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Unwashed Village / Re: Thoughts on Moving the UV to be part of "The Vault" community.

« on: June 06, 2012, 07:06:38 PM »

Oh yeah, that's a very good point. Damn, just when I was moving up in the world...

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Unwashed Village / Re: Thoughts on Moving the UV to be part of "The Vault" community.

« on: June 05, 2012, 11:47:21 PM »

You understand that you are trying to herd cats, right?

Yes, it seems that way! But I knew this is what it'd be like. So are you against it then? I don't know what you admins have been discussing, but I'd really like for you to come over. After all, it's not a huge change, just a change in location more than anything else. What would be the appropriate Catnip to entice you all to be more direct?

Move the bar and we'll there in a minute. First round on the Guardian?

'The Guardian'... See, now I like that. Better than just plain ol' Guardian. Makes me seem, special. 
And of course I'll buy the first round
*turns away*
Now where did I put that stolen credit card... Damn, seems there is no other option.
*turns back*
You guys grab a seat, I'll be back in a minute...

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Unwashed Village / Re: Thoughts on Moving the UV to be part of "The Vault" community.

« on: June 05, 2012, 08:26:08 PM »

Just to keep you all up-to-date, I'm still waiting for a response from Porter. I understand he has a busy life, and work keeps him from the Vault for periods. However, this is unscheduled and normally he leaves notice of an absence. Sorry for the delay.

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Unwashed Village / Re: Thoughts on Moving the UV to be part of "The Vault" community.

« on: June 01, 2012, 08:10:51 PM »

Being a CS major and all, I'm curious regarding some details on what it is you are offering in technical terms.

Are you offering to basically host our site (FTP and MySQL access), and we host our own forum software (e.g. SMF)
Are you offering us a sub-site on your Content Management System (if so, which system are you using) and a sub-forum on your community forums (if so, which forum software are you running, and where is your forum)

Or is it somewhere inbetween?

I'm thrown a bit off by your statement of "anyone does have issues with the site layout, background or general design it can be changed" - here, we are talking about the Unwashed Village subsite, right?

Also, any limitations in regards to advertisements? (Will our forums have a single banner ad, several banner ads, popups etc)?

Not to look a gift horse in the mouth or anything, I'm just trying to comprehend exactly how we will be hosted should we accept.

I will direct these questions to Porter, as to be honest, I know I wouldn't be able to satisfy someone who knows more about it than me. Those that I can answer:

*you should be able to try different layouts and things that Porter can set up on the sub-site, but you'll be jhappy to know that the banner and background on the Vault itself are up for discussion at the moment. If the result doesn't please them, Porter has made it easy to set up a personal CSS to have a banner and background of individual choice, like I have.
*Adverts, if it is the same as one the Vault and the Wasteland 2 wiki hosted by us, then no there won't be any for registered users. For unregistered users there was, if I remember correctly, a banner at the top and bottom of pages and that's it. If it bugs someone, it's easy to make an account though, and a bonus for signing-up.

The rest of the questions I will see what Porter, Ghost Avatar or Ausir say and copy and paste their reply here. Sorry I can't be of more help 

EDIT: Actually, it seems that there aren't even ads for unregistered users

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Unwashed Village / Re: Thoughts on Moving the UV to be part of "The Vault" community.

« on: June 01, 2012, 01:17:29 PM »

Has anyone ever been to the board in question? Is the software looking ok, and is the community active?

The Vault community is very active, but the site is mainly used for posting news and that is why we can offer it to you and still allow you to be autonomous. If there is any issue with software, Porter will undoubtedly be able to fix it and Ausir works for Curse, so he'd be able to if Porter can't. However, I must admit that I have seen people on the news site that I have never seen on the Vault, so people who are drawn to fora like yourselves. If anyone does have issues with the site layout, background or general design it can be changed. And don't pay too much attention to what is there now, we're going to overhaul it completely for you

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Unwashed Village / Re: Thoughts on Moving the UV to be part of "The Vault" community.

« on: May 30, 2012, 06:30:14 PM »

If you think about it, these fora are actually very well organised too... 

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Unwashed Village / Re: But is it art?

« on: May 30, 2012, 06:29:08 PM »

Rather than making something that, god forbid shows personality and that some people might criticise, or worse yet hate, the minimalist creates nothing and acts all pretentious about it.

The worst thing of all is that people have started to let them and buy into it. Paying them will only encourage them, and thanks to exhibitions like this and glorifying, let's face it, crap 'art', we've got another wave of them coming. Thankfully though, it's having a reverse-effect in some places and driving people back to fine art, something we should never have moved away from. Hopefully one of my fine artist friends will make it, and we can be all the better off for it.

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Unwashed Village / Re: What can we do to restore the UV to its former glory?

« on: May 28, 2012, 04:43:13 PM »

New thread is up. Located here.

Thanks a lot I'll make sure I take a look to keep up to date.

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Unwashed Village / Re: Thoughts on Moving the UV to be part of "The Vault" community.

« on: May 28, 2012, 04:41:37 PM »

I'll majorly stay out of the conversation because I don't want to seem pushy or be a nuisance. I will, however, read it, and if someone directs a question at me, I will answer it as soon as - and as best as - I can. I can also be reached by e-mail or PM, although I check these threads more regularly than my e-mail anyhow.

Some helpful links for people who have not heard of the Vault.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vault_(wiki)
http://www.falloutwiki.com/Fallout_Wiki
My user page, because... Why not?
http://www.falloutwiki.com/User:GuardianOfTheWastes

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Unwashed Village / Re: What can we do to restore the UV to its former glory?

« on: May 28, 2012, 02:20:28 PM »

Also; Hi!

Hi to you too!
And thanks for putting it there; it's a private board, right? Only admins can see it? Also, will you come up with an answer for me, or will you keep me up to date? And is there anyway that you could make one for 'normal' users to discuss?

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Unwashed Village / Re: But is it art?

« on: May 28, 2012, 01:36:22 PM »

'To the left you see a painting of a snow leopard caught in a blizzard, to the right you see a Liberal Democrat Manifesto'

Have I Got News For You, I can't see the leopard. 

Okay, not really news.

But yeah, that's the Lib Dems all right.

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Unwashed Village / Re: But is it art?

« on: May 28, 2012, 02:11:48 AM »

Not in the slightest, and I hope some-one has the sense and argumentative skill to sue them for plagiarism. Maybe the frame makers...

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Unwashed Village / Re: What can we do to restore the UV to its former glory?

« on: May 27, 2012, 07:48:14 PM »

No, this is the right place, and exactly the kind of activity I've missed. But in all seriousness, what do you think?

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Unwashed Village / Re: What can we do to restore the UV to its former glory?

« on: May 27, 2012, 05:33:27 PM »

 

*proceeds to chase man out of office by throwing anything that comes to either hand: first, a letter opener, then a banana, a tomato, and even a rotten pumpkin from last halloween that I was just too damn lazy to clean-up.* 

And I must admit, I'm unfamiliar with the V13 boards, but yes, this is extremely well thought out.

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Unwashed Village / Re: What can we do to restore the UV to its former glory?

« on: May 27, 2012, 02:31:18 PM »

*takes off plotting monocle*

A plot you say? Whatever gave you that idea?

*slams desk drawer*