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Important Collective Update Links
« on: December 23, 2013, 07:04:09 AM »
In the event that something happens and the Collective goes offline, please check the following for updates:

Bookmark the following!

Collective Twitter Feed: https://twitter.com/HypnopicsCollec

Collective Tumblr page at: http://hypnopics-collective.tumblr.com


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Re: READ THIS RIGHT NOW!
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2013, 05:17:41 PM »
We are aware of a problem with the Gallery and we'll fix that ASAP.


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Re: READ THIS RIGHT NOW!
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2013, 08:43:18 PM »
To the Collective Membership,

It is my responsibility to inform you all of the following events and their implications.

1 - On or about August 1, 2013 we lost contact with MesmerEyes, the founder of the Collective. We have attempted to contact him in every means possible and have been unable to do so. It appears, for all intents and purposes, that he has passed on.  We have to assume that he is no longer with us because of his health issues over the years. This assumption hurts very much, but at this point in time we have no other explanation for what has followed since that point in time. Due to MesmerEyes passing, it falls to myself and ASG to take over the reigns of the Collective to keep it alive.

2 - On December 22, 2013 the Collective site was shut down. This was completely unexpected and we were not fully prepared for this event. With the possible passing of MesmerEyes, the Admin of the Collective, myself and ASG, were in the process of setting up a new domain and hosting for the Collective to be in service by February 20th, 2014 when the current expiration date of the Collective Domain is to expire.

3 - Upon contacting Dreamhost, it was made clear to us that we cannot access MesmerEyes' Dreamhost account and as such we did not have the ability to see what was going on exactly. After going through an involved process, Dreamhost reactivated  MesmerEyes' account and we found that the account had been suspended.

4 - Due to the suspension there is a charge we are currently needing to pay. To keep the Collective active until January 14th, 2014 will require the Admin to pay $450 to Dreamhost ASAP.

5 - After due consideration, the Collective Admin have decided to ask for a donation drive to be able to pay this amount and gain us some needed time to make a server and site move as follows:

6 - If you can assist the Collective, please go to https://gifts.dreamhost.com/ and please purchase a card there for whatever you might wish to. Please note! The maximum per card is $100 US but it can be for any amount. After doing so you will receive a code which can be PMed to myself. Upon the collection of the amount we need I will end this donation drive. GOAL MET WITH THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT

7 - With regards to our hosting, we are the process of negotiations which will, we believe, benefit the Collective. Details of this arrangement will be released when these negotiations are completed and finalized. All I will say at this time is that it will secure the Collective for the foreseeable future.

8 - Arrangements are being made that should myself or ASG pass on, the Collective will be handed to trusted Moderators to maintain the site going forward. This will avoid such incidents as the one we faced on December 22, 2013.

9 - If there are comments about what the Admin have decided to do, you can comment in this thread: http://www.hypnopics-collective.net/smf_forum/index.php?topic=20339


While we have gone through a crisis, there is every indication that we will come out of this a stronger site in many ways.


Thank you for your help and being part of the Collective.


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Re: READ THIS RIGHT NOW!
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2013, 03:03:19 AM »
With my thanks and that of ASG, I can announce that I am closing off the donations drive to deal with the Dreamhost monies that we owed them.

At this time, we have a credit with them of $18.23.

I will be using that credit towards any future charges they may put to us on the 14th of January 2014. If they do not, then I will use that money to pay for renewing the Collective Domain (.net) for another year.

I hope to have another announcement tomorrow with the future hosting plans for the Collective.

My thanks to all those that donated, I'll always be grateful for your support...


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Re: READ THIS RIGHT NOW!
« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2013, 09:29:12 PM »
Later on today, the New Collective Gallery will open on the Forum.

It is NOT perfect, I am still tweaking it because of several issues with it that I need to fix.

At the moment, there will be NO voting on images, the thumbs up system is not functioning correctly.

Please, should you notice anything weird or strange or otherwise there is something that doesn't seem to be working right, I would appreciate members posting those issues in this thread: http://www.hypnopics-collective.net/smf_forum/index.php?topic=20348 so I can deal with them.

My time, at the posting of this message is approximately 12 Noon Eastern Time on Christmas.

I expect the New Gallery to be functioning by 6 PM Eastern Time with luck.

To access the New Gallery you will find a NEW GALLERY link at the top of the Forum page beside the old Gallery link.


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Re: READ THIS RIGHT NOW!
« Reply #5 on: December 26, 2013, 02:07:35 AM »
It's cool of you to do all this and I don't know if your culture winds down like mine does until early January...but tis the season to be jolly...don't stress it, this can wait a few days.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and a big vote of thanks to you and ASG.
cheers
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Re: READ THIS RIGHT NOW!
« Reply #6 on: December 26, 2013, 02:10:46 AM »
Oh I have tomorrow to rest... I hope...

Gallery is up for those that are wondering...



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Re: READ THIS RIGHT NOW!
« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2013, 02:22:33 PM »
Henceforth I degree that the 26th of December be known as Tera day.
Seriously, thank you for all the effort you have put in. Without that, everything else would have been for nought. Thankyou Geek, and thank you to all those who generously donated to keep us afloat.

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Re: READ THIS RIGHT NOW!
« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2013, 05:39:33 PM »
I'm very sick at the moment and I'm not likely to be answering login requests until tomorrow at the earliest...

Sorry all...


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Re: READ THIS RIGHT NOW!
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2013, 03:20:06 AM »
Have you noticed that I can't leave things alone?

We have access to the hypnopics-collective.net domain finally. I have renewed the domain using the credit we had in the Collective Dreamhost account.

The domain is now paid for until February 2015 which takes care of one problem we had.

Hosting is still being figured out and I will report on that issue when that is settled.


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Re: READ THIS RIGHT NOW!
« Reply #10 on: December 28, 2013, 02:25:57 PM »
Have you noticed that I can't leave things alone?

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Re: READ THIS RIGHT NOW!
« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2013, 05:34:19 PM »
Note: 10 images per day upload to the Gallery still applies.

I know that people want to get things up, I do, but please have some courtesy for others?


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Re: READ THIS RIGHT NOW!
« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2013, 09:42:28 PM »
On January 1, 2014, from approximately 1 PM Eastern time to as late as 3 PM Eastern time you might notice a lot of site errors and issues. This will be happening because we will be putting in some alterations to the Gallery which we think will make it better to use for everyone.

  • Comments when displayed will be a lot more compact.
  • Voting will be activated.
  • Useful links will be appearing in the Gallery tabs.
  • Users will have with their posts on the Forum a link to their Gallery should they have one.
  • The links to add Comments will be more visible as well those links that appear at the bottom of the gallery pages for videos and bulk uploads.
  • The keyword system will be vastly improved so that the issue with spaces and commas isn't one.


A full list will be posted after the tweaks are installed.


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Re: READ THIS RIGHT NOW!
« Reply #13 on: January 01, 2014, 09:25:34 PM »
On January 1, 2014, from approximately 1 PM Eastern time to as late as 3 PM Eastern time you might notice a lot of site errors and issues. This will be happening because we will be putting in some alterations to the Gallery which we think will make it better to use for everyone.

  • Comments when displayed will be a lot more compact.
  • Voting will be activated.
  • Useful links will be appearing in the Gallery tabs.
  • Users will have with their posts on the Forum a link to their Gallery should they have one.
  • The links to add Comments will be more visible as well those links that appear at the bottom of the gallery pages for videos and bulk uploads.
  • The keyword system will be vastly improved so that the issue with spaces and commas isn't one.


A full list will be posted after the tweaks are installed.


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Re: READ THIS RIGHT NOW!
« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2014, 12:10:24 AM »
Updates completed for the moment:

  • Comments when displayed are a lot more compact.
  • Voting is activated.
  • Useful links appear in the Gallery tabs.
  • Users have with their posts on the Forum a link to their Gallery should they have one. (See the Swirly with all of the other icons under my avatar? Click on it!)
  • The links to add Comments are more visible as well those links that appear at the bottom of the gallery pages for videos and bulk uploads.
  • The keyword system is vastly improved so that the issue with spaces and commas isn't one. Please use commas between your keywords!
  • To display an image in a larger format, click on it like in the old Gallery and it will open a new tab. Clicking on that image will close the tab.
  • There is now a Download button on every image page which, when you click it, will properly download the image for you. The download will be named based on Artist's name and Image Title.
  • Comments are listed BEFORE related images on the image page.


All of these tweaks are the efforts of Kivik and I wish to thank them for doing all of this, it really has improved the Gallery a great deal.

Future improvements can be suggested in the General Board where a Gallery comment thread is ongoing at: http://www.hypnopics-collective.net/smf_forum/index.php?topic=20348.0

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Re: READ THIS RIGHT NOW!
« Reply #15 on: January 03, 2014, 02:38:03 AM »
Changed the template for the Gallery as follows:

  • Title and poster above thumbnail
  • If picture has no ratings, don't show the rating line
  • If picture has no comments, don't show comments line
  • Comments link is different as well, it reads # Comments instead of Comments (#)


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