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So many good memories of back in the day when we only showed the latest 5 posts. It was a lot easier, after site work or a FuwApocalypse, to literally sweep the board. Huehuehue

Hey everybody! I've narrowed the VN page design to four basic designs which I'm (mostly) happy with. Much thanks to all of the feedback in the previous poll, Lilly's design eye, Decay's design eye, thoughts on batman's discord channel, and discord private chats. So! Which of the following four designs do you like best for our visual novel pages? Option 8: http://fuwanovel.net/novels/option-8/ Option 9: http://fuwanovel.net/novels/option-9/ Option 10: http://fuwanovel.net/novels/option-10/ Option 11: http://fuwanovel.net/novels/option-11/ NOTE: The content/links and some of the images are just placeholders on the option pages. Just focus on the design for this poll.

Thanks, everybody! I'll be putting up what may very well be the final round of VN designs/feedback in a few minutes. I really appreciate your help!

There once was a guy named mitchhamilton He wrote a nice post about Fuwadom And how a guy named Tay Liked what he had to say And dropped a nice like on his post. Elsewhere Tay was feeling undone Because working on the site was not much fun Then along came poem Which really did show 'em And left him smiling the most.

Okay, I made another option (based on people I've been talking to) and set up a poll. Check out the OP, look at the layouts, and vote. Thanks, everybody!

Anyone got a sec to tell me what you think of these two alternate VN page layout? Option 1: All resources up top: http://fuwanovel.net/novels/alternate-vn-layout-6/ Option 2: Spaced at the top: http://fuwanovel.net/novels/template-2/ Current Layout: http://fuwanovel.net/novels/fate-stay-night/ (Note: Much of the content on the alternative page are simple placeholders. Thus, just focus on the general layout.)

7/15 Updates More Updates: Imported email subscriber lists Tested email auto-notifications for posts and reviews Set up and published email subscription page With Nay's help, set up SPF authentication to help emails avoid spam boxes Customized emails Wept silently Removed author and meta data from VN pages Removed author and meta data from About Us pages Came up with a reliable solution for the FuwaReviews "double star" issue Added search options to VNs and Reviews Successfully delayed looking at Decay's CLANNAD VN because I'm evil Unsuccessfully banished Rooke, forever Updated a bunch of code on the homepage Read through a ton of feedback Next Up: Investigate a broader, easier fix for the FuwaReviews "double star" issue Find a solution for Twitter's crappy handling of embedded timelines Reformat VNs to be full-width pages per format B Build a near-final VN page design and put it up for feedback Avoid looking at Decay's CLANNAD page at all costs.

I see you've got @Rooke, @Zakamutt, @Rose and other rabble liking this post. Just remember that you and I shared something special, long before these guys got here. < 3

More Updates: Back-end permissions are all set up Email system is up and working. (Well. Probably working. Updated sidebar game picks and July's Game of the Month Rough-ish and prob temp fix for front page slider Some limited updates to VNTL-Moon Some aesthetic fixes Went through and fixed all FuwaReviews. If @solidbatman or @Decay want me to re-do a few banners to 16:9s (or so), just let me know which ones. I think the long banners are mostly okay. Some of Ryechu's are ugly, now, but they're part of the nukige series and I didn't feel like looking around for alternatives. The other one I can remember, Decay's Euphoria, actually looks kinda cool. But just let me know. Updated reviews back-end Minor emotional breakdown Figured out the problem with the Twitter section on homepage (Answer: Twitter sucks) Fixed and updated some podcast issues Fixed reviews hub display bug on really, really old android devices Tweaked some settings to improve performance Sat despondently in a near-empty room, pondering the Academy section VNTS podcast now has almost 700 downloads! (link) Next To-Dos: Import email subscriber lists Customize and add search options Take a look at Decay's game page stuff Set up alternate layout options for custom post types to remove authors (etc.) from game pages and the like

As fun as it is to go around and around in circles, it seems this thread is quickly devolving into ragequits and name-calling. If anyone wants to post substantively, go for it, otherwise I just don't see us getting much more out of this thread.

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Okay, so, give it a try, again. Should be working, again. Going to go in and fix some of the color/background bugs, real quick, but it's at least functional. (Meaning all themes should now be working)

Just FYI: All the relationship types will be represented, I just haven't uploaded games that feature M > M, yet. (But they'll be there!)

Working on this now. Brb.

Feedback Updates (Mirrored in OP) Fixed/Addressed: @Nosebleed - Change the rounded sort-by-release-type section on http://fuwanovel.net/visual-novels-browse/ - Um. No. But thanks. I'd prefer to see you suffer. @Silvz- "New releases are showing stuff from 2014" - I mentioned this in my post. Right now I've only uploaded a handful of games to see how the site does under load. @Silvz - Moving twitter up - I'll definitely play around with this over time. Right now the twitter widget isn't working very well, anyway, so I'm going to eventually scope out other options. @Kenshin_sama - Strange options in the feedback survey - If it was perfectly implemented at-launch, it just wouldn't have that buggy Fuwanovel goodness. ; P @Silvz - Search bars for custom post types (reviews, VNs, etc.) - Excellent point. Should be coming later today. @kingdomcome - Fixed with a crappy, temp fix. Thanks! @Decay - Forums VNTS menu item broken - Fixed! @Decay - One Small Fire Review is missing - Restored! @Decay - VNs retain odd information - Yep. Post time is actually useful: it'll be used to mark the game's or patch's release, so that'll stay. Author, however, is something a bit more complicated. It'll either be removed, or it'll be switched to represent the patch or publisher of the game. @Decay - SonoHana games reviews section oddities - Yep. I've already addressed that in each of the Sono Hana games' description section. It'll be specific to the SonoHana games, and isn't something I expect to do with any other games or series. @Decay - Game page layout with possible sidebar - I agree with you, and that's been my plan for the games pages: having an integrated sidebar with those bits that runs down the right side of the page, while removing the true sidebars. That's why the individual VN pages' sidebar is empty atm. In-Progress: @Amuzie - Request Desktop Site - Hm. You can do this on your phone's browser, but you're looking for a link/button on the site itself to do that, right? That's something I'll need to look into. Right now the site is set up to be responsive by design. @Decay - Review Header Images Problem - I'll get them all straightened out today. I have to edit some stuff about each review, anyway @Decay - Limitations of WP games pages vs database - Well-said, and exactly right. A fuller database implementation IS coming, but it's something we're going to need to save up for. I collected a grand total of 22 bids to do the front site coding, and for what we wanted, the bill was going to be between $7000 for a relatively inexperienced coder to $25,000 for a mid-to-top-ish tier developer. (Just going to stop and point out that @Nayleen would absolutely qualify as top-tier, and consistently donates an unbelievable amount of time to help us out. We're very, very lucky to have you, Nay. Thank you for all you do.) I'm scoping out custom coding to get a custom plugin to pull from a custom games DB and feed into a design template we can modify at any time. So that's where we're headed. At some point when things settle down and I can publish an updated site financial report, I'll try and put all of this down on paper. But, yeah, we're saving up for that. This is not the final solution.

Yep. Up next on my list. I'll get that up tomorrow AM. I'd like to wait a bit, first, since we have 504s @Nayleen, if he can find a sec, should look at, first, in the logs. Pretty sure it's an issue with sending email.

Nevah. But yeah, I will, just not now. I want you people to suffer as I have suffered.

New front site is live! Note: logins are restricted to a closed beta, but you can go through the site, now. Please see this blog post: http://fuwanovel.net/2016/07/new-fuwanovel-site/ Feedback Survey If you have a second, I would really appreciate your feedback on the new site. You can find a quick survey here. 7/10 Updates Fixed/Addressed: @Nosebleed - Change the rounded sort-by-release-type section on http://fuwanovel.net/visual-novels-browse/ - Um. No. But thanks. I'd prefer to see you suffer. @Silvz- "New releases are showing stuff from 2014" - I mentioned this in my post. Right now I've only uploaded a handful of games to see how the site does under load. @Silvz - Moving twitter up - I'll definitely play around with this over time. Right now the twitter widget isn't working very well, anyway, so I'm going to eventually scope out other options. @Kenshin_sama - Strange options in the feedback survey - If it was perfectly implemented at-launch, it just wouldn't have that buggy Fuwanovel goodness. ; P @Silvz - Search bars for custom post types (reviews, VNs, etc.) - Excellent point. Should be coming later today. @kingdomcome - Fixed with a crappy, temp fix. Thanks! @Decay - Forums VNTS menu item broken - Fixed! @Decay - One Small Fire Review is missing - Restored! @Decay - VNs retain odd information - Yep. Post time is actually useful: it'll be used to mark the game's or patch's release, so that'll stay. Author, however, is something a bit more complicated. It'll either be removed, or it'll be switched to represent the patch or publisher of the game. @Decay - SonoHana games reviews section oddities - Yep. I've already addressed that in each of the Sono Hana games' description section. It'll be specific to the SonoHana games, and isn't something I expect to do with any other games or series. @Decay - Game page layout with possible sidebar - I agree with you, and that's been my plan for the games pages: having an integrated sidebar with those bits that runs down the right side of the page, while removing the true sidebars. That's why the individual VN pages' sidebar is empty atm. In-Progress: @Amuzie - Request Desktop Site - Hm. You can do this on your phone's browser, but you're looking for a link/button on the site itself to do that, right? That's something I'll need to look into. Right now the site is set up to be responsive by design. @Decay - Review Header Images Problem - I'll get them all straightened out today. I have to edit some stuff about each review, anyway @Decay - Limitations of WP games pages vs database - Well-said, and exactly right. A fuller database implementation IS coming, but it's something we're going to need to save up for. I collected a grand total of 22 bids to do the front site coding, and for what we wanted, the bill was going to be between $7000 for a relatively inexperienced coder to $25,000 for a mid-to-top-ish tier developer. (Just going to stop and point out that @Nayleen would absolutely qualify as top-tier, and consistently donates an unbelievable amount of time to help us out. We're very, very lucky to have you, Nay. Thank you for all you do.) I'm scoping out custom coding to get a custom plugin to pull from a custom games DB and feed into a design template we can modify at any time. So that's where we're headed. At some point when things settle down and I can publish an updated site financial report, I'll try and put all of this down on paper. But, yeah, we're saving up for that. This is not the final solution. 7/12 Updates More Updates: Back-end permissions are all set up Email system is up and working. (Well. Probably working. Updated sidebar game picks and July's Game of the Month Rough-ish and prob temp fix for front page slider Some limited updates to VNTL-Moon Some aesthetic fixes Went through and fixed all FuwaReviews. If @solidbatman or @Decay want me to re-do a few banners to 16:9s (or so), just let me know which ones. I think the long banners are mostly okay. Some of Ryechu's are ugly, now, but they're part of the nukige series and I didn't feel like looking around for alternatives. The other one I can remember, Decay's Euphoria, actually looks kinda cool. But just let me know. Updated reviews back-end Minor emotional breakdown Figured out the problem with the Twitter section on homepage (Answer: Twitter sucks) Fixed and updated some podcast issues Fixed reviews hub display bug on really, really old android devices Tweaked some settings to improve performance Sat despondently in a near-empty room, pondering the Academy section VNTS podcast now has almost 700 downloads! (link) Next Up: Import email subscriber lists Customize and add search options Take a look at Decay's game page stuff Set up alternate layout options for custom post types to remove authors (etc.) from game pages and the like

No, no, no, no. Server meltdowns and FuwApocalypses are like fine wines. You need to savor them.

The header and its corners will definitely be fixed (and flush with the edges of the content area) before it goes live. Fear not.

You have always been such a good influence, Rooke. *Deletes all backups*

Yep. Everything on one site and interconnected. For example: posting a review on the hub will make it appear on the relevant game's page. Game pages now also allow guest reviews. Etc. Not all my plans are going up right now: the Academy/Articles suite is still a WIP, but the back end has been totally built and I've made dedicated permissions sets for those who would want to participate in building and curating it (note: the initial academy/articles landing page will be a bit rough, but I've got everything we need to bedazzle it). Additionally, I should note that the team-builder, public profiles, and classifieds systems you and I chatted about are still only in the planning stages.

*Sigh* Well, back to the drawing board, I suppose.

Hey maef, only just saw your Skype messages. Now I feel like a terrible person. Sorry. RE Coding Crap: PHP. There may be some JSP in there, too, but the details are a bit beyond me. Most of my participation was building the CMS and designing things.