23-02-2003 07:48									#1
	Slow the news items Dan! Increase Your PM Length

Often I miss a lot of news items because they are posted too close to eachother...

Could you slow down, or enlarge the news thingy to display 3 items rather than one?

	23-02-2003 08:54									#2
	Tired of ads?

I remember the last time someone complained about too many news updates. Mark G gave one of the funniest lines I every saw here. Anybody else remeber it?

	23-02-2003 14:04									#3
	Browse Apolyton AD-FREE

No, but I'm willing to be reminded of it...

	23-02-2003 17:11									#4
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

I don't recall it either...........maybe MarkG will pop in and repeat his comedy gem.

	23-02-2003 21:39									#5
	Remove this text

sorry for working on our site

or something like that

thinking about it again, it might be better to say

sorry that our work alarms you of your laziness

	23-02-2003 23:03									#6
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How about just making some headlines on the news item page that link to the items in question...

	23-02-2003 23:06									#7
	Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

i'm not sure what you mean, but if you click on the "news" link on the links at the top of the forum pages(between "directory" and "store") you will be taken to the news archive page which shows all the news items from all sections in one page
http://apolyton.net/news

	24-02-2003 00:21									#8
	Enter the AD-FREE zone

If you drop the text that I crossed out (or just make it smaller), and make title a link (to open a new brouwer window containing that particular article?), the items won't drop as fast as thay do now.

Btw; is that page optimised for 800x600, because I have alot of space on the right side of the page
(ready to be filled with ads,banners,... )

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	24-02-2003 01:21									#9
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

i believe frozzy is talking about the news headlines drop-down menu at the top of forum pages....

	24-02-2003 02:02									#10
	Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

The news bar has been scrolling by very fast recently, but all it really takes is to remember to click on the drop-down box once every couple of days and scan the most recent 5 or 10 entries for anything that interests you.

	24-02-2003 03:09									#11
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Exactly - more effort.

	24-02-2003 04:25									#12
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I like the news side bar on the forums index. if you ever pull your nose outside the ot - use it

	24-02-2003 08:10									#13
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

Maybe don't stop with the news items, but at least run them through a spell checker:

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	24-02-2003 21:34									#14
	Suffering from ads?

quote: Originally posted by Skanky Burns No, but I'm willing to be reminded of it...

"Perhaps it is time to rediscover the lost art of non updating"

	24-02-2003 21:48									#15
	Increase Your PM Length

Yeah that is funnier than MarkG's recollection of his own quip.

	24-02-2003 22:46									#16
	Increase Your PM Length

I agree that the news bar is being filled up pretty soon in these days, but that just mean we're lucky and that civ games are popular. Isn't that what we want? OTOH, I can't really see RoN as a civ game as such(am I in problems now? ), and that game has got all the six(6!) news updates, all in two days!

But I think it's good work from our dear admins!

	24-02-2003 23:41									#17
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thanks Lefty

	25-02-2003 21:36									#18
	Increase Your PM Length

quote: Originally posted by Zopperoni Maybe don't stop with the news items, but at least run them through a spell checker:

The minor typographical oversight you have referenced above was quickly corrected.

If anyone finds a spelling error in a news report, send a note via email to the corresponding news reporter for correction.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

	25-02-2003 22:51									#19
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Mistakes, I fear, will get corrected quicker if the +1 incentive is still I place.

	25-02-2003 23:07									#20
	Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

Got to love the +1.

	26-02-2003 01:01									#21
	Got spare money?

I see no reason for modification- it looks nicer when the newsbar is compact, and since it can be dropped down you can still see the news that you missed- and if you visit the main page; you can find direct links to the news page.

I support mark and Dan for updating their site!