Hotud.org Status Update #2
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Lord_Pall
Mar 26, 2009, 10:36:32 AM3/26/09
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Status Update: March 26th, 2009
Full dataset is up. Forums are up. Comment system is up. Community
System is up. Downloads are available, figure 50% so far, some gaps in
the archive but that's easy enough to backfill.
It's ready for community expansion with user reviews, and more
listings as well. File backend is automated to the point that the
archive can live anywhere, and it'll batch update the necessary ID's
based off of user expansion.
I'm probably going to add some "editor" level functionality so
community members who want to expand the collection can quickly see
where the gaps are.
I'll work with Dan P. at Portsmouth to make sure we split the backups
between my end, local machines, Amazon S3 and a few other secure
repositories. I figure I'll setup a weekly or monthly dump of the site
to guarantee we don't lose anything.
Status Update: March 26th, 2009
Full dataset is up. Forums are up. Comment system is up. Community
System is up. Downloads are available, figure 50% so far, some gaps in
the archive but that's easy enough to backfill.
It's ready for community expansion with user reviews, and more
listings as well. File backend is automated to the point that the
archive can live anywhere, and it'll batch update the necessary ID's
based off of user expansion.
I'm probably going to add some "editor" level functionality so
community members who want to expand the collection can quickly see
where the gaps are.
I'll work with Dan P. at Portsmouth to make sure we split the backups
between my end, local machines, Amazon S3 and a few other secure
repositories. I figure I'll setup a weekly or monthly dump of the site
to guarantee we don't lose anything.
Siddhartha Kasivajhula
Mar 26, 2009, 4:45:33 PM3/26/09
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Nice, I like the basic look of it a lot! Can we make it a bit more like a Wiki? Allow users to modify game info, screenshots, etc? I believe this was something Sarinee wanted in the new site, too.
Also, although the interface is nice, there is still a lot of information, and there is probably a better way to place it on the screen/convey it to the user. We should probably have a User Interface designer take a look and offer suggestions..
In particular, I am in favor of making the sidebar less prominent and thus making the display more content-centric ("cleaner"). (see Wikipedia, for example).
Also, although the interface is nice, there is still a lot of information, and there is probably a better way to place it on the screen/convey it to the user. We should probably have a User Interface designer take a look and offer suggestions..
In particular, I am in favor of making the sidebar less prominent and thus making the display more content-centric ("cleaner"). (see Wikipedia, for example).
Acharis
Mar 30, 2009, 6:56:22 AM3/30/09
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Regarding this http://www.hotud.org/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=87&topic=6.msg195#msg195
Lord_Pall, when did you get "hostile brush off" from me? I never
contacted you and I never got any email from you...
I can share with you fixed database of games and all the user created
content. Also I'm more than willing to share downloads part. If you
want to cooperate we can do it anytime.
On 26 Mar, 22:45, Siddhartha Kasivajhula
Lord_Pall, when did you get "hostile brush off" from me? I never
contacted you and I never got any email from you...
I can share with you fixed database of games and all the user created
content. Also I'm more than willing to share downloads part. If you
want to cooperate we can do it anytime.
On 26 Mar, 22:45, Siddhartha Kasivajhula
<siddhartha.kasivajh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nice, I like the basic look of it a lot! Can we make it a bit more like a
> Wiki? Allow users to modify game info, screenshots, etc? I believe this was
> something Sarinee wanted in the new site, too.
> Also, although the interface is nice, there is still a lot of information,
> and there is probably a better way to place it on the screen/convey it to
> the user. We should probably have a User Interface designer take a look and
> offer suggestions..
>
> In particular, I am in favor of making the sidebar less prominent and thus
> making the display more content-centric ("cleaner"). (see Wikipedia, for
> example).
>
> Nice, I like the basic look of it a lot! Can we make it a bit more like a
> Wiki? Allow users to modify game info, screenshots, etc? I believe this was
> something Sarinee wanted in the new site, too.
> Also, although the interface is nice, there is still a lot of information,
> and there is probably a better way to place it on the screen/convey it to
> the user. We should probably have a User Interface designer take a look and
> offer suggestions..
>
> In particular, I am in favor of making the sidebar less prominent and thus
> making the display more content-centric ("cleaner"). (see Wikipedia, for
> example).
>
Nacho
Mar 30, 2009, 9:29:12 AM3/30/09
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The problem with Lord_Pall is briefly noticed in that:
- He doesn't take into consideration any other choices/opinions than the site he built and he is leading unilaterally, since the beginning. He doesn't want to drop Joomla at any stake, and this is starting to look like a race.
- He has been proposed several times to unite, discuss and decide. Even if he said momentarily "yes", nevertheless he continued pushing in his development, calling people on the way.
At this time it's very unfair to say what has been posted at the hotud.org forum, since it's not true:
Nobody closed the door for him, and he's gathering many help from this community.
- He doesn't take into consideration any other choices/opinions than the site he built and he is leading unilaterally, since the beginning. He doesn't want to drop Joomla at any stake, and this is starting to look like a race.
- He has been proposed several times to unite, discuss and decide. Even if he said momentarily "yes", nevertheless he continued pushing in his development, calling people on the way.
At this time it's very unfair to say what has been posted at the hotud.org forum, since it's not true:
Nobody closed the door for him, and he's gathering many help from this community.
2009/3/30 Acharis <krzyszt...@gmail.com>
Olivier Hamel
Mar 31, 2009, 9:31:56 AM3/31/09
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Nacho wrote:
> The problem with Lord_Pall is briefly noticed in that:
>
> - He doesn't take into consideration any other choices/opinions than
> the site he built and he is leading unilaterally, since the beginning.
> He doesn't want to drop Joomla at any stake, and this is starting to
> look like a race.
>
> - He has been proposed several times to unite, discuss and decide.
> Even if he said momentarily "yes", nevertheless he continued pushing
> in his development, calling people on the way.
>
> At this time it's very unfair to say what has been posted at the
> hotud.org <http://hotud.org> forum, since it's not true:> The problem with Lord_Pall is briefly noticed in that:
>
> - He doesn't take into consideration any other choices/opinions than
> the site he built and he is leading unilaterally, since the beginning.
> He doesn't want to drop Joomla at any stake, and this is starting to
> look like a race.
>
> - He has been proposed several times to unite, discuss and decide.
> Even if he said momentarily "yes", nevertheless he continued pushing
> in his development, calling people on the way.
>
> At this time it's very unfair to say what has been posted at the
> Nobody closed the door for him, and he's gathering many help from this
> community.
>
whole, but I might be wrong since this isn't my area of expertise. As
for him leading a race, it certainly does look like it, and if he's
starting to file propaganda saying that we're oppressing him while he
leads on doing whatever he's doing, then we've got a serious problem,
not only politically, but as a whole team/group as well.
If we're gonna remake HOTU we might as well do it right the first time,
and that implies more then just grabbing some off-the-shelf open source
software then hacking it into submission and putting a quick gui up
while running around bossing everyone else about.
I hope I've miss understood things though, because it's not looking good
on that regards. Let's just hope we can get our own DB up soon. :S
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