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It was mainly tongue-in-cheek anyway.
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@drafterman
my idol
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Here are some things on my top priority list that would be neat to implement and are less generic to a certain degree than stated above. Some things are more creative and stuff
-Mafia Forum instead of it being in games. We have to realized Mafia is a culture and we need to be separated from Games. This allows generic chat for games to be heard and talked about more while making it easier for Mafia to identify games and such
-Clans. Clans would be certain people who are dedicated to a certain section to hold open discussion about a certain topic and have debates based on topics and even hold tourneys. For example
Gaming Clan-host Fortnite, Overwatch, League, Risk, Bo4 tournaments
Sports Clan-best highlight reel, sports debate tournaments
Fashion Clan-fashion debate tournaments, custom outfit tournaments
Art Clan- FanFic Tourney, Painting Contest, Poem Contest
Music Clan- rap battles, rap beat tournament, singing competition, etc.
With these, we could boost forum activity and even get forums to be more active
-Voice Chat Forum. Instead of going to Google Hangouts and Discord to talk, they could go to a "Voice Chat," and talk in there. The voice chat could be used for live debates and things like that
-Verified Check- For someone who has achieved a certain # of medals and such, they will receive a check-mark to their name and be verified posters
-Sub-forum Mods
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@Vader
I have most of those things in the plan already, in one form or another :)
Not sure I understood the verified check point, could you elaborate please?
Not sure I understood the verified check point, could you elaborate please?
I just wanted to say that I've been mostly refactoring code base these days and that's why you guys don't see any new changes, I just need to build the foundation for the new changes first. So I am still working on stuff, just not the kinda stuff that you can see.
Also I wanted to ask you guys to let me know if you find any bugs or problems, even minor ones on the website. Some unexpected behaviour, misaligned text or anything really. Especially if you use mobile devices, for which we have no separate version of the website, or Microsoft Edge browser.
But, if you use Internet Explorer ... Please don't. I have no patience or time to support this piece of junk.
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@DebateArt.com
Submit to Google. We know you will want us to use Chrome.
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@RationalMadman
Hahaha, it's impossible to hide anything from you ...
Can we archive this thread at some point and start a new one? Not necessarily now, but, eventually.
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@1harderthanyouthink
Can we archive this thread at some point and start a new one? Not necessarily now, but, eventually.
Definitely, I'll probably just create a google doc at some point too, with something like what drafterman posted above, just to keep the whole picture in mind.
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@DebateArt.com
Dude... how long does it take for google to optimize this site... You're still not on the first 4 pages of results for "debate sites" ...
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@DebateArt.com
Just off of the top of my head and something that occurred to me, a dark theme option would be actually very nice.
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@ArgentTongue
It could definitely be handy but it would require a lot of work and I think I could implement it only after I've finished all the other more important things, which, I am afraid, have a plenty of.
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@Outplayz
I don't know, I am afraid it's outta my hands, but as I always mention, the fact that we don't have a mobile version definitely doesn't help the search optimisation. But when it comes to desktop versions, I did put some effort into it and hopefully it will improve its positions as time goes by.Dude... how long does it take for google to optimize this site... You're still not on the first 4 pages of results for "debate sites" ...
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@DebateArt.com
Great. I just wish i knew the current method of optimizing pages so i can help you get this up on front. I just talked to a marketing guy helping the lawyers at my work... he said there is a new way to do it but we didn't go into detail. Maybe i can get him to spell the beans next time i see him.
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@Outplayz
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@RationalMadman
Those are the most basic things, I have everything in place, I even have markup to make it easier for the search engines. I believe there are only two things that stop us from going higher in the search results, it's either that we don't have a mobile version or that we just need to wait more time, 3 months is not that much after all.
New changes:
1) Done some refactoring and hopefully improved site's loading time a little bit.
1) Done some refactoring and hopefully improved site's loading time a little bit.
2) Removed the chat section, 'cause it doesn't seem we're gonna have it any time soon after all.
3) Implemented 10 reports / day limit.
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@DebateArt.com
Any idea when the chat feature will come active?
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@TheGreatSeal
To be honest, I am that sure about the whole idea at this point, implementing a proper chat with all required functionalities would require lots of time and it still wouldn't be even close to any of the messages so I am not sure if it makes to go for it.
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@DebateArt.com
We are moving up. To see it, you have to make the correct search. If Dart moves up 50 thousand entries out of 3 million, it still won't make the 4th page.Those are the most basic things, I have everything in place, I even have markup to make it easier for the search engines. I believe there are only two things that stop us from going higher in the search results, it's either that we don't have a mobile version or that we just need to wait more time, 3 months is not that much after all.
Searches for specific members, like, "SecularMerlin" for example, are beginning to show Dart as the top entry. As activity increases, our rank will increase.
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@ethang5
I think that activity definitely plays a big role in the raking system.
Also I've read a couple of articles and some say that it's quite normal if the progress starts to be visible only after 6 months, so we still have some time. I think we're going to be alright :)
Also I've read a couple of articles and some say that it's quite normal if the progress starts to be visible only after 6 months, so we still have some time. I think we're going to be alright :)
New changes:
It is now possible to log in the same account from multiple devices without getting kicked out.
Please let me know if you find some unexpected behaviour :)
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@DebateArt.com
Do you still remember my idea? Whoever is winning the debate has it in their wins category rather than only once you have won. Like on DDO?
Besides that, an alternate theme would be kinda cool, but I understand that takes a lot of work.
Also, I think it's a little bizarre that tied points go to both debaters and it makes it a little complicated.
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@Username
Do you still remember my idea? Whoever is winning the debate has it in their wins category rather than only once you have won. Like on DDO?Besides that, an alternate theme would be kinda cool, but I understand that takes a lot of work.Also, I think it's a little bizarre that tied points go to both debaters and it makes it a little complicated.
Hi!
Yeah, I have most of the ideas written down but I don't know in what order I will be implementing them, I do it pretty much randomly taking the most interesting and doable tasks first, just to prevent myself from burning down. I can only promise that we'll have everything done at some point, just don't know when. But the dark theme is definitely not a priority, so I wouldn't except it any time soon, that's for sure.
My sincere apologies for the website being down, I was asleep and couldn't handle sooner. I am not sure what happened exactly but I am gonna investigate, at the moment it seems like the hosting provider just restarted my machine but I didn't get any notifications.
Yes, it was a "Emergency Maintenance" by my hosting provider, I really wish they'd send an email about such things first, especially when the ticket on their website appeared only 12 hours before the event. I imagine quite a few people got bit in the ass by this. Anyway, my apologies, I'll try to prevent such situations in the future.
Also it seems like they've moved my server to a different machine, it shouldn't have any complications but if you notice that something is not working, please, let me know asap.
Also it seems like they've moved my server to a different machine, it shouldn't have any complications but if you notice that something is not working, please, let me know asap.
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@Greyparrot
Mooo
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@DebateArt.com
Figured it wasn't something you did. You would've made an announcement.
They just shut you down without warning and say "emergency maintenance", any time they want? Lame. Tickets can make pretty crummy notices, they depend on you checking their webpage instead of the message coming to you.
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@Castin
Yeah, when I push stuff, I also bring the server down but usually it takes me only a few mins.
They didn't send any emails, that's for sure, I had to go to the provider's dashboard to see the notification. It's also my fault because I don't have a script in place which would handle these reboots by the provider, I will write it this weekend so it won't happen again.
They didn't send any emails, that's for sure, I had to go to the provider's dashboard to see the notification. It's also my fault because I don't have a script in place which would handle these reboots by the provider, I will write it this weekend so it won't happen again.