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Nate

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  • Information Desk Archive Re: YWS is now hosted by Linode

    You're welcome! Just did a server reset to finish some configuration stuff regarding the database. Specifically, I set up a better temp directory for the database to use that'll help ...

    Jan 26, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Report a site bug

    Sorry everyone about the general mysql error that just popped up! Was trying to set up a new tmp directory for mysql, and it obviously didn't go over well.

    Jan 26, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Report a site bug

    Using http://www.webpagetest.org, I just tested the load times for YWS from Dulles, VA; Miami, FL; San Jose, CA; Wellington, NZ; and Geneva, Switzerland. The slowest I got was from San ...

    Jan 26, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: YWS is now hosted by Linode

    After experiencing consistent server disruptions on VPS.net, YWS has switched to Linode. The problem with appears to have been a disk problem. There could have been a damaged hard disk, ...

    Jan 26, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: YWS: Apollo Updates Thread

    Last night, I fixed the summaries for literary works such that the short description rather than an excerpt from the work is displayed. But now that it's fixed, I think ...

    Jan 24, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: YWS: Apollo Updates Thread

    Just finished putting together a search engine for literary works. The cool thing about the search engine is that it's now much easier to find all works by a user ...

    Jan 24, 2013
  • Information Desk Re: Literary Search Tips

    When searching the literary database, there are a couple specific phrases that you can use to make the search better. Works by a specific user: by Works by a specific ...

    Jan 24, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Site downtime - January 23, 2013

    YWS crashed at approximately 11pm GMT January 23, and again at 12:30 am GMT January 24. Unfortunately, I have no information at this time regarding what caused the crash. The ...

    Jan 24, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: YWS: Apollo Updates Thread

    ;n; Did you just add line numbers to poems? My hero! {or have they always been there?} Haha, you caught me while I was experimenting with that! I've been trying ...

    Jan 23, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: YWS: Apollo Updates Thread

    You can now save drafts of reviews/comments to literary works.

    Jan 22, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Scheduled Downtime: February 7

    The who: Young Writers Society The what: Scheduled downtime The where: Here? The when: February 7, 5 am GMT to approx. 5 pm GMT same-day The why: Switching hosting providers ...

    Jan 22, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: YWS: Apollo Updates Thread

    The header area of literary works has received a minor touch-up to make it more attractive and more helpful.

    Jan 22, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: YWS: Apollo Updates Thread

    Thank you Rydia!

    Jan 21, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Report a site bug

    Devan ->> Thanks for reporting that. I don't have time to fix it, so I've just renamed "Preview" to "Reset." Pinkemogirl ->> Should all be working now! What was happening ...

    Jan 21, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: YWS: Apollo Updates Thread

    Last but not least for tonight: breadcrumbs. They go below the navigation tabs and basically show you where you are on the site right now. They're somewhat superfluous, but are ...

    Jan 21, 2013


Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
— Winston Churchill