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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: Argo on January 11, 2014, 09:23:29 PM

Title: Yo, Wez think'n of kick'n the dezign up!
Post by: Argo on January 11, 2014, 09:23:29 PM
http://www.amiga.org (http://www.gizoogle.net/xfer.php?link=http://www.amiga.org/&sa=U&ei=g7XRUuj3N6SM7Ab43IGADw&ved=0CCgQFjAB&usg=AFQjCNH6Qa1jhFKLyRkHF4GH16wud8Dd2w)

Whats uz tink?
Title: Re: Yo, Wez think'n of kick'n the dezign up!
Post by: Iggy on January 11, 2014, 09:51:31 PM
Quote from: Argo;756946
http://www.amiga.org (http://www.gizoogle.net/xfer.php?link=http://www.amiga.org/&sa=U&ei=g7XRUuj3N6SM7Ab43IGADw&ved=0CCgQFjAB&usg=AFQjCNH6Qa1jhFKLyRkHF4GH16wud8Dd2w)

Whats uz tink?

Argh! oh! why?
Title: Re: Yo, Wez think'n of kick'n the dezign up!
Post by: Kesa on January 11, 2014, 10:09:33 PM
I think the automated modbot have become corrupted. Someone save it!
Title: Re: Yo, Wez think'n of kick'n the dezign up!
Post by: DLH on January 12, 2014, 12:33:53 AM
How about fixing 'broken' things like the login issue first.

DLH
Title: Re: Yo, Wez think'n of kick'n the dezign up!
Post by: Iggy on January 12, 2014, 01:35:19 AM
Quote from: DLH;756964
How about fixing 'broken' things like the login issue first.

DLH

Login, when it looks like it failed to accept your login, click on the "forgot your password link", it will then take you to that page, but your login info will be correct. Then you can click on your messages, check them out and return to the main page and post responses.
Trial and error, this route side steps the issue.

Jim
Title: Re: Yo, Wez think'n of kick'n the dezign up!
Post by: persia on January 12, 2014, 03:48:59 AM
In approximately 2000, amiga.org startd usin free, off-teh-shelf content management sistem calld xoops. Xoops itself representd core product, while all othr funcshunality (liek forums, linkz, an teh image gallery) came frum third-party hobbyist developers.

In 2002, xoops development team movd 2 vershun 2.0 ov teh product. We, in tryin 2 stay current wif development, embracd teh 2.0 development line 2 mak sure we got all teh latest updatez an security fixez.

In late 2002, teh peeps hoo developd teh forums software module (newbb) developd 2.0 ov their module. Optimistically, we attemptd 2 adopt it, only 2 discovr dat it did not werk well wif even modern browsers at teh tiem due 2 severe table nestin which couldnt be resolvd without rewritin major parts ov teh core code. Upon tryin 2 revert 2 teh original, we sufferd great amount ov data corrupshun which wuz major event at teh tiem.

Entr early 2003. Teh upgradez 2 xoops itself had continud, while teh modulez all stayd teh same. Xoops 2.0.8 came out, which encompasd new embrace ov "modern" codin, 2 include css which teh clasic amiga browsers cud not handle. Aftr mutch debate, development an movin fwd ov amiga.org wuz stoppd, wif us runnin 2.0.7 out ov respect 4 tryin 2 keep clasic amiga browsr compatibility available 4 da diminishin few hoo usd it.

Life goez on. Xoops, fp, mysql an othr things we depend on continue development.

Entr march, 2009. Wayne hunt receivd notice frum teh web hostin company dat as ov 6/1, support 4 fp4 (requird by xoops 2.0.7) wuz bean discontinud, as fp4 had stoppd development in 2006/2007.

Initially, we trid settin up teh latest xoops 2.3.x in subdirectory ov teh servr 2 c if teh core cud be migratd. It cud, but at teh cost ov clasic amiga compatibility. Teh modulez howevr (teh forums, linkz, gallery) had no given upgrade path, sum ov them havin been discontinud yeers ago.

We also compard teh feachur set ov 2.3.x an 2.0.7 an findz virtually no differencez had happend in da 7 yeers since we installd 2.0.7. Teh developr base 4 xoops had split off into 2 different projects, an teh product itself seems liek iz comin 2 an end ov usefu life.

Meanwhile othr packagez such as vbulletin an drupal had literally hundredz ov featurez dat xoops has yet 2 embrace. Teh los ov 100% clasic amiga compatibility wuz still an issue, but in 2009, any available choice wud has requird hundredz ov hours 2 reconfigure an re-theme 2 mak it compatible wif 2002-level html, which iz teh latest supportd by teh clasic amiga platform.

Wid dat bean decidd, r choicez fell 2 drupal (a content management framework which providez basic tools den allows u 2 build siet up completely around it or vbulletin (teh #1 forum package in development rite nao).

Aftr lot ov hart-wrenchin soul searchin, an considerin teh severe tiem constraints before teh deleshun ov fp4, wayne hunt made teh decishun 2 moov fwd wif vbulletin, as it allowd us 2 preserve almost all ov teh previously available data includin teh members, teh linkz, etcetera.
Title: Re: Yo, Wez think'n of kick'n the dezign up!
Post by: QuikSanz on January 12, 2014, 05:20:06 AM
Speaking of Wayne, has anyone talked to him lately? He and Red are some good ole members.

PS: the date of my membership is when I had to re-register after the switch .
Title: Re: Yo, Wez think'n of kick'n the dezign up!
Post by: Kesa on January 12, 2014, 05:35:55 AM
OK i give up. There is obviously a meaning behind this but i think it was before my time here. Unless if Vox can help me translate Persia's post can someone fill me in?
Title: Re: Yo, Wez think'n of kick'n the dezign up!
Post by: QuikSanz on January 12, 2014, 06:09:01 AM
@Kesa

Basically they had to switch engines and much was lost.
Title: Re: Yo, Wez think'n of kick'n the dezign up!
Post by: yssing on January 12, 2014, 11:11:00 AM
If you want to switch design, then change it completely.
Title: Re: Yo, Wez think'n of kick'n the dezign up!
Post by: Iggy on January 12, 2014, 08:30:12 PM
Quote from: QuikSanz;756986
@Kesa

Basically they had to switch engines and much was lost.

Thanks, I was with Kesa on that one.
Blew right over my head (and I can talk to VOX).
Title: Re: Yo, Wez think'n of kick'n the dezign up!
Post by: TheMagicM on January 13, 2014, 06:33:49 AM
I clicked the link but didnt know wtfark he was babbling about.
Title: Re: Yo, Wez think'n of kick'n the dezign up!
Post by: Thorham on January 13, 2014, 09:31:06 AM
Quote from: Argo;756946
Whats uz tink?

That font size increase is very impressive :D
Title: Re: Yo, Wez think'n of kick'n the dezign up!
Post by: cunnpole on January 13, 2014, 01:00:54 PM
Quote from: Thorham;757112
That font size increase is very impressive :D


That was the thing that annoyed me the most. Although to be honest I didnt notice much else changed...
Title: Re: Yo, Wez think'n of kick'n the dezign up!
Post by: jj on January 13, 2014, 01:12:19 PM
Quote from: QuikSanz;756981
Speaking of Wayne, has anyone talked to him lately? He and Red are some good ole members.
 
PS: the date of my membership is when I had to re-register after the switch .

Wasnt the switch.  It was after the site get hacked that we had to re-register in 2002.
Title: Re: Yo, Wez think'n of kick'n the dezign up!
Post by: jj on January 13, 2014, 01:48:02 PM
btw that other version looks horrible.  Font is not nice at all
Title: Re: Yo, Wez think'n of kick'n the dezign up!
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on January 13, 2014, 05:41:18 PM
I'm assuming this is a joke or a hack.  Every other word is "Register or have you forgotten yo' password, biatch?"  I like Jesse from Breaking Bad just as much as the next guy, but really, "biatch"?  :(
Title: Re: Yo, Wez think'n of kick'n the dezign up!
Post by: A6000 on January 13, 2014, 06:16:21 PM
This is how the site will look on the first of April and because it was previewed, people will believe that this will be how the site will look from then on. :)
Title: Re: Yo, Wez think'n of kick'n the dezign up!
Post by: persia on January 13, 2014, 11:58:16 PM
Amiga.org should definitely have a default language of Lolcat.