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Posted by reaper47 on Wed Dec 5th at 11:56am 2007

Be careful pushing those buttons, Gwil! <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">


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Posted by Campaignjunkie on Tue Dec 18th at 1:54am 2007

I've never bumped a topic before. I feel dirty.

Anyway, how goes things, master Gwilliam? I imagine Finals are winding down for everyone around this time. Snare your eager web community a coder! Use sexual favors if necessary.



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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Dec 18th at 1:58am 2007

? quoting Campaignjunkie
Use sexual favors if necessary.

Spoken by someone with "Tools" for an avatar. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">





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Posted by FatStrings on Tue Dec 18th at 2:03am 2007

i know we talk about this nonstop, the puzzle map, or the group map that's passed around, what about if instead of a thread we had an official page for that



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Posted by Gwil on Tue Dec 18th at 3:40am 2007

I have literally "just finished" today, CJ - arguing that Franco was not a fascist, merely a conservative was the last demon to slay! Active recruitment to the PHP campaign starts this week when I hopefully can catch my good UK friends on the slip and get good rates.

Unless of course any Snarkpitter with good, provable skills wants to volunteer (there is a monetary incentive). Christmas for me will family jigga bob and putting pen to paper on my much delayed 2nd year study on Gallipoli, so work wouldn't be expected til mid Jan/Feb. Ultimately, I'd aim for a launch around March/April.

Again, I can't stress enough the monetary incentive OR indeed the potential for a good coder/designer to show off their potential in adapting to code and making a userbase to meet demand... etc <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">



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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Dec 18th at 4:19am 2007

Be just a bit... Picky, Gwil.

Every website I have ever joined seemed to have an eventual problem with the so called "indispensable" people.

I'd much rather see this ol site remain stagnant, then allow someone new on the roster with a big head ruin it eventually with an superiority complex.

The world does have a few smart people, who can and do play well with others...

/2 cents





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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Dec 18th at 10:17am 2007

Yeah, two posts back to back, but its also two entirely different thoughts and I didn't want one overlooked. :/

As far as a next site version desire: I would like someone to ascertain why long and or many posted threads take so long to load? If someone could check the coding to determine this, I'd think the site as a whole would benefit in terms of access times.

Threads with as little as 10 pages, take an exorbitant long time to load. The only thing I can think of is, for some reason the code doesn't access ONLY the last page but starts from post number one and works upward.. or downward if your thinking leans toward the negative... NO I AM NOT THINKING OF OUR OREGONIAN MEMBER!!! Truly





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Posted by Crono on Tue Dec 18th at 12:14pm 2007

Oh fine, I was going to tell you the reason why it does that, but never mind now. It's all important and everything too.


Blame it on Microsoft, God does.



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Posted by Gwil on Wed Dec 19th at 1:35am 2007

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Be just a bit... Picky, Gwil.
Every website I have ever joined seemed to have an eventual problem with the so called "indispensable" people.
I'd much rather see this ol site remain stagnant, then allow someone new on the roster with a big head ruin it eventually with an superiority complex.
The world does have a few smart people, who can and do play well with others...
/2 cents


The person who makes the site will be a coder and that's all. They won't hang around to participate in the discussion. Plus i'll be making the administrators all have equal power/access (saves hassle, more than anything).



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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Dec 19th at 1:50am 2007

? quoting Gwil

Plus i'll be making the administrators all have equal power/access (saves hassle, more than anything).

I wanna be a peon again. Please sir?

Unless, you can do what we discussed, long ago? Otherwise, just a peon would be perfect.





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Posted by DrGlass on Fri Dec 28th at 7:38am 2007

I can do graphic design work along with CSS work. I'm quite good with CSS plus would love to understand php a little more. Also working for a pr0n site has given me a good deal of experience with usability theory.

And ontop of all that I dropped out of college so I have lots more free time now.



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Posted by reaper47 on Fri Dec 28th at 10:27am 2007

As for the new features wish-list:

I was thinking about how the individual map-profiles could be improved. How about...

- a version-system to hide obsolete comments and descriptions in folders for the older versions they were made for
- last comment first (so that outdated ones don't fill up the first lines)
- text-descriptions for screenshots (and an equally comfortable way to upload custom screens for reviews)


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Posted by RedWood on Fri Jan 4th at 1:17am 2008

Just a thought... maybe the Snarkpit server should be removed. Seeing how it hasn't been in existent for years. It's kind of misleading. Seeing how it doesn't exist... redundant maybe, repetitive yes.
Shouldn't be to difficult ether.


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Posted by reaper47 on Fri Jan 4th at 2:09am 2008

There's been this debate ages ago about adding another forum for "general mapping discussions".

I know, I know "we already have a General Banter board"...

But I'd really like to see a non-restrictive board where more general discussions on mapping are encouraged and can survive for a longer period of time than in Gernal Banter (where they get overshadowed by political and philosophical debates quickly). Of course it had to be very clear that it is neither a place for individual map-threads nor concrete "HELP!!1 my lighting is messed up" editing questions.

I know there's this concern about splitting a forum over too many sub-boards. It's something I've criticized since the earliest days of my internet usage. We currently have 6, including one dead, one semi-dead. IMO we could even merge the editing boards so I don't think we had any kind of inflation. And, come on, there should be enough to write about here to keep a "general mapping" board alive. At least I think so.


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Posted by Gwil on Fri Jan 4th at 2:58pm 2008

I concur with both these statements! I handed in my big ass project today and don't have any Uni til the end of January now so i'll dig in.



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Posted by Captain P on Fri Jan 4th at 5:33pm 2008

Using an existing forum and/or wiki software package as a base for the new site might be an interesting option. Building a site like this from scratch isn't a trivial job. Some TWHL members are building a new version of their site, too, and it seems to move along nicely, but their efforts started 1.5 year ago. It doesn't seem like a good idea for Snarkpits revival to take that long.


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Posted by Cassius on Sun Jan 6th at 5:52am 2008

I also volunteer my graphical talents wherever needed.



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Posted by Forceflow on Sun Jan 6th at 9:19am 2008

I'm not too bad at web coding myself (CSS / HTML / Javascript), so I could lend a hand where needed. PHP experience is limited, though.

I've got experience with various CMS'es too (ModX, Joomla, ...).


:: Forceflow.be :: Nuclear Dawn developer



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Posted by haymaker on Sun Jan 6th at 8:39pm 2008

Im no coder or even close, but one thing I kinda like on forums is the ability to hover over a thread title and see the first line of the post in a popup



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Posted by Gwil on Tue Jan 8th at 4:07pm 2008

RE Map Review system

When a map gets reviewed, the review is highlighted on the front page
People read the review, and score the review ala Amazon - so the best reviews finish up nearer the top with "8 people found this review helpful"

That's a suggestion from our potential coder, and it's one I like - what do you guys think?

edit:

Also, a new colour scheme is in the pipeline as the default scheme - sorry guys, but I feel it needs an update/shake up to rejuvenate it. Nevertheless, to please the people who prefer old school white on black look, it will be switchable (and will work LOL)




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