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The Problem Site Updates
Thursday, January 24, 2008
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The last couple weeks have seen some changes at The Problem Site. Some of those changes you might not have noticed.
I began to notice a while back that The Problem Site has been having some "slow down" issues. As I've had time I've been studying the code behind each of the games and resources on the site, trying to find the culprit that's bogging down the server.
It turns out, the culprit was not any of the games at all; it was the database server. So one day last week I made a copy of the database and moved it to another web server. Presto! Problem solved!
In the process of making these changes, however, I took another look at the layout of some of the pages, and realized that with the number of games and resources on the site, listing them all on the right-hand sidebar was getting truly cumbersome. So I limited the sidebar to showing only the most popular games and resources. Everything else is accessed by clicking 'View More' under the different headings.
This led me to re-evaluate how the main pages (Math Games, Word Games, Miscellaneous, etc) appear. With the large icons and descriptions next to each resource, people have to do a lot of scrolling just to view the different games. So, I'm trying something new. If you visit the Math Games page, you will see that all the games are listed by title, with a small icon, right at the top of the page. Then, for those who want more details, you can scroll down through the page for game explanations.
Over the next day or two I will be working on the other main pages to make them match this format.
One more feature which was just added; at the bottom of most pages you will see a heading that says "If you liked [game name], try one of these...", followed by a few icons for games that are similar to the game you just played.
If any of these changes cause problems for you, or you find any broken links, please send me an email to let me know: dtwitchell@virtu-software.com. Or you can just post a comment here.
Thanks,
Doug TwitchellLabels: theproblemsite
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