Update, Status, and Thanks for Helping Out.

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We have commenced not only an update to the forums, but a rebuild of the main web site. This includes an overall of the main encyclopedia, VAPS, the Forums, and more.

This forum section has been added on a temporary basis for maximum attention. It's to give everyone an update. Additionally, it's largely to ask for help. Help can range from asking for a simple opinion, to asking for volunteers. For now, it's mostly the former.

Current Volunteer Needs

Mostly what we need from people now is to engage this process and help give your comments, particularly on subjects we are currently working on and posting about in this section. Thanks in advance.

Site Status

Main Site: We are going to work on improving the site in an orderly manner. That order will be based on technical choices, not user need. First we are working on the main game encyclopedia game edit description system--that means text fields. Image handling (including processing of the image queue) will come after. Basically the plan is to allow all users (or at least 1000-5000 established ones) to edit the game database at will. To accommodate this, we are building a better logging system for game edits, and the ability to see and compare version numbers. For each entry, for a particular field (like description, for example) all will be able to see who made a change, when, and what that change is. Plus we are adding an ability to roll-back. Think the Wikipedia edit system. Related, we will likely have a bunch of questions for everyone about this.

In other news, I'm trying a simpler menu system for the main site. Last week there was (besides the 'home' tab), 20 main options on a 2 line menu bar on the main site. Currently, I've combined them into a 1 line menu and (not counting the 'home' button) reduced the options from 20 to 9. The concern was that the old menu bar was becoming overwhelming, especially to new users. Nothing is static...it is a work in progress.

Forums -- Work continues on the forums. We are currently checking all image references... deleting some that aren't valid any more and giving users most image options. Additionally, the import system doesn't import any existing user groups or permissions..neither at a user level, or on a forum section level. And we continue to work on integration with the main site and more. Some work was originally postponed until after the new system launched and has been rescheduled for now...


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