Administrators Arcade King Posted May 11, 2008 Administrators Share Posted May 11, 2008 Hi folks thought I'd start putting in replacement variables to change the abbreviated text into the full pinball name to help new users understand wtf pinballs you guys are talking about. format will be say s-ttng = Star Trek: The Next Generation. Help me out! You should see the ones on the left change when they have been added. http://www.bull.usyd.edu.au/pinball/ Star Trek: The Next Generation = Star Trek: The Next Generation TOM = Theatre of Magic GnR = Guns N' Roses etc Edit: had to leave TOM out its conflicting with other stuff. Please only make it more common stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Bumper Pete Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 HUO Home use only NOS New old stock NIB New in Box HTFU Stop crying BK Black Knight BK2000 Black Knight 2000 FH Fun House The Bride = The bride of Pinbot TOTAN Tales of the Arabian Nights T2 Terminator 2 T3 Terminator 3 POTC Pirates of the Caribian JD Judge dredd CFTBL Creature from the black lagoon FG is Flash gordon FGuy is Family guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Arcade King Posted May 11, 2008 Author Administrators Share Posted May 11, 2008 Yeah I wont put ones in that may conflict with other machines like FG Family guy-Flash Gordon also stuff like SS and CC which may cause problems too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmworking247 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 How could you miss the most obvious ones? DMD - Dot Matrix Display EM - Electro Mechanical SS - Solid State TAF - The Adams Family Can you make this auto-replace only work on particular subforums? Edit: Hmm, I can see we're going to get into contention using acronyms for game names as well as terminology (eg SS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Bumper Pete Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Better remove Fish Tales interferes with Creature from the black lagoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Arcade King Posted May 11, 2008 Author Administrators Share Posted May 11, 2008 How could you miss the most obvious ones? DMD - Dot Matrix Display EM - Electro Mechanical SS - Solid State The Adams Family - The Adams Family Can you make this auto-replace only work on particular subforums? Edit: HMedievil Madness, I can see we're going to get into contention using acronyms for game names as well as terminology (eg SS) yeah I wish I could but unfortunately you can only do it based on skin. Like I said I'ts best if its only done for abbreviations that won't interfere with the forum. CC for example could be cookie cutter Better remove Fish Tales interferes with Creature from the black lagoon ok done :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Bumper Pete Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Arcade King Posted May 11, 2008 Author Administrators Share Posted May 11, 2008 (edited) Creature from the Black Lagoon Some no goers so far T2, T3, TOM, MM Edited May 11, 2008 by Arcade King Automerged Doublepost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmworking247 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 eww did this just mess up the skin in the header of everyone's post? Its gone all blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Brad Posted May 11, 2008 Administrators Share Posted May 11, 2008 MM is no good and centering forum text is bad :tomato Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Arcade King Posted May 11, 2008 Author Administrators Share Posted May 11, 2008 test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmworking247 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 I think we should subject AK to some corporate change control. Mate, you need a development server, a test server, a UAT server and then this production server. Between each server you need documented test cases and results, and you also need a peer review between each promote to the next server to ensure proper seperation of duties. Trust me, its in the best interest of efficiency and profitability. Really! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Arcade King Posted May 11, 2008 Author Administrators Share Posted May 11, 2008 or close the forum while I do it ;) Scrapped the idea, causing too many issues. Cheers anyway guys for the help and feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 How about a "sticky" thread that containing the abbreviations in the original post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixthadog Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 How about a "sticky" thread that containing the abbreviations in the original post? Something like this? Matthew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Perfect! Don't delete it - I saw the other website db but I reckon it's better having a simple text list right here. The only suggestion I'd make is to split the terms from the machines, e.g. at the top have EM, SS, DMD, HUO, NIB etc and after a few lines of space, all of the machine abbreviations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixthadog Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Perfect! Don't delete it - I saw the other website db but I reckon it's better having a simple text list right here. The only suggestion I'd make is to split the terms from the machines, e.g. at the top have EM, SS, DMD, HUO, NIB etc and after a few lines of space, all of the machine abbreviations. No problem, I'll make the change and add some more abbreviations. Then we will see if the thread is added as a sticky or deleted ;) Matthew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nug Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Coconut Island --> CI :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Arcade King Posted May 12, 2008 Author Administrators Share Posted May 12, 2008 Something like this? Matthew good work thread has been stickied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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