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Re: Major overhaul to LoA website

Post by barr7430 » Mon May 23, 2011 5:44 pm

Well, the overhaul continues....

There has really been a massive red out. I have dropped over 300 photos and replaced them with new or improved versions of the old. This is an intensely labourious job but I am getting reacquainted with a lot of old stuff!

Encouraging comments guys and makes it all worthwhile, I am really hoping that the R2E directory in particular becomes a valuable sourve for collectors and gamers who want to build armies,
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Re: Major overhaul to LoA website

Post by Rob Herrick » Mon May 23, 2011 7:18 pm

Barry, there seems to be an issue with the new photo feature on the front page - it does not seem to be taking you to the featured photograph, or the featured photographs are mislabeled in the new photo link.

I clicked on Jeune Garde and got Berhnard of Saxe Weimar, and LoA stuff and got the Scots Grays.
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Re: Major overhaul to LoA website

Post by barr7430 » Mon May 23, 2011 7:56 pm

HMMM.. Rob I haven't experienced that yet.. my clicks have been landing in the right place so far.. does it happen every itme or just sometimes?
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Re: Major overhaul to LoA website

Post by Rob Herrick » Mon May 23, 2011 10:49 pm

I keep getting this:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function the_thumbnail() in /home2/barr7430/public_html/gallery/view.php on line 9
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Re: Major overhaul to LoA website

Post by Scruff » Mon May 23, 2011 11:41 pm

Heya Guys, Well done. I like the new look :)

Having a gander around, a suggestion for the shop part.

Move the rule books to the top. The RtE rule book is buried 1/2 way down page 3 and that to me is the first thing you want people to see and buy as opposed to scrolling through a couple pages of plastic counters.

A person would possibly give up looking after 2 pages of the "same" counters (from a laymans view) if you get what I mean.

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Re: Major overhaul to LoA website

Post by barr7430 » Mon May 23, 2011 11:47 pm

Thanks for the feedback and noted. The new shop will be online within a week. It is a linked but totally seperate online store with the standard internet format. It will be nice and fresh :D
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Re: Major overhaul to LoA website

Post by 18th Century Guy » Tue May 24, 2011 12:26 am

Barry,

I was just on the site and went to the FightingTalk page where I noticed who was currently logged in. I noticed a Yahoo[Bot] logged in. Is this normal to have a Yahoo Bot logging in? Just thought I'd pass this along in case there was a security issue.
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Re: Major overhaul to LoA website

Post by barr7430 » Tue May 24, 2011 12:41 am

Rob Herrick wrote:I keep getting this:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function the_thumbnail() in /home2/barr7430/public_html/gallery/view.php on line 9
That should be the latest additions corrected now
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Re: Major overhaul to LoA website

Post by barr7430 » Tue May 24, 2011 1:36 pm

18th Century Guy wrote:Barry,

I was just on the site and went to the FightingTalk page where I noticed who was currently logged in. I noticed a Yahoo[Bot] logged in. Is this normal to have a Yahoo Bot logging in? Just thought I'd pass this along in case there was a security issue.
Thanks for the heads up, this is nothing to worry about all of the major search engines have bots that index forums and are registered as users.
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Re: Major overhaul to LoA website

Post by Rob Herrick » Tue May 24, 2011 7:42 pm

barr7430 wrote:That should be the latest additions corrected now
It does seem to be!

Now, more Thirty Years War stuff!
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Re: Major overhaul to LoA website

Post by barr7430 » Tue May 24, 2011 9:40 pm

Well actually that period has hit our collective radar once more. There will be stuff!
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Re: Major overhaul to LoA website

Post by Rob Herrick » Tue May 24, 2011 10:22 pm

barr7430 wrote:Well actually that period has hit our collective radar once more. There will be stuff!
Good!

I've collected enough of the Warlord Plastics and stripped some Old Glory to begin painting TYW or ECW. Right now I'm researching flags and trying to decide on a rule set, so every little bit helps.
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Re: Major overhaul to LoA website

Post by Redmist1122 » Mon May 30, 2011 3:56 pm

Barry.
The one thing I did notice is missing from the old web page is the "Article Photos", will they make an appearance back? The refreshed new look is awesome! I could never open the old web site up at work...government servers...will have to try again as someone already mentioned.

Keep the eye candy coming!
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Re: Major overhaul to LoA website

Post by barr7430 » Mon May 30, 2011 7:36 pm

I took the article photos down as I had got a little fed upwith them but nice to have them requested! I may stick 'em back up soon..

There will be plenty more eye candy soon. The pics from Walcourt 1689 are nice..
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Re: Major overhaul to LoA website

Post by valleyboy » Fri Jun 03, 2011 10:51 pm

Have been missing in action for a while
Nice update Barry
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