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CarGuy1

Join Date 03/2007

+548

How do I?

Personal pages a thing of the past?

With the new Wincustomize, how do I find a link to someones personal site?

On the old site you could click on a skinners name under Top Skinners and you would be taken to thier WinCustomize site. Now you just end up with a list of latest skins.

There used to be a address book of sorts that you could look someone up and get to thier site...where is it now?

Say I'm a newbie and I saw a skin I liked by Vampothika and wanted to visit her WinCustomize site and check out her gallery, how would I do it?

Am I overlooking something obvious?

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sViz

Join Date 04/2006

+508

Nope, you're not overlooking anything: https://forums.wincustomize.com/398709

Forum profiles do have a link to personal pages (but you'd have to find the author on the forums first!)

Other than that, you have type their site in the address bar, e.g., carguy1.wincustomize.com

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HG_Eliminator

Join Date 07/2002

+354

yup..

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Xiandi

Join Date 07/2007

+840

There really should be a button for that.

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Mirsguy

Join Date 11/2007

+432

Quoting Xiandi,

reply 3

There really should be a button for that.

Agreed!

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It really makes the site hard for a newbie. In the example, it would be almost impossible for a newbie to find Vampothika's site. Most of us know that she would be listed as kittymalone, someone knew to the site would have no idea.

Perhaps they could put a link to the person's personal page where the "subscriber skins" link is on the person's profile page.

It seems pointless to have a link to the subscriber skins on everyone's profile page, when there is a link next to the log off button.

Also, please bring back the address book of users...I used to love going through it and reminiscing.

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DrJBHL

Join Date 04/2002

+3835

This is what WebGizmos said a long time ago, along with the inconvenience of not having the whole of the artist's work available.

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HG_Eliminator

Join Date 07/2002

+354

well you can see the list of thier skins when you view their profile if you click their skins button at the right, but their not thumbed.

for example: https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/all/pagesize/30/view/list/author/RedneckDude

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When you click on a skin image, be it on the Home page or via the Explore (galleries) dropdown menu, to go to that skin's download page, the box to the right called More from this Author shows the three latest skins. This would be a good place to have a button to take you direct to the author's gallery, which would display in Tile mode and with a Gallery (ie Wallpapers, Blinds etc) selector, similar to the old site. While I'm here could I suggest renaming Explore to Galleries.

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DrJBHL

Join Date 04/2002

+3835

I really think there should be an option to "View Member's Entire Gallery" which would then give page 1, etc.

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WebGizmos

Join Date 09/2003

+735

Other than hunting down a persons name in the forums you should be able to click on their nic anywhere on the site and be taken either right to their profile or to their gallery AND be able to see more than just their most recent skins. I still don't see how navigation on this site was anywhere near as good as the last one. As like Carguy said...for a newbie it must be near impossible for them to find anything. I come here every day and I can hardly find things. Finding someones gallery should be the easiest thing to do.

To much time is being spent on adding/fixing things on the site that really aren't that important and in some cases not even really needed...and the stuff that needs fixing is all but ignored.

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well you can see the list of thier their skins when you view their profile if you click their skins button at the right, but their they're not thumbed.

RedneckDude made me do it.

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Uvah

Join Date 05/2006

+874

I'm sort of used to it being that way. When I first came to WC I couldn't find a thing. When I came back the site had changed so much I spent the better part of a day just trying not to get lost.

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HG_Eliminator

Join Date 07/2002

+354

Quoting Wizard1956,

reply 11

well you can see the list of thier their skins when you view their profile if you click their skins button at the right, but their they're not thumbed.
RedneckDude made me do it.

U realize Eliminators have the magical ability to make wizards disappear?

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Uh-oh.

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DrJBHL

Join Date 04/2002

+3835

*poof......you're a pizza!

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HG_Eliminator

Join Date 07/2002

+354

nom nom nom

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Quoting DrJBHL,

reply 15

*poof......you're a pizza!

Now those, I'm sure HG can make disappear!

While we are asking "How do I?".......How do I change my honorific on my site to show my new rank?

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DrJBHL

Join Date 04/2002

+3835

Go to your account and type in "Pepperoni".... HG will be along in three shakes of a nom's tail.

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Quoting DrJBHL,

reply 18

Go to your account and type in "Pepperoni".... HG will be along in three shakes of a nom's tail.

Extra Cheese!

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DrJBHL

Join Date 04/2002

+3835

Seriously, though...I don't see any way to access "My Account" as there was on the old site, and you can't do it through Joeuser.... sorry I couldn't help you, Randy. Try the IRC?

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Try the IRC?

No, but maybe someone at WC can fix it for me as it is the only place I can show off my new rank.

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Damn...I looked all over the place, the ability to change your honorific is another thing that is MIA.

Funny thing...the only place that honorifics show is on our personal page, which is no longer in public view.

CarGuy1 thinks there may be a conspiracy afoot.

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HG_Eliminator

Join Date 07/2002

+354

top left of the forums is a "my account" link ( just under your nick) tho it seems the honorifics were left out of the settings one can change..

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PoSmedley

Join Date 04/2005

+788

No, but maybe someone at WC can fix it for me as it is the only place I can show off my new rank.

Check your profile, I saw this thread and went looking and just noticed mine has been changed to Master.

Funny thing...the only place that honorifics show is on our personal page, which is no longer in public view.

I remember a while back when they were tweaking the forums and they said they were going to remove the honorifics. I think the only exceptions were going to be Admins, Mods, and Wizops. I don't remember for sure.

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Quoting HG_Eliminator,

reply 23

top left of the forums is a "my account" link ( just under your nick) tho it seems the honorifics were left out of the settings one can change..

That's why I was asking, it didn't seem to be updating and I knew that feature was gone on the new site.

Check your profile

Been there, done that. (a few times a day, lol) Still no love.

@ Po:Congratulations again on making Master.

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