Corn Popping Goodness at Subi
Fri, 6 May 2005, 01:20 pmMelissa Merchant12 posts in thread
Corn Popping Goodness at Subi
Fri, 6 May 2005, 01:20 pmJust wanted to take this opportunity to remind everyone that Popcorn opens in less than a week.
We've got a great show. After 5 months of directing this thing I'm still finding it funny. In fact at one point I was laughing so hard that I started crying and had to leave the room. These guys are good, they really, really are.
Don't miss out, I recommend you book early and book often.
For details check out http://www.theatre.asn.au/eventView.php3?event_id=5987
Melissa Merchant - The proud and somewhat deliriously tired director.
We've got a great show. After 5 months of directing this thing I'm still finding it funny. In fact at one point I was laughing so hard that I started crying and had to leave the room. These guys are good, they really, really are.
Don't miss out, I recommend you book early and book often.
For details check out http://www.theatre.asn.au/eventView.php3?event_id=5987
Melissa Merchant - The proud and somewhat deliriously tired director.
Re: Is bigger really better?
Sat, 7 May 2005, 05:06 pmHi Craig
crgwllms wrote:
> If the home page was expanded to include more than just three
> posts per forum, there would be more value added to
> advertisements put on the site...and so possibly a reduced
> need from people who feel they have to post things multiple
> times every day.
I've doubled the number of posts per forum displayed on the home page to six. Each additional post per forum has a significant impact on the size of the home page and the time taken to download the page so I'm reluctant to take it all the way to ten, but let me know what you think.
I... er... suppose there's no chance then that anyone would have been happy with my planned solution of a "recent posts" page and just a list of the ten or so most active topics for the new site?
Ah well... best laid plans and all that.
Incidentally, I can imagine after so many months and years that some people might wonder if the new site will ever arrive. It's not very far off! Work in progress available here:
http://home.it.net.au/~gmalcolm/
Don't take too much notice of the home page - I haven't added anything to it yet. But registered users here at Theatre Australia might want to try logging in to the new site using their regular name and password and updating their accounts for fun.
I have migration routines available to port everything except the news and polls across. (Sorry, Craig. The polls are probably easiest of all and I'm leaving them 'til last and "news" will work entirely differently.) There's a snapshot in there that's a few days old.
Unless you're logged in, steer away from links labelled "events", or "more" productions and "more" auditions you'll only generate an error message after a long wait. The search index is currently empty because I wipe it every time I do a fresh migration and it takes a few hours to generate.
Generally, it's probably more complete than it may appear at first glance but particularly if you log in, you'll begin to see some of the depth. If you've registered a company on the site, try logging on and clicking on the companies link in the left hand navigation.
Also, don't be put off by the empty home page and any errors you encounter - these are due to incomplete datasets. It's actually very much more solid than the current site - and solves that annoying logging you off problem!!! The rest of the features will become apparent later.
Feedback actively welcomed!
Cheers
Grant
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crgwllms wrote:
> If the home page was expanded to include more than just three
> posts per forum, there would be more value added to
> advertisements put on the site...and so possibly a reduced
> need from people who feel they have to post things multiple
> times every day.
I've doubled the number of posts per forum displayed on the home page to six. Each additional post per forum has a significant impact on the size of the home page and the time taken to download the page so I'm reluctant to take it all the way to ten, but let me know what you think.
I... er... suppose there's no chance then that anyone would have been happy with my planned solution of a "recent posts" page and just a list of the ten or so most active topics for the new site?
Ah well... best laid plans and all that.
Incidentally, I can imagine after so many months and years that some people might wonder if the new site will ever arrive. It's not very far off! Work in progress available here:
http://home.it.net.au/~gmalcolm/
Don't take too much notice of the home page - I haven't added anything to it yet. But registered users here at Theatre Australia might want to try logging in to the new site using their regular name and password and updating their accounts for fun.
I have migration routines available to port everything except the news and polls across. (Sorry, Craig. The polls are probably easiest of all and I'm leaving them 'til last and "news" will work entirely differently.) There's a snapshot in there that's a few days old.
Unless you're logged in, steer away from links labelled "events", or "more" productions and "more" auditions you'll only generate an error message after a long wait. The search index is currently empty because I wipe it every time I do a fresh migration and it takes a few hours to generate.
Generally, it's probably more complete than it may appear at first glance but particularly if you log in, you'll begin to see some of the depth. If you've registered a company on the site, try logging on and clicking on the companies link in the left hand navigation.
Also, don't be put off by the empty home page and any errors you encounter - these are due to incomplete datasets. It's actually very much more solid than the current site - and solves that annoying logging you off problem!!! The rest of the features will become apparent later.
Feedback actively welcomed!
Cheers
Grant
[%sig%]
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