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harmfuljays
King of Men
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1099
Location: Djibouti
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 Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:19 am Post subject: Site Recommendations |
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First things first. Great job on moving so fast and getting up a working site up. I wish I could've been a part of it but it looks like my limited services weren't needed. 
Excellent touch with the redirect. Thanks Cali. Any news on where we go from here on that one?
The site layout looks great. Would we be up against trademark issues if we added the logos to the forums on the overview page?
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Jyrki21
Rebel Sell + Moneyball = Life
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1617
Location: Ottawa, ON
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:22 am Post subject: Re: Site Recommendations |
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Moved this to news.
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The site layout looks great. Would we be up against trademark issues if we added the logos to the forums on the overview page? |
It would be a copyright problem more than a trade-mark one, but no more so than every sports forum out there that uses logos. (Pretty much everyone's avatar is in violation of copyright law too, for what it's worth).
I don't think we have this capability in the free hosting we have, though.
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harmfuljays
King of Men
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Location: Djibouti
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:39 am Post subject: |
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The modern look is fantastic btw. Great job.
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Jyrki21
Rebel Sell + Moneyball = Life
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1617
Location: Ottawa, ON
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:41 am Post subject: |
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| harmfuljays wrote: |
| The modern look is fantastic btw. Great job. |
Really? I thought I was going to be raked over the coals for it.  That's why I left in two more conservative options.
I really wanted "Icicle" (the one we all liked yesterday), but not having an OTP banner up was just wrong.
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harmfuljays
King of Men
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1099
Location: Djibouti
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:43 am Post subject: |
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So my biggest concern is the redirect.....is it for today only? Has anyone approached Cali about buying it or loaning it?
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Jyrki21
Rebel Sell + Moneyball = Life
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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Location: Ottawa, ON
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:44 am Post subject: |
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Looks like we should have the redirect until at least March, then! 
Very good news.
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Jyrki21
Rebel Sell + Moneyball = Life
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1617
Location: Ottawa, ON
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:06 am Post subject: |
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What do you think about a sort of "content" forum, to replace the main page that OTP used to have? We could bring back the Wheat Board, Av's Corner, the Ivory Tower and Bosc's WIP (or anything else), but make each article a thread instead?
Alternatively, we could have a fourth set of forums (there is currently general, NHL and other hockey) for content, and then each of the Wheat Board, Ivory Tower, etc. would be its own forum.
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Bosc Ulrich II
OTP Resident Historian
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 2959
Location: Your own blue line!
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:09 am Post subject: |
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Ian can you do a big news flash on the main page telling redirected members who have no idea what is going on, what is going on? Like where it says "Welcome to OTP II!!! A place for hockey discussion and more", make that font a lot bigger and say that members of the old forum have to re-subscribe?
Do you have access to the source code?
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Jyrki21
Rebel Sell + Moneyball = Life
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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Location: Ottawa, ON
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:13 am Post subject: |
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| Bosc Ulrich II wrote: |
| Ian can you do a big news flash on the main page telling redirected members who have no idea what is going on, what is going on? Like where it says "Welcome to OTP II!!! A place for hockey discussion and more", make that font a lot bigger and say that members of the old forum have to re-subscribe? |
I can change what that says, but it will be the size and font that the template you use currently displays. (And I think it's limited in space). Apart from that, there's nowhere else to do it.
I put an announcement in this forum to that effect, but admittedly you'd have to click on News to get to it.
| Bosc Ulrich II wrote: |
| Do you have access to the source code? |
No, we can't configure very much with this hosting.  No customized emoticons either.
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Bosc Ulrich II
OTP Resident Historian
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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Location: Your own blue line!
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:18 am Post subject: |
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| Bosc Ulrich II wrote: |
| Do you have access to the source code? |
No, we can't configure very much with this hosting. No customized emoticons either. |
Ewww.
I will talk to someone I know on the weekend about hosting if I can get the #'s and traffic from Cali for the Old OTP. Does anyone have em, if not, can you get them from Joe, Tom?
I'd need database size, bandwidth usage, and the server utilities(things like php, mysql) that were used.
Frig, I wonder how much space Joe saved in the database by limiting the quote depth to one.
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the New Cunning Linguist
Failed Bandwagon Opportunist
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1477
Location: I'm here, aren't I?
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:38 am Post subject: |
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| Bosc Ulrich II wrote: |
| Jyrki21 wrote: |
| Bosc Ulrich II wrote: |
| Do you have access to the source code? |
No, we can't configure very much with this hosting. No customized emoticons either. |
Ewww.
I will talk to someone I know on the weekend about hosting if I can get the #'s and traffic from Cali for the Old OTP. Does anyone have em, if not, can you get them from Joe, Tom?
I'd need database size, bandwidth usage, and the server utilities(things like php, mysql) that were used.
Frig, I wonder how much space Joe saved in the database by limiting the quote depth to one. |
Hounsy asked the same question but the answer was posted in the old OTP... Hounsy might still have those #s...
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Chuck
Joined: 19 Oct 2007
Posts: 144
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:41 am Post subject: |
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| Jyrki21 wrote: |
No, we can't configure very much with this hosting. No customized emoticons either. |
No... FTP . . . access?
I think a part of my soul just died.
Edit: Why the balls does it want to turn "FTP..." into a link. That is some weak link detection. |
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Jyrki21
Rebel Sell + Moneyball = Life
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1617
Location: Ottawa, ON
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:51 am Post subject: |
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| Chuck wrote: |
No... FTP... access?
Edit: Why the balls does it want to turn "FTP..." into a link. That is some weak link detection. |
There may very well be; I know little about this, to be honest. (Including what our password is, if we do have FTP access).
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the S Fox
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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To those involved in getting this generation of OTP up and running so quickly as not to cause withdrawal symptoms, thank you.
I noticed that the Date and Time of last post does not appear on the Index page. Is it possible to include it there ?
I certainly check the most recent posts by date/time in order to see what's most current or what seems to be the hot topic. |
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harmfuljays
King of Men
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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Location: Djibouti
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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I was also looking at GoDaddy's hosting this morning and it truly isn't that expensive....yeah we would have t....pay a membership fee....or pimp for donations..........but.....we'd kind of be owners!
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Hounsy
Reigning King of One-Liners
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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| the New Cunning Linguist wrote: |
| Bosc Ulrich II wrote: |
| Jyrki21 wrote: |
| Bosc Ulrich II wrote: |
| Do you have access to the source code? |
No, we can't configure very much with this hosting. No customized emoticons either. |
Ewww.
I will talk to someone I know on the weekend about hosting if I can get the #'s and traffic from Cali for the Old OTP. Does anyone have em, if not, can you get them from Joe, Tom?
I'd need database size, bandwidth usage, and the server utilities(things like php, mysql) that were used.
Frig, I wonder how much space Joe saved in the database by limiting the quote depth to one. |
Hounsy asked the same question but the answer was posted in the old OTP... Hounsy might still have those #s... |
Here is what Cali said.
the DB is currently ~90Megs ... and traffic wise, I can't think it's that much at all - it's mosty text with ~5-10k page views a day. |
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Doobie
Joined: 19 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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 I had no Idea this was happening. Thank God for the Re-direct. Anyway, this looks great. It looks like Jyrki21 has spent a lot of time on this. Great Job. I didn't realize Cali had turned over so much of the responsibility's. He must be busy these days. Keep up the good work, I look forward to seeing the updates. |
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razzmatazz
Go Habs Go! Vive le CH!
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1514
Location: Burnaby, B.C.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah thanks to the boys now running the site, lots of work most of can't do or don't know how to, lol...
I also really dig the modern look, I can finally tell where the new posts are without having to squint.
NOT that I'm complaining Cali!
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Bosc Ulrich II
OTP Resident Historian
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 2959
Location: Your own blue line!
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:59 am Post subject: |
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| razzmatazz wrote: |
Yeah thanks to the boys now running the site, lots of work most of can't do or don't know how to, lol...
I also really dig the modern look, I can finally tell where the new posts are without having to squint.
NOT that I'm complaining Cali!
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"View posts since last visit". That was on both the old and new sites
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razzmatazz
Go Habs Go! Vive le CH!
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