Site rebuild teaser part 1 (updated)
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:51 am[i:13e5eb771f]Update, Wed., March 14, 2012: This post replaces the one I made on Nov. 23, 2011 which had more preliminary and hypothetical versions of these features.[/i:13e5eb771f]
Whew! Taking a short break from being [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c0lk-LtLI0]wired in[/url] to show you the improved player search box that I showed you my idea for a few months ago, that I've now got fully working in my evil laboratory. I was able to add in some of your cooler suggestions too! This will all be coming with the site rebuild. By the way, I know you have a lot of questions about the site rebuild which I simply haven't had the answers for... I hope to start clearing up the picture soon. Recently all I've been doing is just feverishly chipping away at the actual game site code.
Here's the default appearance of the improved player search box (for drafting and free agents). Taking a cue from more modern interface design philosophies, I've cut down on all the clutter and combined searches by name, criteria, and team into one sleek search field:
[img:13e5eb771f]http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/stratomatic/marketing/screenshot_searchbox_3.gif[/img:13e5eb771f]
If you know the name of the player you're looking for, just start typing his last name, and a dropdown of auto-complete suggestions will appear (I added the players' prices since my initial teaser):
[img:13e5eb771f]http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/stratomatic/marketing/screenshot_searchbox_4.gif[/img:13e5eb771f]
Or, to set search criteria, click on the arrow to get the standard search box:
[img:13e5eb771f]http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/stratomatic/marketing/screenshot_searchbox_5.gif[/img:13e5eb771f]
... which is pretty basic, and mostly what we have now.
But click on that "Show" link next to "Filters:", and it expands...
[img:13e5eb771f]http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/stratomatic/marketing/screenshot_searchbox_6.gif[/img:13e5eb771f]
... to include [i:13e5eb771f]filters[/i:13e5eb771f] that let you limit your search to only players who meet or exceed certain Fielding, Balance, Injury risk, Strategy Ratings, and Year range requirements.
Furthermore, note:
- I managed to add a [b:13e5eb771f]secondary position[/b:13e5eb771f] to the search options ("+ also eligible at: SS"), so you can find players who qualify at two specific positions. Thanks to [b:13e5eb771f]Roscodog[/b:13e5eb771f] for the initial suggestion.
- For Injury risk, in addition to the possible values of 0-6, there's also [b:13e5eb771f]1*[/b:13e5eb771f] (3 game max injury) and [b:13e5eb771f]1**[/b:13e5eb771f] (remainder of game max injury) entries. Thanks to [b:13e5eb771f]Valen[/b:13e5eb771f] for the initial suggestion.
- You'll be able to enter a specific maximum price (e.g. 4.2M in the screenshot) for your search, instead of the current intervals by million.
- You'll be able to check off L [i:13e5eb771f]and[/i:13e5eb771f] S under Handedness, instead of only one at a time.
- In addition to intuitively searching for players whose Injury risk is less than a certain threshold, you'll also be able to search for players who get hurt [i:13e5eb771f]more[/i:13e5eb771f], which as we know are greater risk/reward opportunities.
- The Year Range filter should be useful to those of you in time-frame based theme leagues.
- You'll be able to choose Ascending as well as Descending sort direction (as opposed to the current Descending-only).
I know a lot of you have been asking for more versatile search options, and finally this will all be possible on our upcoming new technology platform.
More to come! Today!
Whew! Taking a short break from being [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c0lk-LtLI0]wired in[/url] to show you the improved player search box that I showed you my idea for a few months ago, that I've now got fully working in my evil laboratory. I was able to add in some of your cooler suggestions too! This will all be coming with the site rebuild. By the way, I know you have a lot of questions about the site rebuild which I simply haven't had the answers for... I hope to start clearing up the picture soon. Recently all I've been doing is just feverishly chipping away at the actual game site code.
Here's the default appearance of the improved player search box (for drafting and free agents). Taking a cue from more modern interface design philosophies, I've cut down on all the clutter and combined searches by name, criteria, and team into one sleek search field:
[img:13e5eb771f]http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/stratomatic/marketing/screenshot_searchbox_3.gif[/img:13e5eb771f]
If you know the name of the player you're looking for, just start typing his last name, and a dropdown of auto-complete suggestions will appear (I added the players' prices since my initial teaser):
[img:13e5eb771f]http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/stratomatic/marketing/screenshot_searchbox_4.gif[/img:13e5eb771f]
Or, to set search criteria, click on the arrow to get the standard search box:
[img:13e5eb771f]http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/stratomatic/marketing/screenshot_searchbox_5.gif[/img:13e5eb771f]
... which is pretty basic, and mostly what we have now.
But click on that "Show" link next to "Filters:", and it expands...
[img:13e5eb771f]http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/stratomatic/marketing/screenshot_searchbox_6.gif[/img:13e5eb771f]
... to include [i:13e5eb771f]filters[/i:13e5eb771f] that let you limit your search to only players who meet or exceed certain Fielding, Balance, Injury risk, Strategy Ratings, and Year range requirements.
Furthermore, note:
- I managed to add a [b:13e5eb771f]secondary position[/b:13e5eb771f] to the search options ("+ also eligible at: SS"), so you can find players who qualify at two specific positions. Thanks to [b:13e5eb771f]Roscodog[/b:13e5eb771f] for the initial suggestion.
- For Injury risk, in addition to the possible values of 0-6, there's also [b:13e5eb771f]1*[/b:13e5eb771f] (3 game max injury) and [b:13e5eb771f]1**[/b:13e5eb771f] (remainder of game max injury) entries. Thanks to [b:13e5eb771f]Valen[/b:13e5eb771f] for the initial suggestion.
- You'll be able to enter a specific maximum price (e.g. 4.2M in the screenshot) for your search, instead of the current intervals by million.
- You'll be able to check off L [i:13e5eb771f]and[/i:13e5eb771f] S under Handedness, instead of only one at a time.
- In addition to intuitively searching for players whose Injury risk is less than a certain threshold, you'll also be able to search for players who get hurt [i:13e5eb771f]more[/i:13e5eb771f], which as we know are greater risk/reward opportunities.
- The Year Range filter should be useful to those of you in time-frame based theme leagues.
- You'll be able to choose Ascending as well as Descending sort direction (as opposed to the current Descending-only).
I know a lot of you have been asking for more versatile search options, and finally this will all be possible on our upcoming new technology platform.
More to come! Today!