedule table should be fixed.

 

It's now scrollable at least

What are you expecting - less info in the table when you're on mobile?

 

Sorry, that came off as shitty. Thank you for the update

[Tim]

In trying to make the div's responsive, I also fubar'd my source code for the prospect ranking analysis page, then uploaded the f'd code to the server. So now I've lost the code in both places.

 

 

oh well, I wrote it once, I can do it again. All the data is fine.

[soccer10k]

Can you fix the Cubs so they can win a game?

[Tim]

Can you fix the Cubs so they can win a game?

I'll work on that next.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Any way to add a link to the Archives to the 'Quick Links' section at the top of each forum page? Would save 3 clicks to go to a forum, click on the announcement about the archives, and then the archives link itself in that thread.

[Tim]

Yeah I should be able to get that done.

[NOLA]

Maybe I'm an Internet moron and this has been done (entirely possible) but could you add a feature to put newest posts in a thread first? I know this is probably there already but now I'm asking.

 

Also, thanks for the good work. The front page articles are great.

[philosophizer75]

You can set it to ascending or descending

[philosophizer75]

I'm in a car right now so I'm using tapatalk, but I know the option is there somewhere on the browser

[Andy]

I'm in a car right now so I'm using tapatalk, but I know the option is there somewhere on the browser

Right above the reply button

[Tim]

To do it more permanently than just a single thread:

 

ucp.php?i=ucp_prefs&mode=view

 

There's a choice there for ascending or descending post order.

[NOLA]

You guys rock. Thanks. Good at some things, media is a work in progress.

[UMFan83]

Suggesting someone write an article analyzing the Cubs slump. Preferably one where the conclusion is that the Cubs are dealing with a perfect storm of bad luck.