Oh, the irony! Thanks for the help. I will go with the quick-edit formatting in future.
I can hurt a demon!! That's right. I'm back. And I'm a BLOODY ANIMAL!
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Do you have problems, concerns or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.
Mariposa - Mar 18, 2004 9:23:04 am PST #6779 of 10000
"Very occasionally, if you really pay attention, life doesn't suck." -Joss Whedon
victor infante - Mar 18, 2004 1:19:58 pm PST #6780 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Heh. Stompy feet are like buses. Don't see one all day and suddenly there's three at once.
Allyson - Mar 18, 2004 3:18:56 pm PST #6781 of 10000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Re: format, the Phoenix, to me, is set up in such a way that one really does have to read and poke around a bit to get the idea of how things move. It's also set up with great care to archive, which gives the board a sense of history and importance. This is obvious by the columns and the titles.
Here is where we discuss rules. Here is where we discuss technical problems. Here is where things are archived. These are the things we discuss.
At the top and bottom of the page, you can click "next" or "previously" and get to the next or previous page.
The way the board is set up specifically brands our board culture, and what is most important to us. One can't quickly find anything unless they're Nilly, and that's what we want. We want people to take the time to figure things out.
The front page advertises what's inside. The titles are snarky. One can see that thousands of posts occur everyday, so that the board is alive and fresh. If that isn't intriguing enough for someone to figure out that "previous" means, "the posts previous to this page" well, they can go to another board and say, "I was so confused! LOL LOL *g*" And we can be at peace.
I don't think it's about it being simple to navigate (it is, it's just different than what others may be used to), I think it's about having 45 seconds of patience.
Allyson - Mar 18, 2004 3:20:25 pm PST #6782 of 10000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
And by "we" I mean I'm speaking for all of you. Shut up and agree with me. LOL LOL *g*
victor infante - Mar 18, 2004 3:59:27 pm PST #6783 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
And by "we" I mean I'm speaking for all of you. Shut up and agree with me. LOL LOL *g*
What she said.(:
§ ita § - Mar 18, 2004 4:21:42 pm PST #6784 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
sporks self to death
Wolfram - Mar 18, 2004 5:22:36 pm PST #6785 of 10000
Visilurking
you gies are soooo funny!!!!!!!! :-) ROFLMAO
Consuela - Mar 21, 2004 1:10:24 pm PST #6786 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Can we get post 5750 in the Firefly thread edited for other-show spoilers?
Sigh.
Dana - Mar 22, 2004 9:27:56 am PST #6787 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Broken links on the links page that I don't have new locations for:
PMoon's Buffy page
Buffy and Angel Music pages
Buffy's Place
Judgment
Psyche's Transcripts
The Waystation
'Bad Night' by Switch
Two of a Kind
SciFi IGN Article - 'Words of Whedon' - 6/8/2001
The Host with the Most - Andy Hallett (someone poke jengod and find this)
'Dyeing Young' by The Mad Poetess (this is certainly archived somewhere else)
'Reunion' by Kerry Blackwell
Nomad's Realm
The Might of Minear
The Minearketeers Online Store - Powered by CafePress.com (I'm sure Kristen can correct this)
Tim Minear: The UMTA Posts
And this link doesn't work, but I know it's out there, obviously:
Television Tropes & Idoms Wiki
Kristen - Mar 22, 2004 10:28:47 am PST #6788 of 10000
Oh yeah. I need to reopen the store. I got a little distracted.