A couple of small bugs.

[Frank]

@ Kurt.
Arcade v2 - Beta

I initially joined here to report that the arcade script won't run under php-v5 because there are file headers with <? missing the php, and a few other things.

But due to the inactivity here, I assumed that this place was dead and went about fixing things myself.

Uh, the script has moved along to version 2 now. Yes, if there is nothing to display in some cases, such as no games active in a category, it does display some errors(easy enough to fix though by adding/activating games), or if you don't set it up correctly by following the directions(also easy enough to correct by reading them).

I'll fix the "foreach" arguments when I get more important things fixed.

At the moment I'm still in My beta stage and moving things around a little - It no longer has to reside in the Root of the forum, It no longer misses footer.php because of missing script in some of the core files.

The html has been cleaned and modified and also has No Errors or warnings.

Anyway - I don't have a live site yet - But here's some pics to show where I'm up to with this. Also note the "Empty" search field warning.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~cranky65/arc/arc.html

And this is something I'm doing for my Grand-Kids.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~cranky65/

So trust me - When I say something is broken, I generally know what I'm talking about.  

[zalka]

I think it looks fantastic, the template is out of this world.
When do you think you will have your site up and running i would love to see it.
Zalka

[kurt]

Oh yes, we have some bugs in the beta release of 2.1. Some of them have already been taken care of in the upcoming package, soon to be released(we hope!). But it is felt that some things should wait till after the release, so that we don't have to redo them.

One of the things I will mention that has already been dealt with, is the use of footer.php. That file should have died out with the release of 2.0, but somehow did not. That was my bad, and I do apologise for it. In the corrected version that has yet to be released, Adam has already removed all reference to it. I need to go over the files and check them out(2 sets of eyes make for better problem spotting than a single set), but it should be gone. We are intending to ask for help in a few days, looking for people to translate from English into other languages, but it has been postponed till then because real world responsibilities are taking priority right now. We do this for free and don't make any money off it. What little comes in from sales of some ads has not even paid for the server, and any sales of game packs goes to Adam to keep him interested lol(still ain't much for him though). So we do have to "keep our day jobs". Right now I have an apt inspection that I'm getting ready for tomorrow. After that is dealt with I intend to look the files over and it will probably be released soon there after. After that happens, then we can start fixing some of the more anoying bugs, like the empty search string problem lol.

Around here we have a policy of getting the foundation right, then working out the smaller stuff. If you don't get the foundation right, the smaller stuff has to be redone when the foundation is corrected, sometimes multiple times other than that even. So please do keep the help coming if you're willing, but please also be patient while we get the groundwork finished first.

And I agree, the template work looks fantastic. You be interested in doing some for us, or selling some to our visitors perhaps? After 2.1 is finished of course. The changes from the beta and the final will be rather fundamental if I remember right, so better to wait for it.

[Frank]

We do this for free and don't make any money off it.

So what's new? 

Something to think about?

I don't write templates/themes in a normal fashion, because they are too hard to modify when one wants to change them!

And I've done this with yours for all of the wrappers, headers, messages and whatever.

Code: [Select]

echo '
'.$TD1.'General Message'.$TD2.'
<div class=\'msg\'>Newsletter updated<br /><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="history.go(-1)">Go Back</a></div>
'.$TD3.'
';

responds to global db calling or include where necessary:

template-vars.php

Code: [Select]

<?php


$TD1 = '
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="bottom" width="11"><img src="templates/'.$template.'/images/bg/tbl_h_l.png" width="11" alt="" />
</td>
<td class="tbl_h_c" width="100%" align="center">
<div class="catimage">
<span class="header-left">
';

?>

etc, etc.

Could be div's or anything to wrap the tables? - And that's how I found out that there are problems with your current script with some things missing and what's not!

I don't want to waffle on any more. - Start a Dev Forum with access to upload files and pics - Because at the moment, your "Upload" folder is missing - So is the Dev Forum?

But what I would like to see with the next release is that all of the database queries are escaped and it's released under the GNU GPL  - - - BOOM!