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Hidden 8 yrs ago Post by Lady Absinthia
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There is a vast difference between adding in a former staff member who offers to help and anyone that offers to help. Thing is, when people offer to help who haven't been tested yet as a moderator it can lead to many issues. Sure there are plenty of people that wish to help but until the staff has time, this is a good middle ground.

And you don't just want to put in anyone as a mod who offers that hasn't been a mod on these forums before. That leads to far too many problems. There is a big difference between those who offer to help and those that are helping. Seen far too many people in the past on other forums who offered to help get moved up the ranks and in the end either did nothing or only caused problems because of attitude and "power trips" - to get a new mod to the mix takes time.

They need to check how long someone has been here, are their complaints against them, do they have experience elsewhere, can they prove that, and god only knows what else they do before bringing in someone new. Are they going to consider someone who is primarily an Rper or a GM? Which could give a good look into the person and if they will mesh well with the current staff. Sure, someone offered but hey, if they have a track record of flaking out of Rp's or always posting "sorry can't post for this that or the other" and giving excuses not to keep up - then they would be a bad choice as a Moderator - if they can't keep up with an RP, how can they handle the added responsibility of a modship?

Granted, I have no clue on their vetting process here, I just know what tactics I have used in the past on other forums to bring in new mods. Things I look at personally. (And normally, unless it is an extreme circumstance I never would promote anyone that offered that I hadn't worked with in the past.)

But then again, that is my usual two copper pieces on it.

On another note - anyone know if changes were made to the code as of yet? The forum is running smoother for me, especially when accessing my pm's and my profile page. I am wondering if that is a code change or if the servers are just behaving.
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On another note - anyone know if changes were made to the code as of yet? The forum is running smoother for me, especially when accessing my pm's and my profile page. I am wondering if that is a code change or if the servers are just behaving.


Updates were put in while you slept.

So my guess is the former.
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I actually didn't push my code updates last night because the Guild wasn't empty enough. Too many people would've been affected by a bad release.

I decided to do it correctly and spun up a copy of the server + database to test my changes without disrupting anyone's writing.

If the guild is running faster, it's mainly because it's not peak hours. A lil bit of superstition, too.

Edit: Oh, nevermind. A change I made to the database did have a dramatic impact. o_O I didn't expect it.
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The serves are toying with us! So cruel! They can work, but then they get all pms'y. Next time there is a problem, I'm dosing the server with midol and prozac. lol
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The serves are toying with us! So cruel! They can work, but then they get all pms'y. Next time there is a problem, I'm dosing the server with midol and prozac. lol


I suppose this means we can skip the sacrificial blood offerings, then. Good news.
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The serves are toying with us! So cruel! They can work, but then they get all pms'y. Next time there is a problem, I'm dosing the server with midol and prozac. lol


midol and prozac? nuh uh. there's only one cure for such a bad case of pms.

break out the ben and jerry's ice cream; chocolate fudge brownie. the ultimate cure.
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<Snipped quote by Lady Amalthea>

midol and prozac? nuh uh. there's only one cure for such a bad case of pms.

break out the ben and jerry's ice cream; chocolate fudge brownie. the ultimate cure.


Can we compromise and crush up the Midol and Prozac pills, then sprinkle the resulting powder over the ice cream? I think that would be the ULTIMATE of ultimate cures.
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Only if we overdose while we're at it.
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Only if we overdose while we're at it.


At the moment I'm so bored I could be on board with that. (Waiting for RP replies.)
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<Snipped quote by Buddha>

At the moment I'm so bored I could be on board with that. (Waiting for RP replies.)


Suicide - the final solution for your boredom! When you have such a slow life, even roleplaying can't give you a purpose!

That should be the new slogan for RPG.
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<Snipped quote by Grimhildr>

Can we compromise and crush up the Midol and Prozac pills, then sprinkle the resulting powder over the ice cream? I think that would be the ULTIMATE of ultimate cures.


damn.

u right.

Only if we overdose while we're at it.


overdosing for pussies tho
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Oh no! All of my photos for my characters are gone :( Is this a guild issue, a my computer issue, or a hosting site issue?


Looking into it!

No data was lost during the migration. But I had to rewrite a few database queries that might have some bugs.

Edit: I'll PM you.
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Alright, I pushed up the massive codes change I've been talking about that significantly modernizes parts of the Guild's code which paves the way for future code updates.

Currently cleaning up some bugs that resulted from the changes:

- [Fixed] /chat broke
- [Fixed] /search broke
- [Fixed] The "Next" link is broken on some pagination like the "Latest Posts" list on a user profile.
- [Fixed] Posts that contain links are erroring due to an update in the underlying auto-linking software.
- [Fixed] Error when updating a roleplay's Co-GMs
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@Mahz
Just to make you aware, in the pm box I've encountered the rare error where one of the links will be roleplayerguild.com/convos instead of roleplayerguild.com/me/convos (note the /me missing).

I cant replicate it well but I believe I've encountered it after managing PMs and using the link somewhere on that page.
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@NuttsnBolts Thanks.

The only occurrence I could find was on the "New Convo" page. Fixed it.
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@Mahz
A minor thing we wonder if you could fix/add...
a means to go to first page of the CS tab of an RP from the subscriptions page. A lot of RPs have many rules and such on that page, and having to first load latest page and then load the first page can be inconvenient.

Minor thing, we know... but would be very convenient.




By the way, how's the code stability looking now?
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@Ellri Good idea.

On the subscriptions page, the IC/OOC/Char counters now link to the first page of each tab:



The server is looking good now. I check the logs for internal server errors and fix any issues immediately. Hopefully no serious show-stoppers remain, but I'll spot them if anyone runs into them.
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@Ellri Good idea.

On the subscriptions page, the IC/OOC/Char counters now link to the first page of each tab:



The server is looking good now. I check the logs for internal server errors and fix any issues immediately. Hopefully no serious show-stoppers remain, but I'll spot them if anyone runs into them.


Much appreciated, Papa Mahz! I'm sure this feature will make navigation to the respective tabs a lot more convenient.

And let me say how much we appreciate how much you do for us.
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I made some changes to force the Guild to be served over SSL (HTTPS):



Hopefully nobody has any issues.
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@Mahz Will the new secure line help with the spambot infestation? That meaning make it so that we no longer have one.
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