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Interesting concept, kinda fun hunting those tings down.
I thought when I started I was at level 0 needing one ting to move to level 1. When I found one it reset the counter to 0/10 but was still at level 0. Did I just mis-read that at first? It did move to level one after I collected another 10 tings.
I also found out that if you search "ting" in the article search every article that came up had the bell hidden in it. Makes it super easy to find them (although no where near as much fun than hunting them down).
Interesting concept, kinda fun hunting those tings down.
I thought when I started I was at level 0 needing one ting to move to level 1. When I found one it reset the counter to 0/10 but was still at level 0. Did I just mis-read that at first? It did move to level one after I collected another 10 tings.
I also found out that if you search "ting" in the article search every article that came up had the bell hidden in it. Makes it super easy to find them (although no where near as much fun than hunting them down).
Actually, every article can have a ting hidden on it somewhere. It's random if and where it shows up. And I can change the placement and frequency (insert evil laugh here). I've got it set to be pretty easy right now while I figure out what the right setting is. The article search can't search for the tings, as that is outside of its search parameters. What you found, instead, was articles that had the letters 'tings' somewhere in their text. For example, the Disney's California Adventure article has the word "disorienting" in its text, so it shows up in a search for "tings." It only seems like you found articles with tings in them because nearly every article will give a ting right now ... nearly. And, of course, the article won't show a ting at all if you've found one there already.
Should I be making it harder to find the tings, you think?
I've updated My Tips to include the ability add your own tips!
Everyone may now add public tips -- and if they are approved, you will receive tings for your contribution. Approved public tips can be discovered like all the other tips. Public tips are also automatically entered into our regular tip contest!
Those who have made it to concierge level 5 may also add PRIVATE tips, which can be edited as often as you like, but cannot earn tings until you decide to make them public and they are then approved.
To add a tip, just go to My Tips and look for the "Click here to upload your own tips!" link at the bottom of the window.
I noticed it on the My Desktop page on the left tab. I had thought it said I was at level 0 with 0/1 tings needed to continue. After I found one it changed to 0/10 for the next level but the level stayed at 0.
I noticed it on the My Desktop page on the left tab. I had thought it said I was at level 0 with 0/1 tings needed to continue. After I found one it changed to 0/10 for the next level but the level stayed at 0.
AHA! Now I see it ... when you start at the Concierge Desk without being logged in, it does says "0/1" -- I hadn't noticed that. Fixing it now. Thank you very much!
I noticed the 0/1 while I was logged in. If you are able to see the tips I found I have 11. The first reset the 0/1 to 0/10 while staying at level 0. The next 10 filled out the counter to level 1 and reset the counter to 0/25 (after 10 tings were found).
I also noticed that when you find a ting the counter doesn't update on the page the tip is posted on. I don't see it update until I go to the My Desktop page.
I noticed the 0/1 while I was logged in. If you are able to see the tips I found I have 11. The first reset the 0/1 to 0/10 while staying at level 0. The next 10 filled out the counter to level 1 and reset the counter to 0/25 (after 10 tings were found).
I also noticed that when you find a ting the counter doesn't update on the page the tip is posted on. I don't see it update until I go to the My Desktop page.
Well, I may have fixed the problem whether a person is logged in or not. I am not seeing the 0/1 anymore when I test it.
The behavior of going from 0-10 for level 1 and 0-25 for level 2 is as I intended it. Rather than showing you your total number of tings, I'm just showing the number you need to get to the next level. That seemed easier to digest to me. What do you think?
It's true that the counter doesn't update on the page the tip is posted to -- that's because the level is displayed before the new ting is even recorded. I'm not sure that I can find a way to calculate it beforehand, but I will look.
Correct. But I'm intrigued by what you wrote ... can you go into more detail on how you THOUGHT it should be? When you say "mark tips," do you mean write your own about what you read? Or do you mean that there should be tips -- lifted from or related to the article -- that you can save. For example, on the Tom Sawyer Island article, the tip on that page would specifically be about Tom Sawyer Island?
What I thought, was that there were tips throughout the articles and if you thought it was something you wanted to remember you would ting the bell. One thing I've actually done is after reading something on these boards or in the articles is gone downstairs, grabbed our Passporter and made a note next to something I wanted to remember on our trip...when I read your description I thought it was going to be that in the articles, when there is a tip or idea that you could mark it to add to your desk...keeping with our example, on TSI a tip that could be mark might be the fact that it opens and closes at different times...or just separate from the article, there can be a tip about looking for paintbrushes (something I had no idea about till hanging out here)
But once I gathered what the system you had envisioned was supposed to be, I do think it is good, and will be a lot of fun to mess with.
Ut oh ... you're right. I see the system recorded each of your tings, but it didn't create a master record that counted them up so it could display them to you. Hmm. I made a small change, tested it, and it SEEMS to be okay now. Can you go find a few more tings and see if it starts to update your ting count? I can go in and modify it to give you credit for all the tings you found earlier after you do that. Thanks!
Ok, found another one and it logged it...so seems to be working.
Well, I may have fixed the problem whether a person is logged in or not. I am not seeing the 0/1 anymore when I test it.
The behavior of going from 0-10 for level 1 and 0-25 for level 2 is as I intended it. Rather than showing you your total number of tings, I'm just showing the number you need to get to the next level. That seemed easier to digest to me. What do you think?
It's true that the counter doesn't update on the page the tip is posted to -- that's because the level is displayed before the new ting is even recorded. I'm not sure that I can find a way to calculate it beforehand, but I will look.
The tings needed for the next level display makes sense to me. Some people might want a running total of tings found (or would that be the same as the number of tips listed?)
Overall it's a fun hunt to find the tings. It would be fun to also find them in the forums too (if that's even possible). I also would echo the request someone made that the tips listed be relevant to the article (I know, that makes a lot more work on your end).
Looking forward to seeing how this all settles in, thanks for making the site even more fun.
I have used the site all day no problems Great Job!
My only change request is to be able to break up the tips in groups
Disneyland, Disney World then below General, Hotel, Food, etc
like an outline just a suggestion
Based on your suggestions, I've added a way for related tips to appear in PassPorter articles. Right now, the featured article on each of our destination pages has a related tip that can be saved to personal collections, as well as the random bell that may or may not appear. It would take too much work to go back and match an older article to a tip (though I will try my best anyway), but I will match future articles to tips.
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