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Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:09 am
by druellan
Interesting, seems that the URL needs the extra slash at the end (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/edit/) otherwise it is invalid.

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

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

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Seems that the editor resets, losing all editions.

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:21 am
by R-Tape
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:

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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.

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:23 am
by druellan
Sorry, another suggestion. When you finish an edit, and you get this message:
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A "New Edit" button there could be handy.

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:28 am
by druellan
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.

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 7:09 pm
by PeterJ
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

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 7:13 pm
by druellan
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!

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:53 pm
by R-Tape
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 :-)

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 9:08 pm
by PeterJ
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.

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 11:32 pm
by druellan
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.

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 12:30 pm
by PeterJ
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.

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 2:55 pm
by pavero
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.

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:25 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
Hi, [mention]PeterJ[/mention] , just uploaded a new inlay using the upload facility. I think I made it twice! :oops:

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

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:33 pm
by PeterJ
I will check [mention]Juan F. Ramirez[/mention]

Thanks

Peter

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 11:26 pm
by R-Tape
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! :oops:

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 :-)

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 1:57 pm
by druellan
BTW, [mention]R-Tape[/mention] I added a ZXDev game, Droid Buster, released a while ago and still not on the ZXDB: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/edit/en ... 2b91a94339

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 12:34 pm
by druellan
Hi!
Just noticed the upload facility can't handle MLT files

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Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 1:11 pm
by R-Tape
There are other changes we want to make to the uploader, but Mike's not around at the moment.

So for now: zipzipzipetty zip everything :D

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 9:20 am
by Alessandro
While creating the entry for Sophia II, I noticed that the upload/edit screen does not allow you to mark a game as a sequel/part of a series.

At least I was looking for it, but I could not find it anywhere :?

Will that be made available in the future?

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 11:05 am
by Ralf
Now, when I'm ready with my Larry remake I'll be back to uploading MIAs soon. So I'll give this upload form some more new testing :)

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 8:34 pm
by R-Tape
[mention]Juan F. Ramirez[/mention] [mention]druellan[/mention] [mention]cha05e90[/mention] [mention]Alessandro[/mention] [mention]Ralf[/mention] (and everyone).

Can you hold off with using this at the moment. I'm having some problems getting all the files. If you have something to upload can you keep hold of it for a few days, or make it available online, or email instead.

(Can't answer your question Ale, sorry, there are much bigger issues to look at first).

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 9:36 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
Ok, next stuff will be uploaded via email when I make them, till we can use the facility again.

If you can't get any of the txt files I uploaded, please let me know.

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 10:45 pm
by druellan
R-Tape wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2019 8:34 pm @Juan F. Ramirez @druellan @cha05e90 @Alessandro @Ralf (and everyone).

Can you hold off with using this at the moment. I'm having some problems getting all the files. If you have something to upload can you keep hold of it for a few days, or make it available online, or email instead.
No prob! Do you need me to send the files from Manic Pietro via email?

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:48 am
by R-Tape
druellan wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2019 10:45 pm No prob! Do you need me to send the files from Manic Pietro via email?
No thanks. I got yours, they'll appear here in a day or two. I'll contact people privately for the files I need.

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:53 pm
by Ersh
Have the upload problems been resolved yet?