POTM A reminder on how to vote

When voting, you vote for your top 5 favourites.
5 points for your favourite, then 4 for your next favourite and so on down to 1 point for your fifth favourite.
So in total you vote on five different shots each month.

 

Is it possible to review the voting system?
It isnt easy to use/find so not many people seem to vote. It is also a pain to have to upload each month.

Just my opinion but if a mod would put a picture from each person in a locked thread with voting, i would be more likely to vote/upload pics.

 

Actually, What I'd quite like to see on the voting site (this is one for nath methinks) is when the gallery loads that it loads as thumbnails instead of by title meaning that people actually get a good view of all the shots and don't go straight for the ones they know the name of.
In other words you get a chance to review them (easily) all side by side and give each one another chance.

Just throwing ideas around really.

 

Think it's coming soon Biosniper

 

See this plzkthx.

As mentioned there, it's possible to have forum logins work on external site. This is something we're working on at the moment, but due to a few forums changes it's taking a while. So, if everyone could be patient, that problem will be solved. Thumbnails etc. are something which would definitely be involved in an upgrade (read:complete overhaul) to the site, and it's being worked on as we speak.

If there's anything that isn't covered below though, feel free to suggest it.

• Leaderboard
• Forum-integrated logins (note:you'll still have to log in on the external site, but it'll be with the same username/pass as on bit-tech)
• RSS
• Tagging
• Much improved user interface when adding/editing/removing entries
• Love and free chocolate for all
• Facebook-style news feed for keeping up with all developments on the site

Ninja-Edit: Dom, if it's too much trouble to spend five minutes voting on the other entries in a competition, is it really worth entering yourself? Seems a bit cheeky considering there are even prizes up for grabs now. Also, there are a total of about 6 threads (including this one) solely concerned with reminding people to vote, and several of us have the link in our sigs, so it's not a lack of publicity that's causing the lack of votes.

 

I'll take some.

 

The chocolate is cursed.

 

How about the love?

 

Im not saying i can't be arsed.
I just saying more people may use it and more people may vote if it was easier. At the moment most people wont go to the trouble. Most forums with a photography section have nothing close to the complicatedness that we do.

(i'm just a simpleton at heart)

edit: where is my lense hood

 

No I totally agree, thumbnails would improve it no end. Maybe a 'next photo' button, too? As it stands, I flick through, decide on ones I like, then by the time I've got around to scoring them in my head, I've forgotten the name of the photo.

 

As for this months voting: OMFG it's so hard!! Too many good entries :|