SCWN 3.0 - New and Improved (Fearless Blue)

Simcountry World News
www.SimcountryWorldNews.com

I am very pleased to announce to everyone that the basic functions for the new and improved SCWN website have been completed.

I placed a stop on the news, per the last message on the forums because of the time consumption and strain caused by manually updating the news.

NOW, I have programmed the site so that with one click, new stories can be entered, all links updated, pages and previews update, without human intervention...cutting the time needed to publish a story dramatically.

This means a higher volume of stories can be added to the website with minimal effort!

Note: The news is not operational. No need to register an account, as when the site starts producing news, the user accounts will be flushed. All stories in the new site are place holders for testing currently underway.

uReport
This will be THE MOST POPULAR section of SCWN. Why? It allows players themselves to post news stories in one click about their countries, enterprises, federations, etc! The idea came from iReport on CNN's website. Its focus is all about YOU!

Remaining projects
1. User accounts/Reporter accounts (highest priority).
2. Adding/checking images uploaded.
(Once this is done, the news will start back up, and the HTML version of SCWN will all be gradually taken down).
3. Programming "Da'Bloids" section. (Easy)



Future Addons
1. Associated Press (Will allow other players that desire to have their own news network to publish news on SCWN...just an idea right now.)
2. SCWN Gamer's Guide. (Definite). High Priority.
3. SCWN's Video section (will host videos from SCWN staff and our users). Definite. Medium priority.
4. Search bar/results section (definite/high priority).
5. Classifieds section, where players can post recruitment for federations, common markets, etc. Definite/low priority.
6. Stats section, where all the stats will be organized and displayed monthly for all worlds, each month. Definite. Medium Priority.

New purpose for SCWN
SCWN will try to become not only the Main News Networking in Simcountry, but also the Voice of the Players to the gamemasters! Discussions will take place, in comments of articles, reactions can be judged, and full coverage and details of communication between the GM and SCWN staff will be transparent for all to see. SCWN is a place where your voices can be heard!

CONTEST!
PRIZE = 60 gold coins or $27 Trillion SCD

SCWN is looking for an image logo. A picture logo, Something simple and yet stylish.
Examples of logos are here

Post a link to all logos on here on the forum, and the one chosen gets the prize. Deadline is May 31st.

Thanks all!

How do I post a logo?

Sorry Opensesame. I changed it to post a "link to the image" on here. Cant upload images anymore :P.

to post the link, type "\" "new" "url" "{http://www.image.com, This is my image}"

Remove spaces and parenthesis.

the link doesnt pull up an image opensesame.

or you can email it to scwnews.dubletar@gmail.com

UPDATE:
www.SimcountryWorldNews.com

A few things:
#1. All prior news stories have been added to the new SCWN site.
#2. User accounts are now active and live.
If you have previously registered a user account, you will have to re-register.
#3. Comments are now active. You may comment on any story you desire. You must login in first though, to protect against spam.

uReport is LIVE!
The, to be, most popular section of SCWN is now active! If you have a country, ceo, federation, common market and would like to report your news or share what your entities are doing, Log onto SCWN and create an account. It is very easy. Then post freely, as often as you like!

post your stories freely, as often as you like.
Recruit, report, etc.

new stories may be produced within the week.

SCWN 3.0 IS LIVE AND KICKING!
www.SimcountryWorldNews.com

The site is awesome!!!

New Stories
New stories are being worked on immediately!

uReport
uReport works like youtube, except instead of movies, its stories about your countries, enterprises, common markets, federations, etc.

Register an account (make sure u make a new password so you can login easily). And begin posting immediately.

There are many players who desire to post news stories about their countries, and many who like to read posted up-to-the minute stories by players. Have fun with it.

Please support SCWN and register a user account with us.
Its very easy, and allows you to comment on news stories, as well as post in uReport.

New story posted on SCWN
www.SimcountryWorldNews.com

So far, we have 12 registrations from Simcountry players! Lets keep it going people! who's next?

Register a SCWN account!

20 total registrations!

Lets keep the train moving!

Register a SCWN account!

New story on SCWN

www.SimcountryWorldNews.com

New Projects Currently Underway

1. Classified Section(Task timeframe: short)
Due to recent demand, Simcountry World News will now host a Classifieds Section sooner than later. All visitors will be able to view the classifieds section, but only registered users will be able to post in it.

Categories that will be available:
Federations Post - Federation ads
Common Market - Common market ads
Sales - anyone selling ingame items
Willing to Buy - anyone buying ingame items
0% tax countries - 0% tax ads
(all ads will also be sortable by world, and all ads will auto expire 1 month from the time of posting, to keep them current, clean, and uncluttered.)

Features for players that have registered with SCWN:
a. will be able to respond to buyer through SCWN easily with a click.
b. will be able to "flag" ads that are invalid, and flag posts where the country does not have 0% tax.
c. a rating system may be instituted so that readers can see if the poster has done well in previous ads, or has a bad history. Simply thumbs up/thumbs down may be made.

(NOTE: 0% tax countries that are flagged will be looked up in simcountry, and if taxes are not as advertised, then the ad would be removed. I will make it as easy as possible for SCWN users to use all features.)

2. User Account Inboxes(task timeframe: short)
So that posters of the classifieds ads will be able to recieve messages from readers, and readers can respond to ads, a user inbox will also be added.

Also, for users who post on uReport, you will be notified on your homepage if anyone comments on any story you post. You will also be able to see how many people have viewed your stories.

3. Gamer's Guide(task timeframe: medium)
The Gamer's Guide will be a large task, and I appreciate all those who have offered help in making tutorials for the guide. The purpose of the guide will be to make it as easy as possible for new players and all players interested in learning to not only "do" well in simcountry, but also to "understand why".
WE WILL SPOON FEED YOU!
WE WANT YOU TO GROW!
WE WANT MORE PLAYERS!
WE WILL MAKE SIMCOUNTRY VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND!
Every question that can be answered will be answered! And if anything is unclear or unanswered, you will be able to let us know in one click, and we will update it!

We will contact the Simcountry GameMasters for this also, because we will need updated information.

This will be done after the classifieds and inboxes because it is a large task though I already have an idea of how it will be organized.

www.SimcountryWorldNews.com

New story at SCWN.

I have tried several times to log in but it always says my login does not work. Ideas?

Zen.

Zen, Im adding "can't login" link right now.

Check back in an hour or so.

Just added change email, change username options also.

Ive added cant login to the site. Also, I will make the site send you ur login info in ur email.

I have the login info email. The password mailed to me doesn't seem to work.

Zen.

Then, I dont know what you are doing wrong. Ive accessed your account. Everything is correct there.

Btw, if you dont have cookies enabled, enable it.
Also, if you are logging in from somewhere that wont allow it, that may be an issue.

But your account info is correct.

Update
www.SimcountryWorldNews.com

Menu
Menu is now updated as a drop down menu, allowing easier access to each section of SCWN.

User Inbox
User inboxes have been created.

The Classifieds are here!
The Classifieds, as has been promised, has been created.
It is setup in a way that makes it 100% user active, and user friendly.

In the classifieds, any Simcountry Player can Login to SCWN, and post an ad that updates immediately.
Categories:
www.SimcountryWorldNews.com/classifieds.php

1. Sales - Sale offers of weapons, and other economic products.
2. Buyers - Players willing to buy anything theyve specified.
3. 0% Tax Countries - A central location where you can advertise that you have 0% tax in your country, and many players can see it.
4. Federation Posts - Perfect place to recruit players to your alliances.
5. Common Market - You can also recruit for your common market.

Features:
1. SCWN Inbox - When a player has decided they like your ad, they can click on it to respond to the Ad. They will be able to send you a message about the Ad, that will go directly to your Inbox.

2. Rating System - As is available at popular sites like Ebay, SCWN users that are logged in are able to rate any ad they have done business with, by clicking on thumbs up, or thumbs down. Whenever someone posts an ad, their rating will be featured in the ad.

Correction! We're up to 26!

Register!

Reporters Needed!
We need a reporter for KB, WG, and GR!
If you would like to be a reporter, let me know.

Dubletar no matter what I do the site won't let me log in or create a new account. The cany login button fails to send an email?!?

Just delete and I'll start from scratch.

wow, wendy, ur right. it did fail to send an email. Im checking it out right now.

Thanks for letting me know!

Well, its fixed now.

I recently added some security, and changed the variable (which is the entered email) to something else. Just needed to correct it.

Thanks again for tellin me. It emails ur info immediately now.

If anyone else experiences anything else out of wack, let me know, please!