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  1. ransim
    Hey everyone, just a heads up. I'm migrating Unionverse to the new server this weekend. As a result there may be temporary periods where VirtueVerse will be down or temporarily locked while I make a few changes to the server to support the data import.

    Apologizing ahead of time for any downtime, I will ensure I lock the site prior to taking the server down.

    Please do not rely on making your edits in the editor window! Make your edits in an outside text editor!

    I will attempt to keep all maintenance and downtime during the less busy hours of the evening and morning.
  2. ransim
    Just a reminder, the site is going into lockdown in about three hours!
  3. ransim
    Just to let you guys know, we're aware the old server is down. We're working with support to figure out why.

    Edit:
    Server hamster had a heart attack. He's been revived. Site is back up.
  4. ransim
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha View Post
    Aren't those two mutually exclusive, though? =S
    ReCaptcha will be part of the user registration process. You can see this now on VirtueVerse.

    The goal is to avoid spam accounts that have been an issue in the past, so we're adding ReCaptcha to the user registration process and requiring everyone on both Wiki's to re-register in order to ensure spam/nonsense accounts aren't brought over.

    You won't see a captcha for anything other then user registration, what I meant is you wont' need to use the captcha for page edits and uploads.
  5. ransim
    Its official, UnionVerse will be moving to its brand new home this weekend! This means I need everyone to help me in getting out the word to your super groups and friends so everyone knows the site will be unavailable throughout the weekend. On Monday I will post the link to the new site here with the announcement. I'm sure the new URL is probably fairly obvious to everyone but please remember registration will be locked down during the migration and its easiest for me if the site doesn't have a ton of traffic while I do the imports.

    The site will become unavailable @ 1700 EDT / 2200 BST on 22nd of October. (please let me know if I've got the time wrong for BST)

    Migration Details
    When: 22 - 25 October
    What: Migration of UnionVerse to a new server

    What content won't be coming over with the import:
    • Page History
    • User Accounts
    • Any images over 150 KB will not be imported
    • Talk pages

    What content should be imported:
    • All wiki pages
    • All main namespace content (characters, stories, etc)
    • Categories
    • Templates
    • All images under 150 KB

    New Features Preview:

    Security:
    • Added ReCaptcha to user registration. Captcha will not appear for registered users.

    Content:
    Archived Content
    The old site will remain active for a month to allow users to get to content that wasn't migrated including Talk pages and any images over 150KB.
  6. ransim
    We need those in the Origin, Alignment and AT symbols!

    I'd totally put a Brute one on my wall.
  7. ransim
    VirtueVerse now has its own twitter feed. We'll be using this as well for updating the community.

    http://twitter.com/virtueverse

    You'll find recently edited pages, new pages and new posted here as well. For the moment it'll be posting the most recent three updates and new pages every so often. We'll look into other feeds we can set up as time goes on.

    Please note, this is not meant to be a replacement for the news posted here or on the VirtueVerse main page, merely a supplement.
  8. ransim
    Site Issue:

    We are currently aware of an issue related to confirmation emails not being received by some users. We are working with the host to correct this issue and will let you know once it has been resolved.

    This should not affect your ability to use the site.
  9. ransim
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Next_Player View Post
    Okay, I'll just throw these out there. I put a lot of thought and work into them, so I hope nobody copies me when the contest officially starts.



    I actually really dig the first one, would be cool if we could get some art comic style to go in the background, but it would be easy to provide the site in several color schemes.

    As a note as well. Some of these may see some use even if they aren't the main, they could become secondary skins available to users.

    I'll see about rounding up some specs for everyone. The hard part will be rounding up prizes to offer.
  10. ransim
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by JJDrakken View Post
    Paragon Studies let go 9 people, one of them was Back Alley Brawler

    :|

    http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=241110


    JJ
    Hey look, old news is old.





    Being honest this doesn't need to get started again. We know BaBs has left, we do not know if he was part of the layoffs or not for certain. Most likely those layoffs were temporary people pulled on the help get GR out the door on time and now they're on the i19.

    The studio is still 60 people strong.

    This is not doom.
  11. ransim
    If anyone else has ideas for Widgets let me know, I'll take new ones into consideration for the site.

    I noticed a lot of people had playlists on their pages so i figured something like Grooveshark would be useful.

    I'm working on a page now detailing the new widgets and how to use them.
  12. ransim
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Next_Player View Post
    I'll need to see that on display somewhere. Anyone use this on one of their pages yet?
    I have it on the story site for Rush Hour Hell, just a single song though that fits the story.
  13. ransim
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Apophasis View Post
    Embedded supports and feeds? Great.

    So when are you guys changing this old thing?
    It will still be a .com as well once we take down the old site. But we're tossing around the idea of a contest to redesign the site and the logo.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Pinny View Post
    It's JPG. Unless there is a way to save it as something else with a lower size, which I don't think there is, it's staying above 150kb

    And honestly, the hostility is not needed.
    I don't think it was meant in a hostile manner. But we provide some instructions on the upload page to assist people in saving their files to be as small as possible.

    If you use Photoshop you can also use the Save for Web & Devices option to get the best possible JPG compression without degrading your image to far.

    Yahoo also offers a great tool called Smush It which can help you compress images further.
  14. ransim
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Apophasis View Post
    Kadekawa?

    Oh, and definately Xad/Dax. He's Virtue's unofficial Fire/EM Blaster poster boy.
    I gotta second Kadekawa. I mean the guy gave us VirtueVerse.

    I recognize most of the names from a variety of places.
  15. ransim
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Pinny View Post
    So then you're saying that the .com has a larger restriction than the .net one?

    That's pretty dumb, if you ask me. I happen to like Pinny's picture.
    The old server had absolutely no restrictions, and people abused it. There were over 4 GB of image files alone and that was after the first round of culling. We decided to open up offsite linking to allow people to use larger images but while try to keep the space on the server down.

    I'm sorry that you feed its "dumb" or overly restrictive, but please remember VirtueVerse has always been offered to the community for free, we don't take donations and the hosting is paid for by private parties. The new server has plenty of space, but we'd rather not see that immediately taken up again by people abusing the ability to upload images.

    I'm not trying to be harsh, just realistic, no server is going to provide infinite disk space and we want to make sure we can keep this available to everyone for a long long time.

    Note: People had been uploading image files that were several MB in size. Way to large to ever place on a website.
  16. ransim
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Pinny View Post
    Yeah...Uploading images on the new server isn't working for me. I'm trying to upload the very same image I have on my virtueverse.com profile, yet the .net servers get stuck on "waiting for ..." and then eventually give me a "page cannot be found" page. Afterwards if I try and go to the main .net site, the whole thing is down for me for a few minutes.
    How big is the file?

    If its over 150 KB thats exactly what will happen, the server will refuse the request. Its not pretty but its unfortunately the only way we can keep people from uploading gigantic images like before.

    If it is over 150 KB you can now use offsite linking so you could upload it to flickr or photobucket.

    It is a very possible that if the image didn't come over from the .com site that its over 150 KB. We didn't transfer any of the large images.
  17. ransim
    Added a new Widget. You can now add custom Grooveshark music playlists to your pages:

    http://www.virtueverse.net/wiki/Widget:GrooveShark
  18. ransim
    Did some updating to the S.C.O.R.P.I.O. page while I had a free moment. Still requires quite a bit of rewrite work, but I added a RSS Feed to our forums and the Picasa gallery.

    http://www.virtueverse.net/wiki/Category:S.C.O.R.P.I.O.
  19. ransim
    It has come to my attention that user sub pages may not have made the transition. I will look into an import for those pages on Friday. Until then feel free to manually copy them if you wish.
  20. ransim
    I've request this thread be locked and replaced with the new one.
  21. ransim
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ransim View Post
    Hey guys! I'm just passing some info on. We're going to be migrating Virtueverse to the new server starting the weekend of Oct 8-11. We're hoping to do Union the following weekend Oct 15-18.

    What this means is the site is going to be on complete lockdown and users will be directed to the new site once its ready.

    Check out this post for some details on new features coming with the upgrade: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showp...&postcount=615

    Please make sure this message gets passed along. Its a big deal and I want to make sure everyone has a heads up to whats happening.
    Hey guys! I just want to give you an update. VirtueVerse has been officially moved to the new site, http://www.virtueverse.net.

    I was hoping to be able to tackle Union this coming weekend but I've been shanghai'd into helping a friend of mine move. So the move for Union will be happening the weekend after Oct 22-24th.

    The plus side is I've already done this now with Virtueverse so I know exactly where the snags are and will happen, so it should be a fairly smooth transition for Union.

    As a note, like with VirtueVerse I will be leaving the .com address on the old server for a period of time after the migration for people to grab content that wasn't migrated. But the goal eventually will be to move that domain to the new server and ensure all the old links work. Union will be using the new pretty url /wiki/Page like virtueverse does now rather then /index.php/Page.
  22. ransim
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hero Prime View Post
    Ransim: Thank you for updating this, and for addressing every issue I had with the old site. (Not that you did it for me personally, obviously, but you know what I mean.)
    Well, we had a pretty heated "discussion" about whether to enable some of these items for everyone. But at the end of the day we decided that given the very low amount of past incidents where people added Terms violating content and the general community nature of the site we figured you guys would do a good job of policing yourself.
  23. ransim
    Let us know if you guys notice a lot of pages missing that should have been transfered. We tried to avoid bringing over a lot of the junk pages, but if there seems to be a large amount missing we can do another automatic import thats a bit less strict of content that isn't on the new site already.
  24. ransim
    Updates:
    About VirtueVerse:

    The Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe (http://www.virtueverse.net), also known as "UHVU" or "VirtueVerse", is a library of fan created original content for the Virtue server. This original content includes player created character biographies, character stories, supergroups, locations, equipment, and more. VirtueVerse is a collaborative fan created and edited project developed by volunteers. It is an ongoing project and anyone who is a part of the Virtue server is welcome to contribute.

    VirtueVerse Server Migration

    VirtueVerse has recently moved to a brand new server! We're inviting all users to the new site.

    Please Note: You will need to re-register on the new server, however if you use the same user name your user page has been migrated for you.
    New Server: http://www.virtueverse.net
    Old Server: http://www.virtueverse.com
    We will be leaving the old server up for a month or two using the .com address to give people time to access any content that wasn't migrated. After that time period the .com URL will be pointed to the new server and adjusted so that old links to the site are still honored.

    Talk pages, images over 150 KB and some very old short pages were not automatically transfered.

    New Features:
    Resources:
    VirtueVerse Team:
    • Kadekawa - Graciously provided the hosting and domain for the original wiki. He still provides plenty of support and guidance to site.
    • Ransim - Provides the current server and hosting for the wiki along with some technical back end work.
    • the Admin - A mysterious figure who has stepped in to help with the administration of the wiki.
    • Volunteer Sysops- A dedicated team of volunteers who graciously donate their time to keep the wiki running.

    For up to date VirtueVerse news check out our homepage.

    VirtueVerse Twitter:

    VirtueVerse now has its own twitter feed. We'll be using this as well for updating the community.

    http://twitter.com/virtueverse

    You'll find recently edited pages, new pages and new posted here as well. For the moment it'll be posting the most recent three updates and new pages every so often. We'll look into other feeds we can set up as time goes on.

    Please note, this is not meant to be a replacement for the news posted here or on the VirtueVerse main page, merely a supplement.

    VirtueVerse Global Channel:

    Virtue Verse is a new global channel for all VirtueVerse users. Its OOC and open to all for discussion on VirtueVerse pages and RP.

    /chan_join 'Virtue Verse'
  25. ransim
    Just a quick update. The content has been moved successfully onto the new server. We're doing a bit of testing now and tuning on the server. We'll be providing everyone with the place to access it tomorrow. So keep an eye here for information.