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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Setekh on July 13, 2004, 10:20:27 am

Title: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: Setekh on July 13, 2004, 10:20:27 am

Hey guys. There's been a buttload of activity on HLP the last couple of weeks, which has been great. Part of that activity is the HLP 2.0 content submission system. From the stuff that's been submitted over the past few days, I'd like to give you guys some comments on how to use it better. :)

• If you want to just post news on the front page, scroll down to the bottom of the front page and find "submit content". Hit that, and when you're asked for the category, put it under Home - News. Anywhere else, it'll end up buried somewhere in the site. ;)
• Choose appropriate projects to post your news under. If you can't think of which one to put it under, just leave it as-is, and it will post with the HLP logo.
• Provide links. Lots. Please. ;)
• Make your news posts brief. The front page is only meant to provide summaries of the real news, and to point to its source. Anything underneath about 150 words should be fine.
• If you don't know how to use HTML to make links and such, either learn HTML or PM an admin (like me) and ask them to post the news for you. :)
• If you are having problems logging in, but still want to submit something, provide some way in the submission for us to identify you. Your name, your email, anything. When we receive complaints about login problems that have no names attached to them, we can't do anything about them because we don't know who's posting. Please identify yourself.
• Rate stuff. The rating system only works if people use it. ;)
• Use it lots. :D

That's pretty much all I can think of. Those points needed to be addressed, especially the one about identifying yourself in complaints. If anyone has anymore questions, ask here. :nod:

Title: Re: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: Nico on July 13, 2004, 10:25:25 am

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Originally posted by Setekh

• If you don't know how to use HTML [...]learn HTML [...] :)[/B]

I love that one :D

Title: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: Setekh on July 13, 2004, 10:28:25 am

Originally I left that alternative out, actually. :D But you guys ought to learn to use it yourselves! (Cleaning up news posts that have vB code in them instead of HTML? Not fun!) :p

Title: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: Thorn on July 13, 2004, 10:40:15 am

Get on ICQ foo :p

Title: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: Kazan on July 13, 2004, 10:51:47 am

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Originally posted by Setekh
Originally I left that alternative out, actually. :D But you guys ought to learn to use it yourselves! (Cleaning up news posts that have vB code in them instead of HTML? Not fun!) :p

PHP:
str_replace(Array(), Array(), subject)

Title: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: HotSnoJ on July 13, 2004, 12:05:56 pm

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Originally posted by Kazan



PHP:
str_replace(Array(), Array(), subject)

you'd want to use a ereg_replace or preg_replace for that Kazan. ;)

Title: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: Kazan on July 13, 2004, 12:06:52 pm

they're all the same thing

[edit]
now that I think of it they are better suited for like  () because they're regex

Title: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: Skippy on July 14, 2004, 05:07:07 am

And you can rate finished campaigns too, here (http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~freespace/hlp/category_show_idal.php?cat=67)

Title: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: Lonestar on July 14, 2004, 12:24:35 pm

Setekh, your frontpage login for your site does not work properly. It logs me into forums NP, but it wont log me into HLP 2.0.

Title: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: Hippo on July 14, 2004, 02:33:43 pm

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Originally posted by Setekh
(Cleaning up news posts that have vB code in them instead of HTML? Not fun!) :p

People have tried that? :rolleyes: :sigh:

Title: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: Thorn on July 14, 2004, 02:38:17 pm

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Originally posted by Lonestar
Setekh, your frontpage login for your site does not work properly. It logs me into forums NP, but it wont log me into HLP 2.0.

Same here. And if I try to register it tells me I already exist. So something is up with my password.

Title: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: Carl on July 14, 2004, 03:01:51 pm

Sticky! Sticky!

Title: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: Hippo on July 14, 2004, 06:14:30 pm

IIRC its case sensative... And if you are part of a Hosted project, you were added automatically, but if not, you have to re-register... :nervous:

And Carl can't sticky it for himself? :p

Title: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: Thorn on July 14, 2004, 06:32:03 pm

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Originally posted by Thorn
And if I try to register it tells me I already exist. So something is up with my password.

My password here is all lowercase. I'm not typing it in wrong.

Title: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: Hippo on July 14, 2004, 06:33:48 pm

Username is case-sensative... It isn't for the forums, but it is there, but it doesn't seem that it is the source of the problem...

Title: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: Thorn on July 14, 2004, 06:35:57 pm

I'm not typing it in wrong.

Title: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: Setekh on July 15, 2004, 02:46:57 am

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Originally posted by Hippo
Username is case-sensative...

Username is not case-sensitive. :)

Thorn, I've reset your password and PMed the new one to you. See if that works.

Title: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: Hippo on July 15, 2004, 07:43:38 am

Its not? We were told it was...

Ah HA! It IS case sensative, according to your own instructions! (Or Styxx's instructions):

(http://swooh.com/peon/hippo/case.jpg)

Title: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: HotSnoJ on July 15, 2004, 08:24:49 am

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Originally posted by Kazan
now that I think of it they are better suited for like  () because they're regex

That's a funny way of saying you're wrong. :P

Title: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: Lonestar on July 15, 2004, 11:50:20 am

Still unable to login and i am a staff member of two projects.

Title: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: Thorn on July 15, 2004, 12:28:40 pm

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Originally posted by Setekh


Username is not case-sensitive. :)

Thorn, I've reset your password and PMed the new one to you. See if that works.

Fixed! Thanks.

Title: Setekh's Easy Guide For Using HLP 2.0
Post by: Styxx on July 15, 2004, 12:53:52 pm

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Originally posted by Lonestar
Still unable to login and i am a staff member of two projects.

PMed you.