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Durin Mephit · Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:02 pm Post subject: Erik's new DRC Archive

I saw this mentioned through Erik's blog, off of MystCommunity's syndication.

http://drcarch.thecitadel.nl/

Wow. I can see a lot of time and effort has gone into this. This is... wonderful. Superb.

Now I find myself hoping that others can provide Erik with other things that have been lost, such as the old DRC forums.... the DRC's posts are retained at the DRC forum website, but all of the explorer conversations from 2003 - 2004 are gone.

Wouldn't that be too cool for words?
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dcos · Great Tree Member Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 1174

Wow that is an elegant informative site! Well done Erik! I will definatly be using this as a reasourse Very Happy

Erik · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 3:52 am Post subject:

Thanks guys! I'm glad you like it! Very Happy

janaba1 · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:15 am Post subject:

That's a good question, Erik, as I was wondering about that, too Razz

And if you look at this site e.g. the forums link doesn't work anymore, but the others still do... and I've looked into UO,
where you can find very old interesting threads and posts at that early period, also the forum of DPWR.Net has posts
going back to even 2002...etc... Cool

But however, I of course looked through your wonderful website, too,
that's why I started looking around for what Marten was asking for Wink

...and I have to say that this site is absolutely brilliant, Erik,
as dcos mentioned so nicely, an elegant informative site
and valuable recourse. Kudos!!! Very Happy

Erik · Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:24 pm Post subject:

I'm thinking of taking the archive offline...

I've heard Tweek is rebuilding the Firemarble, and it will cover all URU's story, Prologue included. I guess it will possibly include all chatlogs, KI mails and nice story summaries. Knowing Tweek's reputation, I think it's going to be a wonderful archive as well as a great way to catch up with the story.

There probably won't be any need for me to keep the archive online.

Moiety Jean · Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:31 pm Post subject:

Why don't you at least wait until Tweek's is finished? He may end up being unable to do it due to time constraints, or something, and then the loss of yours would be even more regrettable. Smile

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Durin Mephit · Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:51 pm Post subject:

I agree with what MJ said.

Tweek has many different things he's working on. I'm not helping by asking him to come up with ideas for my projects either, but hey, he's a talented person Smile

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Tweek · Friend of The Great Tree Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 134

Quite so, Erik your site is great.

Currently the firemarble does the following

1. overview of cavern events on the issue main page
2. day by day summery of events (mentions of KI messages and whats opened)
3. day by day details on new areas and collectables
4. day by day collection of transcripts
5. occasional interview with someone.

The new build of the site doesn't really stray from this but I am building back issues that extend all the way back to 2003.

So you'll have the summeries,whats new, transcripts for the last 4 years.

That leaves a lot in terms of archival work that isn't being worked on, so please don't feel you have to scrap the site I'd rather see it stay.

Out of interest I do happen to have the entire DRC site (sans the forums unfortunately) backed up to my Uru folder I was considering putting the site online in archive format (I am hoping I will be able to work on the DRC site and improve it) but I may just zip it and upload it for people to down load (or send you a copy if you want it).

But yeah time constraints are tight right now with Cyan stuff and the many projects I have taken on (I never learn).

@Mart

Yeah I should start charging Wink

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Erik · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:56 am Post subject:

Thank you for your replies.

Erik · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:08 pm Post subject:

In the following months I'm planning on updating my archive a lot. Since the risk is there that the cavern may be closed for a long period, I want to archive as much as possible.

I also redesigned the whole website with fitting colours. (Gold = Guild of Archivers Wink

)

I also want to have things better structurised, easier to find. So if something is unclear, or if you think something could be done better, please tell me. Also if you see any English spelling or grammar errors, I'd really appreciate it if you could tell me.

A few things are missing compared to the old version, but those should be back soon.

http://drcarch.thecitadel.nl

janaba1 · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject:

Oh, Erik, this looks so great!!! I should go there more often... Very Happy

I love the warm golden color... At a first glance I found this

Erik · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:04 am Post subject:

Did some updates. I upped the font-size a bit. Personally, I like a smaller font-size more, but I noticed that many people in the community prefer bigger fonts.

I've also been working on setting up a system for transcripts... which is almost finished. I don't want to edit all chat-logs by hand of course, but I also don't want to post raw, unformatted logs that are a pain to read. So now I've just finished a script that will do it all for me.

I can now give the script a raw chat-log (with or without time stamps, doesn't matter) and tell the script which names should be highlighted, and then the script will make all names bold and highlight the specified names with different colours. It will also remove all PMs from the chat-log, unless they are from or to DRC members. The script also recognises emotes, and even highlights emotes when they should be. On top of all those things, the script still allows me to place editorial notes in transcripts without breaking everything.

I've just added all transcripts from May 22:
http://drcarch.thecitadel.nl/communication/transcripts/sutherland-update/
http://drcarch.thecitadel.nl/communication/transcripts/nick-negilahn-symbol
http://drcarch.thecitadel.nl/communication/transcripts/peggy-sue-is-dead/
http://drcarch.thecitadel.nl/communication/transcripts/wheelys-death/
http://drcarch.thecitadel.nl/communication/transcripts/sutherland-statement/

While adding the logs, I noticed quite some errors at UO's CT that were made in the rush to be the first with the news... Sad

Spent a few hours tracing the times, which didn't seem right, until I finally noticed that sometimes UO listed the end times, instead of the start times.

And if you look here: http://www.uruobsession.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=56&t=30353&st=0
There is a log from Mister Cloak appended to the wrong event. The log describes the events in the morning of Marie's first visit. This also means that one log is missing: the second conversation which Marie in which she also confirms the division symbol. So if you have a log of this, please send it to me! Smile

Professor Askew · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:23 pm Post subject:

Nice work, Erik. They're really easy to read in that format. Many thanks. I look forward to strolling through the revamped site and memory lane.
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Erik · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:40 am Post subject:

Just added all the Town Hall meetings with the DRC members. Cool

Durin Mephit · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:39 am Post subject:

Sweet.
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