Quest Database (sorry about that)

Not to be a nag or to gravedig or anything but, is there a status on the Quest DB as of right now Eckels? I know you said there wouldn't be any blatant changes to it, but I'm just curious as to how it's comming along. Was there a lot to fix?

I took a peek at the control panel, and it's clear he's been doing stuff. I don't want to mess with anything at the moment, or know if they'll want me uploading quests in the future; but progress is definitely happening.

I havent done anything in the past week. It's been a busy week and a half for my own business (a lot of doors and windows that were on order suddenly came in all at once, so I've had to install them all), and there hasn't been much extra time. I'll probably get back on it this weekend.

thanks very much for all your effort and hours of un-compensated work.

Eckels wrote:I havent done anything in the past week. It's been a busy week and a half for my own business (a lot of doors and windows that were on order suddenly came in all at once, so I've had to install them all), and there hasn't been much extra time. I'll probably get back on it this weekend.

Hey, everyone has a life. Always comes first, especially with the little one you got there. Take your time. We know you're fixing it and we appreciate the fact that you are.

Thanks again Eckels.

I'm pleased to hear this. I haven't been online since Sunday (because of band camp - and I'm so tired!!), so I haven't really been able to have caught up on the details. I guess I came back in time. 😉

I really hate repeating things, but take your time. Life first, QDB later.

Sorry for the grave digging but this is still the same after all those months, nothing is changed :uhoh:

As stated, I'm offering to at least update the database on a semi-regular basis.

I also stated I would help. It seems that this topic has fallen through the cracks again.

I was asked to submit my game like 3 times, and I did each time, and it never got put up. lol

You know what would be nice?

If the quest Database got fixed before the new version of ZC 2.5 is released as stable to the public. I mean, what is the point if nobody can submit their new work to it with all the new features. People will be very confused and discouraged. I think a major thing to be fixed before 2.5 is released is getting the main site working correctly again.

Anyone think I'm wrong on this?

You are 100% right. But it still doesn't mean it will happen. I am hoping some staff member will take a little bit of time to do this. 😞

I've loaded up the site a few times recently, actually. Quite frankly, there are too many bugs in the system for it to be viable. Every time I try to get to a quest, be it on the site or in the admin control panel, I'm getting the text "IN_PORTAL_AREA, THIS_SCRIPT or VB_AREA must be defined to continue". Believe me, I would LOVE to start uploading quests again, but I can't do that if the system is broken.

Does anyone else get that error right now when they try to go to a quest's page in the DB? Or am I just unlucky?

yeah I get that also since today the questdatabase is totally dead😞

I am getting the same error.

Maybe War Lord's repairing it or something?

Well how's this, buy out the doman of zeldaclassic.com from whoever has the rights, and remake the entire website utilizing all quests currently in the database and all information contained theirin. Makes no sense to repair a dying entity when you can just create a new one from scratch.

You know what I think the best thing to do would be? Just make PureZC the official ZC page. Change it to zc.com with a redirect from Pure, change the graphics to reflect the new "official" nature of it, and let the site continue to run as it has (same staff and all). It's functional, it's complete, and almost everyone who knows about it uses it anyway.

Simplest answer. I'm just throwing it out there.

Well, I would not personally like that. For some reason, however many times I try to register on PureZC, I never get the confirmation e-mail. So then I would be wiped off the Zelda Classic slate. Now, if there would be a way to merge the two sites, then it would be perfect.

But anyway, it appears someone is trying to patch the QDB. I checked out my quest's page a few days ago, like maybe 2 or 3, and it worked.

To an older member: Why are there two big ZC sites, anyway? How did PureZC come into existance?

PZC came into existence because of the lack of support and work being done on the official website... or at least i think thats why.

I'm still suggesting a totally new site with new base coding with all the previous data ported over would be the best alternative. And I'd even help to update it. (not code it, mind you, but I'd be a faithful updater)

Makes sense, now look what, PureZC is much bigger than ZC.com. Well, I can't wait to see this change now that we have the admins taking charge of revamping the entire AGN community.

Actually, a whole new ZC site might not be too bad of an idea, as long it's the same address... and if the current one is too broken to fix.

I would love to help out with ZC.com anyway I can!!! (Sorry, that sounds n00bish.) We had some good ideas going back in the old QDB thread. It might take some gravedigging to find it.

EDIT: [Yeah, here] It's actually an interesting read.