Rant #090 Tuesday, January 4, 2005

This week so far, I've been doing some programming for the site. In addition to the progress meter, two new functions were added.

The first one is an automated ZIP archiver for the galleries. This tool makes it possible to automatically update a complete ZIP archive for both 2214 and Omnitemporalis whenever new pages are added. You may notice that in the page archives list, the option to download these archives is given. It actually saves a lot of bandwidth to download the whole mess of them if you feel like reading the entire comic over again.

The second new feature I added was spurred on by the realization that I'd neglected to provide any means of email contact on the site. The "Contact Us" link will take you to a page where you can email us without the need for opening your email client. The bulk of the work there was creating an intelligent validation system that also filters out abusive messages.

Programming mode off, artist mode on.