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20 Jan, 2013 |
Registering updates Posted by Roguey 0 comments Probably not the most exciting news post but today ive made some changes to the register system. The page now checks your details before submission with the use of green/orange or red borders around fields. The fields are checked after each key press. I have also added a re-type password box. I hope ... » Read more |
28 Dec, 2012 |
This site over 8 years old! Posted by Roguey 1 comments I missed the date by 18 days, however the site is now over 8 years old! In this time the site has featured ever-so more complex code, greatly expanding the site functionality and the amount of vistors. These include things such as forums, wiki, arcade, log-in systems, user groups and even my own dom ... » Read more |
30 Nov, 2012 |
Updates to Wiki Posted by Roguey 0 comments Today ive been working on the wiki: making it more wiki like. Before the wiki kind-of looked a bit similar to the rest of the sites, now that shouldnt be the case. This may make it easier to navigate for some. I have added quick links to the left, and made it scale too. I have also reduced th ... » Read more |
29 Sep, 2012 |
Updates to the arcade Posted by Roguey 0 comments Today ive been working on the arcade, improving the look and fixing some of the odd formatting errors since changing the site to HTML5. However shortly afterwards I thought about making a graph showing the previous 6 high-scores, as montly scores would disappear after the current month. Its took ... » Read more |
13 Aug, 2012 |
Security updates to the user system Posted by Roguey 0 comments Today ive been working improving the security of the user system - not because the system was compromised but for improvement. In the older system, passwords were stored as text in the database. So this meant if someone got through to the database they could potential get everyone's password in ... » Read more |
11 Aug, 2012 |
Changes to polling Posted by Roguey 0 comments I have changed the poll system today to allow anyone to cast a vote without having to register on the site (like before). This will hopefully allow more people to join in and give a better poll result in the end. This may also make polls more useful in news posts too. All poll results have been r ... » Read more |
4 Jul, 2012 |
Roguey's Wiki Posted by Roguey 0 comments During the past week or so, I have been working on a new section: A Wiki. The Wiki allows anyone to add content to the wiki with just 2 simple processes: edit or add. I have tried to keep the system as simple as possible. Once someone makes amendment it is sent for approval (once ready). When sen ... » Read more |
12 May, 2012 |
A complete change Posted by Roguey 2 comments The eagled eyed ones out there will notice that some of the address have changed on all the sites. This is because im removing sub-domains (ie. forum.roguey.co.uk), and replacing it with roguey.co.uk/forum. There are a few reasons for this change: - The sites are united (one big site), rather ... » Read more |
9 May, 2012 |
RSS feed for the forum Posted by Roguey 0 comments I have today written some code to generate a RSS when someone posts or replies on the forum. You may think... well what's the point in that? well.. the RSS feed allows you to stay up-to date with the latest happenings. For example, I have downloaded a small app for my phone called sparse rss ... » Read more |
6 May, 2012 |
Homepage, My home and FB updates Posted by Roguey 0 comments During the past day or two ive been re-working a few pages, namely the home-page, my home and adding Facebook integration. To me the home-page was a bit of a mess. I didnt know what to put on it, so I just put a Flickr and Facebook widget on it before. I have now moved them to the side, making wa ... » Read more |
5 May, 2012 |
Pop-up menus Posted by Roguey 0 comments Today ive been looking at the navigation of the site and wondered if I could use pop-up menus to shorten the amount of items on the nav bar. So with some investigation, I have now replaced the navbar on the X3AP, X3TC, X3 and the main site with a pop-up version. The new pop-up version allows me ... » Read more |
13 Apr, 2012 |
Search function added to the forum Posted by Roguey 0 comments Since changing the forum to the new format, I have forgotten to re-add a search function. You may think that a search function isn’t very important; however this could save people from re-posting questions which have already been answered. So, today I have coded a new search function for t ... » Read more |
14 Feb, 2012 |
The forum has been updated... Posted by Roguey 0 comments During the past couple of days, I have been working on the forums. The reason why ive been very quiet recently. My main aim was to increase the width of the forum, so images and videos would be easier to view. On the old design viewing images was a bit difficult due to the thin format I was usin ... » Read more |
8 Feb, 2012 |
A few arcade updates Posted by Roguey 0 comments Today ive been updating the arcade a little, the main thing being that now games use the full width. I hope this should make make them easier to play now. I have also changed a few paths - mainly to make them easier to understand and remove the and symbol. I hope you like the new large game area. ... » Read more |
1 Feb, 2012 |
Want to make your own ships? Posted by Roguey 0 comments Have you ever wondered if you could make your own ship, although didnt want to get into complex code to design it? well.. I have been working on a new section today: design your own ship. In this section you can build a ship from catalogue of parts. The amount of parts will increase over-time, howev ... » Read more |
31 Jan, 2012 |
Updated blogs with new banner reward Posted by Roguey 0 comments Today ive been thinking the blog section needed a bit of an update, as it didnt look very personal. To me it looked each person blogs were merging into one. So I started changing the design to make it better, trying to make them more personal... moving text etc. This is when I thought about addin ... » Read more |
19 Nov, 2011 |
Create polls and vote in the forum Posted by Roguey 0 comments You can now add/edit your very own polls on the forums now! This new piece of code allows you create polls up-to 5 choices - although you can have less choices if you wish. You can find the add/edit poll option, once you create a topic: The only requirement I have placed on them is that y ... » Read more |
16 Nov, 2011 |
Arcade updates Posted by Roguey 0 comments Over the past few days ive been working the design of the arcade. I wanted to make the arcade easier to navigate and give better instructions on each game. As always, the arcade is never finished but should fit better in the current layout. ... » Read more |
24 Sep, 2011 |
New design/layout Posted by Roguey 3 comments You may of noticed that today the site has gone under some design changes? Well.. Over the past few days ive been working on a new design for the sites, as I noticed a few large sites have/are updating their looks to a more simplistic theme. I personally like the simplistic theme, as makes a page ... » Read more |
9 Sep, 2011 |
Do you have an XBOX? Posted by bozo64r 0 comments As some of you may have seen, we a currently putting together ideas for an XBOX website. If you have an xbox, please give us some ideas :) ... » Read more |
7 Sep, 2011 |
Register via Facebook Posted by Roguey 2 comments Today I got a new phone (I had phone many years ago but not since)... anyway, this is allowed me to fully activate my Facebook account! I am now able to use some of the more advanced features they offer. One of the things I wanted to do for a long time, is make it easier to register. So ive been ... » Read more |
5 Sep, 2011 |
Facebook comments ditched Posted by Roguey 0 comments When checking the site last night I noticed that when I clicked on comment link, a large notice came up when you weren't signed into Facebook saying about not giving out your password. The reason for using Facebook comment system was to make it easier, not to put up pages saying not to give out y ... » Read more |