New Item icon

[FifteensAway]

I know there is a NEW icon within any range that has new items added and that is great, love it.  But how about a home page icon that indicates something new within a range?  Not sure how much bother it would be but it might pay dividends.  I know I've found things useful to me in ranges I'm just not personally interested in.  Such an icon would clue me in to something I might not find for a very long time - if ever - since I'm not interested in that range but I'm always interested in something new.  Maybe off to the right of the bar for each range? 

[Colonel Kilgore]

FifteensAway - that's why we post any new stuff on the News section of this Forum - you just need to make sure you come and visit every day!

[Nick]

I actually think Fifteens Away makes a fair point.
There must be many more visitors to the PP site than would ever look at this forum, and I must admit it is very difficult to quickly find out what is new on the PP site.

Nick

[Colonel Kilgore]

In fairness to PP, there is also a "New Things" section on the PP website, in red on the front page, which is generally populated when new stuff comes out.

Doesn't this pretty much answer the question?

[pbeccas (Paul)]

I pushed the new things button and nothing happened.

[Colonel Kilgore]

It's not a button, but a banner. The new stuff is typically posted in the yellow box beneath it.

Please refer to John Watson's post today here:

https://rulesforcommonman.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2085.msg18212;topicseen#msg18212

for a credible explanation of why that yellow box is not currently populated.

Simon

[FifteensAway]

Credible?  Um, humorous perhaps?

Visit every day?  Not likely.  Thus the reason for the request.  And how long is a new item up - when the yellow banner is populated?  If I haven't visited for a month will I still see what is new.  Of course, that may mean missing what I requested, of course, if I don't visit for that length of time.  While I've been visiting a lot lately it has been more because of joining this forum but it isn't a busy enough forum to necessarily sustain that rate of visitation, especially since it seems a significant portion of the forum focuses on Peter Pig rules and I haven't played any of those rules despite owning several sets.  Just not a thing locally.

[Leman (Andy)]

You could also create The 15s Away Miniatures Company and then produce what you want as and when you want it. I believe Peter Pig operates within a capitalist economy which necessitates pleasing most of the customers most of the time in order to make a profit.

[Matías]

I also think some kind of indication next to the ranges in the main site would help. I remember having to comb the website to find the "Tirralliers Senegalese" because when they where announced there was no mention of what range they where from.

[Colonel Kilgore]

When new things are announced here (on the Forum News banner), we state the range and pack number, and include a hyperlink to the page on the PP website.

The post announcing the Tirailleurs Sénégalais was as follows:

#280: Les's WW1 Senegalese Tirailleurs

But this does all take a little admin time. I'm happy to invest it here, and for Martin to spend his time making more toys for us instead.