What would we post to the main page? We certainly have the capability to do so, but I don't think anyone other than Bart has ever posted an update and there is not really anything warranting an announcement.
I have done some further work on search and you may notice the default search results are significantly different, here is the change log:
Changed the default sort criteria for search results, it used to primarily sort by post date, with an advanced option to sort by favourites or views. It now defaults to sort by search score descending, with an advanced option to sort by favourites, views or post date. (This means you can compare the new search vs old by changing the sort option)
Altered the search index priorities slightly to increase the influence of keyword relevance over other factors like number of comments and how recently it was updated
Experimented with adding an exposed date range filter, however it proved unsatisfactory so I have not implemented it.
Experimented with a custom combined field global search field, but this too proved unsatisfactory.
Temporarily raised the minimum word index from 2 characters to 3, and lowered the number of items indexed per cron run from 100 to 50. The idea here is that it is possible cron jobs are failing silently due to memory restrictions, so I am trying to make it as easy as possible for the index to update. These changes massively decreases the size of the index and the size of each cron operation, at the expense of providing worse results for terms like "16 bit". (I suspect it won't actually help, since all items are showing in search results when you use the title filter, so i don't think the index itself is the problem. Still, it is worth trying as failed crons are a pretty common problem with larger sites which have been running for a long time.
Cleared the site caches, in case some searches were mistakenly being cached.
Noticed in the site error logs that solr search views are still being referenced by some views and generating warnings, however I haven't yet managed to track down the reference
Ultimately I believe the longer term solution is that the site needs to be brought down for maintenance, updates applied and a few database tables cleared before being brought back up.
If anyone has feedback on these changes I'd love to hear it.
One more thing, I just checked the access logs, and Bart logged in about a week ago, so he certainly isn't completely AWOL. I also know that he is a very busy guy, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.
As I suspected, the re-index did not work. The index is a Solr Index, and the Solr instance is currently not working. This will require low level server access which is beyond mere site administration.
@capbros My understanding of the search situation is this:
1. Main search used to use Solr search, this is a high quality search which searches across all fields and is highly configurable. 2. Main search now uses Drupal core search terms, this searches for a specific term across all fields, but is not very configurable 3. Title search isn't really searching, it is actually filtering all art titles by *any* of the terms entered.
Given the length of time this has been an issue, I have just unilaterally taken two actions on the search front.
1. I have rebuilt the index (the big red button has been pressed). This can take quite some time, however I believe it may not solve the issue entirely. There is a deeper issue which requires low level server access to resolve.
2. In the mean time I have added another search field to the advanced search page. The new "title" field uses a different search mechanism, so it will return results regardless of the state of the search index. The downside is that it only searches the art title, not all the fields on a piece of art.
It seems to me that title limited search is more useful than time limited search, so if the re-index does not work, then we may have to consider replacing the main site search with the title search I just implemented. It would be great if people could try out the title search feature and let me know your feelings on using it instead of main site search, at least temporarily.
These are great. I could see them as ingame sketchbook drawings, or a deck of cards, or characters in a graphic novel, however for pretty much any use, there need to be more of them.
I have been watching this thread the whole time, and I still don't quite know what to make of this game. It seems to be a kind of post-modern collage of game mechanics, everything including the kitchen sink thrown into a blender and set up as a deathmatch.
Gender and religious politics aside, what are the goals of the project? what are the milestones? And how will you know when its finished?
I can't help with the pixel art, but i did try my hand at modeling the logo. I haven't textured or finished it yet, would this kind of thing be of interest to you?
As nice as the backgrounds above are, they don't really look anything like the Snowy Mountains where platypi live. I've also made a background which more closely reflects the Australian high country.
As one of the few lucky people on earth to have seen wild platypi in the snowy mountains, i thought i should take up this challenge. I'd point out that in reality every platypus i have ever seen was wet and much darker than this, and that contrary to their usual cute portayal, they are quite dangerous since they are actually venomous.
I'm not entirely convinced that you can actually judge a piece of music from its preview image. It is doable, but I'm not sure it would actually provide that much benefit.
What would we post to the main page? We certainly have the capability to do so, but I don't think anyone other than Bart has ever posted an update and there is not really anything warranting an announcement.
I have done some further work on search and you may notice the default search results are significantly different, here is the change log:
Ultimately I believe the longer term solution is that the site needs to be brought down for maintenance, updates applied and a few database tables cleared before being brought back up.
If anyone has feedback on these changes I'd love to hear it.
One more thing, I just checked the access logs, and Bart logged in about a week ago, so he certainly isn't completely AWOL. I also know that he is a very busy guy, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.
As I suspected, the re-index did not work. The index is a Solr Index, and the Solr instance is currently not working. This will require low level server access which is beyond mere site administration.
@capbros My understanding of the search situation is this:
1. Main search used to use Solr search, this is a high quality search which searches across all fields and is highly configurable.
2. Main search now uses Drupal core search terms, this searches for a specific term across all fields, but is not very configurable
3. Title search isn't really searching, it is actually filtering all art titles by *any* of the terms entered.
Given the length of time this has been an issue, I have just unilaterally taken two actions on the search front.
1. I have rebuilt the index (the big red button has been pressed). This can take quite some time, however I believe it may not solve the issue entirely. There is a deeper issue which requires low level server access to resolve.
2. In the mean time I have added another search field to the advanced search page. The new "title" field uses a different search mechanism, so it will return results regardless of the state of the search index. The downside is that it only searches the art title, not all the fields on a piece of art.
It seems to me that title limited search is more useful than time limited search, so if the re-index does not work, then we may have to consider replacing the main site search with the title search I just implemented. It would be great if people could try out the title search feature and let me know your feelings on using it instead of main site search, at least temporarily.
These are great. I could see them as ingame sketchbook drawings, or a deck of cards, or characters in a graphic novel, however for pretty much any use, there need to be more of them.
I have been watching this thread the whole time, and I still don't quite know what to make of this game. It seems to be a kind of post-modern collage of game mechanics, everything including the kitchen sink thrown into a blender and set up as a deathmatch.
Gender and religious politics aside, what are the goals of the project? what are the milestones? And how will you know when its finished?
I can't help with the pixel art, but i did try my hand at modeling the logo. I haven't textured or finished it yet, would this kind of thing be of interest to you?
As nice as the backgrounds above are, they don't really look anything like the Snowy Mountains where platypi live. I've also made a background which more closely reflects the Australian high country.
http://opengameart.org/content/snowy-mountains-background
As one of the few lucky people on earth to have seen wild platypi in the snowy mountains, i thought i should take up this challenge. I'd point out that in reality every platypus i have ever seen was wet and much darker than this, and that contrary to their usual cute portayal, they are quite dangerous since they are actually venomous.
http://opengameart.org/content/platypus-concept-and-sprites
I'm not entirely convinced that you can actually judge a piece of music from its preview image. It is doable, but I'm not sure it would actually provide that much benefit.
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