New service: FILE UPLOAD

MarkG · February 17, 2003, 09:36

linked from the top of the forum pages (and soon from the directory pages) in the place of the calendar link(now linked only on the front forum page in the birthdays section)

http://apolyton.net/upload

FAQ
http://apolyton.net/forums/misc.php?action=faq&page=12

Test it out!

Zopperoni · February 17, 2003, 11:57

Ah cool, man

DrSpike · February 17, 2003, 12:52

What are we allowed to upload?

Rasbelin · February 17, 2003, 13:11

Somewhat working and maybe even useful, but it lacks proper navigation links and you can't manage any files right now.

MarkG · February 17, 2003, 13:41

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Somewhat working

please describe the non-working aspects

MarkG · February 17, 2003, 13:49

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Originally posted by DrSpike
What are we allowed to upload?

civ* files, civ* images, civ* saved games, etc

* civ = civ1/2/3, ctp1/2, smac, moo1/2/3, ron, etc

alva · February 17, 2003, 13:51

How do we get rid of a file?

Rasbelin · February 17, 2003, 13:52

Right, now I'm convinced that the intoduction of the system was premature. I have already uploaded 24,1 MB and the system hasn't prevented me from doing that. So basically I could keep uploading until the Linux disk partition which has Apache and all the files runs out of space. I.e. you have opened a nice backdoor for collapsing Settler.

Rasbelin · February 17, 2003, 13:54

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Originally posted by MarkG
please describe the non-working aspects

It's somewhat working if there's no proper navigation links, no file and disk space indicators, no possibility to remove files and you can virtually upload as much as you want, until it chokes. Now that isn't a fully working system.

MarkG · February 17, 2003, 13:59

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Right, now I'm convinced that the intoduction of the system was premature.

do you see a news item or forum-wide announcement? if no, the feature is in testing mode

MarkG · February 17, 2003, 14:01

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Originally posted by alva
How do we get rid of a file?

coming up

alva · February 17, 2003, 14:04

can we use this to link to the private forums using the [img] tag?

We can't do that now (just tried it), but could that be done in the future?

Rasbelin · February 17, 2003, 14:06

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Originally posted by MarkG
do you see a news item or forum-wide announcement? if no, the feature is in testing mode

Well, I hope you don't mind that you now host the shareware mahjong game Kyodai.

I don't condemn this feature, but I just point out that it still lacks quite much.

MarkG · February 17, 2003, 14:09

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Originally posted by alva
can we use this to link to the private forums using the [img] tag?

hmmm what was the file you tried to link to?

MarkG · February 17, 2003, 14:10

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Originally posted by Rasbelin
Well, I hope you don't mind that you now host the shareware mahjong game Kyodai.

I don't condemn this feature, but I just point out that it still lacks quite much.

i knew i could count on you to find out the possible abuses of the syste

Rasbelin · February 17, 2003, 14:13

I was quite sure there has to be some weaknesses.

MarkG · February 17, 2003, 14:16

- added: option to display images in "view files" page

mrmitchell · February 17, 2003, 14:27

Isn't 20MB/user a lot? I mean, I know advertisers must be just throwing endless wads of money at Apolyton, but let's do the worst-case scenario math.

1. All 25,000 users immediately remember Apolyton and log on at the same time.
2. All of them upload and download constantly 20MB of files.
-Even assuming that the pages are 0 bytes, that's still 500GB of traffic. Can you handle that?

However, IRL it will probably be most used in the DGs.

Best Case Scenario:
1. Markos opens a PayPal account for Apolyton.
2. All users, including the inactives, empty their life savings into the account.
3. Repeat with users' children, grandchildren, etc. as time goes on.
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BTW, what was wrong with attatchments?

DrSpike · February 17, 2003, 14:31

This feature is way better than attachments, and I'm sure Mark can fix the teething problems. Now might also be the time to review the site's attitude to certain civ2 patches.

MarkG · February 17, 2003, 14:36

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Isn't 20MB/user a lot?

usually these numbers are decided assuming that not everyone will use that kind of numbers

obviously if our average user uses a lot we'll act accordingly

Static Universe · February 17, 2003, 14:40

I'm sure you're planning this already, but I would like to see some file attributes in the View Files screen, such as size and system create date, for comparing versions where necessary.

Not that I'll ever upload anything.