Kurgan Posted December 23, 2003 Posted December 23, 2003 JK.net & lucasfiles.com are back (though my JK.net FTP is having a heck of a time trying to upload a simple 500K file... maybe it's not stabilized yet after all)...
Samuel Dravis Posted December 28, 2003 Author Posted December 28, 2003 I finally got some of my updates uploaded. I removed a lot of redundant/irrelavent menu items, and fixed up a few other things. Next I'm going to put Razor's tutorials up.
razorace Posted December 28, 2003 Posted December 28, 2003 Looking good, Samuel Dravis. Any idea when it will be ready for the public?
Samuel Dravis Posted December 28, 2003 Author Posted December 28, 2003 Probably the very latest is the end of January. I'm going to be busy, and I'm probably going to need some extra time to finish it. It will most likely be finished before, but I'd rather not make promises I can't keep. It would be fun to make site have 'skins' - different background colors, etc based on the user - but that's not possible with Emon's setup. Any other ideas on making the site more spiffy?
razorace Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 Well, I don't want to sound ungrateful but I'd perfer it if you just focused on getting the website ready for public viewing. We need a functional website to really be able to pimp the mod.
Samuel Dravis Posted December 29, 2003 Author Posted December 29, 2003 Yeah, I was going to fill it all in before I tried anything new with it. It's almost ready to pimp, so don't worry. I just wanted some ideas on what to do after it's all finished. Something to kick around...
razorace Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 Well, some sort of script that automatically updates files from the repository on a daily basis would be awesome.
Samuel Dravis Posted January 1, 2004 Author Posted January 1, 2004 Well, some sort of script that automatically updates files from the repository on a daily basis would be awesome. OK, that might be possible, but who are we (mostly) trying to target with the site? Normal users or modders? Unless you have the newest releases on the repository in a zip, there's not going to be much point in a script. We can just give out a guest pass to the repository on the site so modders that want to have a look can, without destroying anything. Casual users can just download it off of our site if JK.net lets us host it there (see below). Also, I had mentioned on another thread that JK.net appparently did not want us to host the main OJP files locally on the site and Kurgan was surprised by it. I can e-mail someone on the staff to see if we can just upload the files there. What could be the most useful result of that is that we could make a autoupdate program for OJP (and possibly other files that we would like to have availible to the user, such as updated readmes, etc).
razorace Posted January 2, 2004 Posted January 2, 2004 Well, yeah, that's basically what I meant. I don't want to create a situation where the webmaster is swamped with constantly updating documents. As for the source files, it would be nice to have a daily update script because most users are simply too lazy (or don't want to deal with the hassle) to access the repository.
Samuel Dravis Posted January 7, 2004 Author Posted January 7, 2004 OK, thanks for the suggestions Razor. I've come across a problem with the site design - it doesn't scale to the browser's window size. This causes problems when people try viewing it with their resolution set to less than 1024x768. I don't think there is many gamers with such a setting enabled, but tell me what you think about it. Also, can someone please send me a copy of their FusionNews directory backup - I cannot seem to find mine anymore. If you need my e-mail PM me. Thanks!
razorace Posted January 7, 2004 Posted January 7, 2004 Uh, both me and Emon have copies. Just PM us with your email and the directories you need.
Samuel Dravis Posted January 14, 2004 Author Posted January 14, 2004 No response from Emon...do you know if he has a filter on his e-mail?
Samuel Dravis Posted January 22, 2004 Author Posted January 22, 2004 Sorry I haven't posted anything in a while, but here's a nice concept for when we get rid of the old design. I really hate too many images, so there's not many of them in it. Suggestions? BTW, I am still working on the old site stuff, and should have it finished by the end of the month as promised.
Emon Posted January 24, 2004 Posted January 24, 2004 What? Uh, FuseMail has some SPAM guard on, it shouldn't affect you. What's the e-mail you're sending from? And what exactly is the address you are sending to?
Samuel Dravis Posted January 25, 2004 Author Posted January 25, 2004 I sent it to olenikm(at)SoftHome.net. I had tried to PM you first, but your box is full.
Emon Posted January 25, 2004 Posted January 25, 2004 Try olenikm@fusemail.com. I don't know why SoftHome isn't working for you, my FuseMail account picks up my SoftHome mail (I verified this and it works), but SoftHome is probably just being the sucky service that it is.
Samuel Dravis Posted January 28, 2004 Author Posted January 28, 2004 OK, I got some updates to the site and a fresh copy of FusionNews on my computer (keepin' my promises, heh), all ready to upload and... (*%#@ THE SITE IS DOWN!@!$ AARRGH!@*! Ok, I seem to be finding the site down quite often...perhaps we should look for a different host. If it's going to be down continuously, no one's going to be able to see the thing. Which would definitely hurt pimping purposes. Any ideas?
razorace Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 jk3files.com is pretty good about hosting. I used them for the MotF website. Do whatever you want for hosting. The primarily reason why I don't handle the website duty myself is because I hate dealing with it.
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