AGEMAME HQ

I’m aware there’s a new patch out, but I’m going to work on that over the weekend. Right now, I want to talk about what’s happening with the AGEMAME website.

Firstly, comments have been removed again, since no-one used them, and they were just causing spam problems. This has led to a small restructuring of the site templates, which has been tested.

Secondly, we now have an Emergency Alert style system which can post messages on top of the main page and keep them there for a specified period of time, this may be handy if there are problems I want to point out, or maintenance scheduled.

Thirdly, I’ve moved as much of the static content out of the databases and into conventional PHP files as possible. While the changes will appear minimal, you should see faster load times and this site will put a lot less strain on the SQL server (all of ZTNet’s SQL is run on the same machine, so it pays to keep usage low). Some of the content has also been rewritten during the process, but that’s ongoing.

Finally, Bug Reports are no longer carried here, as again, nobody used them. I hope to introduce automated regression testing to the AGEMAME build process in the near future using the MAME tools, and report those findings here instead.