Author Topic: Introducing the new Sogna Digital Museum Forum (Read 50671 times)

JG · « **Reply #20 on:** February 09, 2012, 08:49:27 pm »

Carrerachan is now here: http://www.sognadigitalmuseum.com/forum/index.php?board=48.0

I have no intention of setting up a Wakaba board like we had before:

Quote from: JG on February 05, 2012, 04:22:33 pm

I'm working on bringing the Carrerachan content over. I don't want to support the Wakaba board though, so I'm working on dumping the Carrerachan content to SQL and importing it into the SMF databases so the Carrerachan posts will look similar to normal board posts. That, combined with Guests being allowed to post to that particular board should satisfy all the original Carrerachan functionality, but be a thousand times easier to maintain.

黒い灯影 · « **Reply #21 on:** February 09, 2012, 11:59:34 pm »

Quote from: Moquin on February 09, 2012, 08:44:52 pm

If this forum went into hiatus i doubt anyone would of mind.

but.... i would mind.... :'(

Rai · « **Reply #22 on:** February 10, 2012, 10:21:38 pm »

I doubt that the Carrerachan action will automatically follow to here. There's something about the imageboard format that's really accessible to people in a way that just enabling anonymous posting in a sub-forum doesn't emulate. For one thing, all the content is now buried under more layers of links instead of having one page that shows thumbnails of images from multiple threads. We're also not likely to get as many non-english-speaking posters as Carrerachan did. Time will tell though. If anything, the people that frequently posted in Carerrachan before will probably accept this as their new outlet for Viper gifbashes and stuff.

黒い灯影 · « **Reply #23 on:** February 11, 2012, 06:20:39 am »

perhaps we can leave a Japanese message.. i still have many credits on my account that i can translate small messages for free..
well... already paid for...

oh jeez, perhaps i shouldn't post while im drunk... hahhahah.

JG · « **Reply #24 on:** February 11, 2012, 12:52:08 pm »

Ok folks, I've restored the missing smileys. I'm not a big fan of huge graphics embedded into the middle of your posts, so restrict your use of the Objection!, Take That!, and Hold It! smileys. Plus I looked around and added a couple of icons that don't come standard, like Rage (

). And also, becuase I like the Zelda green rupee icon alot, I made a whole set:

If you know of additional smileys/emoticons/icons we should add, just let me know and I'll consider them. I'm going to try to add that dancing Ratty icon we had in the old "Sup Guys Fried Chicken" banner, and maybe some other VIPER-oriented icons, too.

Spellcheck is also finally working. I had to downgrade from PHP 5.3.10 to 5.2.17 to make it work and then figure out what wasn't configured right that made FastCGI keep crashing (turns out, the Windows port of PHP comes with Aspell 6 DLL, but SMF only supports Aspell 5 and once I replaced the DLL in the PHP directory it started to work.) Sorry for all the reboots I had to do in the last three hours or so to get this working.

Moge · « **Reply #25 on:** February 12, 2012, 02:06:59 am »

I'd like to see the Link to the Past chicken be made into an icon.

How come our admin names aren't coloured here?

JG · « **Reply #26 on:** February 12, 2012, 10:56:11 am »

Quote from: Moquin on February 12, 2012, 02:06:59 am

I'd like to see the Link to the Past chicken be made into an icon.

Wish granted.

I also added a few VIPER-oriented icons to the smiley set, which you can access via the [more] popup.

Quote from: Moquin on February 12, 2012, 02:06:59 am

How come our admin names aren't coloured here?

Don't know -- noticed that myself. Must be becuase we have the stars and titles below our names and the SMF designers felt additional color wasn't needed.

JG · « **Reply #27 on:** February 12, 2012, 12:22:04 pm »

I've changed the rather bland "stars" denoting our post count or duty to some icons taken from the Paradice games - the little star tiles you step on that gives you a new movie. Much better than we had.

Also, I've changed the post count titles to reflect a VIPER-oriented theme.

AkiraVerIN · « **Reply #28 on:** February 15, 2012, 04:52:35 pm »

it looks soo bright, are there other forum themes? but I totally missed the memo X.X

JG · « **Reply #29 on:** February 15, 2012, 06:34:57 pm »

Quote from: Chomi on February 15, 2012, 04:52:35 pm

it looks soo bright, are there other forum themes? but I totally missed the memo X.X

No other themes are available yet. You can look at http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/ for ideas.
Although I'd prefer to keep a single theme, I might consider some of the Curve Variations for forum version 2.0.2. Supporting any other non-Curve themes are probably out of the question, as they require too much rework. I am open to changing the current colors a little bit though, especially now that I've gotten missing features like spellcheck and smileys done.

I do prefer lighter backgrounds though, so I don't think we're going back to the red/gray/black style we had before.

JG · « **Reply #30 on:** February 15, 2012, 07:05:13 pm »

My apologies for any folks who may have gotten an error message when sending a personal message or registering. When I downgraded from PHP 5.3.10 to 5.2.17, the SSL extension was disabled, and this prevents emails from going out over SMTP. I didn't realize it until I took a brief look at the error log and saw it was full of email errors. I've just reenabled it and tested the email system to ensure its working again.

Anyone new member or guest reading this who has tried to register since Saturday and never got the confirmation email and can't log on now, please email me at sognadigitalmuseum@gmail.com, tell me your username, and I'll finish getting your account set up for you.

AkiraVerIN · « **Reply #31 on:** February 15, 2012, 09:42:37 pm »

Quote from: JG on February 15, 2012, 06:34:57 pm

Quote from: Chomi on February 15, 2012, 04:52:35 pm
it looks soo bright, are there other forum themes? but I totally missed the memo X.X

No other themes are available yet. You can look at http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/ for ideas.
Although I'd prefer to keep a single theme, I might consider some of the Curve Variations for forum version 2.0.2. Supporting any other non-Curve themes are probably out of the question, as they require too much rework. I am open to changing the current colors a little bit though, especially now that I've gotten missing features like spellcheck and smileys done.

I do prefer lighter backgrounds though, so I don't think we're going back to the red/gray/black style we had before.

oh ok. just was wondering.

JG · « **Reply #32 on:** February 17, 2012, 06:35:05 pm »

I'm in the process of cleaning up the boards: creating new ones, deleting/consolidating existing ones, and moving posts around between them to where they fit best. This task will take a couple of days, so things may suddenly move around on you. Some boards may be temporary, as I might create them thinking we have enough threads for them, and later change my mind and merge them back into another board. So don't assume anything is permanent.

I'm doing the non-VIPER stuff first, because its more wild-wild-west, then I'll do the VIPER stuff second, becuase it has long been more structured.

JG · « **Reply #33 on:** February 24, 2012, 07:57:42 pm »

I just added a new Custom Profile field, Favorite Sogna Game. Now you tell others what your favorite VIPER game is, or Gunyarock if you prefer that instead.

JG · « **Reply #34 on:** February 29, 2012, 09:34:14 pm »

Just out of curiousity, and maybe you new folks can answer this, but have we been linked to from some other site?

The number of new member registrations has absolutely gone through the roof in the last two days. See for yourself. I expected a bump after posting the article on the SDM news page, and we did go up from about 1 a day to about 3, but we've had 132 (and counting) new registrations in the last two days alone.

Not that I'm complaining. It's just... pleasantly odd.

Arizona · « **Reply #35 on:** March 01, 2012, 03:17:44 am »

They sure are a talkative bunch of not-robots! :D

Moge · « **Reply #36 on:** March 12, 2012, 09:44:24 pm »

Did all these new members registered within minutes of each other.

I'd be better just to ban them all.

Echelon · « **Reply #37 on:** April 09, 2012, 03:59:27 pm »

Wow, glad I found you guys again. Thought Hyberguy was gone!

JG · « **Reply #38 on:** April 09, 2012, 06:34:41 pm »

Welcome back to the action!

黒い灯影 · « **Reply #39 on:** April 10, 2012, 03:30:40 pm »

Haha.. welcome..
you must of missed the switchover message on the old forums... it was just a short period of time too

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Author Topic: Introducing the new Sogna Digital Museum Forum (Read 50671 times)