http://clans.heroesofnewerth.com is now live!
Features:
* Clan Searching
* Clan Profiles
* Clan Management
* Clan Creation
Clan Searching:
clans.heroesofnewerth.com/clans
This page offers the ability to search and sort through the entire list of clans. On the left you can type into the name and tag fields and refine the results as you type. Any of the fields are sortable and you can sort refined results from typing.
You may notice a new data field called CAI, if you hover over the label it will tell you it is a measure of how active a clan is.
CAI: (clan activity index)
Someone joins your clan = 5 points
public match (3 or more people from same clan on same side - pub stomping) = 30 points
scrimmage (4 or more people from same clan on same side vs 4 or more people from same different clan on same side) = 60 points
clan match (will be defined with leagues and tournaments) = 100 points
All of these events are added up (if the clan has at least 5 members) for the previous week when calculated and multiplied by a number determined by how many members they have and how many inactive members (have not played a game in 1 week) they have. The larger your clan is the more inactive members will hurt you. If you have a large clan and everybody is active your multiplier will be high. This allows for small clans to compete by having a higher percentage of active members while still giving large clans credit if they really do just have an awesome clan.
Clan Profiles:
The Clan Profiles section, like the rest of this sub domain, utilizes predictable URLs to aid navigation without searching. To visit any clan profile simply add their clan tag after /clan/
example: http://clans.heroesofnewerth.com/clan/S2 takes you to the S2 clan profile.
example: http://clans.heroesofnewerth.com/clan/S2/members takes you to our roster page.
Every clan has a profile that is editable by any officer or the leader. Clan avatars, hello messages, descriptions, and titles are customizable. There is a comment section, news section, and events.
Events:
Clan events are similar to twitter. Every time a public game, scrimmage, or clan match takes place the clan events is updated with the game number and outcome. This will eventually be linked with the replay site. Users can also add their own events much like twitter. The events archive shows the most recent 30 events with applied filters. Clicking a filter will add that filter to the results. As of now, events are deleted after 30 days.
Clan Management:
Leaders and officers can manage their clan from this web site even more effectively than in-game at the moment. The management abilities include:
* Creating a clan
* Leaving a clan
* Promoting a member
* Demoting a member
* Setting up an application
* Flagging your clan as recruiting
* Viewing clan applications
* Accepting / Rejecting clan applications
* Inviting a user to become a member of your clan
* Posting clan news
* Posting clan events
Most of these are pretty straight forward. A nifty new feature of this system is the application process.
Applications:
On the clan profile (/clan/clan_tag/edit) at the bottom is a check mark that your clan is recruiting. Upon checking this box you will be asked to specify how many questions you would like to put on your application up to a max of 20.
After inserting the questions for your application your clan is marked as recruiting and anybody can come and answer those questions.
Users may only have one active application to your clan (meaning you have not yet accepted / rejected the application) but may resubmit an application as many times as they want.
Once you accept an application the user will be PM'd an invitation to the clan. If you reject them it will send a PM alerting them to the decision.
Invitations:
Clan invitations send a PM to the user with two possible links to follow. One link will accept the invitation and add them to the roster and the other will decline the invitation. The user must be logged into the account that was invited on the page that accepts or declines the invitation.
Clan Creation:
Clan creation from the web site is almost exactly like in-game except the method by which someone accepts an invitation to sign the clan charter is sent by PM. Once all the signatures are received the clan is created.
If one user declines the charter signature the entire charter is deleted and you must start a new one.
Have fun guys!
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