Post by: Will on April 22, 2008, 01:37:35 pm
Post by: Eggz on April 22, 2008, 01:40:21 pm
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This looks like a job for Science!
Post by: JonLeung on April 22, 2008, 09:00:15 pm
It also helped that the games I updated were Mega Man games, which are easy to put up.
If you want, I could put up a map a day by not putting them all up when I get them, and deliberately saving them for later days, but that would be cheating. :P
I made four new thumbnails today...one was a remake to a better one; all four of them are for Mega Man games!
Post by: Will on April 22, 2008, 11:02:40 pm
Post by: Maxim on April 23, 2008, 04:36:37 am
Post by: DarkWolf on April 23, 2008, 02:06:43 pm
Post by: JonLeung on April 23, 2008, 06:02:30 pm
If you do have time, DarkWolf, that you can make something super-duper simple for a code-hating person like myself to easily modify whenever I add more thumbnails, I would welcome it.
I was also thinking again about somehow restructuring the site...do I wait for the urgings to go away (again) or do I deal with it? :P I know that's going to take a lot of work...
Post by: DarkWolf on April 23, 2008, 07:17:37 pm
It would be cool to see the site move to a more dynamic platform with web-based controls and the like. But yeah, lots of work, especially if you plan to do it yourself!
Post by: JonLeung on April 23, 2008, 07:53:34 pm
And for Will Mallia...today's two new thumbnails are Neo-Geo ones.
Don't worry, I keep a list of the games I have yet to make thumbnails for.
If anyone's wondering why no Japanese games have shown up yet, I'm wondering how I should title them. Since I really don't think I want to do the original kanji when spelling out their names, obviously I'm left with the anglicized-spelled title, or the commonly accepted translation. Do I stick a (J) at the end or not?
There's "Rockman & Forte" for the Super Famicom. Do I put it as "Rockman & Forte" or "Mega Man & Bass", since that's the literal translation and the name of the worldwide-released GBA version? However, this is the Super Famicom release we're talking about.
Is it "Castlevania: Rondo Of Blood" or "Dracula X: Rondo Of Blood"? I suppose I should check what the newer PSP version is called. Or do I go with "Akumajo Dracula X: Chi no Rondo"?
Maybe it's easier than I think it is, but I just need to make a choice I can stick with.
Post by: JonLeung on April 23, 2008, 08:05:53 pm
Obviously I'm doing something wrong.
Yeah, laugh it up, everyone knows I'm a n00b at this stuff.
Post by: DarkWolf on April 24, 2008, 02:55:51 pm
Post by: Eggz on April 24, 2008, 08:09:18 pm
Unless they are more well known as they anglicized titles, such as Seiken Densetsu 3, keep it as such. Despite the fact that it's part of the Secret of Mana series, most fans know it by its Japanese name.
And then when it comes to Japanese-only games, stick with the anglicized names, with the (J) at the end. The original kanji is just way to much work for it.
That's just my opinion. If anyone has any better ideas, go right ahead.
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This looks like a job for Science!
Post by: Maxim on April 25, 2008, 03:14:03 am
Post by: DarkWolf on April 25, 2008, 04:45:45 am
Post by: Maxim on April 25, 2008, 10:10:19 am
Kana is indeed easier, you just need to grab an 8x8 font from an appropriate game.
Post by: JonLeung on May 14, 2008, 07:05:20 pm
Sorry for not saying much about that .php file since the last time I tried.
I haven't ever had a chance to properly learn HTML. PHP seems like a whole 'nother world. Maybe I'm just ignorant.
What program(s) would you recommend for PHPing? I've gotten spoiled with FrontPage for "coding" HTML. I think if I could be more familiar with PHP I'd be much less hesitant to use it. I don't care that it's as natural as breathing for some of you, this might as well be Greek rocket science for me!
I've been busy the last little while. Kinda ruined the "new daily thumbnails" streak. Finally decided on a car. I'll be getting a red 2008 Mazda3 Sport (sedan), fairly loaded. My first car. Pathetic to finally have it now, but hey. I'll be picking that up Thursday next week once the rest of this paperwork crap is finished. I suppose I have to look into insurance tonight. *sigh*
Post by: Revned on May 14, 2008, 08:08:01 pm
For plain old PHP, I think you can just type it in Notepad and upload it to your site. For MySQL, though, you need database software on both your web server and your computer.
Post by: Maxim on May 15, 2008, 02:46:41 am
You'll probably want to get a local webserver set up for testing. I use WampServer, which is Apache, PHP and MySQL for Windows. Then, with a little configuring, you can have a test version of the site on a local disk that you can view in a web browser, rather than having to upload to test changes. This is assuming the site's running on similar software, of course.
Synchronising your local disk copy with the site is another issue. I use rsync but it's quite hard to set up.
A word of warning: PHP code is easy to write, but hard to write well. 99% of what you find online, posted as "tutorials" or "tips", is in fact rubbish.
If you do ever decide to rewrite the site from static HTML to be DB-driven, a framework like Ruby on Rails (probably not supported by your host) or CakePHP (PHP clone) is probably a god start. But that's probably at least a few years off.
Post by: DarkWolf on May 15, 2008, 03:25:26 pm
Also make sure you really understand what is going on when you do tutorials or look at sample code. If the tutorial uses a function without explaining what it is, you need to look it up. http://php.net/function_name is the easiest way to quickly lookup functions (or objects) for PHP.
Taking small steps is the best way to go. If you learn too much too quickly you'll just end up forgetting it.
Post by: JonLeung on May 18, 2008, 06:11:48 pm
I would like the random map thumbnails thing to be cleaner though. DarkWolf, maybe what I need is just a PHP thing for those, just a single square, though, which I can make iframes for as many as I need. That would be easier, I think, than a whole index.php, at least while my PHP knowledge is still non-existent.
Post by: Maxim on May 19, 2008, 05:41:21 am
Post by: DarkWolf on May 19, 2008, 02:26:08 pm
If you could still upload a version of the file named index2.php, I would like to take a look at why it isn't loading properly.