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Once Again... Part I - writing

#26 User is offline   ferazel_09 

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Posted 07 November 2000 - 08:30 PM

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Originally posted by Avatara:

[I need a name to go here] Part II: Onslaught



Why not 'Once Again' again?

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Posted 07 November 2000 - 09:09 PM

I found a greek translator (can even do ancient greek) online. These are latin pronounciations:

Darkness: skotos to/skotous tou (I have greek fonts, can come up with symbol using them Posted Image)
Evil spirit: Daimonion to
Death: thanatos
Rebirth: anagennisi

If you have better suggestions, I can feed 'em in!

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[url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/show.pl?product=evo&category=guides&display=date&file=ChroniclesByJake101.sit.hqx"]Chronicles by Jake101: the unposted chapters.[/url]
[url="http://"http://users.erols.com/alkrauss/Once_Again.html"]Once Again: on the web.[/url]
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Posted 07 November 2000 - 11:38 PM

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Originally posted by Talos:
I found a greek translator (can even do ancient greek) online. These are latin pronounciations:

Darkness: skotos to/skotous tou (I have greek fonts, can come up with symbol using them   Posted Image)
Evil spirit: Daimonion to
Death: thanatos
Rebirth: anagennisi

If you have better suggestions, I can feed 'em in!


I'll keep death in mind...

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Posted 07 November 2000 - 11:38 PM

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Originally posted by ferazel_09:
Why not 'Once Again' again?


That's not the greatest name in the world. I'd like a good name to go with a great story.

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Posted 07 November 2000 - 11:55 PM

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Originally posted by Avatara:
That's not the greatest name in the world.  I'd like a good name to go with a great story.



A. Yay! Avatara broke 1000. Posted Image
B. I agree with you Avatara, the name "Once Again" was because once again we were trying a story topic. I would like to keep the name Once Again around for old times sake, though. Posted Image btw, I think we should title them, Once Again, The Beginning; Once Again, War and Fire; etc. Obviously not those names....but I think we should keep the "Once Again" in every name.

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Posted 08 November 2000 - 01:22 AM

[quote]Originally posted by theKestrel:
A.  Yay!  Avatara broke 1000.   Posted Image Posted Image Posted Image Posted Image

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Posted 08 November 2000 - 11:19 AM

[quote]Originally posted by Talos:
I found a greek translator (can even do ancient greek) online. These are latin pronounciations:

Darkness: skotos to/skotous tou (I have greek fonts, can come up with symbol using them   Posted Image



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Posted 08 November 2000 - 02:18 PM

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Originally posted by Talos:
If you want a picture of yourself on the 'character info' page, either post it here (if it's not to big), post a link to it, or email me it.


I tried to email it to you, but it didn't work. Hmmm...I guess I'll try again.

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Posted 08 November 2000 - 05:04 PM

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Originally posted by Laguna:
uh, hey Talos, since I can actually SPEAK ANCIENT GREEK, I'm interested as to where you got that translator from   Posted Image



Probably all wrong?

Here's the URL: (for ancient greek, mark the checkbox "ancient greek")
[url="http://"http://www.kypros.org/cgi-bin/lexicon"]www.kypros.org/cgi-bin/lexicon[/url]

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<font color="gold">Bronze: the other gold metal.</font>
[url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/show.pl?product=evo&category=guides&display=date&file=ChroniclesByJake101.sit.hqx"]Chronicles by Jake101: the unposted chapters.[/url]
[url="http://"http://users.erols.com/alkrauss/Once_Again.html"]Once Again: on the web.[/url]
Bronze: the other gold metal.   ||   And so the space toaster hardened the outer layers of the doughy, ooey-gooey ancient Earth...
Bacchus Publishing: [url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/show.pl?product=evo&category=guides&display=date&file=ChroniclesByJake101.sit.hqx"]Chronicles by Jake101: the unposted chapters[/url].

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Posted 08 November 2000 - 05:20 PM

New version up. The old URL still works.

Fixed/New:
[*]Small left siding on certain pages. (unfortunately not on story pages, that's coming soon!)
[*]Formatted end of first page of "edited" version. (how did that get by!?)
[*]Links to "edited" and "original" versions should work in any browser now.
[*]Picture for Rogan up. (info for each character coming soon!)

Email me if you have any suggestions or want to give me your picture.

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<font color="gold">Bronze: the other gold metal.</font>
[url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/show.pl?product=evo&category=guides&display=date&file=ChroniclesByJake101.sit.hqx"]Chronicles by Jake101: the unposted chapters.[/url]
[url="http://"http://users.erols.com/alkrauss/Once_Again.html"]Once Again: on the web.[/url]
Bronze: the other gold metal.   ||   And so the space toaster hardened the outer layers of the doughy, ooey-gooey ancient Earth...
Bacchus Publishing: [url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/show.pl?product=evo&category=guides&display=date&file=ChroniclesByJake101.sit.hqx"]Chronicles by Jake101: the unposted chapters[/url].

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Posted 08 November 2000 - 09:03 PM

Just put up a new "Home" page. Still works by the old URL. I didn't change anything but the homepage, I want to know what you think of the new style.

Changes:
[*]Textured background
[*]Smaller "Once Again" jpeg for faster loading. (it was previously scaled down from larger size)
[*]Indented so text doesn't begin and end at the edges of the table.

I have a few questions about changes:
[*]Should I make it so there are "tabs" at the side of the table, so it's easy to get from one page to another from everywhere?
[*]If there are tabs, should I get rid of the buttons on the home page?
[*]Should I put the all the links in text at the bottom or the top? (or both?)

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[url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/show.pl?product=evo&category=guides&display=date&file=ChroniclesByJake101.sit.hqx"]Chronicles by Jake101: the unposted chapters.[/url]
[url="http://"http://users.erols.com/alkrauss/Once_Again.html"]Once Again: on the web.[/url]
Bronze: the other gold metal.   ||   And so the space toaster hardened the outer layers of the doughy, ooey-gooey ancient Earth...
Bacchus Publishing: [url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/show.pl?product=evo&category=guides&display=date&file=ChroniclesByJake101.sit.hqx"]Chronicles by Jake101: the unposted chapters[/url].

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Posted 09 November 2000 - 10:38 AM

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Originally posted by Talos:

Fixed/New:
[*]Picture for Rogan up. (info for each character coming soon!)


Ya, but it's up under my name Posted Image

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Posted 09 November 2000 - 11:39 AM

*grumbles*

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Posted 09 November 2000 - 05:17 PM

Oops. I'll fix that.

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<font color="gold">Bronze: the other gold metal.</font>
[url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/show.pl?product=evo&category=guides&display=date&file=ChroniclesByJake101.sit.hqx"]Chronicles by Jake101: the unposted chapters.[/url]
[url="http://"http://users.erols.com/alkrauss/Once_Again.html"]Once Again: on the web.[/url]
Bronze: the other gold metal.   ||   And so the space toaster hardened the outer layers of the doughy, ooey-gooey ancient Earth...
Bacchus Publishing: [url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/show.pl?product=evo&category=guides&display=date&file=ChroniclesByJake101.sit.hqx"]Chronicles by Jake101: the unposted chapters[/url].

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Posted 09 November 2000 - 10:39 PM

Well, Sundered Angel replied-with a decline, I can see why-his schedule is crammed. Anyway, I'm kicking off Part II. I don't have a name for the sextet (sp?) so it'll just be Part II: Onslaught. Expect to see it up within the hour.

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Posted 11 November 2000 - 08:56 AM

I just made one of the biggest changes to the site ever. I made it much easier to read and navigate, and I fixed broken parts of it. The URL still hasn't changed.

Added/Fixed:
[*]Tabs on the side for easier navigation.
[*]Tabs change color, easier to see (as compared to an earlier version).
[*]Tabs have 'alt' tag for text-only browsers.
[*]Home link should work on both top and bottom on story pages.
[*]Now all pages have text further inwards, easier to read.
[*]On the 'participants' page, Rogan has his picture in the right place, and it's a better picture.
[*]Talos's picture on the page has a Cythera-style background.
[*]Common spacing between the 'Contact the webmaster...' text and bottom of table.
[*]All pages have the textured-background, easier to read.

Hopefully you'll enjoy these changes. Coming soon:
[*]Correctly colored/spaced third 'original' chapter.
[*]More 'original' chapters.
[*]More 'edited' chapters.
[*]On-page info for every character, pictures for more characters (if you send them in Posted Image).

Enjoy!

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[url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/show.pl?product=evo&category=guides&display=date&file=ChroniclesByJake101.sit.hqx"]Chronicles by Jake101: the unposted chapters.[/url]
[url="http://"http://users.erols.com/alkrauss/Once_Again.html"]Once Again: on the web.[/url]

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Bacchus Publishing: [url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/show.pl?product=evo&category=guides&display=date&file=ChroniclesByJake101.sit.hqx"]Chronicles by Jake101: the unposted chapters[/url].

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Posted 11 November 2000 - 09:04 AM

Oh, and pictures can now be square rather than rectangular.

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[url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/show.pl?product=evo&category=guides&display=date&file=ChroniclesByJake101.sit.hqx"]Chronicles by Jake101: the unposted chapters.[/url]
[url="http://"http://users.erols.com/alkrauss/Once_Again.html"]Once Again: on the web.[/url]
Bronze: the other gold metal.   ||   And so the space toaster hardened the outer layers of the doughy, ooey-gooey ancient Earth...
Bacchus Publishing: [url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/show.pl?product=evo&category=guides&display=date&file=ChroniclesByJake101.sit.hqx"]Chronicles by Jake101: the unposted chapters[/url].

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Posted 11 November 2000 - 03:58 PM

Great picture. I understand you got my mail.

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Posted 11 November 2000 - 04:22 PM

For some reason you posted me three times. Avatara isn't in the story, but Tyrael and Trundaylan can stay seperate if you want.

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Posted 11 November 2000 - 07:01 PM

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Originally posted by Avatara:
For some reason you posted me three times.  Avatara isn't in the story, but Tyrael and Trundaylan can stay seperate if you want.



Huh? You run Tyrael and Trundaylan? What do you mean by 'posted you three times'? Does that imply you run Tyrael and Trundaylan? Sorry, I'm confused. Posted Image

Oh, and an update to the site should come within the hour...

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[url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/show.pl?product=evo&category=guides&display=date&file=ChroniclesByJake101.sit.hqx"]Chronicles by Jake101: the unposted chapters.[/url]
[url="http://"http://users.erols.com/alkrauss/Once_Again.html"]Once Again: on the web.[/url]
Bronze: the other gold metal.   ||   And so the space toaster hardened the outer layers of the doughy, ooey-gooey ancient Earth...
Bacchus Publishing: [url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/show.pl?product=evo&category=guides&display=date&file=ChroniclesByJake101.sit.hqx"]Chronicles by Jake101: the unposted chapters[/url].

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Posted 11 November 2000 - 07:20 PM

I meant I'm on there three times.

Keep Tyrael and Trundaylan on if you want, but please take me off.

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Posted 11 November 2000 - 07:20 PM

Avatara control me? Nah...

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Posted 11 November 2000 - 07:21 PM

Quiet you! Posted Image

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Posted 11 November 2000 - 11:30 PM

Well, I know that it's almost impossible for three diffrent people to post a webboard within two minutes.

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Posted 12 November 2000 - 12:25 AM

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Originally posted by ferazel_09:
Well, I know that it's almost impossible for three diffrent people to post a webboard within two minutes.


Not for moderators. Although I know Andrew will change that if we abuse it...it was mainly so we could lock or delete multiple topics in a minute.

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