LGDB news
New section: Emulators
Wed, 02/24/2010 - 10:27 | by pheontonThanks to lgdb.org user 4no1 you can now access a listing of emulators for several gaming platforms on linux.
The new section is just at the beginning and the look and the displayed information will change in the coming weeks. All users are now able to submit emulator entries to the database.
Spammers get deleted
Thu, 02/18/2010 - 17:38 | by pheontonEvery user that posts comments with unrelated links gets deleted. Sorry if i make a mistake, i think they are just bots and i don't have the nerve to investigate any further. So if you hate me for that write me a feedback message.
If you have any idea how to protect the site maybe with a nice drupal module, let me know. Help is always appreciated.
New feature: Feeds
Thu, 02/11/2010 - 14:41 | by pheontonOk, its not really a new feature, but the implementation is completely new. Now it is possible to enter a feed url when submitting a game to the database, or add it to existing entries. The headlines get aggregated and displayed on the game page and, with all other feed headlines on the Game news page.
The aggregation interval 12 hours at the moment and that is also the time one has to wait before the feed is checked for the first time. Some feeds might not get aggregated at all, sadly the drupal method is very very picky.
Help fill the void
Mon, 01/25/2010 - 14:41 | by pheontonWe need you help to write the game category descriptions. One of the last changes to the site was a window that pops up if you click on a category/term and holds the description of that category/term.
But as you might have noticed most of the descriptions are empty and thus, most of the fancy popups are useless... so please use your knowledge to fill in the void.
here you have an overview of all the terms used and what descriptions are missing, don't hesitate to correct or expand already existing ones.
You can write a comment, use the feedback form, the forum or send a pm to submit descriptions.
Thanks for your help.
XOIE
New Admin
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 12:25 | by pheontonWelcome tuxplayer,
I want to formally introduce tuxplayer. He is the new game administrator for lgdb.org, taking care of the games listed approving new and updating existing content.
In the past weeks he was very busy adding new games to the database. On the other side he proposed some usability changes, some of them are already build and some need more time, hopefully it wont be to long cause i'm confident that they will increase the user experience.
Most of it is mention in the forum: http://www.lgdb.org/forum_topic/my_impressions
So stay tuned for improvements.
Private messages enabled
Fri, 09/04/2009 - 10:10 | by pheontonHi all,
From now on all users can write and receive private messages.
You will receive a notification email when you got a private message, this feature can be disabled under "My messages".
i felt there is a need to inform and contact users of changes or updates committed to there games. so expect some stupid pm's from me, like: i uploaded a new picture.
Have fun,
XOIE
LGDB signatures
Mon, 04/27/2009 - 14:45 | by pheontonNew custom signatures are out!
They display a list of games you play and you can use them for your posts on www.lgdb.org or anywhere else, of course do they get automatically updated if you play a new game!
You find your very own signature on your My account page, i also provided some sample code for BBCode and HTML for your convenience.
Start using them today! hehe.
What do you think? Any suggestion what i should change? A different background or layout?
Cheers, XOIE
The new look
Mon, 04/20/2009 - 10:50 | by pheontonOk, the LGDB site got a shiny new outfit!
A nicer place for all the great native linux games that are already listed and the ones that will be added in the future!
Let me know what you think of it, and of course let me know if you experience any problems with the new layout.
(On a more technical side note: the new theme is based on the Framework theme.)
Back to normal!
Mon, 03/23/2009 - 17:59 | by pheontonOver the weekend the site was going mad... and what i thought where solutions made it worse. After restoring the database most of the links in the navigation menu where lost, e.g. creating new things... administrating old ones. They where not only lost form the menu but i weren't able to access the pages with direct links ether..... after some hours fiddling around with everything, i created a whole new site and restored the database from a backup.
Some pictures are missing, i take the opportunity to upgrade to a new gallery module, please apologize.
registration problems resolved
Wed, 03/04/2009 - 14:42 | by pheontonToday i got a message that the CAPTCHA used to check whether a new user is a spam bot, was not working correctly, I'm really sorry about that, i hope you where not to concerned, most of you are real humans!
i changed the CAPTCHA used for the validation process.
