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May 2, 2003 at 6:24 pm #10374
Hi Everyone,
As I’ve alluded to in a few previous posts I’m working on a pretty major back-end revamp of the site.Hopefully the revamp will address some of your concerns and also improve the availability of features that were here previously.
Key features of the new design are:
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[*]Slightly less blue pages – Smoother user interface look/feel
[*]Ability to select your own avatars (that are hosted elsewhere on the internet)
[*]Improved password security
[*]Slightly faster performance
[*]Much better support for other web browsers (Netscape/Mozilla)
[*]Easy access to the Tech and Image Galleries that make the core of ausmicro.com (these are currently hard to find)
[/list]What I’d like to know is if there’s any other pressing changes people would be interested in seeing.
I’m currently considering removing the “Gold” and “Rep” points system and also changing the Posting Classifications.
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May 2, 2003 at 6:50 pm #32136
i dont know if this is possible for you guys or what, but it would be pretty cool(if you could) if there could be like a mini chat room on the website… so you could chat in real time… just something to think about:D
you are currently at: http://www.ausmicro.com
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May 2, 2003 at 7:37 pm #32110
Chat is something I could probably incorporate – it would require a few things to be hacked in the code and some half decent security features … I’ll look into it.
Ofcourse the side issue of people talking in chat and then not actally posting stuff could be an issue 😉
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May 2, 2003 at 9:36 pm #32117
I would probably do both, respond to posts left by people who are not online and chat to people that are in the chat room. What a great idea.
That’d be excellent if it could be done.Just an idea…..what are the chances if extending the range of cars covered? I know this site already covers miniZs, tin race cars, and of course BCGs, but there are many others too.
Is it worth having a historic section (original char-g, Keyence mad tune) other micro RC car section (eg Puchi Maru) new releases section (Tomica Die cast series)an IR section (eg Digi Q) Probably not going to be alot of daily chat in these, but just to get info online on what else is out there.
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May 3, 2003 at 12:04 am #32092
sounds good aaron, i dont mind it how it is at the moment anyway, so improvements will be good then.
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May 3, 2003 at 8:37 am #32100
That would be brilliant Aaron a chat room. As i am in england im always so many hours behind.
jord :approve:
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May 3, 2003 at 3:35 pm #32084
im sure that everyone here would post stuff and use the chat room. What you could do is get a moderator in the chat room, it would be cool because you could do things such as schedule a talk and discuss things live. That would be awesome. (think of all the great ideas that could come of it!!!:p)
you are currently at: http://www.ausmicro.com
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May 3, 2003 at 3:42 pm #32085
Yeah, I’d be up for a chat room as well. AS if I didn’t do enough at work anyways……….:smiley2:
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May 3, 2003 at 4:31 pm #32049
also before i forget, you should add more smileys, here are some ideas:
mouth dropping smiley
drooling smiley
confused smiley:D:D:D
you are currently at: http://www.ausmicro.com
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May 3, 2003 at 11:44 pm #32056
yeah i think the chat room could be a good idea, usually theres not many more than 7 – 10 people on the site at a time, i guess a chat room could boost the numbers because people will stay on longer to chat, but yeah topics could be overlooked because they are answered in chat rooms.
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May 5, 2003 at 12:24 pm #32079
Thanks for the input 🙂
I’ll start looking out for Chat stuff (if it comes it will be as a new feature after the rest of the new stuff comes on stream)
As for the Forum additions…. I wouldn’t like to add more – but instead shall probably sit down with the Moderators and we’ll see what and how we can change existing forums to make other types for appropriate!
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May 5, 2003 at 5:44 pm #32022
Chat room would be good, but it might damage the site, why not just use msn messenger??
Glad to hear that you are changing the post classifications, im getting a little ired of being an apprentice post pimp lol.
If life is a waste of time, and time is a waste of life, then let’s get wasted and have the time of our lives!!
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May 5, 2003 at 9:03 pm #32014
bahaha, Yeah well u deserve it Jamie:p
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May 5, 2003 at 9:39 pm #31993
*laughs* Well that’s the hard bit – deciding what categories to have – if any ;0 – and their cut in points.
Overall there’s no more Gold or rep points in the new code but post counts stay for sure.
Avatars will now be 64×64 pixels and all will be reset when we go to the new code. You will be able to link to an avatar you have hosted elsewhere on the Internet or use one of our existing ones.
There is a lot less blue in the new code 😉 And the other available colour schemes all work well.
Other news?
Well not much to report things are progressing as well as I had planned – although we’re now at the tough end of the development spectrum.
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May 6, 2003 at 12:22 am #31994
sounds good aaron
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May 6, 2003 at 5:54 am #31995
gj Aaron, refreshing the site is not needed but nice just the same:)
Impreza :smiley16:
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May 8, 2003 at 1:11 am #31880
Thanks in advance Aaron, your tireless efforts have helped alot of people get alot more enjoyment out of this stuff.
Keep up the good work.
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May 8, 2003 at 7:52 pm #31838
When’s the last time you played your BCG, Aaron? 👿
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May 8, 2003 at 9:03 pm #31842
awww errr ummmmm – I dug out my two speed about 3 months ago 😉
I started work on the rebuild of the site at the start of April and been pretty full on into that since.
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May 8, 2003 at 9:41 pm #31843
*Kitty spanks Aarons bum*
All work and no play means your batteries still go flat!!!
*grins*
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May 8, 2003 at 9:46 pm #31825
No Chat
No Chat
No Chat
No Chat1. There are more than enough already existing chat programs out there ie/ msn that you can create your own chat rooms if you want.
2. Aaron already has enough to do doesn’t he?
3. I think the posting rate will suffer
4. Chat? Blerk! Yuck!
Like Jord said, with the time differences in Oz and around the world, you couldn’t organise a time for everyone to be on anyway, so people would always miss out. No fair!
Let Aaron finish what he is doing now without adding to the workload, unless some of you are putting your hand up to actually help?????
hmmmm????Didn’t think so… so go to MSN and create a chat room there or something and let ausmicro continue as it has done, don’t take away from how well it is going please?
That’s my bit.
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May 8, 2003 at 10:09 pm #31816
I’m with Kitty, I don’t think we need a chat room on this site.
But a slightly larger range of smileys would be nice 😀
And I’m looking forward to having my own avatar.
Yep, I’m still alive and floating around. 😀
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May 8, 2003 at 10:32 pm #39603
yeah i agree, chat is not necessary, dont bother with the extra effort.
Edited by – barto_85 on 08 May 2003 18:32:51
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May 9, 2003 at 12:57 pm #31700
I love the blues in it now.. if i would change anything about them i would maybe tone them down a bit… other than that the only thing im not crazy about is when there are 3 or 4 replys to a post of mine, i get an email for each reply. i have seen other forums that only send you one e-mail for the first reply. and then once youve read it if more replys are made you will get another e-mail.. but only one at a time for a specific topic… i have noticed sometimes i have 8 or 9 emails all for the same topic.
other than that this place is rocking!!!
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May 9, 2003 at 5:17 pm #31696
could i have some info on the games side of things?
even the name of the software would help!no chat, i’m happy with the boards. and for the colour, the blue is soothing. keep it real!
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May 10, 2003 at 10:06 pm #31630
Agreed on the whole no chat thing
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May 11, 2003 at 5:01 am #31631
Do you have a timeline yet Aaron as to when the new changes will go into production?
ph2t.
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May 11, 2003 at 2:54 pm #31600
I hope aaron reads this before he spends a lot of time on the whole chat thing.
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May 11, 2003 at 7:13 pm #39595
how big is 64 x 64 pixels, is it about the size of the avatars at the bitpimps forum?
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May 11, 2003 at 8:36 pm #31576
yeah custom Avatrs would be cool, like where u can choose ur own.
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May 12, 2003 at 12:25 am #31561
64×64 is approximately twice the size of your current avitar.. but not as big as the bitpimps avitars. which i believe have a max of 80×80.
yea having an avitar library would be awesome. maybe just putting a page loaded with them along with the direct link so that we could copy and paste it into avitar field.. although having a clickable library would be cool too…
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May 12, 2003 at 1:31 pm #31509
yeah, im getting used to these avatars though, everyone will look different now, shypo wont have his man with hands on hips, barrell wont have his little penguin thing. yeah but custom ones will be cool.
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May 12, 2003 at 1:33 pm #31510
Well the answer to most of the questions will be in the new thread I start today but in short.
There will be no chat.
The exisiting avatars will be available in the new design although they will look a bit chunky. I expect people like DaveF will resend me bunches of new ones that I will make available in an easy to select manner. (like the current code) as well as you guys havign the freedom to use your own custom ones.
The blues are much softer and more freindly – plus there’s only 3 other colour combos at the moment with a few more to come.
We also have a terrific new feature I’m working on with the help of Ringodingo that will revolutionise micro R/C websites world wide!
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May 12, 2003 at 1:35 pm #31511
when are you going to upload the change?
Edited by – barto_85 on 12 May 2003 09:36:03
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May 12, 2003 at 8:19 pm #39588
sweet, wait till my new avatar arrives:evil:
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May 12, 2003 at 8:27 pm #31398
As mentioned now in the Notice posts Friday Aussie time is the day. Should take a few hours to back up the existing site – then about 2 hours to rebuild the database and finally a couple of hourse to upload!
A.
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May 12, 2003 at 8:28 pm #31399
Oh and just as a note – I’ve been testing the new code and spending a heap of time on the development site and everytime I come back to the actual running site I’m amazed at how ‘clunky’ it feels in comparison. Yes think you’ll all be impressed 😉
A.
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May 12, 2003 at 8:29 pm #31400
what will i do, my life will be over if ausmicro is down for a few hours. i’ll have to work 🙁
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