The time has finally come. No more safety net, no take backs. Welcome to the new Gamers With Jobs! There's still some question of whether or not the site will crumple under its own weight once more traffic starts streaming in, but so far it's been ticking along pretty well. Despite the sword dangling over our collective heads, I'd say we're optimistic.
We are experiencing sporadic bouts of sluggishness when loading pages, but Jeff is working hard to nail down any lingering speed bumps. If you spot any major problems or anything that might help us optimize the site, do let us know! Also note that it may take a day or two for gamerswithjobs.com to move over to the new server space. Until that happens, some images (like the Conference Call and articles) may not appear on the site.
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I've been away on business this week, so today I pulled up iTunes to try and get all of my podcasts for the week, and I noticed the GWJ's rss feed doesn't seem to be working. I went to the Podcast page and chose the rss button, but when I put the feed into iTunes it tells me it's an invalid podcast feed.
Otherwise, I love the new site!
Only furries play Druids.
I'm making a note here: huge success.
Looks good guys. And I always love that new website smell...
Destiny: spawn.die.repeat | Elite: Paleogamer/Anne Trovert | Secret World: tanstaafl
Once the DNS (domain name server) change has spread itself through the net, it should start working again. i.e. gamerswithjobs.com actually works as the website URL for me now, so the podcast feed works, too.
Leeloo Dallas Multipass.
I don't know if it's a bug or just an unfortunate design decision, but the first post in every thread prints at the top of every page, which I find distracting and annoying.
That might make sense for polls and for front page articles, but I don't think it should be the default behavior.
I also gotta say: that orange is ugly as hell. The more I see it, the less I like it.
Very nice job. Best of luck under stress!
Now to see if I can finally upload my profile picture...
Edit: Yay, it worked!
Torq - I can certainly see myself whipping it out for a quick solo on commutes though.
Steam
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If there be a way to break it, I'll find it. Muwha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
I wish you guys would stop encouraging him.
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Baron Of Hell wrote:YOU VILLAIN!
Looks awesome.
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Found it! Kneeling servant, lower right corner of picture: sideboob. Pretty sure those three pixels are a nipple. So, what were you saying about a new site design?
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Favorite puzzle: Grim Fandango -- the metal detector
Congratulations, on a job well done guys. The site looks awesome.
The tracker seems to be broken, as well as the account based one. Not all threads show up in it which you can easily check. For instance, currently the four threads at the top of Everything Else is missing.
Unofficial GWJ IRC Channel
It's actually 3.3 now.
Niiiiice! Great success!
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Just confirmed this for myself.
Check out the tracker page:
Now at the same time, here's the games forum:
By timestamp, all of those threads in the games window should be in the top 10 on the tracker, but we're missing 4 of the 6 threads. Curiously, we get the PSP:Echochrome thread in the tracker list and it's actually third on the games list.
Nightmare is unhappy. He has complained of the lack of garbage collection lately. He was disgusted by a double pointer. He was disturbed by structs while sleeping.
Indeed, I had a play with the test and the niggles it appears has been ironed out, the site loads fine too in no time. It's a nice!
Paul Hughes aka the Lord of Leisure
Occasionally I write and do stuff over on this old website too; https://lordofleisure.com Aren't I smart and creative and all the best words..... cough...
Darmok, and Jalad at Tanagra!
"PEACE ON EARTH. GOOD WILL TO MEN. PUBLIC SHELTER. ADMISSION 50¢"
And the move has made the url in itunes for the podcast go all broke and busted like my dreams.
oh my god boooooog
*Legion* wrote:boogle was raised in one, he knows a barn when he sees one.
Shaka, when the walls fell.
I wish you guys would stop encouraging him.
EvilHomer3k wrote:You are an evil, evil person.
Baron Of Hell wrote:YOU VILLAIN!
Oh Jean Luke Picard is there nothing you can't do!
"Can I have a job? I donut have much experiences, butt I always use an spellchecker spellchecker on my articles." - Sway
Using Prayer To Microevolve Latent Antibiotic Resistance In Bacteria since 2005!
Spoiler Fanatic!
I don't know if you guys ever noticed this on the old site, but the tracker was cached every 15 minutes I think. So that may be what's happening here.
I'd guess it's more than that. Check out the games list and the tracker I posted. Viewing an older cached copy of the tracker page could explain the two newest Games topics being left out, but it doesn't explain why the Burnout and Audiosurf topics don't show up. Their timestamps would place them in the tracker list ahead of the Microprose and CoD topics.
Nightmare is unhappy. He has complained of the lack of garbage collection lately. He was disgusted by a double pointer. He was disturbed by structs while sleeping.
Here are two additional screenshots with some markup. In between the two underlined threads in the tracker you should have the four marked as missing. The Gamespot thread is also missing and should be above them.
Unofficial GWJ IRC Channel
The links at the top of the forums and articles (the ones that say "Home >> Forums >> etc") won't highlight unless my mouse is right on the top pixel of them. Putting the mouse over the text normally, it's unclickable. I'm using IE7.
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So, I have some feedback now after using the site for a bit. I really miss the forum breadcrumbs at the bottom of the page. They made it much easier to jump back up to the parent forum of the thread I was currently reading.
Edit: Nevermind. Sort of... I'm seeing the breadcrumbs on threads in the Gaming forum, but not on threads in the News & Front Page Articles forum.
Plan to be spontaneous... tomorrow
Xbox Live/PSN/Steam/Nintendo: DoubleFour
I already forgot what the old site looked like. Good sign, I guess. Cheers!
The only thing I've noticed is that the "popular threads" sidebar never seems to change. It's been the same five threads for the last 15 hours. I know because I sat here hitting reload over and over.... no I didn't.
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It looks good guys. Good job!
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Gnomish prostitutes look like bunches of grapes.
Turn the clocks forward!! Or at least yell at the host to do it.
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Nice and crisp, love the new design. And I can't wait for the next podcast!!
Keep up the great work...
Windows XP and IE7 (Yes, I really am that un-cool!)
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