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| I found a cool way to access the BBS. RipTel... Telegrafix - Riptel
The program is QUITE old. I don't even know if that company actually supports the software any longer. Registration is $24 on their homepage, but I'd bet you can find it MUCH cheaper somewhere else... Just do some searches for RipTel, I'm sure you'll find a better price out there somewhere.
Anyway, everything should be cool. Let me know if there's any other problems.
Well, I'm making the server available tonight. I've been working my butt off all day trying to fix the problems that the AT&T Web blackout is causing. Hopefully everything is on the up and up. Let me know if you have any problems...
Ok, I registered dtserver.com and got the site set up. Gotta get back to programming now. I should have a lot of time to work on stuff this week. Wish me luck. :)
Ok, I've had to take a brief detour to learn the Java programming language. The games I will be making will make use of Java Applets. (only way to get rid of that damn annoying click sound.) Anyway... This may take me a few days.
Heh. I found a bug in my newsbuilder program that caused the news to not work properly with the customized colors. Took me a couple of hours to re-write everything so that it would. Fun stuff... :)
Changes, Changes, Changes - Robert Olsen - 6/21/2001 6:24:55 PM |
I restricted access to most parts of the page to registered users. To register, simply click the login button to the left and follow the new user proceedure. Pretty simple really. The benchmark and color change stuff is no longer available to guests. Gotta log in. I want to know who's playing with stuff at this point.
I re-wrote part of the menuing system today. I found a bug when I tried adding a userlevel to the userfile. No big deal though.
I am continuing work on Multiplayer Tic-Tac-Toe. I got the main interface working, as well as data transfer. Now I have to wrap up the game logic, login proceedure, and finishing touches.
Welcome to DT Server. DT Server is the beginning of what I hope to be the first working program in a series of programs designed to help me develop my programming skills so that one day, I can actually help to code for the Awakening Project.
For me, these are baby steps. I have coded things before, but never to this extreme. This whole website is dynamically created on the fly. You can change colors, change menu items, graphics, users, userlevels, news, and other data through the webpage. I hope to add enough functionality and ease of use to this page that it will be a marketable product.
While I am working on this page, I will also be working on a series of web based multiplayer games. These games will be simple, but they will help me to get a grasp on building functional games. Right now, it's very important to me to have a series of small successes. My progress is dictated by my success. If I go for too long without getting something done, I will probably be depressed, and being depressed doesn't help at all.
For now, enjoy the page. The menu at the left has a little bit of functionality right now. You can login, change your colors, and run a simple web benchmark that I created. Items listed on the menu to the left are user level dependant. Some of the games that I'm working on will require you to be logged in to the system. You may want to create an account for yourself by clicking the login menu item, then go to 'new user.'
I will update the news to let you know what I'm working on.
If anyone REALLY likes the way this page works, let me know, and I'll add you to my 'potential customer' database. If I can get the program to an acceptable level, I will probably have pricing for both 'normal people,' and corporate customers. Normal people will probably be charged a one time fee, plus $$$ for support, while Corporate customers will be billed either monthly, or yearly. I don't know how much I want to charge yet, but it will be 'low' compared to most utilities of this kind.
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