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New Feature: Forum Edit Button
News posted 1st August, 2003 by ShadowCaster  
It's been asked for and asked for more than any other feature, but you needn't ask any longer... The forum now has a handy Edit link! You can edit posts that you've made only on the current day (to prevent people making changes after too many replies have already been made).

If you have any problems, or discover any bugs, please be sure to tell me here.

Edited posts will automatically have an Edit icon appear at the bottom of the post, along with a short message informing other users that the post has been updated.

~Mike

Additional: The system has changed so that you can update your post at any time as long as there are no replies after yours. I think this is a better way of doing things since if a post is changed then subsequent posts will always be relevant.

Additional: The download system now asks you what you think of a game while it is downloading, hopefully to encourage more people to use the new voting system.

Additional: By popular demand you can now view the download URL on the download page again.




Posted by Pete Nattress 1st August, 2003

way hey! finally. nice job shadow.
 
Posted by Kris 1st August, 2003

how are you supposed to know what a game is like before it's downloaded?
 
Posted by Pete Nattress 1st August, 2003

ADODB.Recordset error '800a0cc1' Item cannot be found in the collection corresponding to the requested name or ordinal. /downout.asp, line 87 this happens on half of the links i tried.
 
Posted by Mitch M 1st August, 2003

Yeah kris A.. That's what I wanted to ask too :)
 
Posted by ShadowCaster 1st August, 2003

Fixed... plus a new feature as well (see news) :)
 
Posted by ShadowCaster 1st August, 2003

It displays so people know they can vote, and once they've installed the game if the page is already displayed then I think more people will vote.
 
Posted by The Chris Street 1st August, 2003

This should have been done ages ago :P
 
Posted by ShadowCaster 1st August, 2003

Dont blame me, I didnt code the original site 8)
 
Posted by RapidFlash 1st August, 2003

Yeah! Finally it's come! Thanks, Shadowcaster (or whoever coded it)!
 
Posted by Jenswa 1st August, 2003

Nice, but didn't many other boards had this feature already? And is dc just behind with his boards?
 
Posted by ShadowCaster 1st August, 2003

Akira: Asked and answered.
 
Posted by Muz 1st August, 2003

Um, doesn't the page kinda stress people to just download a game? I hardly know anyone (in real life) who leaves a page open when they have nothing to see in it, especially if they're using bulky little Internet Explorer. That new voting thing would only encourage people to vote on a game according to their initial perception. It happens enough already on the GOTW poll. At least leave some message in bold reminding them to look at the game before voting. Thanks for the edit thing, though...
 
Posted by Proteus 2nd August, 2003

Well said Muz. I have a pet hate of people who post "downloading now" or "looks good" underneath games, and there are already far too many of them without an extra voting system. Although your motives are just Shadow, it basically encourages prejudicial opinion-giving, based on no more information than anyone else can see by reading the description themselves.
 
Posted by Kris 2nd August, 2003

"how can you rate a game if it isn't finished downloading?" you foob, I just asked that... Wouldn't it be best if the 'what do you think of the game you just downloaded' window was a small popup? say, 100 by 200 pixels with no toolbars? that'd make it a lot easier to use
 
Posted by Joe.H 2nd August, 2003

Kris: I agree with you on the pop-up window thing, but people might have a pop-up blocker thing.
 
Posted by ShadowCaster 2nd August, 2003

I'm just trying to answer the call of those who are saying "it would be better if more people voted"... suggestions welcome.
 
Posted by DeadmanDines 3rd August, 2003

Hurrah for Shadowcaster! Hurrah for Pringles! Hurrah for the person doing the voiceover for the British phone service 123. "The time - sponsored by Accurist - is eleven minutes past eight PM."
 
Posted by RPG4Lif3 3rd August, 2003

lol...congrats
 


 
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