Database crash
Posted by ElPolloDiablo, December 10th 2008
We've just recovered our database from a crash. This affected the main site, the forum uses a second database and was not affected. If you've been by the site, and have been getting error messages, at least now you know why.
Chicken Soft Subtitling
Posted by ElPolloDiablo, September 25th 2008
Well,
it seems Chicken Soft is about to become a real company. I'm going to register as an independent contractor soon, as I've just started doing subtitling work. I have to start thinking about redesigning the site, and properly defining what kind of work I do. For now, things will stay this way, but I'll most likely change the site to a more professional design, and change some things, removing rude from the roster among other things.
Well, I have to think about what needs to be done though.
Member login
Posted by ElPolloDiablo, April 6th 2007
Hey, you might have noticed there's member login stuff on the pages now. I've coded the website so that you can log in to the forum right here. I've just got to look into fixing some minor stuff in the forums to get this to work properly. Among other things, if you log in on the actual forum, and you've been to the main site, you will be redirected back to the last page you looked at on the main site when you do. Also, I want to have a proper link back to the main site on the forum, although I've added one to the forum news, I'd rather have a proper link somewhere. Preferably the main logo or something like that. Also, I'll have to add some stuff that's specific to the main site for user accounts. Thus, linking together the forum database and the main site's database. For instance there are already users setup for all the administrators in the main site's database. Now, I'll have to either link them together, or start moving stuff from the main site one over to the other one. It would probably be easier to just link them together though.
Starcruiser Classic
Posted by ElPolloDiablo, March 9th 2007
If you are interested in the development of Starcruiser Classic, please stop by the Starcruiser Classic thread on the forums. Would like some feedback on the idea for the weapons systems I've got in mind. Whether it should be just a simple pick up a power-up and get a better weapon, or buy weapons and mount on the ship system.
Games not working lately
Posted by ElPolloDiablo, March 7th 2007
If you've been by the site the last couple of weeks, the games might not have been working. I found out the reason earlier, it's the hotlink protection system. As I'm working on a new website, I had to update the allowed referrers, and when I did that I didn't check the box for allowing direct url requests.
Apparently, someone decided to setup the system so that it doesn't interpret the option for allowing direct requests from the htaccess file, so when I didn't think of checking the box, which should have been checked automatically because of earlier settings, all graphics files were suddenly unavailable to the game, resulting in errors.
However, it is now fixed, so please enjoy the good old games.
