Hello, and welcome to the SMAUG/SmaugWiz Resource Archive. I'm Orion Elder, the founder and maintainer of this page. But, that's enough of a greeting, on to the important stuff... MUDs! :)
Currently, I have been a MUDder for longer than can be considered healthy. The first MUD I played on a long term basis was a SMAUG MUD, called The 7th Circle. Eventually I cut my teeth in coding work, by creating a new codebase that was used there for a while. The codebase was derived from SMAUG, and was called WIZARD. Then, from there, I had the desire to start my own MUD.
I ran a MUD for a while under WIZARD, until I eventually scrapped my work to start over with the Chronicles codebase, which turned out far superior. I am, however, no longer running a MUD under either the WIZARD or Chronicles codebases, due to a lack of both time and the urge, but I digress.
This was meant mainly to be an introduction and a friendly word of advice to all you administrators-to-be out there, and here it is:
Read the instructions before you try to use the MUD, for the first time. That'll make it a lot easier on you, in the long run.
When someone offers some advice, consider it... but use your own judgment. It is your MUD, so do what you think is right.
Finally, if someone ever comes on and offers to show you a "neat trick" if you'll make them an immortal, and for some reason you took leave of your senses and decided that sounded like a good idea, always make sure you can shutdown the MUD at a moments notice. :)
Good luck to you all, and I hope this archive helps you.
February 22, 2009
Just added the proper meta content for the pages. Other than that, nothing to report at this time.
February 9, 2009
The Areas page has now been updated. All pages are now converted to the new design and appear to be working properly. If you notice any problems, feel free to e-mail me.
With the SSWRA's facelift complete, I don't know how much more I'll do with the site beyond what is here. I'll likely update if anyone contributes, but I wouldn't expect much from me, personally.
Hopefully you'll get some use out of what is here, at the very least.
February 9, 2009
I just finished up the Code Snippets page. Updated all of my snippets, mainly to provide updated contact information on there, as well. If you have something you'd like added, feel free to e-mail it to me.
Will be starting the Areas page shortly, after which the site will be completely updated to the new design.
February 8, 2009
Yes, there have been three updates today. There could even be more. Moving on...
The whole of the SSWRA has been updated and converted to the new design, save for the Code Snippets and the Areas page. I currently have some things I need to get done, so I'll try to come back to those later today or tomorrow.
I meant it when I said I hoped to have it all done by the end of the day. May still be tomorrow, though. Depends on how things go.
February 8, 2009
The new site design has now been tested in IE7, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Safari. Everything appears to be working, so the template design has now been moved over to be the site's main page
The home page is the only page converted so far, but I hope to have it all done by the end of the day. If not, I'll try to have it finished by tomorrow.
February 8, 2009
Started testing and bug-fixing the new site design. I may not do much with the old site anymore, but I figured a nice facelift might at least make the place a little more tolerable.
Internet Explorer is being a bit stupid in how it renders the page, but anyone with any web development/design experience knows that isn't too unusual.
I've heard that IE8 is going with HTML 4.01 Strict as the default setting, and that it will actually be complying with the appropriate standards. Some reason I doubt it, but maybe MS will actually come out and surprise me.
But I digress. Just wanted to let people, if any actually still visit here, know what was going on.
A Long, Long Time Ago...
Nothing new. Sorry, people. I don't do much, more like anything, in the community, anymore.