One Ring upgrade

Dagorlad · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:39 am

Yes, it's happening!

I'm working on getting the site back together properly and making it LOOK like a LOTR site again. I miss the old site as much as everyone else, but have been suffering from a bit of burn-out in the past few months. But now that I am back from my holidays, refreshed and ready to make a new start, things will start to happen!

The tough part will be doing all the graphics to make us look nice and Middle-earthy, and of course adding back in some of the nice features of the original site.

No timeframes are offered though - it will have to be done to fit in with real life and other demands on my time, but as at this moment, the OR has my undivided attention.

Easterling · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:24 am

Elros of Numenor · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:43 am

Woooohooooo! Hip hip hooray for Daggy!
Hey can you make sure that chat box thingy comes back as well? I really miss that part.

Cheers

Dagorlad · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:47 am

Quote:

Hey can you make sure that chat box thingy comes back as well? I really miss that part.

I'll try

Dagorlad · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:10 pm

I'm in the process of uploading a couple of forum styles (or 'skins' as they are sometimes known) to see how the full site works with them and what they look like on different browsers/screen resolutions etc. If you feel like a peek at them, you can change your forum style in your user control panel/board preferences tab.

Just be aware that the article library and gallery won't work, and that the style may be deleted without notice as I change things.

Dezartfox · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:33 pm

If you need any help with the forum skins I'm happy to lend a hand

Slythar · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:40 pm

This is one of my favorite sites/forums already so I'm not really waiting for anything new but any additional work is great appreciated. Great work!

Erunion · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:10 pm

Alan,

I just want to let you know that I appreciate the time and effort you have put into maintaining this site. It is my favorite gaming haunt on the web, and I look forward to the new and improved OR!

werner · **Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:42 am

Great!!!!

I like the 'weapons and adventures' skin but I now have 'OneRingV3'...

Dagorlad · **Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:15 am

The style called "OneRingV3" will be the one that will eventually be used for the site and it will be a mixture of the 'Weapons and Adventure' and 'Afterburner' styles. We'll be having a menu down the left with the forum content on the right, but it will look all "Lord of the Ringsy."

Anduril Blade of Kings · **Posted:** Wed Jul 27, 2011 4:34 am

Great news for me to come back to. I'm looking forward to seeing the site in its new glory! I appreciate the time and effort you're putting into this Alan, can't wait to see how it looks :yay:

theavenger001 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:20 pm

Thank you so much. It's great to have somone who is so passionate about spending his spare time fancying up the website. I look forward to the new and improved version.

Dagorlad · **Posted:** Tue Aug 02, 2011 11:55 am

This change is just the first step towards upgrading the site. It's mainly just some maintenance, ensuring we have the latest versions of each software package in place before I get on and change the graphics. There may be an extra bit of functionality added, just to keep you all happy, but I won't let on what that will be - you'll just have to wait.

whafrog · **Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:08 pm

For a few weeks now all the nice looking stuff has disappeared. Message views no longer have a "next thread" link and the board header is just the phpBB blue. Do I need to change a setting somewhere?

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:53 pm

The OneRingV3 theme has been removed while it's being changed I believe.

Dagorlad · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2011 12:45 am

Yep, in order to get the chatbox and a couple of other things working, I needed to remove the ORv3 theme while I make significant changes to it.

And by way of an update, I've got one or two additional things ready to upload now, but I need to take a break for a while due to increased work pressures. A key person has suddenly resigned at the worst moment possible - and your's truly is the one person who can fill his shoes. This means I will be extremely busy up every day until Christmas, and probably for a few weeks afterwards too.

Poo.

One Ring upgrade

Who is online