Do you see something that needs to be fixed? Do you have any suggestions/content that could help to improve AGN and generate traffic? Share all of your brilliant ideas here.
As work is being performed and completed, this thread will also serve to inform everybody.
Coding Issues is still public. And I see some images are missing, but you're probably aware of that already. That's all I've got for the moment.
Glad to see you've finally been put in charge. Thanks for cleaning up the mess here.
--Coding Issues should be fixed.
Do you have an example of the missing images? I do not have FTP access, so there's probably not much that can be done other than having new images created. Any graphics designers around?
I found these:
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8710/newbug.gif
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/3500/sickbug.gif
http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/9439/deadbug.gif
http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/9626/notabug.gif
http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/9449/unverifiedbug.gif
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/589/movedbug.gif
Not the original image, but cropped from a screenshot:
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8623/logopnr.png
Looks like pretty much all of the classic black theme icons are missing. Probably not worth the trouble of tracking them all down, though.
Also, there's apparently a limit of four images per post.
--Got all those. Still need Verified Bug if anybody can find it.
I'm guessing DD has access to Classic Black and the images since he reuploaded it recently, but unless Warlord gives me FTP access, he or DD will have to handle it.
Thanks ctrl-alt-delete.
While trying to mass move spam threads to the trash earlier, I realized that there were no staff or trash forums, at least not visible. ..Kinda weird.
--Moved all spam THREADS I could find to the Trash Can.
I'll continue to work on individual posts and banning users, but I probably won't find everything. Anybody can contribute by reporting spam posts they see.
Gleeok, dechipher was having the same problem. Going to attempt to fix it real quick. Can you try logging out and back in shortly?
The posting permissions for this forum (News and Announcements) still aren't quite right, because only the senior staff (or administrators) is supposed to be able to start new threads in this forum.
--Posting permissions should be fixed for News and Announcements.
Found it: 
--Fixed, thanks Saffith.
As far as other images, DD has backups but they can't be restored until he returns from traveling in a few weeks. Hopefully at that time he can repair his backup cron job and I can begin to download them myself.
Anyone remember this? That was the shit. I looked at that, and thought "This, is AGN" So very colorful. So very interesting. I can't remember if that was some sort of hack, or just some clever confuddling with the pip system.
EDIT: Okay, holy shit, let's do this.
1. As it stands, Warlord wants forum count to be reduced. I guess we could leave this up to a vote, but I think he wanted to consolidate traffic to one major area while keeping the focus on Zelda Classic.
2. Are you talking about this thread? If so, will do.
3. Agreed. I can probably get the emotes, but I don't know if any of the pips are backed up. Sure wish I had a good friend that had made them for me in ZC once before and may be willing to do so again if necessary. 😉
4. Yes, still the home. Not sure what you mean though.
1. As it stands, Warlord wants forum count to be reduced. I guess we could leave this up to a vote, but I think he wanted to consolidate traffic to one major area while keeping the focus on Zelda Classic.Oh neat. That makes sense. Puts things into a useful perspective.
2. Are you talking about this thread? If so, will do.Actually this is in a nutshell self-evident, from the very existence of this thread, and everything that it stands for. There are people who think "We, the staff, are just here to help the entire userbase thrive. Help us help you." The theory generally works very well, from what I've seen of the internet, if managed properly.
3. Agreed. I can probably get the emotes, but I don't know if any of the pips are backed up. Sure wish I had a good friend that had made them for me in ZC once before and may be willing to do so again if necessary. 😉
4. Yes, still the home. Not sure what you mean though.There were discussions of where to host ZC in the case that AGN were to go down or become so idle to the point where the beta testers never returned to the beta forums here, given that there is only a single thread for ZC RC3's progress on Pure, though it's very, very active at the moment. Just tying up loose ends here.
ctrl-alt-delete wrote:1. As it stands, Warlord wants forum count to be reduced. I guess we could leave this up to a vote, but I think he wanted to consolidate traffic to one major area while keeping the focus on Zelda Classic.
Beta discussion and beta suggestions could probably be merged together for the ZC forums, but GD is already in a pretty miserable state - I don't know how consolidating this is even feasible with the aim of stimulating traffic.
Gleeok wrote:Beta discussion and beta suggestions could probably be merged together for the ZC forums, but GD is already in a pretty miserable state - I don't know how consolidating this is even feasible with the aim of stimulating traffic.
I guess I should have explained better. Warlord said he wanted the forums reduced at the last major cleanup when DD archived everything. He messaged me the same thing days ago, but I'm not entirely certain he's seen the work DD did, so he may be pleased with the current state.
In any case, my personal preference and vote are with a few more. I agree with the issue of threads falling pages behind and the "bump" problem that would probably arise.
Hi everyone,
I'm currently traveling through Germany and won't have access to my backups until mid-September, at which time I can restore all of the images that got deleted (which should fix, among other things, the site logo and the missing icons in the black theme.)
While I will help ctrl-alt-delete and the rest of the staff restore the site as best as I can, sadly I don't have the free time anymore to keep up with AGN's day-to-day maintenance, and I really appreciate the effort ctrl-alt-delete, XMuppetSB, and others have put into revitalizing the place. I encourage anyone interested in helping out to post in ctrl-alt-delete's staff thead.
Saffith wrote:Looks like pretty much all of the classic black theme icons are missing. Probably not worth the trouble of tracking them all down, though.Also, there's apparently a limit of four images per post.
Were those icons custom, or were they just default? I'm going to look into building a temporary black theme with the default icons until DD restores his backup.
--Image limit has been brought up to 10, do you think that's sufficient?
--Arcade has been brought back.
Link is at the top of the board.
ctrl-alt-delete wrote:Were those icons custom, or were they just default? I'm going to look into building a temporary black theme with the default icons until DD restores his backup.
They were the default, but from an ancient version of the software (possible even from back when the forums ran on UBB instead of vB). They looked better than the current defaults IMO.
The most important missing images are the site logos and the (many) non-custom avatars.
It looks like ZC.com-related images were spared, fortunately.
Do you think the emoticons and pips are among the images that can be restored from that backup? Those are easy enough to recreate, if need be.
Yep they should be there.
Is anyone working on a good captcha?
Another suggestion would be to add a link to the current RC on the main page.
rocksfan13 wrote:Is anyone working on a good captcha?Another suggestion would be to add a link to the current RC on the main page.
Dunno if you saw the Spam Deterrent thread. Since installing that system, I've gained access to the FTP. I'm putting some things in place that will hopefully replace it, and still have one more hack to for sure add, but they're still registering. One of the systems is supposed to beat 90% of the bots, tested it myself. So I'm assuming these are real people or I need to change a variable. The last hack should help.
You're a QDB manager, add the link!
Just noticed all the links to the stock avatars are broken. This isn't really all that high-priority, but I liked the little Wind Fish below my name. 😞
No, I posted that before I saw the SPAM thread.
I was thinking more along the lines of the links on the left side of the Main page instead of a news release.
Kyargu wrote:Just noticed all the links to the stock avatars are broken. This isn't really all that high-priority, but I liked the little Wind Fish below my name. 😞
It's on the to do list. I'm not certain I can find the images. If so, I'll get them uploaded. If not, DD has a backup and will be restoring them mid-September.
--Sorted through 480 accounts, probably uselessly.
--Cleared Spam for at least five pages of Announcements, GD.
--Fixed various usergroup permissions. Still need to double check all.
--Researched useful hacks. Poll for what you want added to come.
--Smilies have been added back. The custom ones like Shadowblazer and Kawaii will need to be restored by Dark Dragon. Also, I need somebody, probably ST, to make a custom emoticon for me since I'm so awesome. Thanks in advance.
:chuncky::tongue-new::tongue::love_heart::applause::subdued:😛ig::flustered:
We should have an AGN Member Graveyard user group, similar to the list of staff members, that displays all AGN members who are known to have died. You can add balzac and carrotred to start it off.
--New system to backup the database has been implemented.
--Database has been backed up.
--Forum root has been backed up.
