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rj89
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I like the new site but some thoughts, suggestions? I'm a relatively new user of XBMC....like under 2 years. First started on the ATV2 as well. Now i'm using the OSX version. But I wasn't one of the users who only uses it for icefilms and Navi-X...but I have some friends and that's ALL they use.
Anyways I like the site but forums even though I go here often and post semi frequently are kinda old school. More info and more of a "store look" ala Android Market, App Store (but with no pricing obliviously) I think would be a much cooler and more recognizable to the avg user. Right now finding addons (and the newest version!) is a bit of a pain on here. Even on your site it's a couple more steps then it really needs to be IMO.
So I think if you go to your site click on a "video category" Instead of going to forums maybe have it laid out with the Logo, a description, a video of it in use, comments/and or posts on what people think about it maybe? And the download link.
I think it would be much easier to navigate and to download addons. Sign in with facebook maybe or whatever. Make a fan page on there too. Make a real community out of the addons which be really cool. XBMC App Store (except they're free) lol.
Just some thoughts. I like what you got going on and has been bookmarked.
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2012-01-05, 21:57
(This post was last modified: 2012-01-05, 22:00 by Ned Scott.)
There would be nothing stoping someone with an "exiled" add-on coming back to xbmc.org and asking technical questions like "hey, how do you get this button to be blah blah" etc. This is mostly going to just affect end-user questions/threads.
That being said, the internet is a wonderful linky place with lots of links. Anyone who wants to make an add-on site, go for it. Have threads on both/multiple sites if you want (assuming you're not an "exiled" add-on). Add-on development is spread across tons of sites. The xbmc.org add-on code repo isn't even on the same code repo site as XBMC itself. For development there's some stuff on the Wiki, then a ton more on some PDF file hosted somewhere else. Some add-ons already have forums/threads on other sites. And if you can do something better than xbmc.org can, then go for it so we can steal your ideas :D
My point being that multiple sites isn't that big of a deal to developers or even end-users. Also I don't think it's a big deal if xbmc.org is the main place to discuss add-ons, or that people even have to pick one or the other. There's so many things out there, games or hobbies, that have multiple websites and forums and all that jazz, but manage to stay connected.
So welcome to the XBMC community of websites, XBMC Hub!
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Martijn Wrote:Regardless. Created the some subsection like mentioned on add-ons wiki
That at least would clean up that entire add-on section a bit for the time being. Don't think it would be necessary (or wise) to give each add-on or dev his own section.
Speaking of that, been meaning to write up a little guide for add-on devs on how to go about this (just advice), but devs/users, you're free to expand those add-on pages on the wiki. Use them to set up FAQs, guides, etc. You can even make sub-pages if one page isn't enough. TheCollective (guys behind add-ons like
YouTube,
Vimeo,
Common plugin cache, etc) have done this, moving their documentation to the wiki. (should have some guidelines soon, but feel free to PM me if you have any questions about that)
Of course, the forum piracy policy would extend to the wiki as well, but if any external site wants to set up something similar, I'd be glad to help you out with MediaWiki stuff.
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would of thought opening a new subreddit (r/xbmcaddons) on reddit would of been a better idea.
least then you are tapping into an existing xbmc and cordcutting community.
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While we're at it, can we get a subsection for addon requests?