Help! 3 volunteers needed!

[The It's Man]

Sure, I want to help.

I noticed that not all the products have a description on the old site - does that mean I've got to test all of them to see what they do or just enter them without a description?

I hope it's the second option, else it will take a long, long time...

 

[Morrus]

Do you want me to add descriptions for the 72 Mini Encounters ? Or just the Title?

The system insists that the description field have something in it, but it doesn't have to be much. I'm a fan of the one or two sentences max approach. Something very, very basic, such as "Some goblins guard a bridge and the heroes have to negotiate their way past." or "A wizard goes mad and turns the city guard into frogs."

 

[Morrus]

Sure, I want to help.

I noticed that not all the products have a description on the old site - does that mean I've got to test all of them to see what they do or just enter them without a description?

I hope it's the second option, else it will take a long, long time...

For the electronic aids, you mean? Goodness, no - I wouldn't expect you to run every one! And unless you have several computers, operating systems, palm computers etc., you wouldn't be able to!

The description field does insist on an entry, but my suggestion would be just using it to say what platforms it works on - e.g. "For Windows nad Macintosh" or "For Linux" or whatever. If there's some descriptive text on the old page, of course, you can just paste that in.

Thanks, It's!

 

[tarchon]

Cool - I'm still hoping for someone to do the Non-RPG links - if you'd be willing to handle that, I'd be most grateful!

Sure; that would be Tangential Sites Useful to Gamers? Where are the old links?

 

[tarchon]

I guess those 5 last guys under "Miscellaneous Links" on the old one... that won't take long.

 

[Morrus]

Sure; that would be Tangential Sites Useful to Gamers? Where are the old links?

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21656

I got as far as #55 (dreamthief's post) .

I'm sending you an email now with some login details so you can bypass the "approval" stage.

 

[The It's Man]

Hi Morrus,

My additions aren't showing up yet (I don't mind, I've made a print out of the old site and use the old-fashioned way to note that I uploaded a file so i won't screw up).

I may have done the Bard Spell Spreadsheet by Bob Fitch wrong (I forgot I had to download it first myself instead of giving the url of the file on the old server), and when I did that, I got the message that it already existed..

The "Character Generator" by Andre Jamke doesn't exist on the old server, it's the same file as "Character Generator" by Magnus Lund (the files had the same link).

Am I right to assume the Program Name and the file name has to be unique, or is it just the Program Name?

 

[Dragongirl]

Bah, see what happens when I don't feel well and get on late ....pout....

 

[Morrus]

Am I right to assume the Program Name and the file name has to be unique, or is it just the Program Name?

The program name doesn't need to be unique - but the file name does. Otherwise you'll have two entries for the same download.

I may have done the Bard Spell Spreadsheet by Bob Fitch wrong (I forgot I had to download it first myself instead of giving the url of the file on the old server), and when I did that, I got the message that it already existed..

Actually, that might be because I think I had done that one previously. It rings a bell for some reason.

I probably should have mentioned - I did the "Recently Added" list near the top; you'll find that those items are duplicated below because when I got a new item, I used to add it to the appropriate list below and also to the list of recent additions/updates.

Another thing I forgot - many of the files are on more than one list (lots of them work on Windows and Macs, for example). So the number of files is a lot less than it looks, but it's best to check each list each time so you know whether to say "For Windows", "For Macs" or "For Windows and Macs."

 

[The It's Man]

Okay, another question - some windows and macinthosh programs for instance are the same files. I (/me hits his own head with a trout) forgot to make a cross-reference. Can I edit the description of the files myself or should I send you a list with the already uploaded file names who got the not complete description?