Spectrum Computing

Mike Davies wrote: ↑Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:32 pm

pavero wrote: ↑Sat Nov 10, 2018 7:22 pm I have tried to upload one missing Czech game - Transfer.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/edit/en ... 72a3dde50d

I added four files - TAP+TZX+2xSCR, but only the last one was uploaded I guess.

Thanks for the bug report. I'll look into it. Not sure what's causing that yet.

At first I selected all four files one by one. And after then I pressed Save button.

If I press Save button after every file separatelly all works fine.

Mike Davies wrote: ↑Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:26 pm

Rorthron wrote: ↑Fri Nov 09, 2018 9:56 pm 2. The menu button in the top right appears as just a grey rectangle.

To help me replicate, can you post a screenshot along with the browser/OS you are using? Probably something CSS related.

I can't take a screen shot, but it's as I described: the usual menu button, minus the three horizontal white lines.

Evening [mention]Mike Davies[/mention]

I think [mention]Rorthron[/mention] is referring to this on the edit page:



Compared to this on the website home page:



It only happens on mobile view. Even though it is missing the horizontal lines I still find it functions fine and brings up the menu items when you click on it. At least in Google Chrome mobile.

PeterJ wrote: ↑Sun Nov 11, 2018 9:51 pm Evening @Mike Davies

I think @Rorthron is referring to this on the edit page:



Compared to this on the website home page:



It only happens on mobile view. Even though it is missing the horizontal lines I still find it functions fine and brings up the menu items when you click on it. At least in Google Chrome mobile.

Yes, that's it. It's pretty minor.

Hi! I'm going to try and start adding the Vector Graphics games changes (viewtopic.php?p=13332#p13332). There are a lot of games that are miscategorized as vector, so, in that case, since I can't remove title from a group, I'm going to leave a comment.

And I'll try to do some upload testing in the coming week. Couldn't devote much time to it recently but now it looks like I'll be having some more spare time.

Thanks [mention]Ralf[/mention]

As much testing as possible would be much appreciated. Let's iron out any bugs before we go live.

Just a reminder that changes requested during the testing phase won't be actioned. Please use email or the forum for now.

Oh, Ok. Good to know then.

druellan wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:30 pm Oh, Ok. Good to know then.

Don't worry though, nothing will be missed either way. I've been getting Pav's .txt files from it, and there's other stuff already there not announced on the forum that I'll follow up.

After we're done testing, I still think the juicier MIA stuff should be posted publicly so it can be enjoyed and discussed between updates.

R-Tape wrote: ↑Mon Nov 19, 2018 9:35 am

druellan wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:30 pm Oh, Ok. Good to know then.

Don't worry though, nothing will be missed either way. I've been getting Pav's .txt files from it, and there's other stuff already there not announced on the forum that I'll follow up.

After we're done testing, I still think the juicier MIA stuff should be posted publicly so it can be enjoyed and discussed between updates.

Thanks! I was going to do it anyway, since it is a good "real life" tests for the platform.

Interesting, seems that the URL needs the extra slash at the end (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/edit/) otherwise it is invalid.

Also, I'm trying to upload a not-so-big file (7mb), and the upload fails with this error:



Seems that the editor resets, losing all editions.

druellan wrote: ↑Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:15 am Also, I'm trying to upload a not-so-big file (7mb), and the upload fails with this error:



Seems that the editor resets, losing all editions.

Ah, sorry, that's probably over the upload filesize limit. [mention]PeterJ[/mention] what's it set to?

For the moment could we say don't upload Hi-Res inlays to via this form. They are handled differently (I don't fully understand it). For now could you make available elsewhere online and they'll be dealt with. Apologies for the vagueness; we need to get this side of things sorted.

Sorry, another suggestion. When you finish an edit, and you get this message:


A "New Edit" button there could be handy.

R-Tape wrote: ↑Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:21 am For the moment could we say don't upload Hi-Res inlays to via this form. They are handled differently (I don't fully understand it). For now could you make available elsewhere online and they'll be dealt with. Apologies for the vagueness; we need to get this side of things sorted.

Thanks! Yeah, I understand the idea is to have all that on Archive.org, but I think can be a good point to add an extra warning or just to display the max file size. This are PDFs, BTW, on a ZIP file, so, also in the future can be handy to have guidelines since the material can be very diverse.

Hi [mention]druellan[/mention]

I know it's not very prominent but above the upload button it does say 'File (max size: 2M)'

We should maybe put that in bold so it sticks out a bit more.

Peter

PeterJ wrote: ↑Mon Nov 19, 2018 7:09 pm Hi @druellan
I know it's not very prominent but above the upload button it does say 'File (max size: 2M)'
We should maybe put that in bold so it sticks out a bit more.

Oh! Completely missed that!

I just wanted to give my thoughts on the upload facility—generally I love it.

The best part is that I can easily keep track of, and get the files for new MIA, uMIA and new games.

It's terrible* for long lists of small corrections. I see a long list of separate entries that turn out to be a comment, and if there's more then it's easy to miss. For such things (like [mention]druellan[/mention]'s list of vector graphics**), it's best to do them as a concise list in a forum comment, an email, or PM.

Also, if you're uploading a game ( [mention]pavero[/mention] [mention]solaris104[/mention] [mention]Ralf[/mention] ), it'd be great if you could include screenshots. If it's not uMIA or a new entry, then you can also name them with the correct convention.

A last comment is that if you have a particularly interesting MIA/uMIA or new game, then it's often a good idea to mention it on the forum. That way people won't have to wait for the update, and we can enjoy it, or chat about the details.

*that's nothing to do with the form [mention]Mike Davies[/mention], it's great.
**already done, don't resubmit

All good points [mention]R-Tape[/mention].

When the final couple of issues are addressed I will add a link to the editing page from the forum top menu.

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:53 pm It's terrible* for long lists of small corrections. I see a long list of separate entries that turn out to be a comment, and if there's more then it's easy to miss. For such things (like @druellan's list of vector graphics**), it's best to do them as a concise list in a forum comment, an email, or PM.

Also, many of my fixes required removing of data, instead of additions or modifications, something the new system can't handle at all.

Hi [mention]druellan[/mention]

Thanks for the feedback.

The main purpose here is for the addition of new titles or small amends to individual titles. It was never in the scope of the project for removal of information.

Please continue with the small bugs in the database thread for anything else. If you have a large number of small changes then email is probably best.

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:53 pm Also, if you're uploading a game, it'd be great if you could include screenshots.

You can already do this. I uploaded two screenshots for Transfer.

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:53 pm If it's not uMIA or a new entry, then you can also name them with the correct convention.

It would be fine, if the form itself could rename a target filename automatically - if ID_ENTRY is known.

Hi, [mention]PeterJ[/mention] , just uploaded a new inlay using the upload facility. I think I made it twice!

It's the first time I'm using it, I hope I made it well.

I will check [mention]Juan F. Ramirez[/mention]

Thanks

Peter

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:25 pm Hi, @PeterJ , just uploaded a new inlay using the upload facility. I think I made it twice!

It's the first time I'm using it, I hope I made it well.

Looks good Juan, I can see Spy vs Spy III and Supergran. It won't be this update, but it'll happen