A major D'OH in this move: we forgot to back up the news items. Our backup dates back to January 10th :P

We contacted SmooveNet and they might just graciously send us that file, but if not, there's going to be a big gap in the news items database until I reconstruct it using the archived HTML files and Google's cache :P

(Edit: heh, Very-Tired-And-In-Need-Of-Sleep-TOTPD)

We've just heard from Mr. Madhouse himself!

OK, Leandro and Company, skip on the Valium, more beer!

I just took a look at the site - Fan Fiction and Fan Art is up and running - the new server seems to work a little faster than the old one - but then that just may be my imagination.

Here's hoping Jaguar gives Leandro and company fewer headaches than the previous server(s).

I'll write a news update shortly, gotta mess with the scripts first. We got a copy of our old news database, so nothing was lost.

Hawt-diggety-DAWG!

Why are you all looking at me so strangely?

D'Oh! >.<

No, not for the Theme park you filthy-minded perverts!
For FM:TLZ!
I can't take you people anywhere...

Most of the changes in the script will only be seen by the webmasters (for example, checking that all the fan art files in the server are actually linked from the fan art section; that already saved us 23MB of space in over 600 'orphan' files), but some things will be noticeable for visitors, including scrapping the Rank system in favor of the 'last update' sort mechanism, which is already coded.

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Originally posted by Venus:
But you're keeping the rank system for the fanfic right? *begs*

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Let's say I'm taking feedback on this. There WAS cheating in the Fan Fiction section too.

I can do one of three things:

1) Leave the current system alone. Cheating will still be there and easy to do.

2) Require votes to be email-validated. You vote, an email is sent to you with a link, once you click that link your vote is added. One vote per email address. Cheating will be annoying and boring to do, since you have to create a new email account every time you vote.

3) Use a comments system. Along with your vote, you have to enter a comment. Cheaters will have to write different comments each time, as short comments like 'this rocks' and 'good job' will be rejected.

Now, I'd rather NOT go with option 1. Option 2 is the best, but I imagine lots of people will avoid voting just so we "don't get a hold of their email address" (even if the script would just send a email to that address and never store it, people are paranoid). Option 3 is also good because it forces comments that would also be valuable feedback for writers, but people with nothing to say probably will not vote to avoid thinking too much in something, while cheaers can still try to come up with 100 ways to say their fic rules.

I'm drinking a Fort Collins, Colorado brewed Budweiser in honor of Leandro, Graham and all other FM/TLZ staff.

"futurama-madhouse, this Bud's for you!"

Leandro, Kif, Graham - great job!

Thanks Leandro, Graham, Gort, et al.

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Originally posted by KurtPikachu2001:

Anyone have any idea when the fanfics will be fixed on The Leela Zone?

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Uh, see the post above your post. Leandro has a life, and his job is more time consuming this time of year. If anybody on this board has some programming experience, Leandro may appreciate some trouble-shooting assistance with the posting scripts.

I would be glad to help, but my computer programming is limited to Fortran, Basic, Pascal, C and Turbo C. In other words, my knowledge is at least a decade antiquated and I'd be no help.

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Originally posted by Leandro:
Just so you know, uploading the site to the new server will take some 10 hours. Some sections are already up and you can see them by entering the full url (like http://www.futurama-madhouse.com.ar/fanart/ for example) but others aren't up or are just partially up.

A major D'OH in this move: we forgot to back up the news items. Our backup dates back to January 10th :P
We contacted SmooveNet and they might just graciously send us that file, but if not, there's going to be a big gap in the news items database until I reconstruct it using the archived HTML files and Google's cache :P

(Edit: heh, Very-Tired-And-In-Need-Of-Sleep-TOTPD)

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i thought you hated Simpsons

So when a script of mine does that, I get _really_ pissed off :P

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Originally posted by Leandro:
As a programmer, there's NOTHING I hate more than a 'random error' -- which means you follows the same steps, and one time it works, and the second it returns an error, and then later it works again, and so on.

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Ah, the joy of programming; debugging.
Been there, got the t-shirt, sold it on ebay.

Scripting, eh? I got told I should learn Perl. "Because it will look good on your resume." Heh, yeah maybe.

Hope you get that script sorted without to much aggravation.

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"You don't know what quiet is until you lose all power on a space station."

great going, leandro and company...

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Originally posted by KurtPikachu2001:
I liked Option 2 the best. Still want to ask something, though. Who do we send the fanfics, too? Can we send them to Graham or do we have to send them to someone else?

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oh, and don't double post

In the off-chance that one of the FM:TLZ webmeisters is reading this thread, when might we see the fan’fic section back up to accept new submissions?