Testing mobile posting

MOBILE ZILAK POST:

This is a test of the mobile posting feature of blogspot. Bear with
me as I test this feature and try to find a way around the fact that
blogspot does not support my provider.

Update: Not working so well, but I hope I can find a way to do this. Seems a gateway forward kills the system. Of someone knows of an email service that forwards emails from the correct email address and has filters (ie. NOT GMAIL), tell me!

Where I be, yo!

I have been absent for a while from any activities in the community. All the projects have died, and I have lost drive to program for the TIs anymore.

However, I check into IRC occasionally, and have an method of contact that is active 24/7. If you need questions about programming, IM my AIM account ( greenorange5656 ) and I will recieve your message on my cell if I am not physically in front of a computer. Other accounts (MSN, Y!, Gtalk, and ICQ) will still be active only when I am in front of a computer.

My efforts in the community will no longer consist of programming, but of reporting events and helping others out. I am far too busy to do any "projects" and have no intention, with such little demand and interest. My skills have been rather transient as well, so I am not as good as I used to be.

Currently, I am in my junior year at high school and as you may know, AP tests and the SATs are coming up fast.

What to expect: More news items, more forum activity, less programming.

Saved the News Archives!

The news archives (in case you havent noticed) did not exist. However, I saved them, and now they are all viewable. Thank you for your patience.

On a different note, not much has been happening with the site. I am putting most of my time in school and would like to get some active volunteers to help with this site (post to this page, make graphics, write articles, moderate forums.) If anyone is interested, please email me!

Zanthra currency added into Forums!

I have added a currency system into the message boards... YES!!! It works perfectly. After trying to install it, deleting the forums (!), reinstalling them, and adding this Mod, the system is in place!

Overview:
Every time you post, you will revieve some zanthra (its a name for the currency, like dollars, or euros. etc). This zanthra depends on how long your post is, if you started a topic, and if you are the topic starter making a reply. In addition, you can donate zanthra to other users. These options are added in the forums, next to each username. Clicking the memberlist button will tell you how much zanthra each member has. BE AWARE that spamming the forums for zanthra is not allowed, and there is a penalty for it (ie. you lose zanthra, and possibly go into debt.)

Why have I implemented this? First off, this is the beginning of an RPG system I want to implement. Zanthra will enable users to buy things in shops, etc. Another reason is to boost the traffic. It's just another feature that Zilak Forums has.

IE Workaround

Work is being done with small graphics to make it more compatible with Internet Explorer. This mostly includes making them smaller, and making the transparencies work properly. In addition, as Korkow has become inactive, he has been removed from staff, and is now a former team member. Also, any problems with the IRC chat program should be reported to me :P

And I need someone dedicated to post news here! As you can see, it's pretty damn dry :D

New Additions and Plans

Hello everyone - you may be wondering what was going on over the last two months or so. Here I will fill you in :) I went on vacation to Russia, NYC, and simply took a break from the site and community for a while. But now I'm back at school, and the site has never been so inviting. So, first off, I'll post some pictures from my vacation in Russia. (No NYC ones because that vacation wasn't too exciting) That should be up in the Archives by today, at most tomorrow.

Also, we affiliate with TI Freak Ware and Cody Moats Programming. Give them a visit, they have some good stuff!

Zilak Ex is my programming priority; It is not dead, but it's not jumping yet :-/

Hope you all had good summers!

IRC chat

The Realm of Zilak has an IRC chat room, open on efnet. You can either use a client and do:

/server efnet
/join #zilak

However, for those who do not have a client, a Java web chat will be set up on my site. No flooding or spamming, as the bots will kick you even if I am not there.