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kieron
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Posted - 2006.12.14 20:11:00 -
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The EVE Online website has had its share of issues, ranging from session changes in the middle of posting on the forums, to missing pictures on the Player News Center, and others. Why is this pertinent to the blog? It is because of Garthagk and what he does for the company.
Garthagk is one of CCP's newer Devs and was brought in because of his web coding experience. He has coded some changes and resolved a number of issues, most of which are not immediately apparent. There is a lot more on the horizon and Garthagk's blog provides a road map of what is and will be happening to the EVE Online website.
Web cell revival, hallelujah!
kieron
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Eldo Davip
Forum Moderator
Interstellar Services Department
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Posted - 2006.12.14 20:23:00 -
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Garthagk 4tw!!!!!!111
oh look the top priority: Forum Portrait Rendering.
The forums are going to look a bit odd now with so many portraits.
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Azerrad InExile
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Posted - 2006.12.14 20:29:00 -
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 Originally by: Eldo Davip
oh look the top priority: Forum Portrait Rendering.
Thats good... I'd hate to see t20 get fired.
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Jacques Archambault
Forum Moderator
Interstellar Services Department
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Posted - 2006.12.14 20:51:00 -
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\o/ Garthagk!
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Mirida
Cataclysm Enterprises
Dusk and Dawn
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Posted - 2006.12.14 21:17:00 -
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Cheers to Garthagk! 
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Salvis Tallan
Gallente
Team Condor
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Posted - 2006.12.14 22:23:00 -
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Excellent! I cant wait to have my smiling face all over the place. Also, more data is music to my ears!
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Sun Win
Mutually Assured Distraction
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Posted - 2006.12.14 22:29:00 -
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Woo a portrait.
Now I need you to give me the ability to change my skill training through the web interface and I will love you forever.
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GrumpyCat
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Posted - 2006.12.14 22:49:00 -
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ASP sessions are bad mmmkay. Simple solution get a couple decent load balancers that allow sticky connections so that way we get redirected to same server for each request and session state is preserved.
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Elissen
Amarr
Feral Tendency
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Posted - 2006.12.15 00:38:00 -
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Garthagk 4tw!
I can't wait for those data dumps 
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Coasterbrian
Celestial Fleet
Ascendant Frontier
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Posted - 2006.12.15 01:07:00 -
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UPDATE THE ALLIANCES PAGE!!! Thanks.
Beyond that, it'll be great to see shiny new fixes around this site. I think the whole site is due for a facelift too, since the last time it got one was with Exodus (which was, what, two years ago now?)
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Valator Uel
Caldari
Pax Minor Asylum
Confederation of Independent Corporations
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Posted - 2006.12.15 03:19:00 -
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Forum portrait rendering
Yes, I'm tired of my newer alts having no faces too. This is actually a pretty high priority for us. The reason it hasn't been taken care of is basically that we needed to wait for Revelations to come out. The code that actually generates the images is a custom client that had to be patched in to the Kali branch.
Well, the code's been done and is part of the upcoming patch this week. After that's out, we have to work with the operations cell to get a replicated file system setup so that we can have two render nodes doing the work and sharing effort. Once that's in place, we should be done.
Woohoo!
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Shiraz Merlot
Octavian Vanguard
RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2006.12.15 04:32:00 -
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The item database update may be a pain ... but one thing we'd really appreciate is frequent updates to the Alliance section under "backstory". Like, weekly. Or daily if it can be scripted!
Looking forward to a better myeve. What's here has served us pretty well, but we all see the possibilities. All the best Garthagk!
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Shadar Ishaan
Caldari
Gang of Four
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Posted - 2006.12.15 04:59:00 -
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ASP.NET \o/
Don't forget your unit tests!
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Andargor theWise
Disbelievers of Fate
The SUdden Death Squad
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Posted - 2006.12.15 05:17:00 -
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1 word: outsource.
You have mentioned yourself that there are a lot more of us than you, and us data export fanatics love to do things like item databases for simple fun. Since we have the data, why can't someone do it for you? There are already item databases out there using the last data dump! 
Also, why no go SETI on our collective butts, and distribute the special portrait rendering client to willing players. The load would be distributed to potentially hundreds or thousands of volunteers, and the results sent back to you. I'm sure there are ways for you to minimize vandalism (e.g. encrypted/signed images, no trial accounts, etc.)
Use us!
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Craleo
Caldari
Brotherhood Cartel
Pax Familia
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Posted - 2006.12.15 08:11:00 -
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Originally by: GrumpyCat
ASP sessions are bad mmmkay. Simple solution get a couple decent load balancers that allow sticky connections so that way we get redirected to same server for each request and session state is preserved.
Don't you EVER say that again mister programmer! As a sysadmin I tell you, go manage your own sessions, give me the possibility to take down server in the farm without messing with customers!
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Devil Hanzo
Forum Moderator
Interstellar Services Department
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Posted - 2006.12.15 09:57:00 -
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Fixing the web site is a sure way to get really popular around here. Looking forward to having a face! 
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Its red and very manly! - Devil Hanzo
First sigjack by me ever. - Garthagk
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Sathynos
Caldari
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Posted - 2006.12.15 10:05:00 -
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1. I couldn't care less about whether I'm seen as exclamation mark or there is my portrait. What I would like to see is a "lite" forum setting, that would filter out portraits, graphical signatures and text signatures too. I know, forum communities love them, but I'm old timer, I'd rather filter this stuff to make browsing faster.
2. In-game browser. I know, this might be not your "cell", you do web page. But since CCP pioneered (at least i suspect you were first) in-game browser how about you finally take second logical step and make the in-game browser be able to browse official forum? This could pair up with #1 request - "lite mode" can be one designed for IGB.
3. Downtimes and forum.
I know, forum is tied to the game database and has to be down during downtime.But still, when game is down it's best time to come to forum. So how about just a read-only mode of forum during DT, from a backup maybe? Ya I know, costs too much :(
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Chruker
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Posted - 2006.12.15 10:09:00 -
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I would really like if the forum could send me an e-mail each time there was any new replies in threads that I participate / watch.
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FireFoxx80
Caldari
E X O D U S
Imperial Republic Of the North
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Posted - 2006.12.15 11:40:00 -
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When you migrate to ASP.NET, would you consider using web services for data feeds? It would be t3h s3x if we could push/pull information from CCP, such as:
Market Data
Wallet Data
Alliance/Corp Data
Skill Data (I know we have character sheet, but still)
Map Data (as you mention in your devblog, sovreignity, etc)
Demographic Data (basically the map statistics, jumps, pilots, kills, poddings)
Other Data
All these could be validated against current user account logins over a SSL layer, to prevent spamming/hammering and security.
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violator2k5
Caldari
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Posted - 2006.12.15 11:50:00 -
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Originally by: Garthagk
Item database not updated
This is almost done. We've been waiting on Revelations to stabilize. It'd be annoying if we had to render the data out multiple times, because the tools we use to do this aren't the most fun to use. (Takes a rather lot of hours to babysit the entire process, and we're not keen on doing it more than once without grave need.)
Anyway, this is presently in the works. Hopefully be done this week.
even if they did ask you to remove it, your work would still be introduced in a later stage
anyways congrats on getting into the web cell
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Gilgamoth
Imperium Technologies
Firmus Ixion
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Posted - 2006.12.15 12:38:00 -
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Welcome Garthagk.
I'd just like to say a BIG THANK YOU to t20 for all his help and support over time with EVE Character Manager, and I'm looking forward to working with you in the near future. The drunken MSN chats I'm not quite looking forward to, but hey, beggers can't be choosers 
Regards,
Gil
Future Falcon EVE Tools - Project Leader.
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Vyger
Temporal Storm
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Posted - 2006.12.15 13:33:00 -
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Originally by: Sathynos
1. I couldn't care less about whether I'm seen as exclamation mark or there is my portrait. What I would like to see is a "lite" forum setting, that would filter out portraits, graphical signatures and text signatures too. I know, forum communities love them, but I'm old timer, I'd rather filter this stuff to make browsing faster.
You can always turn off pictures in your browser settings you know
And if you don't want to keep switching the setting on and off in your main browser, install an alternate browser and keep that one permanantly setup with pictures disabled. Very useful for browsing at...er...work....not that i do that at all of course.
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ParMizaN
Body Count Inc.
Mercenary Coalition
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Posted - 2006.12.15 14:39:00 -
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Good luck Garthagk, quite a task ahead of you
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XoPhyte
Vanguard Frontiers
Ascendant Frontier
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Posted - 2006.12.15 16:27:00 -
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Sounds very cool, especially the part around more availability of data for third party tools (web services?).
Originally by: Shamis Orzoz
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Tutsunucann
Caldari
Fugawe Technology Solutions Inc.
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Posted - 2006.12.15 17:00:00 -
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O/ welcome Garthagk!
I just returned to EVE after nearly a year's absence and one of the reasons I've returned is the outstanding forum community here. They often whine, talk smack, and contradict each other, but by god they're ACTIVE and if you ever need answers or information it is ALWAYS in here somewhere.
Anything you can do to improve an already fantastic resource will only improve the EVE experience for everyone. Especially when we're stuck at work! Cheers!
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kieron
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Posted - 2006.12.15 17:35:00 -
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Originally by: Sun Win
Now I need you to give me the ability to change my skill training through the web interface and I will love you forever.
This is a feature request that has been made many times and denied just as many. To condense the reasoning, we at CCP actually want you to log in and play EVE, not just create an account and change skills through a browser.
Modifications to the skill training system are on the Drawing Board, but no design time has been scheduled for the modifications at this time.
kieron
Community Manager,
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Dal Rath
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Posted - 2006.12.15 17:43:00 -
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Welcome Garthagk
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One of my pet projects is that I absolutely love the people who make third party sites and utilities. Let's face it, there are far more of you than there are of us, so it's best if we can get you the information you need so you can make awesome tools for everybody to use.
I would love to start supporting third party developers more.
Amen to that. I pray for updated icon sets, xml datafeed of market orders (updated daily), and a mechanism for authenticating users against CCP's servers without requiring them to reveal their password to a third party.
Remember, those that giveth shall receive free beer.
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2006.12.15 17:45:00 -
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Originally by: FireFoxx80
When you migrate to ASP.NET, would you consider using web services for data feeds? It would be t3h s3x if we could push/pull information from CCP, such as:
Market Data
Wallet Data
Alliance/Corp Data
Skill Data (I know we have character sheet, but still)
Map Data (as you mention in your devblog, sovreignity, etc)
Demographic Data (basically the map statistics, jumps, pilots, kills, poddings)
Other Data
All these could be validated against current user account logins over a SSL layer, to prevent spamming/hammering and security.
Agreed.
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Alexander Knott
Starlancers
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Posted - 2006.12.15 19:19:00 -
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Originally by: kieron
Originally by: Sun Win
Now I need you to give me the ability to change my skill training through the web interface and I will love you forever.
This is a feature request that has been made many times and denied just as many. To condense the reasoning, we at CCP actually want you to log in and play EVE, not just create an account and change skills through a browser.
Modifications to the skill training system are on the Drawing Board, but no design time has been scheduled for the modifications at this time.
So the reasoning is based on "if they log in to change their skills, maybe they'll stay for some yaarrrr"? This isn't the silliest line of reasoning I've ever heard, but I'm sure it'd make top-100. Seriously, we log in when we want to play, skills finish when they finish. If I don't feel like playing when my skill finishes, I'm not going to play whether I have to log in or not. All you've done is made the process more cumbersome.
Besides, no one would use a browser. Approximately 30s after you make skills modifiable via web interface, EVEmon will be modified to do it automatically. This is a good thing. Logging in to change skills is not really a fun game activity. At least I've never met the segment of the EVE population that really thinks that it's fun.
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Altaree
Gallente
Red Frog Investments
Daikoku Trade Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.12.16 06:20:00 -
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Originally by: kieron
Originally by: Sun Win
Now I need you to give me the ability to change my skill training through the web interface and I will love you forever.
This is a feature request that has been made many times and denied just as many. To condense the reasoning, we at CCP actually want you to log in and play EVE, not just create an account and change skills through a browser.
Modifications to the skill training system are on the Drawing Board, but no design time has been scheduled for the modifications at this time.
Huh. I was thinking: I'm at work and my crap computer won't load up the game. Even if I do the IT guys might bust my balls. Hey, if there was a web interface I could at least get a bunch of small skills trained today. The point above assumes that I am able to log in at the time I wish to change my skills. Not all of us work at CCP!
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