Good idea, CoolMatty would have to give me read access to the Massassi db though
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Not too hard to do since they're on the same box, but he may need... PERSUASION.
On the other hand I suppose I could still link accounts even without db access... the script would just take the username/pass given and try to log in to the forums with it. If successful it would write the username/pass hash to it's own DB to create your account.
As an added bonus it moves the responsibility of preventing duplicate accounts to the Massassi Forum Admins
Also I was thinking of a feature where each news post would also show up as a forum post on a CWC thread (like this one). DB write access could do this best (with the above account-linking, each news post would appear to come from the user who triggers it). Even without db access I could still make a new account specifically for news posting and then have the PHP script "log in" as it and post posts.
I'm thinking of making user accounts survive a reset, only problem is then we might have a bunch of nations that don't want to play anymore... maybe I'll add a "delete this account after this round" button, and every round will now simply reset resources and weapons and instead of wiping the DB.
Also right now resets are manual, although all it takes is me clicking a link.
Things I'm gonna do, in this order probably:
- Account page listing
- Profile page viewing
- When you win, I'll make it so your personal customized CSS is applied to every page! ![:)](../../smileys/smile_new.gif)
- Profile editing
- Will make all accounts survive resets, and manual entry into a new round
- Will make resetting automatic, will keep news posts around and will keep track of who won the LAST game and display it until the current game is won.
- Redoing news to add a summary of what it's about to make it easier to browse, and also making the news auto-posts into templates
and asking for more so I can randomize them a bit for more variety.
- Might do the account linking, seems a better idea than what I'm doing now to limit multiple accounts (Matrinix already beat it with a proxy, which I expected him to try anyway)
- Might do the news posts -> forum thread posts thing
- Some HTML layout/CSS stuff
- Maybe some JS here and there
[Edit: Oops, I broke the weapon and attack pages yesterday... fixed]
[Edit: I now have a "SUDDENLY, ORBITAL LASER" link for myself only on every profile page. Don't be cheap. >_>]