Progress Report: 10/8/2005

Posted by santosj on November 8, 2005

What I have done:

I have been working on the new templating system and converting the pages over to the new template system. The pages have all been converted except for the administration pages, which I will have to do later.

I have added a comment feature to the updates, so that people can post what they think of the news.

What I still need to do:

- Finish Message Board.

The Message board is almost finished. I should have it done within the next two days.

    Unfinished Features

I have to finish these features before I open the game, but the message board will function without them and that is all that really matters. These features are needed before the game is opened to the public, since managing the forum from PHPmyAdmin would get old really fast. Really, I could do most of these in an instant, but I’m lazy and really want to do other things.

  1. Allow User to Edit their post (support is added, but processing isn’t finished)
  2. Finish Thread Management Form Processing
  3. Complete Thread Posts Management (both form and form processing)
  4. Add Buddy List ignore feature
  5. Add Time Delay to Posting

- Do the Group and Alliance.

I only have do the basic system and it will only be the creation and joining of the groups. The other parts will be added when the game pages are created. I just have to add the basic creation and viewing, so that I can work on the other parts of the game.

- Add the Member List:

  1. View Members Screen Name
  2. Add to Buddy List
  3. Mail Member
  4. View IM if Privacy settings allow it.

- Add the Friends List to the PM, so they can select from the list (to do later, if time permits).

What’s Next:

After I do the items in the todo list (except the item about the PM system), I want to start the RTS prototype. I want to start it now, but I have to finish the clan system now, so that I don’t have to do a lot of going back and editing a lot of the pages. I really don’t want to have to do that. I will have to do already with the administration permissions. I figure the clan and group thing won’t take that much time, about the same amount as the buddy list perhaps.

    The Prototype

The prototype is basically the static pages, without any coding, but what the game will look like and the game will kind of look like when the game is finished. The code would be added later and changes made to the game pages to match how the game code works.

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