Discussion of changes to Armageddon Website

[Molten Heart]

The old website had a timeline on it of important events that happened in Arm that I looked for and could not find on the new sight. It took me a while to find it again on the old one. I really like this timeline because 1: it's inspiring and 2: I was inspired by a recent GDB thread to go back and look for a few famous names in the timesline that my person would have a reason to know, and come up with a way to talk about them.

Anyways, is the timeline on the new site, and I just couldn't find it? If not, can you add it please?

If you mean the history that goes back to to the age of kings, try going from World > Chronology

[racurtne]

The old website had a timeline on it of important events that happened in Arm that I looked for and could not find on the new sight. It took me a while to find it again on the old one. I really like this timeline because 1: it's inspiring and 2: I was inspired by a recent GDB thread to go back and look for a few famous names in the timesline that my person would have a reason to know, and come up with a way to talk about them.

Anyways, is the timeline on the new site, and I just couldn't find it? If not, can you add it please?

Are you talking about what's under the World tab under "chronology"?

[Molten Heart]

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[Fredd]

Oh wow, thank you. Why didn't I think of looking under the world tab! I feel like a noob now.

[solera]

Oh wow, thank you. Why didn't I think of looking under the world tab! I feel like a noob now.

I didn't think of that either, which is why I'd started reading the website from cover to cover.
And I didn't think to ask!

[Cutthroat]

The old website had a timeline on it of important events that happened in Arm that I looked for and could not find on the new sight. It took me a while to find it again on the old one. I really like this timeline because 1: it's inspiring and 2: I was inspired by a recent GDB thread to go back and look for a few famous names in the timesline that my person would have a reason to know, and come up with a way to talk about them.

Anyways, is the timeline on the new site, and I just couldn't find it? If not, can you add it please?

You mean this? http://armageddon.org/world/chronology.php

It's "Chronology" under the World menu.

[Fredd]

The old website had a timeline on it of important events that happened in Arm that I looked for and could not find on the new sight. It took me a while to find it again on the old one. I really like this timeline because 1: it's inspiring and 2: I was inspired by a recent GDB thread to go back and look for a few famous names in the timesline that my person would have a reason to know, and come up with a way to talk about them.

Anyways, is the timeline on the new site, and I just couldn't find it? If not, can you add it please?

You mean this? http://armageddon.org/world/chronology.php

It's "Chronology" under the World menu.

Yeah, not sure why i didn't think of that. I feel silly.

[i can haz mantis]

Comparing the old site's plant index to the new site's, I do not believe everything made it over. I even checked all the plant sections to make sure. I know there's a few things missing at least, for sure.

[Morgenes]

Comparing the old site's plant index to the new site's, I do not believe everything made it over. I even checked all the plant sections to make sure. I know there's a few things missing at least, for sure.

This and other things will be things that we eventually phase out. Some of the information that was on the old website was too much for general consumption, and is being moved into different repositories that are more specific to the knowledge (like specific rare breeds of plants and animals)

[Ben Arie]

I am not sure of where exactly I should be posting this, but since the addition of the new "remember me" button, when I click "Login" it auto-selects the Username field, and if I click outside of it, this text appears in it:

<br /> <b>Notice</b>:  Undefined index: remember_me in <b>/home/httpd/html/bootstrapHeader.php</b> on line <b>48</b><br />

Just thought you'd like to know.

[Molten Heart]

The flaming letters are nice.

[Cutthroat]

I like the new header and love how it changes. I do want to point out that it is off-center in a maximized browser window. It's centered when using a smaller window, though.

[Riya OniSenshi]

gdb.armageddon.org/gdb/ link at the top of the forum pages doesn't work.

Needs to be http://gdb.armageddon.org/index.php

[Morgenes]

gdb.armageddon.org/gdb/ link at the top of the forum pages doesn't work.

Needs to be http://gdb.armageddon.org/index.php

Thanks, fixed.

[Riya OniSenshi]

Awesome-sauce!

[Agent_137]

gdb.armageddon.org/gdb/ link at the top of the forum pages doesn't work.

Needs to be http://gdb.armageddon.org/index.php

Thanks, fixed.

Yay! I'm getting forum notifications again. Never figured out why, but I stopped getting them in July 2010. Maybe gmail got mad at the old admin@zal email.

[Morgenes]

gdb.armageddon.org/gdb/ link at the top of the forum pages doesn't work.

Needs to be http://gdb.armageddon.org/index.php

Thanks, fixed.

Yay! I'm getting forum notifications again. Never figured out why, but I stopped getting them in July 2010. Maybe gmail got mad at the old admin@zal email.

Just one of the many reasons why we pulled the GDB under the armageddon.org domain.  Mainly to be able to easily trouble shoot and fix issues like that.  We will be upgrading to a newer version of SMF in the near future as well.

[Delirium]

Liking the new header graphic. *thumbs up*

[Vwest]

I didn't like the 'flames' aspect of it.

It reminds me of all those free webpages from times gone by, with eyes.gif and the flame headers and awful midi music.

Get off my lawn.

[Delirium]

It's still way better than plain old h1 text.

edit: oh wait, now I see it. evidently there's a few random images that cycle.

I would really prefer to just see the initial gradient text, ha.

[Kismetic]

Yeah, I was telling someone, I'm calling the old website the Old Testament.  Because it looks like Amoses came down from the Barrier Ranges with the Ten Documents.

Much approval for the New Testament.

[Morgenes]

It's still way better than plain old h1 text.

edit: oh wait, now I see it. evidently there's a few random images that cycle.

I would really prefer to just see the initial gradient text, ha.

Sorry, but if you don't like it, you can hurry on to the next page you are going to.

[Zul]

Ouch

[Morgenes]

I'm sorry if that came off sounding mean.  Everyone is entitled to their own opinions.  We liked all the ideas we came up with for how to show that text so we stuck with them all, but random.  Obviously the gradient text that you see as a default (and the majority of the time) was the one we also felt should be the most prominent. 

For the record that new header has been up for about 4 days now and it was only noticed today (even with me posting that it had changed on the main site).  And already their is a mix of opinions on the header:

The flaming letters are nice.

I didn't like the 'flames' aspect of it.

It reminds me of all those free webpages from times gone by, with eyes.gif and the flame headers and awful midi music.

Get off my lawn.

To each their own.  You have about 7 seconds to switch to another page if you want to deny that the other headers exist.

[MeTekillot]

can we get some glitter in there somewhere