Today I’m going to finally talk about Hosted Projects after things have calmed down a bit since the site went live. For those of you who have been here the longest, I am sure you have all seen the different variations that Hosted Projects have taken over the years. We will be returning the format that we had pre-IPS, which did not require an add-on (until we find a suitable one. The IPS one was bad in many aspects, and nothing decent seems to exist on xF due to most developers waiting for the big release of xF2 before coding new addons). For those of you familiar with the previous system, it means that The Administration and I will assume direct control/jurisdiction of Hosted Project Applications, Creation, and Support, since the moderators cannot create new forums on the site.
This means that after 250+ posts (the previous requirement) users will be able to see a Hosted Projects Support section under Support.
NOTE: Applications are currently not being accepted until we settle in everyone who previously had an HP.
Since we will be returning a setup where we have to manually approve and create HPs, it means we will also grant HP creators who get approved Prefixes and other functionality that has been dearly missed that did not exist back on the IPS site before the update.
| Existing HP Creators If you currently own an HP, we require that you reach out to us in Hosted Projects Support, and let us know which and all HPs you own so we can begin restoring your ability to moderate your own HP and process any prefix requests you may have and evaluate if your RP still belongs as an HP. Since regular roleplays now have access to threadmarks (which HPs can also use) and with tabs returning in the future (xF 2.0), not every RP needs to be their own Hosted Project. We will never stop supporting thread roleplays on RPNation, and thread RPs are being improved upon constantly. We want to make sure that Hosted Projects transcend that system and are something of a big deal if you will. We want to be be able to alert and make announcements when a new one is created and have pride in them. Creators who do not reach out to us within 14 days will have their Hosted Projects immediately archived. |
As usual if you have any questions/feedback/concerns please post below.
We have opted to grandfather in existing HPs. We will be using the standard HP rule where after 30 days of inactivity, we will send the content to the site archive and delete the forum container (the empty project after archiving the content) at which point if the content is to be revived, it will have to reapply or head to the non-HP sections.
Grandfathered HPs are not eligible for prefixes or having us restore your moderation ability. If you need assistance please contact the staff and if your project survives the test of time, we will automatically reinstate abilities.
We will also be reaching out to HP Creators who are clearly way too active/large and moving them out of the Old HP system into the new area (where new ones will be made in the future when applications are made) and providing support immediately. This way the entire administration is not bogged down by trying to deal with the flood but instead HPs can run their course.
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