Post by Heiko Alkema on Jul 3, 2014 17:51:06 GMT
RESOLVED - SHOP CHANGED
Bad news: The shop plugin I've been wrangling with over the last couple of months has had support discontinued by the creator. While the shop will still continue to function, any updates to the other two plugins that it feeds information off of, most notably the CP system which is a separate plugin from the shop, will most likely break our current shop yet again. So we will be stuck with an aging plugin and accompanying infrastructure.
Good news: The guy who wrote the code for our original shop (and also the current CP system) has written a new shop plugin and released it last week. This shop code, while lacking the finer visual points of our current plugin, has things like mini-profile images for items, slightly more intuitive item creation, and a but better presentation of the actual items in the shop.
Addendum bad news: If we were to switch plugins this would mean that we would all lose our items again. This would necessitate everyone taking screenshots of their inventories again so that we can re-issue items after the hypothetical switch.
Addendum good news: Since the CP system is separate from the shop, CP totals should be unaffected by a change in shop plugins.
So the choice is up to the community. Keep the old plugin or switch again?
Bad news: The shop plugin I've been wrangling with over the last couple of months has had support discontinued by the creator. While the shop will still continue to function, any updates to the other two plugins that it feeds information off of, most notably the CP system which is a separate plugin from the shop, will most likely break our current shop yet again. So we will be stuck with an aging plugin and accompanying infrastructure.
Good news: The guy who wrote the code for our original shop (and also the current CP system) has written a new shop plugin and released it last week. This shop code, while lacking the finer visual points of our current plugin, has things like mini-profile images for items, slightly more intuitive item creation, and a but better presentation of the actual items in the shop.
Addendum bad news: If we were to switch plugins this would mean that we would all lose our items again. This would necessitate everyone taking screenshots of their inventories again so that we can re-issue items after the hypothetical switch.
Addendum good news: Since the CP system is separate from the shop, CP totals should be unaffected by a change in shop plugins.
So the choice is up to the community. Keep the old plugin or switch again?
