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New site sections and portal update
« on: April 27, 2011, 03:53:09 am »
After two months of wait, the site portal update has finally been done! This updates also comes with other website updates.

-As you can notice on the front page, some things have changed. The major change is that the latest files list was modified so each file only take one line of text. That way, they take less space and we can show more at once without ending up with a giant block between the site intro and news.

-Besides the latest downloads, we also finally updated the project and discussion blocks with the recent additions and removals. Also, to allow more text to fit on one line there and due to the large list of projects, we made the links text smaller. Projects are also sorted by calculator series too, now.

-New blocks of links were added as well, linking to various site areas including new pages that were added on the site. In addition to that, the Top Posters and Miscellaneous blocks were swapped between their respective columns.

Besides the portal, two new pages were added and other changes were made on the site!

-First of all, the website links section that used to be on the front page has now been moved into a separate page that is now available through the new front page navigation and at the bottom of the Misc page. The links are now sorted by language rather than calculator brands, as certain websites there now covers multiple brands at once.

-Secondly, the About page that used to be present on the old board has been revived! Although it is now different, the younger forum users here and those who are nostalgic can now read about Omnimaga history there or even look at previous site logos and banners. The Omnimaga Coders of Tomorrow programming team that used to be available on the front page was moved there and we appended the Anti-Riot Squad list there too.

-Also, the Miscellaneous section was updated again to include links to these two new pages, along with a new affiliates section, listing EeeZor and TIMGUL.

-In addition to that, we are pleased to add a sub-forum for UberGraphX (Project Paradise, by Uberspire). You can access it here!

-Finally, the Arcade and IRC links were removed from the navigation bar, as the arcade is not our primary focus and is available through the Misc page anyway, and the IRC link is now inside OmnomIRC.

That's all for the updates for now. Hopefully we might be able to do other site updates soon. Activity-wise, don't forget to check out on people projects and give feedback if you can! Despite the activity decrease due to the end of the school year for most people, there are still a lot of things going on on the forums.
« Last Edit: April 27, 2011, 04:17:34 am by DJ_O »

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Re: New site sections and portal update
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2011, 03:53:41 am »
I saw it. Great job DJ!
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Re: New site sections and portal update
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2011, 08:13:13 am »
Great changes, DJ!  I love them -- they look very nice!  great work :D

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Re: New site sections and portal update
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2011, 11:44:05 am »
Looks nice! not gonna lie when i saw "portal update" and instantly thought about portal 2..

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Re: New site sections and portal update
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2011, 11:59:44 am »
Nice, when I have some time I really have to read the history-page.


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« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2011, 12:08:49 pm »
Sweetness DJ!! I've always wondered about Omni's mysterious past....
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Re: New site sections and portal update
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2011, 04:06:40 pm »
Looks nice! not gonna lie when i saw "portal update" and instantly thought about portal 2..
Hehe, that said eventually there will be a calc Portal release, though. :P

Also has anyone paid attention to text near the end of the history section, right before the big set of site banners?

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Re: New site sections and portal update
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2011, 04:16:22 pm »
Looks nice! not gonna lie when i saw "portal update" and instantly thought about portal 2..
Hehe, that said eventually there will be a calc Portal release, though. :P

Also has anyone paid attention to text near the end of the history section, right before the big set of site banners?
Do you mean the bit about how the 10th anniversary would happen September 1st of this year? Cuz I noticed that. ;D


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Re: New site sections and portal update
« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2011, 04:22:38 pm »
You didn't mention that the IRC link had been removed, DJ....
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Re: New site sections and portal update
« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2011, 04:28:17 pm »
I did ???

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« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2011, 04:30:28 pm »
The about page is really cool :D In addition, the new UberGraphX subforum seems well deserved.

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Re: New site sections and portal update
« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2011, 04:32:00 pm »
I did ???

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I missed that. :(
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Re: New site sections and portal update
« Reply #12 on: April 27, 2011, 04:33:22 pm »
Yeah I meant to add an UbergraphX sub-forum for a while but I kinda pushed it back until this update.

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Re: New site sections and portal update
« Reply #13 on: April 27, 2011, 05:37:11 pm »
One quick whining request: Would you mind adding to the recently uploaded files line which sub-category the program is in? Would help a lot at identifying the uploads at a glance.

It's slightly heartbreaking when checking the new files hoping for a new TI-84 game and realizing it's an nSpire game or actually an mp3.

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Re: New site sections and portal update
« Reply #14 on: April 27, 2011, 05:41:14 pm »
Yeah that was the original plan, but I never could figure out how to do that.  :( Maybe someone who is good at PHP and SMF could do it.