Topic: Version 2.0 of the ATVA site launched! [Article]

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#1 Posted on: 12 November 2005 00:22:00 UTC
A few months of intermittent work and here we are - at Version 2! Hoo-ray! Doesn't look that much different, does it? Well if you looked "under the hood" at the code, you'd see there's been a complete overhaul in the design, but I won't bore you with that...

The biggest change you'll notice is the Search facility (the simple feature that necessitated a complete code rewrite!) now you can type in words in a text box, click a button and hopefully get results that you find useful - at least now the site's left the proverbial Stone Age and entered the Iron Age in terms of design with the "simple" addition of a Search facility...take a peek at the About section - there's a page that documents the search "engine" there...

The Add and Edit pages registered users have access to when editing content - that's been integrated into the general design of the site - cosmetic and functional....

If you have a look at the Glossary and TV Shows sections, you'll notice that the sections have been ordered alphabetically - a new feature of the site allows for the existence of "ordered sections" that automatically order the pages by title in the order specified....thanks for the submissions so far, folks...

Registration has changed as well - we no longer ask registrants for a secret question and answer - how pointless is that feature! Now, if you've forgotten your password, all that is asked of you is your username and the email address you provided at registration - your details will be mailed to you. There's also an account activation step - that should help deter autoregistration....

NOTE: Since the site is now generated with brand new code, there's bound to be MILLIONS of bugs, some innocuous, some nasty - if you come across one, do be a good sport and report it to us....

Thanks!

 

 
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