Oops, I broke it!

Discussion in 'News Comments' started by DarkUnderlord, Nov 13, 2003.

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  1. DarkUnderlord

    DarkUnderlord Administrator Staff Member

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    A big hey to everyone out there who visits Terra Arcanum. You may (should) have noticed that over the passed few months, we've moved from being just an Arcanum fan-site, to a fan-site covering all of <a href="http://www.troikagames.com">Troika Games</a> releases. However, you would have noticed that the site is still heavily Arcanum themed and has no content for any other games what-so-ever. In fact, even most of the Arcanum content we have is full of broken links and missing content.
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    <br>That's going to change.
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    <br>Over a period of the next few months, we'll be launching a new site design as well as a whole new site back-end. This is a big change for us and it will take some time before things are up and running correctly. A whole lot of behind the scenes changes are going to be made in terms of the way content is generated for the site. Doing this means things have to be broken. The remaining links that do work, probably won't for very long. Arcanum stuff you used to be able to download, will go AWOL and so on. <B>THIS DOES NOT AFFECT ANY TOEE DOWNLOADS.</B>
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    <br>Not to worry though. By the time I'm done with it, TA will be bright, shiny and new with lots of content for:
    <br>- <a href="http://arcanum.sierra.com/">Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura</a>
    <br>- <a href="http://www.greyhawkgame.com">Dungeons & Dragons: The Temple of Elemental Evil</a>
    <br>- <a href="http://www.vampirebloodlines.com">Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines</a>
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    <br>That said, this <a href="http://www.terra-arcanum.com/index.php">news page</a>, the <a href="http://www.terra-arcanum.com/phpBB/">forums</a> and the new <a href="http://www.terra-arcanum.com/phpBB/album.php">Art Gallery</a> will all continue to work during this period. It's mainly those links in the header part up the top of the page here that will be broken.
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    <br>So, please bare with us while Terra Arcanum gets a make-over... but, if there's something on our site that you really, really need, then just give us a yell and I'm sure we'll be able to find it for you.
     
  2. Dark Elf

    Dark Elf Administrator Staff Member

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    Good to hear that those changes are finally coming up. Not only is the main site heavily directed at Arcanum, it also contain some really outdated info.

    From the races section:

    That's what I would call a serious need for update. :)

    Hmmm... guess I've got to actually check the main site when you've done those changes then. As for now, the forum index is my Internet startpage...
     
  3. Xz

    Xz Monkey Admin Staff Member

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    Du, could you make an Arcaum discussion?
    all the other games has it, and the general discussion shouldnt be used for arcanum since its a fan site for every troika game.
     
  4. Dark Elf

    Dark Elf Administrator Staff Member

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    (Nods in agreement.)

    That's a good idea xzbyte! :)
     
  5. Chalupa Cobra

    Chalupa Cobra New Member

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    This is one of those topics that has been handed down to us from times of yore -- way back when the site was first put up -- and it is still being debated today: whether to place Arcanum-related discussion in its own topic or to simply lump it in with Hints & Tips. To me, an Arcanum discussion topic seems too specialized and would probably be better suited in the Hints & Tips forum. My reason for this is that any discussion of Arcanum is probably going to contain spoilers and no one wants those to show up in a forum where not everyone has completed the game. Admittedly, Hints & Tips isn't the perfect place for general discussion about Arcanum but when has this site been concerned with perfection or staying on topic??
     
  6. DarkUnderlord

    DarkUnderlord Administrator Staff Member

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    I'd think a general Arcanum discussion forum would be for people who have finished the game and so would expect spoilers (well not spoilers when you already know about them).

    Check this thread in the Site Feedback forum and tell me what you think.
     
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