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I'm thinking randomly at work. I'm thinking randomly at work so bear with me. I want to implement some sort of system in GDUr as recognition for top-contributing members. I've seen experience systems done before - and I'd think that would be really cool. Posts, comments, followers, getting your posts liked, all that stuff would accumulate to a figure which is compared as between other members, generally and on a leaderboard. It can be displayed on profiles and in comments - you can see immediately their status in the community. The alternative is to include the existing GDU points system. That would be simple - but leaderboards would be meaningless. While I'm wary of creating too many systems and confusing everyone - the GDU points system isn't that well implemented, and a lack of posts in the scripts, games and tutorials sections doesn't help either. Personally I am inclined to branch off from the GDU points system and using something else which is unique to GDUr and only to be used there. What do you guys think?

A simple change log to record GDUr updates. 2 January 2017 Merged latest refinery posts on the forum's board index into the latest activity module. Fixed permission error for editing own posts 11 December 2016 ​added ability for users and moderators to edit posts changed "follow post" terminology to "bookmark post" 10 December 2016 UI updates. Changed the header to use the Game Dev Refinery logo rather than the GDU logo Changed the layout of the header. 27 November 2016 Moderators now have ability to delete posts Update to header structure, including category filters in sub-header. 12 November 2016Reduced list of emoticons to 45, down from 220. 6 November 2016 UI overhaul, including the main listing page and posts Custom header for the refinery, removing the main nav to keep it simple & tidy Homepage sidebar; latest comments and users online today added The non-emotive emoticons have been removed from the enormous listing currently available in the post/comment editor. This saves you having to search for 5minutes looking for the emo that suits your post. country flag beside usernames 25 October 2016Fixed grid stats 24 October 2016Added stats (comments, likes, views) to the listing grid 23 October 2016Open beta launch of initial application

Fixed! Let me know if you're still getting the error.

GDUr is essentially a modern forum. It performs almost all of the same functions, except that it is easier to post content, it’s more focussed on what you’re working and it’s arguably more social. Much of the GDU forum has become irrelevant for various reasons. The intention of GDUr is to become the new heart of GDU. I have been extremely busy this year and well into my new career (I’m currently a commercial lawyer), and accordingly I’ve had little to offer GDU except for switching off my brain and writing code, which I find very relaxing. Anyway – while this is likely the last throw of the dice for me (I mean… I’ve given it 10 years of my life already), I intend to give it a good shot and put a lot of effort into making it successful. Here’s the GDUr Roadmap and where it’s headed: Open beta initial release (current). Thank you for being my testers; Revise until software is stable; Update social media accounts and social media advertising; Add finishing touches: mobile compatible. editing posts. attractive UI. updated profiles and social features. notification emails. custom and simpler registration form. featured posts and developers. SEO. Split internal advertising: batches of bulk emails and split A/B testing Complete internal advertising; External advertising. Possibly use GDU’s profits. Yes, GDU has made a profit but so far I’ve been pocketing it :)

Yeah... sorry about that :) I'm at work so gimme a few hours. Pol I'll remove your image because it's sort of not good to show people code...I've got errors showing up so its easier to debug given there's probably a lot of bugs at the moment :)

Shoot. Woops. I deleted a post I made so it's causing that. I'll fix it up when I get home. Just need to delete some data from the DB.

Fixed.

Hey, don't put that kind of pressure on me :oops: I definitely do prefer people to make these topics, but I'm happy to hear about any way. New features is something that should always be a topic so members can discuss it and hopefully come up with great ideas together.

EDIT: Fixed! :) I think I can crack the case. I'm pretty sure the source of this issue is from the pop-up that I wrote myself: If you log in here, there's no issues: www.gdunlimited.net/forums/index.php?app=core&module=global&section=login Is that correct? I think I shook a few things loose when I was implementing the Refinery, given that the layout simplifies a tonne for refinery pages.

Now we just need people! I plan to do a bit of advertising, etc. once you guys do enough debugging for me :)

See: http://www.gdunlimited.net/posts/welcome-to-the-refinery

Been working on this an hour or so each evening. Had to rejig a huge amount of the javascript because all the elements flying everywhere started falling apart. But this IS coming!

Reminds me of my old days. I was baring 10 when I started using Game Maker. Fun fact: I emailed the creator Mark Overmars and he actually responded :) What a good guy.

Delayed slightly :) Some javascript is playing up :(

Ironing out a few kinks... then the refinery will come online. The system is a tad complicated to test, so I'll definitely need you guys to help me find bugs and recommend features :)