Wots all this then?

I love this article:

Anurognathus

It appears that every so often I feel that the code for the site has got completely out of hand in it's complexity and inconsistency. Moving to object orientation hasn't seemed to help -- I'm still not up to the level of functionalty it was at before I started OOing everything, and I'm just as confused.

What to do now? Make flow charts! Yessiree.

Added:

1. Featured artworks: in controlpanel=>Gallery Management

2. Delete artworks: in object=>delete object...

3. Bugfixes to the points system, plus point redistribution (so you won't run out).

4. Browsable watchlist: in watch=>my watchlist

I've also fixed the comment notification system (I hope), so check it out. Um, it would also be good if you guys could use the points system a bit more, so I can see how it works which there's some actual activity.

I think it's very unlikely to wipe any data at this point, what's there will be carried on to later versions/servers.

Another question: comment editing : yes/no ?

Now you've had a bit of a play around on the site, I'm sure you've all noticed that a lot of little stuff is kinda shabby (links, backslashes etc..), and also that a lot of the little niceties are missing. All that will be fixed/added relatively quickly, but is there anything BIG you want to see? Because it is easier to add stuff now than later.

Basic stuff which will be done this week:

1. Notifications completion  (how many messages you have, "mark as read" buttons.)

2. Browsing/searching, which is currently a mess, but quite quick to fix.

3. Access to your watchlist

4. A member list which is browsable/searchable

Things I plan to implement soon:

1. Private messages

2. A sketchbook feature

3. Custom ordering within sets (with previous/next buttons around objects)

4. Media categorisation

I'm also going to add some "out there" features, like drag and drop art organisation. I could easily add featured artwork on your page like DA if people want it.

So, what else would be cool? A forum? Or something else?

Also, I need a name for the site (I'd quite like to register it soon) and some ideas for branding the thing - I've obviously stuck with neutral terminology for now (objects/sets/users/groups etc.), but maybe it needs to sound a little more exciting.

Okay, this is supposed to be how you get a parent comment:

... and it doesn't work anyway! Bollocks to it, the comments structure is going down.

Well, not really that awesome.

So, use this journal to report bugs for now (I'll set up a better way of doing it later). Please to also being a bit gentle with it - I don't think it could hack people trying to break it. It's not exactly the most secure thing in the world yet, so if you could not be broadcasting it's existence that would also be good.

I'd aslo like to now what you find really irritating about the interface (which obviously isn't finished yet), along with what you'd like instead.

Everyone stats with 100 points, unlike the final, where you'll start with none.

GOGOGO!

PS. I just tested on IE6 and does indeed not work.

One more day.

I promise.

I've got it up and running on my webserver, but there' are a couple of unexpected issues I have to sort out.

Okay, so having an alpha by the end of last week was obviously a bit optimistic, but I'm pretty close now. I added password hashing and comment notification today, which were the two things I've had on my list before I go live(ish).

I'm aiming for tomorrow or the next day for live on the intrawebs, depending on an answer to this !IMPORTANT question:

Who's interested in testing this thing with no guarantees that whatever you stick in will be carried through to later versions, and won't be wiped by accident, with live edits that might break critical stuff, etc.?

... and who would be interested in testing it while it's still as buggy as hell and incomplete but will maintain the data through all versions, (hopefully) won't be subject to accidental deletion, and will have measured updates rather than live edits?

Answer me or I'll have to get new friends or stick this up in a DA journal.

The stupid thing can't do anything quickly anymore. Everything has slowed down to a crawl. I swear I used to be able to have Illustrator and a web browser open and not have to put up with jerky-as-hell scrolling, windows not moving smoothly and laggy typing. It runs the fan constantly - even when I'm not using it. Lucky I'm mostly using it for coding at the moment or it would probably get chucked out the window. Lousy hunk o' junk.