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Vextor
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:45 am Post subject: United Nations of Suikoden Webring |
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I created a webring script, and put it on the main site.
If you own a suikoden site, feel free to join this webring.
Once registered, an e-mail will be sent to you (hopefully, you will use the correct e-mail address) that includes some HTML code.
Copy/pasting this code onto your site (may require some cosmetic modification) will allow people to come and go within the webring as the please. Once I verify that you have put the webring console on your site, I will add your site to the webring's database.
The cool thing about this webring that sets it apart from other webring scripts is that it will show a blurb of text about each webring member randomly. This means each member in the webring will get more exposure on a regular basis.
It was pretty brain-wracking to put this script together. I'm VERY GLAD it's done. |
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John Layfield
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:52 am Post subject: |
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I can't wait to try it out when my site finally opens. I've taken a look at it on your own site as well as at Suikosource and it looks like a great little piece of coding.
Little referring to the actual size of it on a webpage and not the work that went into it. Although, I could've done if I wanted to, I, uh, just didn't feel like it, yeah. :P
Actually, seeing as you have to confirm that I've put it on my page before I'm added to the webring, I suppose there's no reason why I can't join up now and mess around with the cosmetic features until it opens, right? _________________ One day, I shall come back. Yes, we shall all come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine. |
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Vextor
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:56 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, and I'd also like to make sure it works for other people. I've tested it here and on suikosource, but I may have missed something. |
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Axiose
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:33 am Post subject: |
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That is very nice indeed - I was going to PM John about it but he's way ahead of me anyway, so nuts to that. _________________
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John Layfield
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:39 am Post subject: |
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Hell, I'm taking part credit despite only hanging around in the same thread the idea originated in!
Coding really does my head in, I'm so passing this on to Master Mathiu. >_<; _________________ One day, I shall come back. Yes, we shall all come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine. |
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:00 am Post subject: |
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Yes. It's a very good idea. Nice work.
I added my site to it today so i'm hoping everything will go smoothly. _________________
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Arcana
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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The code's only going to work on PHP-enabled web hosts. I don't know if this is going to cause problems for some webmasters who might not have PHP on their servers.
I also think the webring code slows my site down dramatically, since it hits http://suikox.com and has to wait for the code to run. SuikoX is not exactly a snappy site. There seems to be timeouts when it's trying to execute the code.
From my logs, I get:
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error php 2006-02-05 08:25 Unknown(http://www.suikox.com/webring/output.php): ; failed to ope Arcana details
error php 2006-02-05 08:25 (null)(): Failed opening 'http://www.suikox.com/webring/output.p Arcana details
error php 2006-02-05 08:21 Unknown(http://www.suikox.com/webring/output.php): ; failed to ope Arcana details
error php 2006-02-05 08:21 (null)(): Failed opening 'http://www.suikox.com/webring/output.p Arcana details
error php 2006-02-05 08:17 (null)(): Failed opening 'http://www.suikox.com/webring/output.p Arcana details
error php 2006-02-05 08:17 Unknown(http://www.suikox.com/webring/output.php): ; failed to ope Arcana details
error php 2006-02-05 08:15 (null)(): Failed opening 'http://www.suikox.com/webring/output.p Arcana details
error php 2006-02-05 08:15 Unknown(http://www.suikox.com/webring/output.php): ; failed to ope Arcana details
error php 2006-02-05 08:15 (null)(): Failed opening 'http://www.suikox.com/webring/output.p Arcana details
error php 2006-02-05 08:15 Unknown(http://www.suikox.com/webring/output.php): ; failed to ope (sic) |
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Date Sunday, February 5, 2006 - 08:25
User Arcana
Location /
Message Unknown(http://www.suikox.com/webring/output.php): ; failed to open stream: Connection timed out in /var/www/suikoden/includes/common.inc(1847) : eval()'d code on line 2.
Severity error
Hostname 24.68.225.43
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Date Sunday, February 5, 2006 - 08:30
User Arcana
Location /admin/block
Message (null)(): Failed opening 'http://www.suikox.com/webring/output.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /var/www/suikoden/includes/common.inc(1847) : eval()'d code on line 2.
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Hostname 24.68.225.43 |
If anyone else here tries the code, let me know what the performance is like. I've decided to disable the webring block for now, but if you register onto my site, you can choose to enable the block, and check out the performance for yourself.
Let me know if there's anything specific you'd like me to consider looking at to help out. _________________ Woo, 2000 posts as of Tuesday, 2007 August 28. |
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Vextor
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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Oh yes, that is true. This code will only work if the code is pasted on a PHP enabled server in a PHP page (such as "index.php"). Didn't think of that... in which case the only thing I can think of is making an alternate code that does not include the random site info popup. |
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Arcana
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:47 am Post subject: |
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I've put the block back on my page. It looks pretty dull without a button or picture, though. If anyone has a picture for this webring, let us know! _________________ Woo, 2000 posts as of Tuesday, 2007 August 28. |
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Vextor
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:52 am Post subject: |
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Did the code that was sent to you arrive there missing the "join us!" link, or did you remove it because of space constraints?
As far as banners go, people are free to make their own I suppose. It's hard to make a universal banner because they may not fit with the site's design or something. I'm not sure what size is appropriate, too. Ideally, there should be multiple banner sizes, but well, I'm working at max capacity now on other stuff. I'm hoping somebody will make a nice banner. |
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 3:00 am Post subject: |
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The "Join us" was moved because it didn't fit. I put it under the "United Nations of Suikoden" link instead. I also didn't want to shrink the font because it made it look bad.
I'll post a request for a banner in one of the Graphic Designer threads and see if someone will consider it. That would be nice to have. _________________ Woo, 2000 posts as of Tuesday, 2007 August 28. |
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Arcana
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Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:45 am Post subject: |
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Bump.
This is working. Since the ring was launched, there've been at least 40 unique hits to my site from SuikoX and Suikosource. There've been very few from other sites so far, but it's going some way toward making Suikoden fans more aware of the sites with different, unique offerings. _________________ Woo, 2000 posts as of Tuesday, 2007 August 28. |
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Vextor
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Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 5:52 am Post subject: |
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Glad it's working.
I didn't know there was a Finnish suikoden site. Also, good to see that "Keepers of Flame" still existed at a different URL. |
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Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 10:10 am Post subject: |
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At least SOMEONE's keeping the real name alive. |
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Vextor
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:36 am Post subject: |
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From now on, I won't accept submissions for forum only sites.
This is to make sure the list doesn't get cluttered with forum-only sites to the point that it becomes hard to find informative sites. If that happens, the webring will lose its utility.
I may remove currently registered forum-only sites at a future date. |
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