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Cantr Webzine

Postby *Wiro » Thu Nov 22, 2012 9:56 pm

There used to be a Cantr Webzine, Stolen Notes. What happened to that and are the old issues with the comics and stories archived somewhere?
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Re: Cantr Webzine

Postby NostalgicMelody7 » Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:53 pm

I was wondering about the webzine a few days ago, actually. I haven't been around long enough to have read it. Why did it stop?
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Re: Cantr Webzine

Postby SekoETC » Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:43 am

People stopped contributing and later something happened that made it unreadable.
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Re: Cantr Webzine

Postby Jos Elkink » Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:19 pm

I certainly think an attempt should be made to revive it .... (I mean, it would be a good idea to make the old versions available again, but more importantly, it should be brought back to life.)

The old version used some software called e107 ... It would probably be a good idea to do something more home-baked in future, since e107 is a bit ugly and quite different from all other things used around Cantr.
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Re: Cantr Webzine

Postby NostalgicMelody7 » Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:32 pm

If the webzine was brought back, I would definitely help revive it :)
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Re: Cantr Webzine

Postby NancyLee » Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:36 pm

I would like to see it up and running, so if I can contribute somehow, I'd like to.
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Re: Cantr Webzine

Postby *Wiro » Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:39 pm

Wayback Machine archived some very limited pages, though if possible it would be amazing if all the issues (it goes back a couple of years) could be found and uploaded somewhere.

It's easy to say you'll contribute but I remember when the Webzine was running lots of people wanted to contribute but only half of them eventually met their deadlines. I'm all for it, but hopefully this time without deadlines or quarterly issues. I searched and found an old topic I posted in back then, a discussion on turning Stolen Notes into a blog. I certainly like that idea, so there's fun stories, comics and poems all year round.
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Re: Cantr Webzine

Postby NostalgicMelody7 » Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:52 pm

*Wiro wrote:It's easy to say you'll contribute but I remember when the Webzine was running lots of people wanted to contribute but only half of them eventually met their deadlines.

I know the feeling >.< I'm the president of our school's journalism club, and almost nobody ever turns in their articles D;
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Re: Cantr Webzine

Postby EchoMan » Fri Nov 23, 2012 2:25 pm

From a ProgD point of view the webzine haven't been prioritized very high. There have been other things with higher importance. I'll see what we can do about it. And e107... the security holes were like black holes on that one. We will find a better tool for it... :)

The database used for the webzine is still intact, so we should be able to revive all content.
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Re: Cantr Webzine

Postby Doug R. » Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:53 pm

Is there any free blogging programs we could use? Heck, we could even use the forum if we wanted.
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Re: Cantr Webzine

Postby Black Canyon » Fri Nov 23, 2012 10:04 pm

I think using the forum is an excellent idea :)
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Re: Cantr Webzine

Postby *Wiro » Sat Nov 24, 2012 2:11 am

No need to make it fancy. Even a free blog website works. Cantr's still an indie game, isn't it? We're allowed to be cheap.
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Re: Cantr Webzine

Postby Henkie » Sat Nov 24, 2012 2:15 am

Allowed? It's free to play, we're supposed to be!
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Re: Cantr Webzine

Postby Rugila » Sat Nov 24, 2012 6:58 am

KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid

Think this rule applies pretty much
You can see the difference between professional work and rookie stuff, by how well it is done after all.
No need to add complicated and expensive things, unless we got a firm standing.

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Re: Cantr Webzine

Postby Doug R. » Sat Nov 24, 2012 1:53 pm

If we did use the forum, how would we like to set it up? We'd need a new forum section, obviously, but would it be free for anyone to post?
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