Rink Reader Resolutions

by J.P. on Dec 31, 2008 10:30 AM EST

[Ed. note: please indulge a short administrative detour... or skip it.]

In keeping with the spirit of the New Year, I figured I'd toss a little self-help your way (though I suppose it's not self-help when it's me telling you what to do) in the form of Rink Reader Resolutions for the New Year. Here are a few things you guys might consider doing to help keep this blog a-rockin':

1. Use the FanShots and FanPosts more. Go back and read BCB on FanPosts and FanShots and don't be afraid to use 'em when you've got something to say (in a FanPost) or when you stumble upon a link/pic/video you think we'd be interested in. Look at Pension Plan Puppets for good examples of this kind of user generated content (and given that you guys are smarter than them, just imagine what you can do). But please be sure to check the "What We're Reading" widget and the links in the morning Roundups to make sure you're not posting something that's already on the site, because then I'll be forced to delete your FanShot, and we'll both feel bad.

2. Recommend good content. SB Nation allows you to "rec" stories, comments, FanShots, FanPosts... pretty much any content on the site (in some spots, you need to click "actions" then "rec"). By recommending, you help make sure that other readers (and writers) don't miss anything good. Plus, people dig positive reinforcement.

3. Get yourself an avatar (if you need help in doing so, reference the Welcome Guide). It helps to differentiate you from everyone else in a way that's not as annoying as numbering your sentences, typing in all caps, etc. There are tons of great examples, but Sombrero Guy's, ns's, Wisper's and Uncle C's are among my favorites. Just keep it (relatively) clean.

4. Glance over what you've written before posting. I hate typos. So does everyone else. Do everyone a favor and read your comment/FanPost/FanShot before hitting "post."

5. Follow and interact with The Rink on Twitter. The hip crowd tells me that Twitter is sweet and that I should gently solicit followers, so if you're a Twitterin' type, follow me. I promise there'll be no Kool-Aid at any point.

6. If you've got a suggestion, let us know. If something's not working right or you've got an idea to make the site better, let the techies at SB Nation know by emailing support@sbnation.com. Seriously, these guys get paid to make your experience better, so don't be shy.

Now it's your turn - what resolutions would you like to see us make for the year ahead? (And I immediately regret the decision to ask that question...)

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That's why they invented the eraser

We all hate tyypos (just joking ;-) ) but what would be really great is if there was some way that we could go back into a post after its been published to correct a glaring mistake. Much like what you can do on the Caps Message Boards. Is that a possibility?

by b.orr4 on Dec 31, 2008 10:46 AM EST reply actions

I’m pretty sure you can edit a FanPost or a FanShot (I know I can), but don’t think you can edit a comment… which gives you the perfect opportunity to utilize Resolution #6!

Japers' Rink: Hockey blogging from the most powerful city in the world

by J.P. on Dec 31, 2008 10:50 AM EST up reply actions

Google Toolbar spell check, ma’en.

by macvechkin on Dec 31, 2008 11:08 AM EST up reply actions

Do I have to do everything around here? I already added an avatar.

by b.orr4 on Dec 31, 2008 10:54 AM EST reply actions

And a brilliant one at that.

Japers' Rink: Hockey blogging from the most powerful city in the world

by J.P. on Dec 31, 2008 10:55 AM EST up reply actions

1) “Numbering sentences” is annoying?? Its simply another way to present/differentiate one’s ideas.
2) Just an opinion, but it seems to help make responses easier to read by avoiding unreadable run-on sentences/paragraphs.
3) Hardly seems “annoying”, but some must have a lower ‘threshold of annoyance’.
4) Happy New Year! ; )

by Fauxrumors on Dec 31, 2008 11:10 AM EST reply actions

Few things

1. Can we embed video? Youtube clips or Google Video or something? Not a link but an actual embedded frame to one-click and play in the current window? I hate it when Puck Daddy does things that we can’t.

2. Also, there should be a reference file section stashed in some corner of the home page. Put a copy of the Salary Cap chart you made. A link to the NHL CBA.PDF file (I have it handy if you need it). Insightful spreadhsheets or graphs showing team data not related to an individual game. Link to the official rules. Download for the Capitals Logo Font. Stuff like that.

3. Where’s Ted? Surely he knows about the site since he dogged you out for chirping about the VZ ice quality. It wouldn’t hurt for him to pop in for a few comments. Hell, a Jasper’s Rink Q&A Session with the Owner of the Capitals would be quite an event, now wouldn’t it?

4. Dead space on the home page? What’s with the big blank space under the search tool and above Fan Posts? What’s the 1-inch plus white banner under “Jaspers Rink” at the top? Why the uber-wide gray runners down either sides to force us all to excessively scroll to see stuff?

5. Lastly… great site J.P. Definitely a good move to come over to SBNation (or Sport Kos as I used to refer to it). Oh.. and Happy New Year to everyone!

by Wisper on Dec 31, 2008 11:15 AM EST reply actions

1. You can embed video in FanShots, but not in comments.

2. Good idea – I’ll throw something together when I get a chance.

3. I could probably get Ted to do a chat. I’ll look into it.

4. That dead space you see is only dead space because you have a good ad blocker – those are annoying ads otherwise.

5. Thanks.

6. It’s JAPERS’ Rink, not JASPER’S. One “s” and note the placement of the apostrophe. Word.

Japers' Rink: Hockey blogging from the most powerful city in the world

by J.P. on Dec 31, 2008 11:23 AM EST up reply actions

Huh...

1. No chance of that changing? Would be cool to throw in clips mid-discussion.
2. I’ll work to try and create something this year insightful enough to be included… not exactly sure what that might be, but I’ll think on it.
3. That would be cool. Schedule it in advance on a non-game day so everyone could be here. Hell, he could even cross-post it to Ted’s Take if it turns out well. A lil’ show of support to the Caps Blogosphere from the AOL bigwig with a group of rabid fans looking to talk real nuts and bolts issues about his team.
4. Really? I had no idea. I guess I’m not exactly helping the revenue generating portion of this operation then, am I? Sorry… forget I mentioned this one then. Moving along…
5. Your welcome.
6. Huh… Well my spell checker doesn’t like the word Japers and I wonder if I can manually add it without it trying to correct me when I email my friend Jasper. I’ll make my own resolution to get that straightened out.

by Wisper on Dec 31, 2008 11:57 AM EST up reply actions

1. Another perfect opportunity to utilize Resolution #6

Japers' Rink: Hockey blogging from the most powerful city in the world

by J.P. on Dec 31, 2008 12:39 PM EST up reply actions

Jasper...lol

you’ve been nicked

by bigonetimer on Dec 31, 2008 12:48 PM EST up reply actions

With all due respect to the great JP, I think getting to ns’s avatar is what I like most about this site.

by David Getz on Dec 31, 2008 11:37 AM EST reply actions

I think you need a graphic that, er, forecasts VC ice quality.

Modern Art Notes

by TylerG on Dec 31, 2008 11:41 AM EST reply actions

on that topic, does anyone know where/when/how those results are publicized, or is it an internal affair.

by bigonetimer on Dec 31, 2008 11:57 AM EST up reply actions

The NHL being forthcoming on something like that? HA! They’d sooner divulge salary info. Or injury info. Or admit that they’ve been pumping the wrong guy’s tires all this time.

Japers' Rink: Hockey blogging from the most powerful city in the world

by J.P. on Dec 31, 2008 12:40 PM EST up reply actions

in that case

maybe somthing comical like a meter, ranging from “oh, my friggin’ groin!!!” to shitty to spotty…to Edmontonesque.

Really, Ted, get a goddamn dehumidifier and tap up the AC a notch in April/May/June (no jinxy)

by bigonetimer on Dec 31, 2008 12:51 PM EST up reply actions

More Milbank.

That is all.

"Good crowd out there tonight, boys, let's really try to win this one."

by Bald Pollack on Dec 31, 2008 2:26 PM EST reply actions

Japers' Rink: Hockey blogging from the most powerful city in the world

by J.P. on Dec 31, 2008 2:28 PM EST up reply actions

DAMN

ya know, some of us are trying to work

by bigonetimer on Dec 31, 2008 4:37 PM EST up reply actions

Good list, JP.

Thanks for clarifying the “Japers’” as opposed to “Japer’s”. I think I speak for the entire community when I say this was something which needed addressing. Yesterday.

And the picture above, I would imagine, was taken somewhere near Craig Anderson’s crease, yes?

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by Donny Rivette on Dec 31, 2008 6:07 PM EST reply actions

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