Continuation Of The Mfgg 'beta'

When RII is offline the link does not work.

And the link springs back to life. Maybe I should leave my computer on overnight ... or at least before I leave for the day. Gaurenteed I'll be gone 8-10 hours a day every weekday.

An optional skin won't necessarily equate to more bandwidth. The increase is negligible really, because people will pick a skin they prefer and stick to it, so they'll be downloading one image set or the other, but not both. Whether or not one comes into being, MFGG is capable of it, and the skin engine is largely what's tied up my time on the project, but a sound system, I've discovered, is very important for adding or modifying features (just in case you thought it was a trivial time waster, or that unecessary disco ball as TD may see it).

And like it or not, the search bar WILL be remaining at the top. I tried to make it bearable for users with smaller resolutions, but if you use anything smaller than 800x600, you're in a vast minority and I'm going to blindly ignore you.

I looked at it, and while it was good looking I'm still really iffy about the whole look of it. That can't be fixed in me.. >_<

I have to agree with Parakarry - the search bar doesn't look too good

Err... it's a text box with a "Search" button next to it... is it supposed to look spectacular? ;P

Playing with changes to the submit-it page

http://jaquadro.homedns.org/~new/submit2.php

Yes, completely rewritten in a much better architecture, which ultimately should mean more features, less bugs, and more consistancy site-wide. Using this new model for submissions, I was able to cull out the unneeded fields, like subcategories and types in games where not needed, and I replaced the subcategory with checkboxes for howtos, which is something you should have been expecting based on changes to the howtos page.

The messenger is also getting completely overhauled, so messages you recieve about submitted files and queue decisions should be more enlightening. namely, when a mod declines your submission, you'll soon be provided with a reason why it was declined, instead of just being told it was.

Hmm, It doesnt look that different.
*had just checked existing submission page cause I never submitted stuff before*

Oh hell yes. That is much better in terms of organization. Well done, RII.

I made this pic - I moved the search bar to the top of the screen:

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Eww. I'd rather it be right above the file listing if you don't mind.

This post has been edited by SonicProject on Sep 17 2004, 11:57 PM

Don't really care for it.

And in the spirit of keeping you updated on thigns you don't give a rat's ass about: Rewrote the user and login stuff, plus got uploads working again under the new architecture. In the meantime, I've broken every other function of the site, including the File Database. OOPS!

Many a rats ass has not been given. This is unfortunate.

Acutally I don't like the way that came out.. I don't think it's communicating the point I quite wanted ... well, never mind that.

Oh well, I'll just keep posting my little updates here and there whether or not people understand them or care. They'll care when it gets put into use, they will, so it's their problem if they wern't around to give feedback.

Well the new architecture of the upload system looks very good to me. And I though of an idea:

Since people seem to have issues with the search option, how about a "hide / show" option, where they can disable it in their user CP if they wish (it'd be on by default though, since more people like it than dislike).

Would that be possible?

probably. Probably something I'll look into tomorrow when I tackle the User CP.

Liek OMG I'm still working on this?

I finished off the user cp. A few more things will eventually get added to the settings portion (display email address being one of them, default of which will be no). The more important change is to the message center. Your messages are now clickable, they launch a new window with a little more description. That means whenever your submissions are declined in the future, you will know EXACTLY why they were declined (unless the moderator is lazy and leaves the reason blank).

Before the refurbished site gets put into the real world (which is still a little ways off), there WILL be a method for updating your games, sprites, whatever. And there will be a new sorting option when that time comes, 'last updated'. All submissions will display a 'last updated' date on them when you modify them.

Kind of hand in hand with the above, there will be a new page soon listing all the games and sprites and howtos and whatnot you've submitted to the site, which is where you'll be able to modify them or request their removal or whatever other control you might need.

So that's the update for today.

How long? I hope not for a while..

..Pics please?

How long? I hope not for a while..

..Pics please?

I don't have pics. Namely because inthe process of a VERY intense rebuilding of the backend, The database is completely unusable right now. I don't know how it's going to be done yet, but it'll have to go somewhere. You can't tell me you wouldn't want to know if games or such were being updated every so often.

I think I forgot to mention, anyone who feels so inclined can login to the test site and user their control panel. You won't have any messages, but you could submit a dummy sprite entry or a dummy review for game (860) to generate some messages. Maybe it would be helpful if at least one person did that so I could get some input on the window launching

I really dont think this updated thing should be on the games page menu, could be included somewhere else.. Lemme contruct a little draft pic, I have an idea