Site suggestions/bugs

Lep - could you make it so that .swf files have the propper icon? I've uploaded it to my pit:



Thanks! :smile:

Its a bug with SP and Navigator Mozilla when adding a map to your
profile, it comes up with a text error message and it doesn't look as
tho' the maps been added to your profile but it has :sad: took me a while to work that one out, i mentioned this a while back.

Any way to fix this ? looks kinda silly.

Tell me about these things and I can fix them, fewls :biggrin: What does the message say?

The message says - "Stupid admins should read the stupid messages posted by the stupid users" :biggrin: the post is about 6 pages back on 28 (default SP settings), it was easily missed among the off-topic crud, original quote -

Just been trying to add a few maps to my profile and it seems to be borked, with Mozilla anyway.

When you click Submit it comes up with an empty page except for a message - "You may only upload JPG images!". Tried just adding a .Zip but it came up with the same thing and then tried just .JPG screenys but no go. Also tried both Submit buttons.

Then i went back into control panel and noticed that it had added the map several times. Had to go back and delete them all, grrrr !

I just tried this again with Navigator and Firefox and both came up with the same message, Java is disabled and Jscript enabled in both browsers.

beer hunter said:
the post is about 6 pages back on 28 (default SP settings), it was easily missed among the off-topic crud, original quote -

some people will say anything to shift the blame away from mozilla

/runs

/slaps Orph for disrespecting Mozilla :smile:

/runs even faster

beer hunter said:
The message says - "Stupid admins should read the stupid messages posted by the stupid users" :biggrin: the post is about 6 pages back on 28 (default SP settings), it was easily missed among the off-topic crud, original quote -

Just been trying to add a few maps to my profile and it seems to be borked, with Mozilla anyway.

When you click Submit it comes up with an empty page except for a message - "You may only upload JPG images!". Tried just adding a .Zip but it came up with the same thing and then tried just .JPG screenys but no go. Also tried both Submit buttons.

Then i went back into control panel and noticed that it had added the map several times. Had to go back and delete them all, grrrr !

I just tried this again with Navigator and Firefox and both came up with the same message, Java is disabled and Jscript enabled in both browsers.

That happened to me with IE, but I deleted a bunch of the maps and I can edit them normally...so I don't know what's up.

Thats very weird, must be the gremlins again :sad:

Strange... does it work now?

yay ! it works for both Navigator and Firefox, haven't tried IE tho' /spits

hell, I was shocked :eek: when the site was totally empty, but now its back :kitty: thats good... :smile:

Thanks lep!

A wierd prob i saw a few mins ago, it said lep had make the last post in the general banter, but on none of the topics did it say that.

Check here

a few minutes ago? could this be like snarkpit in your IE offline mode?

there are 35 pages on the thread but the picture says not even 20..?

erm...for mine, right now it says, 18 pages. maybe is ur res

$loth said:
erm...for mine, right now it says, 18 pages. maybe is ur res

you can set up your profile to display many different amounts of replies per page.. so if you have it set to 10, you might have 50 pages, but if you have it set to 20 you will have 25 pages, etc,etc..

Thanks for clearing that up :biggrin:

These chapter thingies will be used in new topics in the map forums automatically from now on, just so you know :smile: As for 'general' use, that's in the pipeline still.

Now here's an insignificant bug: The question mark icons in the editing forums don't have black transparencies, unlike all the snark icons. I just noticed also that the poll icons don't have the transparencies either... Lep, this site is falling apart!! :biggrin:

You mean like theres a black box around it when its highlighred/mouse hovering over it?

Why must I use the javascript quick reply only? When I had javascript
switched off, all the quick reply did was send me to a blank page with
"no java" written on it.

Yak, this place is always falling apart, but you should know by now it'll be fixed... one day, at least... :razz: And Kage sorry, working again, some test code I forgot to delete :redface:

It's probably a known bug, but the "quote" thing doesn't work on Mozilla/Netscape.

Well, it doesn't work when javascript is on.

Lep, Maybe you should allow us to submit drum role

SKY MAPS!!

That would be neat... we could submit our (meaning you must have done some work to make the sky map\must be your skymap) and assemble a skymap section! Short of one? Just choose one!

TBH Ballblue, I don't think there is a sufficient amount of skymap
creators on the Pit (or who would be attracted to the pit by the idea)
to warrant implementing it.

Also, places like The Wadfather for instance already have hundreds of
skymaps up for download, and i'm willing to bet there's some links in
the Editing Help forum on one of the sticky topics..

As Gwil said, there's no point in trying to compete with a pretty established and useful site (even if it is the most horrifically horrific Javascript site I've ever seen in my life :o)

Admin "move topic" button does work in IE, just not in Firefox in relation to that PM I sent...

All other functions work fine in Firefox, just the move option :sad: Clicking the button doesnt even seem to send the form data.

Was just thinking, on the front page with the new maps, maybe a lil icon to click on for pics? But that would create a prob, coz peeps who choose to host thier own, dont get thumbnails next to the pic to link to others[ if that made sense]. Maybe there could be an icon just for people who choose to upload there pics?

Oh, and also, with the spinky new thread-in-a-thread thing, would the user be allowed to 'lock' a topic, after say, they had finished a beta, and started a new 'semi thread' for the next. Just so that it will keep posts tidy.

The only complaint I have with the thread-in-a-thread is that we can't skip to the last page (if there is more than one page). Just a small complaint, but it is sort of inconvenient.

Is there some reason why the articles/interviews section is BLANK?

Aside from the obvious 'there are none'? No. :smile:

I don't know which end this error is on, but the map screenshots window is not resizing for me... anyone else have this problem? (It used to work fine before)

Doesn't happen to me fraggard.

Posted by $loth

Was just thinking, on the front page with the new maps, maybe a lil
icon to click on for pics? But that would create a prob, coz peeps who
choose to host thier own, dont get thumbnails next to the pic to link
to others[ if that made sense]. Maybe there could be an icon just for
people who choose to upload there pics?

Are you proposing thumbnails for new maps, listed with them? If so,
it's a good idea and certainly nie eye candy - but I'm willing to bet
the idea has been around before and isn't really feasible due to
bandwidth constraints.

I'm almost certain that Lep doesn't want to stretch his wallet further, he is a poor ol' student after all :razz:

Posted by G.Ballblue

Is there some reason why the articles/interviews section is BLANK?

When this site came into its current version we use now,
Half-Life was already more than on the wane. It's just a matter of
there isn't the interest, activity or demand to be pouring our heart
and souls into creating articles.

Indeed, they are more a feature of the site that is effectively
sitting on the back burner until Half-Life 2 refreshes and revitalises
the community :smile: I'm sure if you (or anyone else for that matter) has
good ideas for "articles" then take the time to write and share them
with us :smile:

A good idea perhaps would be a comedy look at mapping - e.g. 100 Signs
You Use Hammer Too Much, or perhaps even things along the lines of
DaveJ's famous 51 tips articles :smile: Maybe this will get the creative
juice going in people!

Posted by Fraggard

I don't know which end this error is on, but the map screenshots window
is not resizing for me... anyone else have this problem? (It used to
work fine before)

Browser? Version of browser? :wink: Works fine for me in Firefox 0.9,
and that's usually the problem in most of these questions, heh :smile:

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Regarding "chapters" questions - wait for Lep i'd say, it's still very
much a new system and will be developed and polished over time.. keep
the feedback coming!

I don't have any problems with bandwidth, but aesthetics... though I can see the point in having a screenshot icon, why not read about the map too first and not be lazy :razz:

The articles/interviews page is blank because I never got round to making it, forgot about that

And fraggard use a newer browser man :razz: I'll add some of the old javascript code in, the current resizes don't take into account window sizes properly and it doesn't work terribly well...

Pffft, who is this Leperous guy who always steals my thunder anyway? :razz:

It would be nice to see articles though, perhaps general guides as
opposed to all out tutorials, comedy/nostalgia, mapping hints and
ideas, recommended reading... stuff like that I guess?

If people will write them, that is... just like me writing reviews eh, for this old old game..

Gimme some maps to do and I will (anyone and everyone), im currently an
out of work job seeking fool so don't do much in the day! Until I get
replies back from the various posts I have applied for, that is - time
is short but available.

Inter-web gremlins ate my javascript.
Translation: It randomly started working again

Hello,

You probably remember me better by name "hullu".

I got problem with the site: I cannot add maps Templecore and
Zeroceromon to my profile because they exists already (because of
reviews).

Fix it, please(?)

Welcome back hullu :smile: Long time no see, hope you're well? :smile:

As for the problems with those 2 maps, I've had a crack at fixing it
but it returns errors, so i'm afraid you'll have to wait for Leperous
to appear again (i imagine he'll be back later) before they can be
fixed. Sorry!

I'm good, stopped coding -> lost 30kg and got summerjob and own flat (and VDSL 10/10mbit).. life is great

ghost of evilspy said:
I'm good, stopped coding -> lost 30kg and got summerjob and own flat (and VDSL 10/10mbit).. life is great

Hullu, you old dog you.. took me a moment.. saw a map in your profile and said "WAIT A MINUTE, varrock has been used already" ..

welcome aboard old friend.. missed you mucho gobs.

get that brother of yours to join snarkpit too won'tcha :biggrin:

Hey Hullu, good to see you're doing well.

I can't seem to edit the first post in a thread. Specifically, the "It's Done" thread.

I made the same mistake as Orph, took me a moment to adjust :smile: Welcome back mate.

get that brother of yours to join snarkpit too won'tcha :biggrin:

I don't think so.. see.. he is going to army tomorrow :biggrin:

Fixed, good to see you again sir.

Kage- why can't you edit it, what does it say?

thank you

picture on this page is acting as if it were a link... to no place..

error perhaps?