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Archangelus
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Welcome to the new site

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I hope everyone likes the facelift, but feel free to tell me what you like and don't about the new site. I hope over the next couple weeks, some of the rough edges will be smoothed out and some of the old features you may have been missing will be back soon. Here's a list of what I know is missing, isn't working, or is soon to come.

Missing:
*Gallery (pics are saved, but authentication isn't working just yet)
*Flash Games and Scores (some are here, but I haven't moved them over yet)
*Shoutbox (yep, we're bringing it back)
*Den and Arch articles (yeah, haven't written mine yet, so should come soon)
*Downloads (just don't have anything to share just yet)
*Calendar entries (information is saved, just haven't imported it yet)

Isn't working:
*Forum color scheme. (This wasn't the template I was going to use, but it's having issues so I have updates to make)
*Videos take you to YouTube (i'm going to have them launch internally soon)
*Search bar doesn't include Forums (you can search inside the forum, but it will eventually be integrated)
*Forum funkiness (I think the new forum may have some issues with signatures, just let me know and I'll look into yours)

Coming Soon:
*Newsletter (you can see the sign-up on the frontpage, but nothing is being sent yet)
*Game Server Stats (oh yeah, they are coming back...)
*Meaningful news flashes (it's default content and frankly, just haven't spent time coming up with stuff to put there yet)

Anyways, shoot away...

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I.D.O.
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It is working!!!!
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Normally I don't criticize other ppls work but, I don't think the front end is working too well, the colours don't really flow, everything is free floating (no directionality). Most of all it looks like everything is cartoony and done in Illustrator and nothing was polished up in photoshop. I feel like my eyes are jumping all over the page and I'm not finding what I'm looking for.

Sorry

Other than that I can't access the forum topics from the homepage.
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From the latest topics or from the menu? Did you get an error message?
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Here is the message I get when i try to access a forum post from the home page. Also the scroll bar doesn't seem to be working in the forums. It briefly shows me the posts in this thread and then just snaps back to your original posting.

403 - You are not authorised to view this resource.

You may not be able to visit this page because of:

1. an out-of-date bookmark/favourite
2. a search engine that has an out-of-date listing for this site
3. a mistyped address
4. you have no access to this page
5. The requested resource was not found.
6. An error has occurred while processing your request.

Please try one of the following pages:

* Home Page

If difficulties persist, please contact the System Administrator of this site.
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Was getting that message last and today it seems to be fine.
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I know some people were having difficultly when viewing the forums with messages about authentication. I think I've got that resolved. You may want to clear your cookies, or at least remove the cookies with 'phoenixorder.com' in them.
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FYI the authentication errors may have to do with the browser as well. I can't authenticate when using Safari and have to boot into Windows and use IE7 in order to log in. So maybe it is the same for other browsers as well? Google Chrome should display this same behavior although I haven't tested it.
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I'll look into that w/ Safari. The issue I corrected had do to with the cookie domain being slightly different between the CMS and the forum. It looks like it was a known issue with the integration software.
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Finally seem to have things working here, good times.
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This looks so much better than what you guys had up before.

Congrats.
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