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State of the "Forum Portal": Where We Go From Here

Posted by Merit Celaire on Monday, December 30, 2019 - 10:56 AM

As many of you are more than aware by now, the "Forum Portal" section of our site has been lying dormant for way too long now. I am definitely aware of this and am still determined to see about getting this addressed during the course of the coming 2020 year; I've always wanted this to be the "primary angle" to bring legitimate supporters of these operations together who are into my doing Super Nintendo music style covers of modern Super Mario and branched scores. I'm still very sure that those folks are out there; we just have to increase our efforts to find them, but that's another story altogether.

Here's the thing: as I just stated, the situation with our site's forums won't be dealt with until we have taken care of doing our website account materials backup (and other related materials for these operations) before the 2019 year is out. Once again, this also includes the current forum software that we have installed on the site including the related database for it.

However, after the backup itself has been accounted for, I'm sad to report that it's with a heavy heart I have to announce that the forum software itself is going to apparently be changed for the 2020 year as well. I personally have concerns regarding the current forum software that's being used for this site itself; plus, I've been informed by the hosting administration at Vimly Digital that even they have concerns regarding it as well (especially on the "security end"). Not to mention that in regards to the support forums for the software, it looks like the interest for it has been dwindling rapidly, and that's red flag number three.

Repeating: this is a situation that I will definitely address during the 2020 year, but not after I've taken care of the necessary backups to ensure everything's up to date before the 2019 year is officially in the history books. As always, I'll keep you posted on any new developments regarding this situation; but mark my words... the "Forum Portal" section of our site will be back. It's only a matter of when. Take care for now, everyone; I'll see you folks later.

UPDATE (12/31/2019, 7:55 P.M., (CST)): As of the date and time of this post update, the software that was running the "Forum Portal" section itself has now been officially taken down as we are now in search for the new forum software candidate to replace it during the course of the 2020 year. The official announcement stating more details on this matter can still be read here.

"Gallery List" Section: New Table Implemented on Main Menu Page

Posted by Merit Celaire on Sunday, December 29, 2019 - 08:45 AM

Been doing some site maintenance work on the backend since a few days ago and finished this during the course of Saturday afternoon, but only snagged the chance to officially announce it this morning: a new table has been implemented on the main page of our site's "Gallery List" section. Now it's finally like the rest of the other Gallery List pages themselves listing the available Super Nintendo music style arrangements that I've done for these operations so far (sorted out by the featured Mario and branched game installments), but still has the layout as the "list" that preceded it. The only difference is that this new table now has an additional column showing how many music arrangement files are currently available so far under that featured Mario/branched game installment in question.

Once again, you're able to view this new implemented table itself by going here. Take care for now, all; I'm out.

Twitter/Discord Portals: IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT (As of 12/28/'19)

Posted by Merit Celaire on Saturday, December 28, 2019 - 11:23 AM

All right, everyone; heads-up - I've got some important announcements that I need to share which involve two of the "social media portals" for these operations: the Discord Portal and the Twitter Portal.

First up regarding news on our Discord Portal: during the course of last night, I've received word that the same troublemakers that were found to be definitely against me and these music operations are still wreaking havoc on other servers on the Discord which I usually visit in hopes of attempting to ridicule yours truly and this place that I maintain (For security reasons, I will not name those Discord servers here that I visit or the same folks in question who we have found to be responsible for these horrific events against yours truly; but I will state that they are obviously Mario series/Nintendo series related). This is a continuation of the case that we have been experiencing since a few months back as explained in this post; once again, the actions that these folks did against yours truly and these operations as a whole (especially in regards to posting "internal conversations" in a public area of a social media site without any consent) are downright unacceptable; as a result, the offending users got permanent bans from accessing our Discord server and are barred from interacting with me any further. Upon my getting reports that the said troublemakers were trying to start drama in other Discord servers that I'm also involved in since last night, I forwarded it to the respective administrators for action to be taken against them. We're still hoping that this will put an end to this atrocity against me and these operations for a long while, especially as we prepare to head into the 2020 year in just a few days from now.

This is also the reason why our "Temporary Invite Link Request Form" exists since we had to take the public invite link down from this site because it was starting to get abused. It was put in place in the hopes that only legitimate visitors/listeners who meet this criteria can get approved (within the course of 24 - 48 hours after receiving said request) and receive a temporary invite link to the server (which once again, will only be available for 24 hours from when we send the approval email itself). We can't allow for this kind of behavior against us to happen again on any part of these operations, and that includes the Discord server that we have here.

Second, in regards to the Twitter Portal: the "Protected Account" status is still active for our presence on Twitter itself. And chances are that it's going to be that way for quite a while. Once again, if you do wish to follow us there, you will need to submit a follower request and I will have to manually approve you to see our related postings entirely. Like our Discord Portal, this is the security measure that we currently have in place as a result of the same troublemakers posting "internal info/conversations" involving yours truly on a public area of Twitter without any consent at all. We hope that the abuse against us on that end will be put to an end as well so that only legitimate folks will be following us and be in the know in regards to what's going on around here.

Once again, I appreciate everyone's understanding in advance of the situations that have been stated above and deeply apologize for any inconveniences this may have caused you faithful folks. But as I stated earlier, this is the line that was drawn since a few months ago after receiveing reports of this said abuse from a certain group of troublemakers that were simply out to destroy and ridicule yours truly and these operations as a whole. And we hope that this will be the last action that will be taken for this abuse to be stopped in its tracks. I'm gone for now; take care, everyone.

Where Things Stand As We Prepare For 2020

Posted by Merit Celaire on Friday, December 27, 2019 - 04:35 PM

All right, friends; I hope that you all had a fantastic Christmas holiday a few days ago (I sure did on my end, of course). That all said, it's time to prepare to get back to these beloved operations on the backend and get things ready for the coming 2020 year that'll be at our doorsteps in just a few days from now.

Right now, I'm still waiting for personal funding to arrive on my end from all angles because it's time to do the site/materials backup procedures for these music operations as a whole to ensure that everything is up to date on the backend. That also includes the forum database (even though the "Forum Portal" section of our site has still been dormant/in "maintenance mode" for months due to certain personal situations I'm still trying to sort out), all files that are in use for this site itself, and all my other files in general for the music operations as a whole (including my "tracker files", and all of our music operation's existing MP3 files for our "Gallery List" section).

My hope is that I can see about getting all of this done during the last two days of next week (which would be December 30th and December 31st). Once again, this is needed on the backend for me to ensure that everything is set for when the 2020 year officially begins. And even then, as usual, when all has been accounted for and we start the new year itself, I plan as usual to do a quick "2019 review blog entry post" to share with you all final statistics regarding how many total arrangement files from yours truly were added along with the involved featured installments, and so forth. You'll won't want to miss out on this, everyone.

Until then, as always, you all know the drill if you still have any inquires for me to investigate further into that are music operations related (including this site): please do not hesitate to send me an email, follow us on our Twitter profile, join us on IRC, and submit your application to join us at our music operation's Discord server. Once again, for the "Forum Portal" section of our site, I'll see about writing another blog entry to address those matters another day. Take care for now, everyone; I'm out.

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