Spectrum Computing

MatGubbins wrote: ↑Tue Nov 13, 2018 11:20 pm
Yay!
Any chance of moving the #A-Z bar up the screen, under the main buttons and above the advanced search box? I mentioned in this comment:
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=357&start=40#p14848

Hi Mat,

Yes, it's on the list

Okayyy. Peter's back from administrating his poppy fields in Afganistan, and has installed the latest ZXDB upate at SC. Here are the details:

New entries:
Maze Death Rally-X Thanks [mention]TomD[/mention]
Zx Tribute To Mona Thanks [mention]g0blinish[/mention]
Snake 10 Thanks Hendrik (A treat - well above average Snake game rediscovered from 1984!)
El Chatarrero Galactico 2: The Sequel Thanks Rafael
El Chatarrero Galactico 3: Labyrinths of Falken
TrolleyMania Thanks [mention]8bitAG[/mention]
The Eggsterminator
Boa Thanks [mention]Ralf[/mention]
Transfer Thanks [mention]solaris104[/mention] (and Pav)
Quest Thanks [mention]g0blinish[/mention]
Old Tower (files & .MLT) Thanks [mention]DenisGrachev[/mention]

Newly typed up instructions. Thanks [mention]pavero[/mention]
AdidasChampionshipTie-Break
CurroJimenez
CurseOfTheNight
DJPUFF
FireAndForget
ItsAKnockout
KnightForce
Mandragore
Quadrax
Sherwood
TintinOnTheMoon
WhiteHeat
WildStreets


Additional files:
SuperLopez-ElSenorDeLosChupetes Thanks [mention]druellan[/mention]

Apologies:
Unfortunately Einar succumbed to the screaming habdabs before completing this update, so the following items will appear next time (as well as things recently mentioned on the forum):

Various fixes from 8bitAG, druellan and Alessandro.
New Micro-PROLOGUE file with side A+B
New file for Mike, the Guitar, from Seb.

Sorry chaps; next time!

Thanks [mention]R-Tape[/mention]

I've also updated the date of last update on the homepage, and added the last couple of updates to the Sites Update page.

PS. I've actually been away at the Christmas markets in Bath (Sadly my life is not quite so jet-setting as Dave makes out!) Well worth a visit though if you are in the area. Especially worth stopping by the lovely Christmas tree just outside the abbey.

Do you plan to tag entries?

E.g. platformer, tiny intro, 256b etc ?

Hi [mention]g0blinish[/mention]

Each entry in the database does have a large number of tags or attributes such as genre, machine requirements and many more. You can search these tags via the advanced search on the home page.

Peter

Oh, I see, thanks.

PeterJ wrote: ↑Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:42 pm I've also updated the date of last update on the homepage, and added the last couple of updates to the Sites Update page.

The date of last update could be stored directly in ZXDB by [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention] and the home page could be updated automatically after that.

MatGubbins wrote: ↑Tue Nov 13, 2018 11:20 pm Any chance of moving the #A-Z bar up the screen, under the main buttons and above the advanced search box? I mentioned in this comment:
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=357&start=40#p14848

Hello [mention]MatGubbins[/mention]

Ricardo [mention]4thRock[/mention] has kindly sorted this. It will get some additional styling in the future.

New A-Z bar on the front page is a great idea. I now have no need whatsoever to go to WoS

Thank you for adding the A-Z bar higher up. Here's a few screen shots from Chrome and Firefox at 1280x1024 and 1024x768

Firefox at 1280 x 1024


Firefox at 1024 x 768


Chrome at 1024 x 768


Chrome at 1270 x 1024


The rendering on Firefox at 1024x768 - causes the A-Z bar to spill over 2 lines.
Firefox at 1024x768 and 1280x1024 - the splash font is a lot larger (I've not altered the font sizes), this causes the A-Z bar to jump around the screen when the different massages scroll on the screen
This is all down to browser rendering but there are some of us that use 1024x768 - I use 1024x600 on my main netbook for most browsing. I've plugged it into the bigger screen to see how things look and render on the 2 browsers that I currently use.

It can now be seen and used. Yay!

Another +1 to the A-Z bar!

Great feature!

MatGubbins wrote: ↑Tue Nov 27, 2018 7:09 pm Here's a few screen shots from...

Thanks for the screenshots, they do help.
I'm aware that it's not optimal on intermediate resolution devices and will correct the text sizes when possible

Thanks to [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention] for another update to the ZXDB Database engine.

• Marked a few titles as PAW or Quill (not all).
• Added about 50 new screens provided by [mention]kolbeck[/mention]
• Added a few new titles (starting at id 34469) and listed here

Thanks to the contributors to this update.

Worth to mention that this update contains about 130 new ZX81 entries as well.

/Thomas

kolbeck wrote: ↑Sun Dec 09, 2018 3:45 pm Worth to mention that this update contains about 130 new ZX81 entries as well.

/Thomas

Thank you Thomas. I will update the Site Updates page.

I noticed that the last update misses stuff I uploaded by recently added upload facility.

Will it be added in the future or do I need to upload it again, maybe in the old way?

Ralf wrote: ↑Tue Dec 11, 2018 10:45 pm I noticed that the last update misses stuff I uploaded by recently added upload facility.

Will it be added in the future or do I need to upload it again, maybe in the old way?

The last update was partial. The next one may be a bit lean too.

No need to upload again. It's there, and we'll get around to it. This month is going to need more patience than normal

I'm traveling, R-Tape is busy with WOOT, and we have just released ZX-Ed (our new internal update system) so we will need a little time to adapt to the new process. It will probably take about a month or so until we can get everything sorted out. We expect everything to be much more efficient afterwards.

Sorry for the inconvenience!

Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Wed Dec 12, 2018 6:57 am I'm traveling, R-Tape is busy with WOOT, and we have just released ZX-Ed (our new internal update system) so we will need a little time to adapt to the new process. It will probably take about a month or so until we can get everything sorted out. We expect everything to be much more efficient afterwards.

Sorry for the inconvenience!

No problem for me. The key is all this is moving (READ: often updates, new stuff, improving the site, etc).

No matter how fast or how often, but it's moving.

Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Wed Dec 12, 2018 6:57 am I'm traveling...

Bloody typical. Your life is one long holiday Einar :-p

R-Tape wrote: ↑Wed Dec 12, 2018 8:01 am

Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Wed Dec 12, 2018 6:57 am I'm traveling...

Bloody typical. Your life is one long holiday Einar :-p

The trick is, whenever I find out there will be a holiday somewhere in the world, I find an excuse to be there!

https://hgf18.sched.com/event/G9Mj/

I'm in Switzerland right now

[mention]Einar Saukas[/mention]

Wow!

Double wow! Though your summary doesn't mention ZXDB, ZX7, B*frost or Nirvana...

R-Tape wrote: ↑Wed Dec 12, 2018 9:19 am Double wow! Though your summary doesn't mention ZXDB, ZX7, B*frost or Nirvana...

My full resume does

Thanks as always to [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention], [mention]R-Tape[/mention] and all those involved. I'm off for Christmas to enjoy Woot!

New entries!
FilloMania
Manic Scroller
O-EYES
O-Puzz Attack
Quadron
New entries from the Woot! Tape Magazine (see this thread):
WOOT! Tape Magazine issue #2 - ZXMAS 2018 Edition
Bean Brothers
Buzzsaw+ (Dim Sun Edition)
Go-Go Bunnygun
Agatha Christie's Parrot+
Santa's Strange Dream
Christmas Cracker Simulator
Super Moritz
Your crackers, m'lord!
Varina
Second Skin Demo
2x2 Font Tutorial
AGD Compendium
Apologies:
[mention]8bitAG[/mention] [mention]StooB[/mention] [mention]Ralf[/mention] [mention]druellan[/mention]
Time was short, we need to get used to the new update system, so we prioritised getting the new software. Sorry you've got to wait again for your MIA, upload or fix; after a rest, we will get round to these in the new year