Comments on: The new MOCpages, a better place for sharing your creations [News/Editorial]

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:45:24 +0000

I migrated from Brickshelf to Flickr nearly three years ago, but I’ve always believed that the LEGO fan community needs a usable, reliable, dedicated (LEGO-only) photo sharing site. Sean’s upgrade to MOCPages looks like it’s a huge step toward that goal. I’ve just signed up for a MOCPages account and look forward to connecting with my fellow LEGO fans on MOCPages!

By: Xiazeran

Xiazeran — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:45:00 +0000

Ah.. the Commander-so-and-so thing is a little annoying though. I’ve seen way too many mini Venator-class ships than should be allowed. Ah, well, people can do whatever they want with their bricks.

By: Ochre Jelly

Ochre Jelly — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:35:34 +0000

Wow, thanks for fixing the clipping issue Sean. Kudos once again for going that extra mile, and forgive my earlier rant! I guess we shouldn’t all complain that much anyway since its a FREE SERVICE.

[ ...in any case MOCPages is still *miles* better than Flickr. Anyone who puts there stuff on Flickr is simply not thinking about their audience - its the most user-hostile, hard-to-navigate, slow site ever; counter responses invited! ;-) ]

By: Zepher

Zepher — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:19:40 +0000

Thanks Sean! It works perfectly now!

By: Brendan Mauro

Brendan Mauro — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:38:06 +0000

Sean: Looks great, love all the new features, but I have one issue that has stuck and kept me away from MOCpages for many years – if I click a picture halfway down someone’s page and then click “back” in my browser, I am always returned to the very top of the page. It sounds small and petty but I find it incredibly frustrating, especially for a site that allows users to list the images in their galleries in a long column. If you fixed this I would be sold.

By: Garth Danielson

Garth Danielson — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:57:54 +0000

I’m likin’ the new features and I have not had anything weird happen to my pages. They pop up fast and I live in one of the worst states for internet speed. A Big Yahoo! to Sean for making the site better and still keeping it free. I enjoy the work and company of several builders there and ignore the stuff I’m not interested in. The only way to populate the site with better builders is for them to show up and play. Now it’s easier to build a group within the group and ignore the rest. So, come on down. Let’s play.

By: Matt Snyder

Matt Snyder — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:56:42 +0000

This site looks great. I’m new to all this, but I really like what I’m seeing there. I hope to upload some pics there soon.

By: Sean Kenney

Sean Kenney — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:31:09 +0000

Ochre… You’re right, and I’ve tweaked the HTML a bit to prevent the clipping. Your larger images will wrap under the right side menu in some browsers, but you’re right that it’s better than clipping them entirely. (Especially since most large content occurs below the menus anyway.)

Again, this clipping only occurs in one browser on one platform.. which I suppose is the one you use. :)

These changes were made to help make MOCpages work better in more browsers and on more platforms. IE, Firefox, and Safari, on Windows and Mac. (99% of our users.) MOCpages is now highly tweaked to work on these browsers. It used to be written to the basic HTML and CSS standards that /should/ be supported, but too many people bemoaned the oddball layout quirks that would pop up due to visual oddities caused by their choice of browser.

Blah blah long story short, the clipping is gone. You’re welcome to tweak your pages if you wish, but most of them look OK.

By: Scotty

Scotty — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:03:45 +0000

Its cool that they’re trying to clean it up and make it more user-friendly, progress is always good. One problem I see is that there is the stigma about mocpages, it seems kinda like the “oh em gee H4lo mocs!!!” groups seem to dwell there.

By: Dave & Stacy

Dave & Stacy — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:57:41 +0000

Stacy and I have been using MOCPages since about 2005 and this is a great update to the site that adds some much needed functionality. Even though we have seen the quality of MOC’s dwindle over the past few years with some of the builders migrating to Flickr or other image hosting, there is still a group of good builders there who are pumping out crazy, thought provoking creations.

If you left or have never been a member, we urge to come and try the new improved MOCPages…you won’t be sorry. Tell ‘em the Casual Coroner sent you. ;-)

By: Zepher

Zepher — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:07:31 +0000

Thanks for responding Sean! I’ll take the time to fix it. 500 pixel? Okay.

By: legovaughan

legovaughan — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:19:37 +0000

These upgrades are exactly what the site needed. I’m looking forward returning and re-enjoying the MOCpages experience.

Surely RSS feeds can’t be too difficult to add?

By: apple pie

apple pie — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:58:13 +0000

the new mocpages is cool :)

By: Ochre Jelly

Ochre Jelly — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:28:36 +0000

Gak, the new clipping behavior is even worse than the old wrapping behavior. The amount of time it would take me to tweak all my existing MOCPages (which now look completely ridiculous) is simply better invested in moving it all to another site (…which won’t be Flickr because Flickr sucks).

So long, and thanks for all the fish!

By: peter edwards

peter edwards — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:27:09 +0000

Many thanks to Sean, all his work is an inspiration.