More Technically Adequate Mods Options

[*tripvertigo*]

Ok so I just read a few posts in mod perf concerning mods not being able to answer questions about the tracker.

I understand that Jusun is the one that made the thing, and only he would know how to answer certain questions because no one else on staff is... educated enough about the subject...


but dont you guys think that come time the next hiring round, you could try and find people that have a better working knowledge of the IT aspect of the site, as well as how to use the forum application expertly? (proactively, because i understand that your perfect mod squad may or may not apply for modship)

i mean even if they dont have a lot of posts, maybe you can give the person a "special" status for only IT related issues?

[*Uronacid*]

Alright, I figured out where the problem probably lies within the IP tracker. I have been looking into it, and it's a pretty nifty tool. From my understanding, it's a database. It's a list of IP addresses in a database that's consistently being updated by it's users.

The IP tracker even has the ability to add pictures of the person associated with an IP address by linking up to myspace and pulling a users default profile picture using their MySpace ID number.

Recently this feature has stopped working. The tracker, however, still works. IP's are still being tracked but pictures are no longer being updated. Some how, MySpace has been updated in such a way that the IP tracker cannot update its database of pictures associated with MySpace ID numbers associated with IP addesses. So, technically the IP tracker still works. The only problem is that it's picture capabilities have been crippled.

This could be for a variety of reasons. We know for a fact that this started in June. Also, old pictures aren't being updated. So, communication with the default photos based on MySpace IDs has been completely cut off.

For now, the only thing you can do is wait for Ju-Sun. Even if we had a programmer here to fix it, they probably wouldn't be able to do anything for days. This is Ju-Sun's code, and for someone else to understand the code he wrote would probably take weeks if they didn't have his guidance or supervision.

Another Ju-Sun would be nice, but it would be impossible. this site is run entirely by volunteers. For someone with expert knowledge to repair the tracker it would cost money. I would not fix these problems unless I was being payed to do it. It would take hours of work. The trouble shooting process is not easy.

I do know how to program in Java/VB Script/Active Directory/SQL/VisualBasic.Net, but that doesn't not mean I want to volunteer hours of my time to so. Especially if I can't even put it on my resume.

[*Steven*]

And there you have it