Daniel B. Widdis
April 10th, 2007, 06:48 PM
Rather than continue the Googlegroup discussion under the poll results
thread, I've decided to start a new one with a more appropriate
subject line.
I spent an hour or so creating the appropriate page links on the
Google group to current/old file sections. It seems quite workable
as-is. Those who have already joined the google group are encouraged
to check it out and/or suggest changes/improvements. We can leave it
as is for the time being (with players maintaining the database,
statistics, and other historical files here) and as time goes on,
incrementally move some selected content over to the new site. My
guess is that Google will eventually add folders to the file section
(the number one requested feature on the discussion boards), but that
could be anywhere from a day to a year. And really, it's only a
headache for the site managers. Users can ignore the "files" section
and just read the lovely HTML "pages" which direct them to the
appropriate location in the file structure (or lack thereof).
Bottom line for players who don't care about all the technical mumbo jumbo:
- Email only users: the only change you'll see from the current setup
is that the address for posting to the group will change. And
hopefully more reliable email delivery!
- Tapcis.com users: the change should be nearly transparent to you.
- Website users: a new look and feel.
The next steps for moving:
1. Work with Judy and get a google groups echo going with the
tapcis.com website.
2. Once that is done, run a sample round with volunteers who have
already joined the group.
3. Once that is successful, migrate all members from this list to the
new list and choose an official time to switch (ideally between
rounds!)
--
Dan Widdis
thread, I've decided to start a new one with a more appropriate
subject line.
I spent an hour or so creating the appropriate page links on the
Google group to current/old file sections. It seems quite workable
as-is. Those who have already joined the google group are encouraged
to check it out and/or suggest changes/improvements. We can leave it
as is for the time being (with players maintaining the database,
statistics, and other historical files here) and as time goes on,
incrementally move some selected content over to the new site. My
guess is that Google will eventually add folders to the file section
(the number one requested feature on the discussion boards), but that
could be anywhere from a day to a year. And really, it's only a
headache for the site managers. Users can ignore the "files" section
and just read the lovely HTML "pages" which direct them to the
appropriate location in the file structure (or lack thereof).
Bottom line for players who don't care about all the technical mumbo jumbo:
- Email only users: the only change you'll see from the current setup
is that the address for posting to the group will change. And
hopefully more reliable email delivery!
- Tapcis.com users: the change should be nearly transparent to you.
- Website users: a new look and feel.
The next steps for moving:
1. Work with Judy and get a google groups echo going with the
tapcis.com website.
2. Once that is done, run a sample round with volunteers who have
already joined the group.
3. Once that is successful, migrate all members from this list to the
new list and choose an official time to switch (ideally between
rounds!)
--
Dan Widdis