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Site Updates / Server downtime
« on: September 06, 2021, 01:53:14 am »
The site was down recently due to a server disk filling up. We've doubled the size of that volume and everything should be good to go now.
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Site Updates / Server upgrades
« on: March 16, 2019, 08:18:19 pm »
I added a 100GB volume to our VPS due to the server running out of space. This should address the recent downtime issues the site has been having.
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Site Updates / New site staff members
« on: January 28, 2017, 12:16:17 pm »
Please welcome our newest admins: alfadorredux, Kodokami and utunnels.
Forum registration no longer requires admin approval. If your account registration has been overlooked in the last several months due to the influx of would-be Russian spammers, please try re-registering.
Forum registration no longer requires admin approval. If your account registration has been overlooked in the last several months due to the influx of would-be Russian spammers, please try re-registering.
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Site Updates / Planned outage complete
« on: May 11, 2016, 04:02:26 am »
Welcome to the new server
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Site Updates / SSL/TLS encryption now deployed
« on: February 01, 2015, 12:12:55 am »
You may have noticed the new lock in the address bar. The entire site is now encrypted over HTTPS. For those of you making use of the private messaging or private forums on the site, this now means your communications are protected against any sort of plain text snooping.
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Chrono News / Static Site Conversion
« on: October 13, 2014, 06:58:15 pm »
I'm announcing a new project for the Compendium. One that will ensure it continues to live well into the 21st century.
Starting next year, The Chrono Compendium will be a static site, generated by Middleman and available for forking and merge requests on Github. I'm setting a hopeful deadline of January 1st, 2015 for the full conversion.
What does this mean for contributors? It means you'll need a Github account and have to learn how to fork repositories and submit merge requests. It also means you'll have to be able to install the Middleman gem and run it locally to see your changes.
What does this mean for users? It means a faster, sleeker browsing experience and a more consistent and reliable website. It also means better security, better organization, and the ability to generate more useful indexes and tables for site content.
Unfortunately, it also means a lot of pages will need work to reformat them or fix conversion errors. I will be writing a set of tutorials or maybe even making screencasts on how to use Github to make contributions and fixes to the site. If you would be interested in joining this project next year, feel free to reply to this thread and I'll get ahold of you when the time comes.
Finally, I would just like to thank the community and its commitment to the site. I hope that by transitioning to modern tools, we can make the site and the series more accessible to future generations.
Starting next year, The Chrono Compendium will be a static site, generated by Middleman and available for forking and merge requests on Github. I'm setting a hopeful deadline of January 1st, 2015 for the full conversion.
What does this mean for contributors? It means you'll need a Github account and have to learn how to fork repositories and submit merge requests. It also means you'll have to be able to install the Middleman gem and run it locally to see your changes.
What does this mean for users? It means a faster, sleeker browsing experience and a more consistent and reliable website. It also means better security, better organization, and the ability to generate more useful indexes and tables for site content.
Unfortunately, it also means a lot of pages will need work to reformat them or fix conversion errors. I will be writing a set of tutorials or maybe even making screencasts on how to use Github to make contributions and fixes to the site. If you would be interested in joining this project next year, feel free to reply to this thread and I'll get ahold of you when the time comes.
Finally, I would just like to thank the community and its commitment to the site. I hope that by transitioning to modern tools, we can make the site and the series more accessible to future generations.
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Site Updates / Server downtime due to account upgrades
« on: May 29, 2014, 12:03:58 pm »
I will be upgrading the site's hosting account this weekend, May 31st and June 1st. Expect some intermittent downtime.
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News Submissions / MOVED: Chrono Trigger 20th Anniversary - Chrono Legends 1999 PC
« on: May 29, 2014, 11:39:30 am »
This topic has been moved to Chrono News.
http://www.chronocompendium.com/Forums/index.php?topic=10190.0
http://www.chronocompendium.com/Forums/index.php?topic=10190.0
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Site Updates / Server move complete, site updates in progress
« on: January 15, 2014, 12:19:04 am »
The server move has been completed and the backend systems of the site (the forums and wiki) have been fully updated. The rest of the site is being reworked into a modern framework and will be running in a stripped down mode for at least a few weeks.
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Site Updates / Server move
« on: January 09, 2014, 04:04:22 pm »
This weekend we will be moving servers. The site will be scheduled for downtime from Saturday, January 11th to Sunday afternoon'ish (US Central Time).
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General Discussion / Web based chat
« on: August 11, 2013, 04:03:42 am »
Join me in testing this out:
http://webchat.chronocompendium.com/
Use your forum credentials. I just threw this together today, so I want to see how resilient it is.
http://webchat.chronocompendium.com/
Use your forum credentials. I just threw this together today, so I want to see how resilient it is.
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Chrono News / IRC chat service downtime
« on: June 02, 2011, 10:39:34 pm »
It looks like our VPS account for the chat service is broken. I'll have to set up a new IRC service on my other account in a few weeks. In the meantime, the IRC chat service will remain down.
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General Discussion / Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn!
« on: April 04, 2011, 11:00:16 pm »
I'm currently (sort of) watching Gone with the Wind on TV. I think it's on Turner Movie Classics, since there's no commercials.
I remember I used to watch older movies from that time period up through the 60s all the time. Every summer I'd just lie around the house watching Turner Movie Classics. The big budget productions they made back then were really epic, but my favorites were always the lower budget films that revolved around interesting character interactions or romance.
Clark Gable did an amazing Rhett Butler, but my favorite movie with him is Teacher's Pet, where he stars opposite Doris Day (she's such a sweetheart!).
What are your favorite older movies?
I remember I used to watch older movies from that time period up through the 60s all the time. Every summer I'd just lie around the house watching Turner Movie Classics. The big budget productions they made back then were really epic, but my favorites were always the lower budget films that revolved around interesting character interactions or romance.
Clark Gable did an amazing Rhett Butler, but my favorite movie with him is Teacher's Pet, where he stars opposite Doris Day (she's such a sweetheart!).
What are your favorite older movies?
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General Discussion / 2011 Summer reading list
« on: March 03, 2011, 10:52:54 pm »
I'm making a summer reading list for myself, so I'm looking for suggestions. This summer I'm looking for good fiction suggestions to add to the list, since the last novel I read was over 3 years ago. I'll be updating this first post with suggestions, both from forum members and from outside sources.
I'd also like to challenge other members of the forums to participate by reading either the same list or their own list.
As it stands, the current reading list is:
Fiction:
Non-fiction:
I'd also like to challenge other members of the forums to participate by reading either the same list or their own list.
As it stands, the current reading list is:
Fiction:
- World War Z by Max Brooks
- Moribito: Guardian of Darkness by Nahoko Uehashi
- Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch.
- Insomnia by Steven King
- Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
- Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
- Flowers for Algernon
- American Gods
- Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
- The Lightning Thief
- The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
- The Táin
- Good Omens
- Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
- Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- Hitch-hiker's guide by Douglas Adams
- Shogun, by James Clavell
Non-fiction:
- The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo
- The Woman Behind the New Deal, by Kirstin Downey
- Outliers: The Story of Success
- The Printing Press as an Agent of Change
- Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
- Richard Nixon: Alone in the White House by Richard Reeves