The following goes out to CroatianSports.com’s heart and soul: the commenters. Yeh, I’m talking about you Slavonac From Canada, Armada, Maminjo, Markus, Croatia U14, Suba, Bećar, Razbijač, Mali Ante, King Bronk, Iggy. I know I’m missing some of you and I apologize. I already see some new names on the site which I can only assume have been here under the Anonymous alias up to this point.
I promised you guys a new website and a new commenting system before Euro 2021 – and here it is!
My main motivation for this was to make your lives easier by taking out the trash. I wanted to bring back the Golden Days of CroatianSports.com where we had hundreds of comments on every single post, which consisted of commenters staying on topic with their point of view and thoughtful debate. We don’t always have to agree with each other, but getting off topic was something that really did grind my gears. And that was my fault for allowing conversations to spiral off.
Most of you have already took a spin through the comments this week and have set up your account. Anonymous comments will no longer be allowed. You simply have to input an email and a password; and you’re good to go. But here’s some housekeeping for you all this week:
If you had a previous account with CroatianSports and would like to keep that moving forward, you access it here: Sign In/Forgot Password. I would recommend sticking to this account if you can because it will keep your name, stats, and avatar. If you don’t have an avatar for your account, go in there and add one. It’ll make things look nicer around the new house.
If you don’t have a previous account, you will go to the bottom of any article to create an account.
To add a profile picture/avatar to your account, you will add that in the following website: Gravatar; using your already made account with password.
Comments can be filtered three different ways: Oldest, Newest, and by Top Rated. Top Rated comments are based on “most likes” on that comment. “Dislikes” will not count against that.
Lastly, the number of times you comment will be tracked and made public on the site- just the number. This is up for debate as I am open to suggestions. You will receive an icon by your name every time you reach a new milestone.
I can always change the number of comments or the picture if you guys have better ideas. Just thought this was a good starting point and wanted to share what the icons mean when they pop up.
Enjoy!
I’m trying to make an account…
Really liking the new site, Ante, looks very slick. And it will be great to not have every single thread descend into 50 posts about white genocide and the like for a change lmao so good job with everything.
I’m well aware it was a problem that I couldn’t keep up with. We’re back on track now babay! You can’t see the espn YouTube highlights I post?
You forgot me you bastard!!!
Jokes. Well done. Site looks great mate.
I know I know. Sorry. I missed a few people.
Thank you ante for all your hard work and keeping us Croatian fans updated
We are truly blessed to have your input and commitment
Top stuff all round
We are really becoming a family and enjoy views the Croats from all round the world
Thanks again and great look with this mark 2 version of website
Thanks for the explanation to make it more useable
Fantastic and go the Vatreni at the euros with or without our lost little boy Sosa hahaha
Suba..my man! Thank you thank you. I’m all about bringing us together no matter where you are in the world and to keep the conversations going. We don’t have to agree 100% of the time, but the debate should always be there. Fortunately, it looks like we all agree on Sosa.
New site looks great!
Thank you sir. Shame we had to give away our Glasgow tickets. Qatar??????
The functionality around “signing into” our usernames is funky. I try and reset my password for this name and it won’t let me, but then when I try to create a new username, using this username, it tells me name is already in use.
Nice job with the site refresh, Ante. Give you a lot of credit for all the blood, sweat and tears you put into this. Would be nice to get some of the old school posters back and get some good convos going. Someone needs to twist Ziva Istina’s arm (especially with the site refresh) to post more often on here – and get us all back to living that proper ‘ZDS’ lifestyle.
How did you login to leave this comment? The reason I ask is that I still have a few things to iron out. Consider this is a “Soft Opening”.
Ante, i am signing in “as a guest” in this thread today, but it appears even “as a guest” it recognises my existing email and account, and it signs me in since it is giving me my profile pic etc from gravatar. I think this is a good thing, it seems to recognise you are a member even if you chose to sign in as a guest, if that makes sense.
I’m posting as a guest too Ante. I tried logging into Gravatar but its being funky.
Just log in as you are now. It obviously recognizes your account from the old site because it knows you have 1000 comments. The old forum that I had and we never used messed everything up.
Some of you logged in there a long time ago but we didn’t move that stuff over. That’s why it’s not aligned.
Yea we need to get Ante B back in here.
Also we could get Nije Bitno, JerseyCro, KING BRONK, Allen Outraged, Ante (Zivas step dad)…and Svirčić of course. We can let Wallace post from time to time.
Do a follow up with Marko Petrovic. He’s not playing ball anymore. Tell him to write some pieces.
Agreed. Had lots of good banter with that group.
Budimir 2 goals so far…
Site looks good.
If these comments are sorted by ‘top rated’…how do you rate them? I don’t see the ratings anymore.
Or is this for those who register with the ‘login on website’ link?
Also, are you able to block those commenters now? (who take this site off the rails, LOL)
Top Rated means someone liked your comment with a thumbs up. The milestone tracker is separate. It will count your lifetime comments on the website.
Dalić speaks:
https://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/dalic-potez-je-sada-na-sosi-reprezentacija-nije-poslovna-odluka/2275242.aspx
I guess it’s official now.
https://bulinews.com/news/8408/bierhoff-confirms-borna-sosa-not-eligible-play-for-germany
I’ve been a long time lurker on the site, just wanted to say thanks for all your effort:) Your interviews with Simunic have been awesome, I remember watching him when I was a kid play from Melbourne Knights then go on to play for Croatia!!! It’s a special moment listening to that national anthem with the boys in red white and blue before kick off. Can’t wait to win euro!!
Much appreciated and an official welcome to you!
Thanks Ante. I’m a little confused though. I haven’t created an account. I just entered my name and email and was able to comment. Will my stats be tracked without an account?
They should. That is what I have been told. We will find out at 50 comments 🙂