[ESDB] Back Online

I've made a contribution. However, the submission process was... Ugh.
Those three-page menus you need to go through twice to make a submission
can really help to make this system unpopular, along with the seemingly
arbitrary points where the system forgets that you're already logged in.
Also, not having the ability to include line breaks in articles was more
than painful.

If you're willing to make a structure change when it looks as if you've
just
finished making a bit of a renovation, I've a suggestion to make: base the
thing on a forum system. Hell, you don't even have to administer the
thing.
There are more than a few Morrowind-centric forums that would kill to have
a decent, organized, and comprehensive FAQ system sitting alongside their
normal forums -- I know for a fact that MWSource has been in an eternal
September since its forums were opened, and, since it's near the root of a
large-ish game network and is already hosting forums for Druid: The Legend
and MEMod, the adminstrator probably won't have serious reservations
against
hosting a promising-looking FAQ system on his forums if it'll help to stem
the flow of those cretins who keep asking "omg liek how du u get to teh
triboonal?????/ lololololol!!!11 One One."

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On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 13:53:13 -0000, John Henry
<jhd RemoveThis @inSPAMBLOCKsurgent.orgy> wrote:

> Sorry to keep hassling everyone about this thing...
>
> the Elder Scrolls Database is now back online, with all changes made to
> both front and back ends including:
>
> - Various GUI fixes which have been brought to my attention via e-mail
> - Retooled nomenclature: Instead of Topics -> Subtopic(s) ->
> Question/Answer, the basic structure is now Books -> Chapters -> Topics
> ->
> Article (s). This addresses the 'multiple entries for one DB topic'
> issue
> that we've discussed here.
> - Added a 'spoiler rating' system to article entry and display, on a 0-5
> scale with 0 being purely technical non-spoiler information, and a 5
> being
> exploits, cheats, quest walkthroughs, etc.
> - All breadcrumb menus have been fixed
> - home pages at both the user and contributor level have been rewritten
> to
> reflect these changes.
>
> Remaining tasks:
>
> - integrate the ESDB into the LowGenius.Com navigation meny
> - visit other ES-related message boards and forums on the web to solicit
> more contributors. If anybody knows of any quality message boards other
> than the obvious (elderscrolls.com) please feel free to let me know.
>
> Thanks again to the contributors who have notified me of problem areas
> and
> added their suggestions to this project. Enjoy.
>

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