May 10
14
WordPress Comment Management
… is awesome. I just marked 15 comments as Spam within a matter of seconds.
I’m considering adding a similar system to ImperialBB to add to our Arsenal of Anti-Spam Tools.
I’m more talking about the ability to auto-show a set of Quick Moderator Tools for Topics and Posts when hovering over them.
How popular would this be, I wonder?
Yeah, I know, short post. But I couldn’t fit all that into a Tweet. Will post what I actually wanted to in a short while.
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So, I got Final Fantasy XIII on Thursday.
I’m going to outline various aspects of the game, and my opinions of them. You will care, and heed my opinions because I’m awesome, kthx. (Not really but eh)
A few things to note before reading:
1. I have the PS3 version, so my comments are based on that. I’ve not played the 360 version so I cannot comment on it’s Graphics or Controls. I would be interested in hearing what those people have to say, though. So feel free to comment.
2. I’m only on Chapter 4, so my views are based on that.
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Apr 10
7
Networking – Gotta love it.
Today, I managed to obtain my fathers laptop, so I decided to see what exactly I could do with it as far as localhost development is concerned.
I’ve basically been sitting on my back porch all day, laptop in front of me and I’ve been working on various projects. The best part? All I needed is phpDesigner, iTunes, and an FTP Client. Everything else is handled by my own computer inside the house. So long as it’s powered on, I can work remotely so long as I’m on the same network. This blog post will tell you how I did it.
Ok, anyone who knows me well, knows that there is one feature in ImperialBB that I’m particularly proud of. The Portal.
I programmed the Portal shortly after I joined the team in 2007. When I joined, the Portal already had a file and a template in SVN, but it had zero functionality. It just displayed the template, which was the base for what the Portal was supposed to look like.
So, I decided to go ahead and build it based on the specs given to me by others, as well as some of my own ideas. And I’m not afraid to say that, it’s by far one of my top 3 favorite features in ImperialBB. Big thanks to Mike, Christian, and James for letting me go completely apeshit with it. 
Anyway, this blog post is going to explain the in and outs of the Portal. How it works, and what you can do with it if you have the knowledge.
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Feb 10
2
Skinning for ImperialBB
As promised, here is a post about skinning for ImperialBB.
Since I assumed the position of ImperialBB Designer several months ago, I’ve been neck deep in more CSS and HTML than I’ve ever been in my entire online career. This was a completely new experience for me. The only thing I’ve ever done in the past 6 years, as far as skinning is concerned, is color changes, HTML changes, and very few graphics here and there to things that were already pre-existing.
I was never extremely good at the graphic aspect, and I still don’t think I am. The postbit buttons in ImperialBB v1 are of my design, and I’m very critical of them. The rest of the team enjoy them, but every time I look at them, I find some other small flaw that just irritates the hell out of me. Those are going to be revisited today, because I have this little problem where I can’t stand to have something I’ve done be less than perfect.
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