Back from Exams

[Marked 197]

Hey everyone. I'm not quite finished my exams just yet, just one to go, but its an easy one so I'm back early.

 

I had made this post last night, but my computer froze and I lost everything I typed. And I typed A LOT.

 

The two members who wanted to be teachers, if you're still interested, now's a good time to send me a PM.

 

I mentioned before in my topic where I cleaned up the database that there was going to be an upgrade. As it turns out, that will not happen for a month or two. The cleanup was necessary because of the self-duplicating member database entry thing, and I was also hoping that the forum would be all round better off. I haven't experienced any errors myself, although I know a few of you have. Can anyone confirm that the lag is still around? There are still something wrong with the database and I'm unsure how to fix it, but I am hopeful that our next upgrade will fix it. Mainly because there will be a relatively different database structure. We'll see when the time comes. I will not upgrade however if the integration with the website is broken, or the downloads manager and image gallery are deleted.

 

I have seen a lot of spam posts while I browsing as a guest, which is a bit disappointing. I understand that we are a small community and its easy to spam because everyone knows each other, but at that point the topics become like chatrooms. It's also uninviting to other members, even active members, if topics like that are made. Keep the posts to quality. Also, one or two of you need to know what necro-posting is. A necro-post is not any post made in a topic where the last reply is relatively old. As is states in the rules, "You have the right to reply in any topic that isn’t closed on RMXP Unlimited, for as long as the replies you are posting add valuable information to the topic.".

 

 

I have also been learning a bit of mysql. And my future projects for RMXP Unlimited include a strong emphasis on used based features. A few things you may have noticed around the website:

 

Login Module

The avatar code was completed rewritten. In theory, it should show all uploaded, linked, and local avatars. Unfortunately it doesn't, it shows uploaded ones, but that is only because it thinks every avatar is uploaded and therefor doesnt use the correct link for linked or local avatars(Kirisashi, yours is local, do you see it on the website?). Everyone who uploaded there avatar will see it there, and it also has a reflection effect.

 

The new features are below. It just shows your posts, new messages, and profile views. The messages, as you can see in the screenshot, will go red if you have new messages. It will only show new messages, not unread ones. There's a big difference.

 

If anyone has any ideas for anything else I could add there feel free to suggest. I was thinking about adding topic count, and also ranks. For example, profile rank would look like this: Profile Views: 2504(1st).

Script Archive Stats

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I had also wanted to know how popular the script archive was, but there was no way for me to see how many views in total the scripts had. I made this stats thing, mainly so i keep monitor the hits, but i decided it could also be useful for members and guests. It has a few other stats but they are unlikely to change.

 

 

My next project will be for the scripts archive. We have a powerful CCK(content construction kit), but its only accessible in the backend of the site. I thought that was pretty pointless for a community based website. So I'm going to make a page with a series of simple forms that you fill out, submit it, and it will turn into what you see in the scripts archive. Here's an example of what it will look like:

Example

As you can see, you fill out the form and the information is transformed into an article using our rgss script template. I'm hoping that if I do this, people will submit their scripts to it, and we can build a nice script archive. If you look at the screenshot above, you see the "discussion topic" is simply a number, 2801. This similar with all things that will link back to the forums, and even for youtube features of your scripts. The 2801 is the topic ID of the support topic. For example, to link to this topic, the number would be "2842".

 

If this is successful, I will expand it to the projects and tutorials pages. For the moment, the goal is to get this going with the script archive.

[Kiriashi 117]

Yay! You're back (for the most part)!

 

I understand the spam posts are kinda piling up and agree that it is a little too much. Sorry. -_-

 

Kirisashi, yours is local, do you see it on the website?

 

Yeah you're right, I don't see it 'cause it is locally uploaded.

 

The script stats thing is really neat, as well as the new and planned features.

 

 

See ya' around.

[Polraudio 122]

Can anyone confirm that the lag is still around?

The lag has gone away for me.

 

Like the new ideas and features.

 

Now i can see how many messages i have waiting without entering the forum. Easier for people who are in a rush.

 

Cant wait for the new script submission system.

 

I was thinking about adding topic count, and also ranks. For example, profile rank would look like this: Profile Views: 2504(1st).

I definitely love this awesome idea.

 

 

Time to bring back my idea of Personal Pages.

Each member gets a page they can deck out with html or something along them lines.

[aya_miyaca 0]

hi. welcome back.

[Wyzrd 12]

Welcome back Marked. I'll do anything to help out that I can.