INN OF LOST SOULS: general chit-chat thread

Post by **Gambit37** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:22 pm

I'm still interested in the graphics side of things -- perhaps I can design the skin for the encyclopedia? -- ie, we now collaborate (which is probably what we should have done years ago but I was too precious about it at the time!)

Post by **ChristopheF** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:00 pm

I'd very happy to work with you and have a new and better skin for the site. Maybe you could reuse parts of the work you did for the codex so that all would not be lost? Or maybe you have new ideas. It is up to you.

Drupal is pretty powerful for theming.
There are roughly 3 levels of customizations:
- CSS style sheet(s). This defines how content is displayed (colors, fonts etc.)
- some templates for pages, nodes, comments. These are simple php scripts. (it is the phptemplate engine used in other projects)
The main is the page template, that is used on all pages of the site. Templates defines the structure of the pages: which content gets where and in which order (menus, blocks, etc.)
- theming functions: each piece of content generated by drupal can be themed by overriding the default functions that apply themes to them. This option is the harder, but you can achieve pretty much anything using all of this.
It may require some drupal learning on your side, tough, but their documentation is pretty decent for such a freeware software, which is really helpful.

Some sample drupal themes: http://drupalgarden.com/
(see the list in the right)

Adamo · Post by **Adamo** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:14 pm

Maybe you could reuse parts of the work you did for the codex so that all would not be lost?

This is what I hate most: there were so many abandoned projects with RC/CSBwin dungeons! If a certain abandoned project could be continued or reused by another person, it`s fantastic, because his work won`t be lost!
Remembering that Dungeon Master was developed in the team.

Adamo · Post by **Adamo** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:24 am

I just saw the "Hostel" today. Yay! This film is REALLY wicked!! You shoud seen it in the middle of the night !!

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:00 am

My housemate saw it and didn't like it!

And ehat happened in flashchat, was i pn the phone for that long? Everyone compressed into adamo, then adamon and gg went to bed! Mad!

PadTheMad · Post by **PadTheMad** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:21 pm

Only in England can it snow on a scorching hot, summer like day...

Post by **PaulH** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:36 pm

Yep.

Did you hear about the investigation into the cannabis smugglers who sank in the North Sea? No tern was left unstoned.

PadTheMad · Post by **PadTheMad** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:00 pm

Did someone mention something about a shop at all?

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:11 pm

To change the subject completely, sophia's done a shop!

Trantor · Post by **Trantor** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:15 pm

And now for something comlpetely different:

If you rearrange the letters "Sophia", you get "I a shop".

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:32 pm

I am be a shopr

But seriously, it is a freaking sweet bit of mechanics!

Post by **PaulH** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 4:51 pm

Gene Pitney's coffin is going to take three weeks to constuct out of oak. But only twenty four hours from balsa.

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 6:13 pm

*baddam bam tssk*

Trantor · Post by **Trantor** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:18 am

Since the "Forum quote" thread should actually not be used for a "Flashchat quote", I put this here:

[Sophia] 11:20 pm: 14 inch.. it wasn't really a big one
[Sophia] 11:20 pm: i was hungry

Post by **cowsmanaut** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:46 am

trantor.. you're positively focused on your dirty mind..

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:04 am

yeah, the quote is about pizza dammit

Hey cows, if you are around sophia and zyx are in flashchat...i might be there too..it's so late i can't tell *Twitch*

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 5:12 pm

Bought a Inspiron 1300 from dell for a reasonable (I hope) price as a dossing around on train/in house/walking around laptop. Anyone have any good/bad comments abotu them?

I've already been directed to a link to remove all the crap demos easily Dell are apparently notorious fo.r Then I'll have to shut down all the bubble graphics of Windows Bubble just to get a decent speed. Extra memory is already sitting in my bag : )

Post by **Sophia** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:47 pm

beowuuf wrote:from dell for a reasonable price

Such a phrase cannot exist!

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:12 pm

LOl, well, this si true, I will soon find out it's not such a bargin. I caught the whole 'sneakily give you a warranty you don't want' etc though...

Post by **Zyx** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:51 pm

I'm sure he meant "rational price" like in "rational numbers", because Dell's prices are divided by 1/2.

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 8:17 pm

You really think i speak anythign rational? : ) Really?

mikko · Post by **mikko** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:28 pm

With your post count I bet there are a couple of rational ones somewhere..

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:37 pm

lol, infinite amount of monkeys and typewriters, huh - yup, random chance means i must have some bloody brillaint ones around somewhere

Post by **Gambit37** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 1:45 am

No, really, you don't. Sorry.

Trantor · Post by **Trantor** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:14 am

I'm currently watching the Snooker World Championships on TV, Mark Williams versus Anthony Hamilton... Too bad my spitting image is losing badly.

Post by **PaulH** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 5:56 pm

Yeah, Hamilton took a right pasting!

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:13 pm

Wow, no one in flashchat tonight!

Adamo · Post by **Adamo** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:49 pm

I was working with CSBwin graphic stuff, so I couldn`t come in

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:17 am

Seems like a good trade

Adamo · Post by **Adamo** » Sat May 06, 2006 8:34 pm

why`s there only 3 games and one rewiev in downloading custom dungeons section in Encyclopedia?
http://dmweb.free.fr/?q=flexinode/table/1