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Post by Fallen Angel on Mar 30, 2008 19:46:30 GMT -5
The past: As you all know, TotS = toast, thanks to a problem in the database index file. Only Winterhawk can fix this, and he has said that there is likely no fix. That means the site will have to be rebuilt. But that doesn't mean that we have to sit around and wait for it to happen without enjoying ourselves.
The present: My goal was to emulate a secondary Tower of the Sun, until such time as we get a new one back. My reasons for making it look like the old TotS (as much as I can remember) is because of the news of a second monastery in Southern Magnamund in the last 4 books of the series. It appears we've all just relocated due to an earthquake in Northern Magnamund or something.
The future: Hopefully, TotS will be rebuilt. I have no info from Winterhawk on this, or whether he has actually already started. It is my hope that it can be redone, if only on a skeletal functional level, because it was truly the largest, most organized Lone Wolf fan site out there.
And because I have spoken with Joe Dever, and he said he would post there once we got it back online.
So, until the TotS URL doesn't give php errors when you check it, make yourselves welcome here.
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Post by zipp on Mar 30, 2008 19:50:31 GMT -5
Thanks, FA.
My biggest thing right now is I'd like to see some of the members find us. It seems like a lot of people have dropped off the face of the map, and there's no way to reliably pass the word around as to where we are now.
Also, if this place got big enough, maybe Joe would agree to drop on over here for a bit? If only to answer some questions, recieve some praise... make a post in the WW or what have you ^_^
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Post by Fallen Angel on Mar 30, 2008 23:24:35 GMT -5
One of the errors I have learned from TotS being lost is that I (or someone) should have kept a running list of all emails. While the server wouldn't allow us to email everyone at once and update them on temporary sites and such, I could have notified my ISP that I was going to do a 300+ recipient email and updated them.
That is one mistake that will not happen again. Every week, I am going to transcribe new member emails and keep them in a redundant file at home.
KHFA, who will let Joe know of our temporary home
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Post by zipp on Mar 31, 2008 1:55:20 GMT -5
Any news on that interview, by the by?
EDIT: Nevermind, saw the post. Hope to hear from him soon. Thanks for all your work, KL
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Post by Beowuuf on Mar 31, 2008 2:25:39 GMT -5
I have tried to e-mail, pm or facebook message anyone I could (though at facebook only people who I knew as forum members and had their names to their forum names)
I think a few slipped the net - clicking on 'email' in mongoose i think loaded the mail address into the clipboard or some weirdness, so still need to pm methos at least
Als, i swamped my facebook message limit and its not lifted today - can someone else go throug the member list and message anyone not on the 'my character is...' thread?
We'll get people back - we've already had an impressive turn out for lazy sunday!
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Post by Storm Helm on Mar 31, 2008 3:01:24 GMT -5
Well here's one more to the tally. It's not TOTS but it sure is...green. Love the work guys!  |
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Post by Fallen Angel on Mar 31, 2008 5:24:47 GMT -5
As for the green-ness, it's a work in progress. I just used some default colors.
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Post by Black Cat on Mar 31, 2008 11:45:18 GMT -5
A suggestion, don't know if it can be implemented: when people go on the main TotS site, they only see error messages. Can we put a temporary homepage there saying that the main site is experiencing some problem and that people can come here to meet other members? I don't think it would be hard to make, it's just... will WH do it?
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Post by zipp on Mar 31, 2008 12:16:17 GMT -5
A suggestion, don't know if it can be implemented: when people go on the main TotS site, they only see error messages. Can we put a temporary homepage there saying that the main site is experiencing some problem and that people can come here to meet other members? I don't think it would be hard to make, it's just... will WH do it? Yeah, I was just going to suggest that. So instead... I concur! Don't you have some access to the old site, KL? Did WH ever implement that? |
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Post by wyrmslayer on Mar 31, 2008 21:11:26 GMT -5
Well, sorry to hear about the issues with the old site. It was certainly a treasure trove of Lone Wolf info. For my part, I'm still extremely busy with work and school (though a 4.0 GPA certainly makes the effort worth it) and a very likely relocation from Virginia to St. Louis, MO sometime in the next year with work. In the midst of all that, though, I still have time to lurk, and this lurker was able to find the surrogate site, though only because of the link on Project Aons forums. Until a replacement page is placed on the old TotS website pointing people here, the link on the formums certainly needs to stay or else noone will find this place.
Anyways, kudos to all those that put this site together and are working hard to keep the flame alive. Its appreciated for those of us who know that TotS is always a home away from home.
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Post by Fallen Angel on Mar 31, 2008 22:42:27 GMT -5
I'll ask him about setting up a redirect page on the main TotS URL.
And I do still have FTP access to all the server info. So, anything that is a file (be it pdf, rar, jpg, etc) is still intact. It's just the user interface that is all scrambled. I've invited WH here to give us updates.
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Post by Beowuuf on Apr 1, 2008 0:59:35 GMT -5
Good to see you still lurking Wyrmslayer!
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Post by Al on Apr 1, 2008 7:33:17 GMT -5
Thanks FA, for starting this, it is much appreciated.
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Post by Agrarvyn on Apr 1, 2008 13:00:38 GMT -5
If we can't change our own visible names, can we at least have spacing and capitalisation on our names corrected for us?
Also, can anyone access the URLs for my Agrarvyn avatar and banner or not?
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Post by Swiftstrike on Apr 1, 2008 13:14:23 GMT -5
You can go and change username under the profile section I did this to put the capital letter I forgot when first joining
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