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    An OverClocked Christmas v.XVII

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    On 12/25/2023 at 3:45 PM, Rozovian said:

    IIRC, there was a Zelda fansite that had a time-based splash image and color scheme, switching between day and night styles based on the user's clock. If you want a fun but not too complicated js coding project, you can do that. Though maybe not a day-night cycle for AOCC. Making the colors change with the seasons and turn wintry as the next release gets near would make sense, but would take a while for any changes to show. Still, it could be good practice.

    That sounds really cool. I will have to look into that. Thank you!

    An OverClocked Christmas v.XVII

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    On 12/23/2023 at 2:36 PM, Rozovian said:

    Good job everyone who got something done this year. It'll be interesting to hear what you all have come up with.

    About this, the server is slow, so you should probably use smaller images on the main page. We're a bit spoiled with most big sites being fast, so a lot of them don't bother will optimizing image size. But it's pretty noticeable here.

    I like the general vibe of the new colors, feels more wintry, though the background is a bit too bright for my liking.

    Overall, it's an improvement, and should indeed make updating a lot easier. I've worked with php, where you can easily update an element that shows up on multiple pages. Requires a different server setup, though. In html, this is probably the best approach, though in 17 more years the page is gonna be loooong. But by then you'll have learned javascript and can do some show/hide things. And linking to anchors/bookmarks. And more.

    Good job.

    In time, I will iron out all of the other issues. But for now, it's an improvement over the old site. I had intended on some other method of showing/hiding the albums. But until I learn the requisite JavaScript and associated libraries necessary to facilitate that, this will do. I can adjust the background a little bit, but it does make other elements on the page pop a bit, which is intended for readability. I actually messaged The Coop about the color scheme, and made a call on the colors. Originally, it was supposed to be a green color scheme. I have some other ideas that I'd like to explore thematically.

    An OverClocked Christmas v.XVII

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    So I wanted to take a moment to say a few things.

    First, I want to thank everyone, all of the fans, all of the artists who've contributed to the albums over the years; you have my heartfelt gratitude and it has been an honor to help keep this album series going all these years.

    Secondly, about the updated site; part of the reason for the update is that I'm learning frontend development, well trying to at any rate, that said a site update has been long overdue.

    Going forward all of the albums will be on the main page, and they will be chronologically newest to oldest. This means no more clicking around to each volume to grab the albums you want. You can do that from the home page. This also has made my life easier and increased the speed at which I can get everything done and posted. I think I just spent about 20 minutes adding all the information onto the site itself, testing it, and then uploading it all to the server. I used to have to go to each and every page to update navigation and that was a very time consuming task. So, there's that.

    I've also long wanted to change the color scheme. Initially, I was going to stick with green because I love the color, but also because it featured on the original version of the site. I decided to mix it up a bit and go with a blue color scheme, and I think it's a lot nicer.

    The Coop should be adding the link to the site to the top of this thread soon-ish. That said, for now, I'll post the link here: https://williammichael.info/aocc

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all! Enjoy volume 17!

    An OverClocked Christmas v.XVI

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    Posted · Edited by Dyne

    13 hours ago, Bundeslang said:

    RAR file doesn't work, it's damaged.

    I'll create a zip and upload it. It will take a little bit of time. Check back in about half an hour from the time of this post.

    Edit: I have uploaded a .zip file, and linked it on the page. If there are any further issues, please let us know and we'll try to solve it as quickly as possible.

    An OverClocked Christmas v.XVI

    in Recruit & Collaborate!

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    You know, when this got started I never imagined that this project would continue on for so long. I thought it would go for a year or two and then folks would lose interest. And that would've been okay, because I knew someone else would've picked up the torch and kept it going, or started a different project around the same themes. But sixteen years is a long time. I was 25-years-old when this project started. That it's still going now that I'm 41, and with so many folks still contributing year after year, it's really a special thing here. Even though I only build the page for each new volume, I'm still proud of the work being done by everyone, especially The Coop, who keeps it all going and manages to write his own songs each year.

    So, I want to thank each and every one of you. Seeing this continue, sixteen years and counting, speaks to the power of the music and to the community.

    Thank you for keeping this going, every single one of you.

     

    An OverClocked Christmas v.XV

    in Recruit & Collaborate!

    Posted · Edited by Dyne
    Update

    4 hours ago, The Coop said:

    You're alive! I was about to contact you this evening and see if you were still around, when I got a delayed email notification for this thread.

    Eventually, a sidebar would be needed (that red bar can only hold so many volumes), but I don't think it will be for this year. Save it for next year.

    I'm okay. Just busy with real world shenanigans. A new design might not wait. I'm either going to shorten the list to simply thr numerical, or, I'll build a flexbox to make a list of clickable front album covers. We'll  see.

    Edit: I've built the new album page and have updated all of the links for each of the pages. Since we're on the subject, it's become rather tedious to update so many pages each year. That said, I'm thinking about evolving to a one page design. Unfortunately, I lack the technical ability to pull this off. I've really been lax in learning development, but I suppose now would be as good a time as any to get back on that horse. Truthfully, the last two years have been hard on everyone, including myself. So, having said that, I'm not attempting to excuse myself from learning things that will clearly only help me, I'm, well, I've just been having trouble staying focused. Before this turns into some Tumblr or LiveJournal nonsense, yes, I'm working on it; no it's not easy for me. But I'll keep going anyway.

     

    @The Coop

    Signatures disabled

    in General Discussion

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    On 1/20/2020 at 6:24 PM, The Coop said:

    It was already like that before this change. Back in October, I stumbled across something in my profile and I was able to upload my Halloween signature there in the signature option (it used the same "choose files" setup that you see on each post you make). The file was then hosted on OCR, which is how people were able to see that image for a couple of months before the signature option was pulled.

    I did not realize this. I've not been on the forums nearly as much as I used to be. I wanted to suggest link icons that folks could click to go to an artists site or bandcamp page or some social network profile/site/etc. with placement of such under their user name "card" at the left of the posts they make, but, after reading other comments here, that might be a worthless idea anyway. Guess even I need to get with the times.

    Signatures disabled

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    Interesting debate here. It's sad to see signatures go, but I've seen all to often what happens when someone loses their web server space or their link is cut off because they ran out of bandwidth. If it wasn't so costly to host all of those signatures, I'd suggest a web server solution run by OCR itself as a storehouse for signatures. Again, that would be costly, and the goal isn't to make it harder for anyone to operate.

    That said, I've an idea for posts. I decided to look at the code in Chrome's Developer tools. Took me a little bit to find the article tags that surround the posts here, but when I did, I toggled the border options that was available to me. It honestly doesn't look too bad if you add a simple border. It doesn't have to be black, or surround the entire post. Just enough, say one pixel, at the bottom of each post. I figured it would be the simplest idea to execute, barely any code at all. But that's not up to me. I'm just suggesting something.

    An OverClocked Christmas v. XIII is out!

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    On 12/22/2019 at 6:04 PM, TheChargingRhino said:

    Thanks Dyne. 

    You're welcome. When I started this project over a decade ago, I never thought that it would go this long. I honestly originally thought that An OverClocked Christmas would be a one-off album and that others would take up the task of putting together something like this. To be honest, I'm proud of this community for keeping it going. I'm happy that The Coop is directing it, and that there is still interest in seeing it done. I'm proud of all the musicians and composers we've had for the project from the beginning. To be honest, this is one of the things I've always felt like I got right in starting. And I'm glad, because it really shows that people do care, not just about this project, but about music.

    So, I want to say thank you to everyone for enjoying the album or contributing to it over the years. Without any of you this wouldn't be the special thing that it is. It's truly an honor to be part of this community.

    Thank you all for everything you've done and continue to do. And thank you to djpretzel for OverClocked ReMix. AOCC wouldn't exist without OCR.

    Special thanks go to Xerol, as well. Had he not said something about having a Christmas music project, this would not have happened either. So really, it wasn't my idea. I just kinda...helped. I guess. Still, I could not be more proud of the end result of all these years. 

    An OverClocked Christmas v. XIII (read first post)

    in Recruit & Collaborate!

    Posted

    On 10/29/2019 at 5:02 PM, Seth Skoda said:

    I'm hopping on this bandwagon for the lucky 13 haha!

    I didn't see it, but is anyone remixing/has anyone remixed Walrus Cove from Diddy Kong Racing? Or, for that matter, Frosty Village? I think I'll rearrange one of those, as they sound very Christmasy already. I hope you don't mind it being Trap style (I might pick a different style, I dunno yet).

    Go right ahead. And there's nothing wrong with it being Trap style. Go for it! There's always room for something new at the table.

    An OverClocked Christmas v. XIII (read first post)

    in Recruit & Collaborate!

    Posted

    Just here to give this thread a bit of a bump. It's already October, and you know that means we're getting ever closer to Christmas. So, I'd like to throw out an idea since i'm such an avid Destiny 2 player. Perhaps someone would take up the challenge of remixing a track from Destiny or Destiny 2? (No, not the Paul McCartney song because it's copyright protected.) But there are a ton of fantastic tracks available to choose from. Some of my favorite include "Bad Juju", "Holliday", "The Awoken", "Journey (feat. Kronos Quartet)", and "Ikora". I think those are some awesome tracks, and would lend themselves well to a Christmas-style remix.

    I hope you are all working on some awesome music for this year, I can't wait to hear the finished tracks1

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