Site Updates - August/September 2015

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Site Updates - August/September 2015

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Hi All...

Seems like my hosting account (which manages darkconspiractherpg.info plus a number of other sites I run) has been plagued by bad code. This has now been fixed and is up to date!

Hopefully no more outages!

Marcus
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Re: Site Outage - August 2015

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Thanks for the info Marcus. After several failed attempts to load the site I was getting worried it was closed for good! :?
Very happy to see that this is not the case :D
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Re: Site Outage - August 2015

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Excellent news Marcus :D There are plenty of people who still don't like using the social media channels like Facebook and G+, including a few PDM contributors, so these forums still have a vital role in our corner of the gaming sphere.
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Re: Site Outage - August 2015

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Lee's quite right and I'd identify myself as one of those people. I find the "social media"-type sites tedious in their need for you to constantly manage your page & email feeds. I much prefer the forum style.
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Re: Site Outage - August 2015

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So another outage due to the same issues. I've now completed an update and a purge of a number of the old files/folders that I supported on this and other accounts.

I am planning a major upgrade to the site soonish, however, and this will result in a change to the look and feel of the site...

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Re: Site Updates - August/September 2015

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Hi All!

As a result of all the changes, I've had to bid farewell to the old site theme. A sad day for me as it is probably the best theme I've ever used in Wordpress and I'd done a considerable amount of work on it over the years.

Never fear the new one requires much less work and is more easily customisable (at least at the level I work at).

I should also point out that these changes will continue over the next few weeks, and this forum is up for a big update and redesign - so wish me luck!

Marcus

P.S. As always comments on these or any changes are welcomed!
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Re: Site Updates - August/September 2015

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The comparison between the various conspiracy games was an interesting read.
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Re: Site Updates - August/September 2015

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Just a note to say that I've added a new Menu to the site making it a bit easier to navigate. As it is a *fudge* solution, it does come with a few issues (i.e. it floats above the rest of the content), but I'm happy with the result*

Marcus

* now if only the plug-in editor would update it to the current version of Wordpress!
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