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SP Happenings #60

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by Taluntain, Jul 28, 2004.

  1. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Whew. First week after the launch of the new design. To say that it has been eventful is accurate to the point that it is also a vast understatement. Dozens of small and not so small things needed to be fixed after the new design was up. I had to set up a bunch of SPS accounts and create templates for the entire process, as well as start planning & gathering the extra content for SPS account holders. I had to inform the major sites that link to SP to update their links, since nearly all of the urls have changed. Finally, with Catbert's help, we also launched the integrated news posting system, which now connects the message boards and the front page. In short, I've been kept so busy I didn't get around to even planning the next site content update yet. Hopefully things will settle down this week, so I can get started on it soon.
     
    Taluntain, Jul 28, 2004
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    Sorvo Where's the nearest pub? Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran

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    Congrats to Tal and Catbert for the LONG awaited change, looks great! :) Now take a friggin break already :p
     
    Sorvo, Jul 28, 2004
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  3. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Easier said than done. Now that the new design is up, I have so many things to clear off the to-do list that it's not even funny. Still, we're getting there. And seeing that people appreciate it makes it all worth it.
     
    Taluntain, Jul 28, 2004
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  4. Harbourboy

    Harbourboy Take thy form from off my door! Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Yeah, it's great. Maybe it's time to start planning the next upgrade now! :p
     
    Harbourboy, Jul 28, 2004
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  5. catbert

    catbert Midnight Snack Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG] Bah. We're one step ahead. Next upgrade has been in planning for months. It really is all a part of a big world domination plan... and my sidescheme to bring panties to the masses, of course.
     
    catbert, Jul 28, 2004
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  6. Splunge

    Splunge Bhaal’s financial advisor Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Woo Hoo! Do we get to choose our our colours and style? Because I'd like mine to be pink. With some nice frilly lace. But nothing that's going to ride up and/or chafe, of course. :xx: :roll: :rolling: :spin:

    :p

    Oh yeah, keep up the good work, Tal!
     
    Splunge, Jul 28, 2004
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    This news section thing is great - will lead to some discussion of the news, rather then the largely ignored and pointless comments thing before.

    And uh, yes, this should be in the other thread, but I missed that one - guess I should browse the front page before posting :grin:
     
    Aikanaro, Jul 28, 2004
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    Go Tal. Know that in ever longer waking periods that you hold our respect and appreciation.

    Oh yeah, you too Catbert. ;)
     
    Jaguar, Jul 28, 2004
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    Whoa! Catbert's getting respect?! This is an unheard of development ;) :p
     
    Aikanaro, Jul 28, 2004
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    The new design looks great! Good work.
     
    BigStick, Jul 28, 2004
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    While the design is very nice, it falls apart in the Safari web browser and I assume any web browser based on the same open-source standards-based rendering engine.

    I do not know enough to troubleshoot what the problem is, but I surely would appreciate your attention to making the site render as beautifully on all standards-based browsers.

    If you would like screen shots, I can send them to you, but as a description, the sidebars both seem to be vertically centered, rather than fixed to the top of the page as they show up in Mozilla.

    Thank you in advance for your consideration of making the site render in all modern browsers.

    Love,

    Hanna
     
    Hanna, Jul 28, 2004
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  12. chevalier

    chevalier Knight of Everfull Chalice ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran

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    That is due to table support problems, I guess.
     
    chevalier, Jul 28, 2004
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  13. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG] Hanna, we've had some discussion on Safari in the thread about the new design ( http://www.sorcerers.net/ubb/ultimatebb.php/topic/18/590.html )... Unfortunately, Safari is hardly a good example of a decent modern browser (on top of that, none of us have access to a Mac to be able to test the design on it...). We are looking into this, however, to see if we can do something about it. Please check your PM.
     
    Taluntain, Jul 28, 2004
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