read before you post topic [IMPORTANT] Cardmaker FAQ (Modified 12/20/2017)

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

A lot of you have been asking this question in recent days, so to avoid having members repeat themselves, here are the answers. Just to clarify things, this will be expanded to the entire cardmaker itself.

 

The automatic uploading doesn't work! Why? 

 

Issue since March/April 2016

 

We don't know WHY it's broken. Is it a pain to upload cards now? Yes, however there are some workarounds. 

 

- Save card to desktop and then upload again via Imgur / Tinypic. 

- Right-click the card and select "get image location", then upload it via a free image host.

- Download the Imgur app for Firefox/Chrome, then click the option when it renders. (It does not work in incognito mode, however)

 

In all of these cases, you will be given a series of preformatted codes. Pick the one with the IMG brackets around them and copy/paste that into your post. 

 

(On a normal basis, you should just left-click the card and it'd already upload for you with the code preformatted.)

 

The cardmaker's name and text render funny now. 

 

Known issue since October 2016

 

Again, we don't know what caused this problem. It is likely that the downtime around the start of the month played a role in it, but that is not certain.

 

Pictures no longer upload properly and render as white space.

 

(Known issue as of mid-November 2017)

 

We're aware of this issue, though at this time, we do not know WHEN it got started. Looking over where the images are being stored, it appears that it is no longer working / in use.

 

This error applies only towards uploaded pictures from your desktop. Getting the URL from images online still works (except for Pixiv and some other areas; you'll need to rehost the pics on Imgur or something). 

 

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NOTE: This is connected to registered members, as the picture is uploaded to a folder correlated to your account. Guests can upload regularly.

 

Pendulums and Links aren't here!

 

(Issue since 2014 / 2017)

 

Yes, we know that the cardmaker is stuck in eternal ZEXAL mode, and as such, this isn't a "bug". We need to have them added eventually, but that requires several major changes to the coding.

 

 

Why aren't you fixing this?

 

This requires the admin, YCMaker, to look into the issue because at present, the Super Moderators cannot access the coding at this time. First and foremost, it is located inside the Look & Feel Module. While I should be able to access said module, I cannot as of late October due to it requiring an unknown password.

 

As stated in another thread, even if we could access the coding, we don't wish to tamper with it, given potential full shutdown of the cardmaker if something goes wrong (or YCMaker getting upset).

 

At the moment, some members are working on a revised version that will address the changes, but a lot of the cardmaker code requires internal access to specific places in the Admin CP that only YCMaker can access.

 

Get YCMaker over here!!!

 

We'd all like him to show up and actually fix sheet on this site, but he does have a life outside this site as a developer for other companies. Would it be nice if he at least showed up to address problems? Yes, because there are other issues besides the cardmaker that need his attention. 

 

The staff does have his email address and phone number (courtesy of Tormented), but we will keep to the former option.

 

We did contact him in late September / early October about the site being down at that time, but it is unclear if he read the email or not.

 

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What was the meaning of this thread?

 

Basically to answer cardmaker related questions and why stuff is broken.

 

We've gotten them asked multiple times, so for everyone's benefit, the answers will be given here. 

 

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Bottom-line, the staff is aware that the cardmaker is broken in multiple places, but there isn't much that we can do at this time about it. As much as it sucks, we just have to live with the bugs until they are fixed.

 

We'd like them fixed just as much as you all do.