T3D Link Directory
by Demolishun · 07/22/2013 (5:38 pm) · 29 comments
This is a T3D Link directory to organize various information sources applicable to the T3D engine. It contains both links to the GG site as well as external links.
Here is the link to the directory: T3D Directory.
My goal here is to provide a categorized list of existing: resources, content, methods, topics, articles, etc related to T3D. It frustrates me to have to search and find resources I know are in the forums, but they just won't show up in a search. I also hate finding links in my bookmarks to show new people how to do something. So this is partly to help me help other members.
Please feel free to submit links for various things. Also, the category/sub category list is not comprehensive. Please suggest new categories/sub categories for stuff that just does not fit in the ones I have created thus far. Post a reply to this blog for new categories.
There are some issues with the link manager I am using such as I cannot have duplicate named sub categories. It screws up because they did the database stuff based on name rather than index. In the future I may rewrite that. So just realize I may not be able to get the category/sub category to exactly match what you requested.
Anyway, comments, improvement, etc please let me know if this is useful for you.
Edit:
I forgot to mention. Don't hesitate to show case your awesome stuff! If you notice a lot of the links in there already are just links to my stuff. Partly because I forgot I even did some of it and so I can point people to the content. As I go I will keep updating the links. Now that I have a simple way to putting this together it is just a matter of getting the links. If you cannot come up with a category submit it under UnCategorized. I will figure out a place for the content. Oh, and all content should be rated G.
Here is the link to the directory: T3D Directory.
My goal here is to provide a categorized list of existing: resources, content, methods, topics, articles, etc related to T3D. It frustrates me to have to search and find resources I know are in the forums, but they just won't show up in a search. I also hate finding links in my bookmarks to show new people how to do something. So this is partly to help me help other members.
Please feel free to submit links for various things. Also, the category/sub category list is not comprehensive. Please suggest new categories/sub categories for stuff that just does not fit in the ones I have created thus far. Post a reply to this blog for new categories.
There are some issues with the link manager I am using such as I cannot have duplicate named sub categories. It screws up because they did the database stuff based on name rather than index. In the future I may rewrite that. So just realize I may not be able to get the category/sub category to exactly match what you requested.
Anyway, comments, improvement, etc please let me know if this is useful for you.
Edit:
I forgot to mention. Don't hesitate to show case your awesome stuff! If you notice a lot of the links in there already are just links to my stuff. Partly because I forgot I even did some of it and so I can point people to the content. As I go I will keep updating the links. Now that I have a simple way to putting this together it is just a matter of getting the links. If you cannot come up with a category submit it under UnCategorized. I will figure out a place for the content. Oh, and all content should be rated G.
About the author
I love programming, I love programming things that go click, whirr, boom. For organized T3D Links visit: http://demolishun.com/?page_id=67
#2
07/22/2013 (9:30 pm)
Great initiative Frank 
#4
Edit: I mean Demolishun. Sorry mate, but just because you're a cyborg now, doesn't change the fact that I knew you when you were a full blown human like the rest of us.
07/23/2013 (5:09 am)
Good God, Frank! What in blazes is my name doing up there? Andy is much better with terrains than me, and nowhere near as lazy!!!Edit: I mean Demolishun. Sorry mate, but just because you're a cyborg now, doesn't change the fact that I knew you when you were a full blown human like the rest of us.
#5
When I think of terrain tutorials I think of Dan Webb. High quality terrains and terrain methods. If you have some links by Andy I will be sure to add those as well. I can change the link to your stuff if you don't like the way it is represented.
FWII, you are awesome like that.
07/23/2013 (12:38 pm)
@Dan,When I think of terrain tutorials I think of Dan Webb. High quality terrains and terrain methods. If you have some links by Andy I will be sure to add those as well. I can change the link to your stuff if you don't like the way it is represented.
FWII, you are awesome like that.
#6
07/23/2013 (12:52 pm)
Nah, it's alright mate. Thanks, but I suppose this is a good time to do a proper tutorial for terrains in T3D. I'll make a start on that today. And thanks. :)
#7
Ron
07/24/2013 (11:35 am)
I like this concept. Gonna have to figure out how to 'add a link'. I have a few things I could contribute I thinks.Ron
#9
Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /home/content/56/6292256/html/domains/demolishun_com/wp-content/themes/pyrmont-v2/page.php:7) in /home/content/56/6292256/html/domains/demolishun_com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-link-directory/securimage.php on line 422
Ron
07/24/2013 (3:29 pm)
Duion, you get this strange error message?:Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /home/content/56/6292256/html/domains/demolishun_com/wp-content/themes/pyrmont-v2/page.php:7) in /home/content/56/6292256/html/domains/demolishun_com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-link-directory/securimage.php on line 422
Ron
#12
Edit:
Apparently it is a harmless error. It is just confusing. I learned that I had not properly configured my php settings. It is recommended that display_errors = Off be set for security reasons. I got it fixed and it does allow links to be added. Actually I got a couple of links that did come through and I am sure one was from Ron. Check on the links in the list as ones you added may already be in there.
07/25/2013 (1:17 am)
I got a couple of links that came through. I will try and figure out what that error is.Edit:
Apparently it is a harmless error. It is just confusing. I learned that I had not properly configured my php settings. It is recommended that display_errors = Off be set for security reasons. I got it fixed and it does allow links to be added. Actually I got a couple of links that did come through and I am sure one was from Ron. Check on the links in the list as ones you added may already be in there.
#13
Ron
07/25/2013 (6:02 pm)
Seems to work Demo.... Is there a way this can be done a bit more 'easily'? This is something that has to be simple but, at the same time we have to make sure 'spam' can be weeded out. Not easy, I know.Ron
#14
07/25/2013 (9:05 pm)
Question or feature request here. Can you add a link category for github repos and a description of what they may be attempting to fix or add? I think this would help everyone pool their code bases and find ones they didn't know were being developed, etc.
#15
I am trying to keep this to as little effort as possible code wise (I found a plugin for Wordpress). I am not sure how to make it much easier than it is. Do you have some ideas of how to make this easier? Are you thinking a batch entry or something? I "might" be able to import partial lists. I could try exporting the whole thing, determine the format, and then import back into it with new entries. Let me mess with that, unless you have some better ideas. BTW, this has been up like 4 or 5 days and I have already gotten spam links submitted. I looked for the "send icbm to submitter" button, but I could not find it.
@smally,
Sure, I could do that. I probably won't be all gung ho about sorting through them and entering them though. I am trying to put this together by attrition rather than spending a ton of time entering them.
I added:
Edit:
The Import/Export feature of this plugin do NOT do what I thought they did. Apparently they export or import to or from the Wordpress Global Link Table. ATM I have no clue what the crap that is. So I am going to have to get back to you potential easier ways to put links into the list. Right now I have to see what kind of damage I might have done to my WP database if any. I think this plugin may not be maintained. It works well enough, but not all features seem to be working.
Edit:
No real easy way to do it from the dB either. Apparently the plugin is broken enough to not correctly transfer links to the Wordpress links and categories. So it didn't mess up anything.
07/25/2013 (9:51 pm)
@Ron,I am trying to keep this to as little effort as possible code wise (I found a plugin for Wordpress). I am not sure how to make it much easier than it is. Do you have some ideas of how to make this easier? Are you thinking a batch entry or something? I "might" be able to import partial lists. I could try exporting the whole thing, determine the format, and then import back into it with new entries. Let me mess with that, unless you have some better ideas. BTW, this has been up like 4 or 5 days and I have already gotten spam links submitted. I looked for the "send icbm to submitter" button, but I could not find it.
@smally,
Sure, I could do that. I probably won't be all gung ho about sorting through them and entering them though. I am trying to put this together by attrition rather than spending a ton of time entering them.
I added:
- T3D Github Pulls
- T3D Github Repos
Edit:
The Import/Export feature of this plugin do NOT do what I thought they did. Apparently they export or import to or from the Wordpress Global Link Table. ATM I have no clue what the crap that is. So I am going to have to get back to you potential easier ways to put links into the list. Right now I have to see what kind of damage I might have done to my WP database if any. I think this plugin may not be maintained. It works well enough, but not all features seem to be working.
Edit:
No real easy way to do it from the dB either. Apparently the plugin is broken enough to not correctly transfer links to the Wordpress links and categories. So it didn't mess up anything.
#16
Check Akismet for wordpress and see if that won't help you block spam to this thing. Generally it's used for comments, but it's also been used otherwise.
07/25/2013 (10:56 pm)
Thank you! As for you pushing links in, I was hoping that the groups that want to be visible for their repo and changes would submit the link to the category themselves. This would mitigate you having to spend a ton of time on that ;) I know all too well how that goes, and it's not something I'm going to wish on you.Check Akismet for wordpress and see if that won't help you block spam to this thing. Generally it's used for comments, but it's also been used otherwise.
#17
07/25/2013 (11:08 pm)
It was just through the Link plugin so far and it has captcha. So hopefully there won't be much more of that. I will check out Akismet though, thanks for the heads up.
#19
07/26/2013 (8:53 am)
@Demolishun/Frank I'd like to mention this website in the 1st edition of the T3D Magazine I'm working on. Could you send me an email at ljorgensen@winterleafentertainment.com ?
#20
What is the exact text of the link? Does it have http:// at the beginning? If it won't go put the link here and I will put it in manually. I have seen that message before and usually it is being picky. I may go in and disable the checks on that or fix the checks. It is an old plugin. Based on what Ron said I may rewrite the plugin to handle batch input as well.
@Lukas,
Sent.
07/26/2013 (1:33 pm)
@Duion,What is the exact text of the link? Does it have http:// at the beginning? If it won't go put the link here and I will put it in manually. I have seen that message before and usually it is being picky. I may go in and disable the checks on that or fix the checks. It is an old plugin. Based on what Ron said I may rewrite the plugin to handle batch input as well.
@Lukas,
Sent.
Torque Owner Edward Smith
Silencersoft
It is a very nice way to have it all organised.