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Post Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:59 am 
 

... is posted: What's New.  Please note the first bullet that talks about clearing your browser cache.

This update doesn't include every submission I've received; the archives here are a bottomless bag of holding.  Generally, when compiling a site update, I start with the oldest submissions.  Those submissions that will take a lot of time to add often get shelved; more recent submissions that can be added quickly are often included.

With that said, I plan on putting up another content update soon, perhaps next month; I'd also like to get the first price update of the new Valuation Board in there too.  The bulk of this update was the graphical changes and a bunch of under-the-hood crap that no one will notice, but took forever to get ironed out.  With that behind us, I can process updates more easily now.

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Post Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 12:10 pm 
 

For what it is worth I think it looks great.

Thanks for all the work you put into this site. Even though everyone here knows you get compensated with loads of money and hordes of women, I still appreciate the effort.

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Post Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 1:05 pm 
 

Nice! Thanks for including my list of Holmes rulebook changes.

One note about the first printing of the Holmes rulebook. You have:
"Publishing date is from the copyright registration: July 10th, 1977.  They were probably not available to the public until August at the earliest"

I thought as much until reading Playing at the World by Jon Peterson (increment here) where it mentions that it was available at Origins III in late July (starting July 22). This comes from an Origins III convention report by Bill Seligman sent to the Wild Hunt and published in August 1977.

See this blog post for more details:
When was the Basic Set first available?


Zenopus Archives website & blog: Exploring the Underworld of Holmes Basic D&D. Holmes Ref: Reference Sheets for Holmes Basic Referees, also compatible with OD&D plus the Greyhawk supplement


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Post Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 3:00 pm 
 

did you mean published in Aug 1977?


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Post Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 3:04 pm 
 

Fixed, and thanks!

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Post Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 3:15 pm 
 

stratochamp wrote:did you mean published in Aug 1977?


Yes! Just a typo.  :oops:
(Edited my post above from Aug 76 to Aug 77)

FoulFoot wrote:Fixed, and thanks!


Looks great.


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Post Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 4:05 pm 
 

Scott---

I'll send you some scans after GaryCon with the tourney versions of S1 and S3.  ISTR that I'd sent you some other submissions awhile ago, but don't remember what they were now (how's that for helpful? ;) )  :oops:   I'll dig and see if I can find them, in case they haven't been included yet.


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Post Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 11:50 am 
 

Hmm... "Preview" is crashing just now with the likes of "Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class quote_post_back_link in /home/acaeum/public_html/forum/includes/mods/quote_post_back_link/quote_post_back_link.php on line 16" when replying to a post. Simply posting the reply is fine, though.

Is that connected with the extra "context" now provided for quoted text?
e.g. "Gus Landt wrote in Re: Acaeum Limited Edition Art Committee (ALEAC) - Part Deux:"


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Post Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:11 pm 
 

Alrighty, found and (I think) fixed.   And yes, that's a new feature I added last night.

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Post Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 5:50 pm 
 

Hey Scott---

I noticed that the auction listings don't work when viewed on my Kindle Fire HD:  I click on them, and nothing happens.  Any chance you can fix that? :D


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Post Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 7:24 pm 
 

-- Which auctions -- eBay auctions posted by users, Auction Hunter auctions, or both?

-- Try changing your Control Panel / Board Preferences / Display Options between widget / old style / links.  Do any of the options work?

-- Did this just start, or has it been like this?

-- Anyone else having issues clicking links from a mobile / tablet device?

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Post Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:44 am 
 

Auction hunter links are dead for my android, but they have lots of company. Android and flash don't mix, I think? I get the error message "Chrome for Android does not support this
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Post Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:52 pm 
 

Hmmm, so I see.  I thought it was just iOS devices (iPhone, etc) that don't support Flash.  I don't think it's all Android devices -- just Chrome for Android.  I'll add in some code to fix that shortly.

In the meantime, you can get the links to work again thru Board Preferences / Edit display options: set the last two eBay options to "No".

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Post Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:54 pm 
 

I misspoke, after looking at this some more.  All Android devices (which include your Kindle Fire, Allan) no longer support Flash.  Again, I'll have this fixed soon.

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Post Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 6:07 pm 
 

Ok, should be fixed for both of you.  When you attempt to view Flash (widget) auctions on an Android device, it should down(up?)-grade the listing to the non-Flash version.  Which I think is better anyway.  :)

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Post Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:28 am 
 

Hi Scott---

Thanks for looking into this---your attention to detail of us nit-picky members is always very appreciated :D

FoulFoot wrote in Site Update:I misspoke, after looking at this some more.  All Android devices (which include your Kindle Fire, Allan) no longer support Flash.  Again, I'll have this fixed soon.


FoulFoot wrote in Site Update:Ok, should be fixed for both of you.  When you attempt to view Flash (widget) auctions on an Android device, it should down(up?)-grade the listing to the non-Flash version.  Which I think is better anyway.  :)


I am definitely able to leverage Flash on my Kindle Fire HD using the Dolphin Browser HD version 8.5.1 (I couldn't play Aliens @ ALIENS the Board Game on it otherwise ;) ).  That said, your changes definitely make the listings work now, as long as I click on the picture of the item in the widget view (which takes me to ebay) vs. the anywhere else in the widget view (which does nothing).


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Post Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 6:27 am 
 

Well, I'm glad it's working again, at least partially!  The code uses the user-agent string of the browser to decide whether to not serve Flash; specifically, it's looking for "Android" in the user-agent string.  Therefore, if your browser is emulating another browser (Internet Explorer on a desktop, for example), the Flash will be served, with potentially varying results.

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Post Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 1:08 pm 
 

Got it, and thanks.

Unrelatedly, is there a reason that the Interesting TSR Items on Ebay thread seems stuck at 2 pages in length?:  Rares Currently on eBay  It's been that way for quite awhile now, not sure if the newer entries are simply being pruned and therefore we haven't actually reached 3 pages, or if something is deleting them prematurely, etc.?


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