posted 03-06- 08:31 PM               

Send them to http://fscentral.50megs.com and tell them to click on the "Getting Started" link.

Here they will find

1. A list of what they need
2. Links to nations, the Plane Pack, and the 1.5 patch.
3. A link to an explanation of why these downloads are needed for online play.
4. A brief description of each one of the files.
5. A suggestion to download Meatwater's soundpack with a link to simfiles where they can get it.

Basically, a one stop shopping center for newbies.

Take a look and send me any suggestions. However, I won't include links to any other files on this page. This page is to provide the minimum they need for on-line play (with decent sound). I don't want to intimidate them.

Besides, As the other pages are added, links to all of the other cool stuff will be provided there.

posted 03-07- 05:00 AM               

The more sites with this sort of stuff available and up to date, the better!

Reading through the fightersquadron links page was a blast from the past, but not much use to the new guys!

p.s. I was so impressed, I've bought a book on HTML and have started learning how to do it!

Keep an eye out for the 'SDOE Chop Shop' coming to a free-webspace provider near you!

posted 03-07- 07:51 AM               

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Originally posted by wakeup tailgunner:

p.s. I was so impressed, I've bought a book on HTML and have started learning how to do it!

Keep an eye out for the 'SDOE Chop Shop' coming to a free-webspace provider near you!

Thought I might focus on the 'how to change stuff' side of things!

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Thanks for the kind words. I'd also recommend getting IBM's homepage builder. I've used all of the major ones. DON"T get HotMetalPro. Since IBM's product is also available in Linux, it writes the most crossbrowser compatible code of all of them. Front page and Hotmetalpro are notorious for breaking the HTML rules.

Download HTML Kit (I think it's at download.com) It's not a WSYWIG editor, but you'll rip through the tutorials much faster.

As for the last part, I'm already working on a section involving how to change Aircraft directories or do multiple installs.
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posted 03-07- 08:29 AM               

Thanks

Riverrat out!

posted 03-07- 09:23 AM            

http://www.rcwarbirds.com/geebee

posted 03-07- 09:44 AM               

I'll check out the links. Been trying out Arachnophilia ( I liked the name! ) but apart from that, I've been prety much in the dark!

posted 03-07- 10:06 AM               

Homepage builder has a 90 day free trial version.

I really have no intention of making a monopoly on developing the fscentral site. If you notice, my name appears nowhere on the site, and I use "we" instead of I in the writeups.

If you want to write the tutorials and post them there, I'll give you the password. We can add a little header at the top of each page saying "Tutorials by Wakeup Tailgunner". I can even help you with the HTML side of it.

The only rules I would have is a link to anyone else's site has to open a new window (I never liked sites that hijack someone else's work and put it in a frame on their site).
Large files need to be hosted at another free site (like I did with the chopped up nations), graphics not needing transparency need to be jpg to conserve space, and the tutorials need to open in the center window so people can still access the navigation buttons on the right.

The intent of this site is not to host files other people have on their sites, but to link to their pages and promote traffic on their sites as well.

If anyone else wants to contribute material, you don't need to know HTML, I can format it for you. I'd rather have the site be a community effort, it's a great way to show the kind of people that play SDOE. Credit can be given to the authors like I offered to WT. If you do know HTML, I'll give you the password too.

Eventually, I'd like to have a user created manual for SDOE that fills all the holes of the manual that comes with the game.

One thing the site could really use is some joystick / rudder pedal reviews by people that have used more than one brand of each type of device.
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