*bump to put on Active Topics*

[ February 27, 2002: Message edited by: StrangeShe ]

Glad to help. It's still in the works, but should be 'complete' soonish. :)

Updated list.

(but more to go...)

*bubbles upwards in forum topic list*

Uh oh. I've been slacking on this. Really should get back to it.... :)

SS, I'm sure you already are, but if you could keep a record of this around after Shadowmarch goes through whatever transitions it may, I would really appreciate it.

Wolfshade

Wolfshade wrote:

SS, I'm sure you already are, but if you could keep a record of this around after Shadowmarch goes through whatever transitions it may, I would really appreciate it.

*nod* I'm glad you mentioned it. I'll be certain to do so, but will likely wait until last minute in order to get the most up-to-date copy of everything. Does make me wonder about archiving stuff...

I know Aan and Peter and Sahi and some others are working on some archiving. Probably should find out how extensively. In any case, I'm sure we'll figure out how before it's all lost (and I'll nab a copy of the OL stuff for certain).

[ July 08, 2002: Message edited by: StrangeShe ]

I have indeed a full copy of the forums on my HD. I have the origingal pages as well as a version that has been stripped of the buttons and images that point to the Shadowmarch site. This version also has all the links changed so that they point to the local archive and not to Smarch.

If and how this archive can be made available is yet to be decided though. I really hope I can make it browsable and searchable online.

The content of this board is copyright by Tad though, so I can't distribute anything until I've managed to get an OK from Tad, and I'm not going to bother him until he's got a bit more time.

Sahi & Marion: Thanks for pointing to the Meta Index here, it is indeed a very useful tool. (Meta Cheers for Sahi and her Fabulous Histories Desk! :) Having the link here in this topic will be very helpful to any others looking for topics that haven't been added to the list above.

One way this differs a little bit is in the categorizing of the topics. It's so hard to tell what's in the threads just from the topic title (especially when the discussions veer as they tend to, being organic and all ;).

At one point, people (mostly those who hadn't finished reading the series) were commenting that they didn't want to read any of the OL topics because they couldn't tell which ones had spoilers for which parts of the books. So, this index attempts to sort it out a bit. Of course, I'm finding most of the topics do indeed spoil all the way to the end of the series, but there are a good number that don't. I also like grouping discussions by the content; one can get close from a topic title sort, but won't catch all of the topics that way (titles aren't always descriptive).

Anyway, it's just a sideline project. Takes a bit more time than just putting the links in here, since I'm also reading the threads again and sorting them out. Glad it's helpful, though, and anyone who wants to jump in is certainly welcome and appreciated! :)

I is already BIG, StrangeShe. The original .html files are ~1.1GB in size....

The modified files (with fixed links, removed buttons, member ratings, shadowmarch navigation bar and a few minor layout changes) are ~500MB.

A compressed archive is ~25MB with RK and ~35MB with RAR. A ZIP archive would probably be 60 - 80MB...

Chucky wrote:

What would be the best format for updating this, StrangeShe?  Should I PM you suggestions, or what?

You can if you like, though I'm not sure what you mean by 'format,' exactly. I like the separation by topic, personally, even though it takes a bit longer -- but am open to suggestions. If what you meant is that you'd like to add to the links, please feel free: you could even just post them here and I can wave my magically mantisly wand and put them in the first post after. :)

Many apologies to all for not having gotten back to this. I have a terrible confession (and those who've watched me awhile probably already know all too well): I have this bad habit of taking on more projects than I can handle at any given time and working on them sort of in the at-a-whim fashion. Flighty? Fickle? Uhm, yeah. ;) But in my defense, I actually do get around to finishing them eventually.

(*thinks of projects in the queue: this, updating the SF & Fantasy Essentials topics, archiving the Rhubarb Pie (Neighborhood) to my home page, finishing final faq tweaks and getting it to the Hierarchs (*double wince*), helping Sahi with archiving the Mints, and loads of ontopic posts that I tend to postpone 'cause I have to think first ;)*)

So haven't forgotten, but they'll all have to wait a couple more days at least, 'cause I have a kitchen loaded with produce that I'm canning and preserving that won't wait. (*g* On the list for today: strawberry jam, salsa, cherry preserves, plum-orange jam. Yesterday I finished putting up a couple dozen jars of peach jam. Yeah, I'm a domestic type. ;)

Uhm. Pardon the unsolicited ramble. Heh.
*embarrassed*

Actually, SS answered my question.  I just asked it poorly.  I'm sorry.