Sennadar.com Upgrades (2008)
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Sennadar.com Upgrades (2008)
Yes, I'm finally getting around to updating the site.
For the moment, that means I've just installed wordpress - but I'll be moving some work I've done already on this over and setting it up to let people download the books, etc.
Inbound Links
Any links to http://www.sennadar.com which don't point to either /forum/ or the root directory will probably be broken.
If someone wants to come up with a .htaccess rewrite rule that will fix them all, that's fine by me, otherwise - I'll just put up a custom 404 page and tell people to fix their links.
Books
The books are not up on http://www.sennadar.com at the moment, use either the forums, or the old http://sennadar.plebian.net site (amongst others).
I'll be putting up the books in a variety of formats, and using those which people have already uploaded to the forum, or emailed to me. You'll get credit for them
Design/etc
As per before, I'm open to people putting forward designs.
Take note, however that my forte is NOT in HTML/CSS/etc (I can hum along to the beat and do a little CSS alterations, but I end up just getting frustrated and using a default template if it's more than a simple change). So if you put forward a design that's an image, I'm probably not going to use it unless somone else goes to making it a wordpress theme.
I'm trying to swing a little design work (logos/styles/etc) - but that's not likely to happen quickly.
For the moment, that means I've just installed wordpress - but I'll be moving some work I've done already on this over and setting it up to let people download the books, etc.
Inbound Links
Any links to http://www.sennadar.com which don't point to either /forum/ or the root directory will probably be broken.
If someone wants to come up with a .htaccess rewrite rule that will fix them all, that's fine by me, otherwise - I'll just put up a custom 404 page and tell people to fix their links.
Books
The books are not up on http://www.sennadar.com at the moment, use either the forums, or the old http://sennadar.plebian.net site (amongst others).
I'll be putting up the books in a variety of formats, and using those which people have already uploaded to the forum, or emailed to me. You'll get credit for them
Design/etc
As per before, I'm open to people putting forward designs.
Take note, however that my forte is NOT in HTML/CSS/etc (I can hum along to the beat and do a little CSS alterations, but I end up just getting frustrated and using a default template if it's more than a simple change). So if you put forward a design that's an image, I'm probably not going to use it unless somone else goes to making it a wordpress theme.
I'm trying to swing a little design work (logos/styles/etc) - but that's not likely to happen quickly.
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Will the rss still work? O.O;
(i have found it addicting)
(i have found it addicting)
Miss spelling sweed in tha house!
Re: Sennadar.com Upgrades (2008)
Yes, These changes arn't going to alter how the forums work.furry_wolf2001b wrote:Will the rss still work? O.O;
(i have found it addicting)
Re: Sennadar.com Upgrades (2008)
I can send you MS Reader formats for the books you do not have (i.e. Subjugation II -Insurection). I am visually impaired, and find MS Reader one of the more easy to read formats for myself.
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crxbnt wrote:I can send you MS Reader formats for the books you do not have (i.e. Subjugation II -Insurection). I am visually impaired, and find MS Reader one of the more easy to read formats for myself.
That would be great if you could do this - I think someone else had already done this, but I'm not sure where those files are (I'll be doing a lot of searching of PMs, forums, and emails over the weekend)
FWIW: I've taken the main http://www.sennadar.com down at the moment as someone pointed out a security issue. I'll have that fixed up soon.
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Re: Sennadar.com Upgrades (2008)
Spec8472 wrote:crxbnt wrote:I can send you MS Reader formats for the books you do not have (i.e. Subjugation II -Insurection). I am visually impaired, and find MS Reader one of the more easy to read formats for myself.
That would be great if you could do this - I think someone else had already done this, but I'm not sure where those files are (I'll be doing a lot of searching of PMs, forums, and emails over the weekend)
My site has files of completed stories in M$.doc, PDF, MobiPocket and HTML.
Fawks
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I just had a thoughtSpec8472 wrote:crxbnt wrote:I can send you MS Reader formats for the books you do not have (i.e. Subjugation II -Insurection). I am visually impaired, and find MS Reader one of the more easy to read formats for myself.
That would be great if you could do this - I think someone else had already done this, but I'm not sure where those files are (I'll be doing a lot of searching of PMs, forums, and emails over the weekend)
FWIW: I've taken the main http://www.sennadar.com down at the moment as someone pointed out a security issue. I'll have that fixed up soon.
How are you planing on offering the files on the updated site ....as individual chapters or full Storys or both ?
Or were you planing on offering them kinda like Baen does
You know Htmls of each chapter and DL's of the Full versions for the other formats.
Phantom
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Somewhat-ish like Baen, yeah.
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ok, so I've added templates to the site for managing the books, and added all the books that are actively in-progress (I'll probably treat the inactive/discontinued ones differently).
I've gone and ripped the MS Word, PDF, Mobipocket, and MS Reader versions from Fawks's site (I'll add credits soonish) and that's the basis of the site at the moment. (I've renamed them all to fit in with the file naming scheme)
I will go and add the MS Reader version of Insurrection that crxbnt attached, and then start working on HTML versions for the site. I've got something specific in mind for how it should work, so that'll just take some more time.
There are some other visual/presentation type things which I should be able to fix too.
Example of complete book: http://sennadar.com/wp/books/subjugation/subjugation/
Example of in-progress book: http://sennadar.com/wp/books/other/spirit/
Most of the options are set via metadata on each book's page in Wordpress: All-in-all, a few hours work to get this far. Most of it was just data-entry.
I've gone and ripped the MS Word, PDF, Mobipocket, and MS Reader versions from Fawks's site (I'll add credits soonish) and that's the basis of the site at the moment. (I've renamed them all to fit in with the file naming scheme)
I will go and add the MS Reader version of Insurrection that crxbnt attached, and then start working on HTML versions for the site. I've got something specific in mind for how it should work, so that'll just take some more time.
There are some other visual/presentation type things which I should be able to fix too.
Example of complete book: http://sennadar.com/wp/books/subjugation/subjugation/
Example of in-progress book: http://sennadar.com/wp/books/other/spirit/
Most of the options are set via metadata on each book's page in Wordpress: All-in-all, a few hours work to get this far. Most of it was just data-entry.
Re: Sennadar.com Upgrades (2008)
I would like to suggest/request that you contact gcomyn about using his html SOL format in zip. That is the format I prefer. It makes reading the accumulated works of Fel easier for me on my portable devices.
Chris
Chris
Re: Sennadar.com Upgrades (2008)
Yeah, I'll probably be using something similar to that.cdhaag wrote:I would like to suggest/request that you contact gcomyn about using his html SOL format in zip. That is the format I prefer. It makes reading the accumulated works of Fel easier for me on my portable devices.
Chris
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I just now read past weeks updates in this topic. I wish I knew how to do the css html stuff, but alas, my programing degree predates the advent of most of today's web programming. Also, since I (finally) graduated during the spring 2000 IT meltdown. I never was never able to get into the field.
I do like to read the stories on my pda using mobipocket. It keeps the location of where you last read and opens the book at the same location.
Hey Spec, for the doc files do you prefer to have the chapter links on the title page or at the end of the book? I think I have mixed the types while I was finding out my own preferences and never established a standard for the files. Your preference would be???
I do like to read the stories on my pda using mobipocket. It keeps the location of where you last read and opens the book at the same location.
Hey Spec, for the doc files do you prefer to have the chapter links on the title page or at the end of the book? I think I have mixed the types while I was finding out my own preferences and never established a standard for the files. Your preference would be???
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Looks cool so far ....not real snazzy but very functionalSpec8472 wrote:ok, so I've added templates to the site for managing the books, and added all the books that are actively in-progress (I'll probably treat the inactive/discontinued ones differently).
I've gone and ripped the MS Word, PDF, Mobipocket, and MS Reader versions from Fawks's site (I'll add credits soonish) and that's the basis of the site at the moment. (I've renamed them all to fit in with the file naming scheme)
I will go and add the MS Reader version of Insurrection that crxbnt attached, and then start working on HTML versions for the site. I've got something specific in mind for how it should work, so that'll just take some more time.
There are some other visual/presentation type things which I should be able to fix too.
Example of complete book: http://sennadar.com/wp/books/subjugation/subjugation/
Example of in-progress book: http://sennadar.com/wp/books/other/spirit/
Most of the options are set via metadata on each book's page in Wordpress: All-in-all, a few hours work to get this far. Most of it was just data-entry.
Are you going to add a Zip file of the Html chapters to the Download page ?
It seems to me a lot of readers like using Htmls to be able to convert to other formats better
the say Doc ,Mob or Pdf's .....Converting PDF's back into other formats can be a real pain.
Phantom
And in the fury of this darkest hour
I will be your light
A lifetime for this destiny
For I am Winter born
And in this moment..I will not run
It is my place to stand
We few shall carry hope
Within our bloodied hands
(bloodied hands)
And in our Dying, we're more alive-than we have ever been
I've lived for these few seconds
For I am Winter born
The CruxShadows "Winterborn" (This Sacrifice)
I will be your light
A lifetime for this destiny
For I am Winter born
And in this moment..I will not run
It is my place to stand
We few shall carry hope
Within our bloodied hands
(bloodied hands)
And in our Dying, we're more alive-than we have ever been
I've lived for these few seconds
For I am Winter born
The CruxShadows "Winterborn" (This Sacrifice)
Re: Sennadar.com Upgrades (2008)
Yep, that's coming - I've actually put up most of the books in the linked formats, except for HTML.
And yeah, snazzy/fancy wasn't my goal. Updating the thing should be as simple as possible.
And yeah, snazzy/fancy wasn't my goal. Updating the thing should be as simple as possible.
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Spec8472,
I was checking out the files, on the new Sennadar, and I am getting errors on the .doc files for Subjugation and Weavespinner. I double checked the files on my site and they seem good files.
Also I'm uploading the blank .doc file with the chapter navigation/TableOfContent links for you to use in the future, if you want to use it. Oh, If the macros are not in the file, (it occasionally happens to me after reinstalling winders) look at the bottom of the link page, for the macro instructions. http://www.weavespinner.net/Worlds_of_Fel.htm
Fawks
I was checking out the files, on the new Sennadar, and I am getting errors on the .doc files for Subjugation and Weavespinner. I double checked the files on my site and they seem good files.
Also I'm uploading the blank .doc file with the chapter navigation/TableOfContent links for you to use in the future, if you want to use it. Oh, If the macros are not in the file, (it occasionally happens to me after reinstalling winders) look at the bottom of the link page, for the macro instructions. http://www.weavespinner.net/Worlds_of_Fel.htm
Fawks
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www.weavespinner.net
Still looking for an easy WYSIWYG html/web editor like Frontpage used to be.
Still looking for an easy WYSIWYG html/web editor like Frontpage used to be.