Sample uses of RM for dinosaur-focused communities?

KensonPlays

KensonPlays

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I'm having a hard time coming up with uses for the Resource Manager for a community based around dinosaurs & with a sub-topic of dinosaur games (and "misc games").

Any ideas on possible uses for the Resource Manager? If I can't figure out any, I may remove it from my renewal when I can afford the renewal and do just base & Media Gallery alone.

We use Bob's UBS addon for blogging-related purposes, so we don't need Resource Manager for a blog-like feature.
 
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KensonPlays said:
I'm having a hard time coming up with uses for the Resource Manager for a community based around dinosaurs & with a sub-topic of dinosaur games (and "misc games").

Any ideas on possible uses for the Resource Manager? If I can't figure out any, I may remove it from my renewal when I can afford the renewal and do just base & Media Gallery alone.

We use Bob's UBS addon for blogging-related purposes, so we don't need Resource Manager for a blog-like feature.
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Showcase is closer to what you are likely wanting. As far as I know, you can't remove Resource Manager from a renewal.
 
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You can remove it.. but if you ever need/want it again, it's a total new purchase. I left it on my pipe site as it only adds $15 to the renewal cost and if in 2 years I want to move the script over to another domain that could use it, I have saved $35 by not cancelling (removing) it from my account.
 
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Tracy Perry said:
You can remove it.. but if you ever need/want it again, it's a total new purchase. I left it on my pipe site as it only adds $15 to the renewal cost and if in 2 years I want to move the script over to another domain that could use it, I have saved $35 by not cancelling (removing) it from my account.
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Ah yea I remember that, but, I honestly can't think of any use for it since we don't run a modding community or anything like that.
 
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Keeping a resource for each game seems handy to me. It's a nice hub for reviews, download/purchase link, discussion link, updates, etc. Especially if you make some good custom fields, e.g. release date, platform, genre, featured dinos, etc. that would be handy to sort.
 
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sub_ubi said:
Keeping a resource for each game seems handy to me. It's a nice hub for reviews, download/purchase link, discussion link, updates, etc. Especially if you make some good custom fields, e.g. release date, platform, genre, featured dinos, etc. that would be handy to sort.
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That is one idea. I will have to see if there's a way to implement it in a good way, since the site is "new" (a few yrs old but previously a WP blog and mostly read-only, just recently re-converted to XF) in some senses.

However, for reviews, people could just use a blog from Bob's UBS blogging addon which I have.

For galleries, yea, I can put in some fields for "dinosaur type," "diet" etc, but as for an actual use for Resources, I can already use forum threads and stuff for general discussions with custom fields as well.

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Edit: Though, right now, I just have prefixes for various popular indie games in the forums area.
 
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KensonPlays said:
However, for reviews, people could just use a blog from Bob's UBS blogging addon which I have.
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Personally.... I would look closely at Bobs RMS. It's better fitted for reviews.

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Tracy Perry said:
Personally.... I would look closely at Bobs RMS. It's better fitted for reviews.

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True, but right now, I can't justify the budget on a new addon. It may be a few months or even longer until I can. I could also just add custom fields to forum nodes or the UBS, for now.
 
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Tracy Perry said:
It is something to think about though before you invest a lot of time into trying to force the the blog add-on into it.
You could do similar with custom fields in a simple node in an articles format.
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I mean, I already have the blog addon installed, configured (mostly), and I use it for my own personal blog, while offering a limited blog of 1 blog per user (with more for premium tiers).
 
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