Slow the news items Dan!

Frozzy · February 22, 2003, 22:48

Often I miss a lot of news items because they are posted too close to eachother...

Could you slow down, or enlarge the news thingy to display 3 items rather than one?

Lefty Scaevola · February 22, 2003, 23:54

I remember the last time someone complained about too many news updates. Mark G gave one of the funniest lines I every saw here. Anybody else remeber it?

Skanky Burns · February 23, 2003, 05:04

No, but I'm willing to be reminded of it...

DrSpike · February 23, 2003, 08:11

I don't recall it either...........maybe MarkG will pop in and repeat his comedy gem.

MarkG · February 23, 2003, 12:39

sorry for working on our site

or something like that

thinking about it again, it might be better to say

sorry that our work alarms you of your laziness

alva · February 23, 2003, 14:03

How about just making some headlines on the news item page that link to the items in question...

MarkG · February 23, 2003, 14:06

i'm not sure what you mean, but if you click on the "news" link on the links at the top of the forum pages(between "directory" and "store") you will be taken to the news archive page which shows all the news items from all sections in one page
http://apolyton.net/news

alva · February 23, 2003, 15:21

If you drop the text that I crossed out (or just make it smaller), and make title a link (to open a new brouwer window containing that particular article?), the items won't drop as fast as thay do now.

Btw; is that page optimised for 800x600, because I have alot of space on the right side of the page

(ready to be filled with ads,banners,...

)

MarkG · February 23, 2003, 16:21

i believe frozzy is talking about the news headlines drop-down menu at the top of forum pages....

FrustratedPoet · February 23, 2003, 17:02

The news bar has been scrolling by very fast recently, but all it really takes is to remember to click on the drop-down box once every couple of days and scan the most recent 5 or 10 entries for anything that interests you.

Skanky Burns · February 23, 2003, 18:09

Exactly - more effort.

Sirotnikov · February 23, 2003, 19:25

I like the news side bar on the forums index. if you ever pull your nose outside the ot - use it

Zopperoni · February 23, 2003, 23:10

Maybe don't stop with the news items, but at least run them through a spell checker:

Lefty Scaevola · February 24, 2003, 12:34

Quote:

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
No, but I'm willing to be reminded of it...

"Perhaps it is time to rediscover the lost art of non updating"

DrSpike · February 24, 2003, 12:48

Yeah that is funnier than MarkG's recollection of his own quip.

Nikolai · February 24, 2003, 13:46

I agree that the news bar is being filled up pretty soon in these days, but that just mean we're lucky and that civ games are popular. Isn't that what we want?

OTOH, I can't really see RoN as a civ game as such(am I in problems now?

), and that game has got all the six(6!) news updates, all in two days!

But I think it's good work from our dear admins!

MarkG · February 24, 2003, 14:41

thanks Lefty

DanQ · February 25, 2003, 12:36

Quote:

Originally posted by Zopperoni
Maybe don't stop with the news items, but at least run them through a spell checker:

The minor typographical oversight you have referenced above was quickly corrected.

If anyone finds a spelling error in a news report, send a note via email to the corresponding news reporter for correction.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

DrSpike · February 25, 2003, 13:51

Mistakes, I fear, will get corrected quicker if the +1 incentive is still I place.

Oerdin · February 25, 2003, 14:07

Got to love the +1.

DarkCloud · February 25, 2003, 16:01

I see no reason for modification- it looks nicer when the newsbar is compact, and since it can be dropped down you can still see the news that you missed- and if you visit the main page; you can find direct links to the news page.

I support mark and Dan for updating their site!