RE: Variant Bank?

"Harry Kriewaldt [email protected] [dpjudge]" <[email protected]> Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:39:13 +1000
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Not being remotely IT-savvy, I think I only understood about 1/8 of that, b=
ut I'll nod and agree :P

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Thankfully, I've sound what looks like a way of finding bits of the Bank th=
rough other links, so it'll be a workaround for now.

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Probably my own fault, too, in part. I'd had a lot of the maps and rules sa=
ved locally years ago, but had moved away from the Hobby and deleted them. =
Catch up with some old friends, and guess what everyone wants to do again?

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Harry
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To: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
From: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 05:52:57 -0700
Subject: Re: [dpjudge] Variant Bank?

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Yes, security updates to ASP hosting have broken a lot of the dynamic funct=
ionality of the Variant Bank. I volunteered to help with that a few years b=
ack, but I didn't realize at the time that it was being hosted on Windows.=
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The ideal solution would be to port the Variant Bank to a lightweight Conte=
nt Management System or hardened wiki. That, however, would be time intensi=
ve for whoever took it on. I've copied the site owner. I can provide Linux =
hosting. If there's interest, perhaps something can be worked out.=20
Good hunting,
Chris Babcock
www.asciiking.com
On Dec 17, 2014 3:58 AM, "Harry Kriewaldt [email protected] [dpjudge]"=
 <[email protected]> wrote:





Just wondering if the Variant Bank website (http://variantbank.org/) is sti=
ll being maintained. A lot of the links on it are dead, although they can s=
eemingly be accessed elsewhere. Gets a little bit tricky if I'm trying to l=
ook up all the different variants for X-number of players, though.

Any information gratefully received.








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<div dir='ltr'>Not being remotely IT-savvy, I think I&nbsp;only understood about 1/8 of that, but I'll nod and agree :P<BR>
&nbsp;<BR>
Thankfully, I've sound what looks like a way of finding bits of the Bank through other links, so it'll be a workaround for now.<BR>
&nbsp;<BR>
Probably my own fault, too, in part. I'd had a lot of the maps and rules saved locally years ago, but had moved away from the Hobby and deleted them. Catch up with some old friends, and guess what everyone wants to do again?<BR>
&nbsp;<BR>
Harry<BR>&nbsp;<BR>
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To: [email protected]<BR>CC: [email protected]<BR>From: [email protected]<BR>Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 05:52:57 -0700<BR>Subject: Re: [dpjudge] Variant Bank?<BR><BR><SPAN style="DISPLAY: none">&nbsp;</SPAN> 
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<P dir=ltr>Yes, security updates to ASP hosting have broken a lot of the dynamic functionality of the Variant Bank. I volunteered to help with that a few years back, but I didn't realize at the time that it was being hosted on Windows. <BR>
<P dir=ltr>The ideal solution would be to port the Variant Bank to a lightweight Content Management System or hardened wiki. That, however, would be time intensive for whoever took it on. I've copied the site owner. I can provide Linux hosting. If there's interest, perhaps something can be worked out. </P>
<P dir=ltr>Good hunting,<BR>Chris Babcock<BR><A href="http://www.asciiking.com" target=_blank>www.asciiking.com</A></P>
<DIV class=ecxgmail_quote>On Dec 17, 2014 3:58 AM, "Harry Kriewaldt <A href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> [dpjudge]" &lt;<A href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A>&gt; wrote:<BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Just wondering if the Variant Bank website (<A href="http://variantbank.org/" target=_blank>http://variantbank.org/</A>) is still being maintained. A lot of the links on it are dead, although they can seemingly be accessed elsewhere. Gets a little bit tricky if I'm trying to look up all the different variants for X-number of players, though.<BR><BR>Any information gratefully received.<BR></DIV><BR><BR>
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