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2 years ago  ::  Sep 01, 2011 - 6:37AM #11
WarrenC
Date Joined: Sep 10, 2006
Posts: 285
This morning's Legends and Lore is 404'ing for me.  I know it's early...  

Link: www.wizards.com/dnd/article.aspx?x=dnd/4...
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2 years ago  ::  Sep 01, 2011 - 7:47AM #12
mudbunny
Date Joined: Sep 28, 2006
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Legends and Lore goes up on Tuesdays.

This weeks article is here:b www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4...

The link in the COntent Calendar is incorrect. I think that today's article is
The Dungeon Master Experience - T'Witt
www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4...
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2 years ago  ::  Sep 01, 2011 - 7:56AM #13
WarrenC
Date Joined: Sep 10, 2006
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Sure, that's the normal schedule, however I look at the calendar here:

www.wizards.com/dnd/Calendar.aspx

It shows me Sept 1, Legends and Lore, I click on it:

www.wizards.com/dnd/article.aspx?x=dnd/4...

Which is really just a generic article link to today's date (likely the problem) and it's a 404.

So something is not right... 
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2 years ago  ::  Sep 01, 2011 - 8:31AM #14
mudbunny
Date Joined: Sep 28, 2006
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Sep 1, 2011 -- 7:56AM, WarrenC wrote:

Sure, that's the normal schedule, however I look at the calendar here:

www.wizards.com/dnd/Calendar.aspx

It shows me Sept 1, Legends and Lore, I click on it:

www.wizards.com/dnd/article.aspx?x=dnd/4...

Which is really just a generic article link to today's date (likely the problem) and it's a 404.

So something is not right... 




Which is why I said:

Sep 1, 2011 -- 7:47AM, mudbunny wrote:

The link in the Content Calendar is incorrect. I think that today's article is
The Dungeon Master Experience - T'Witt
www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4...




(emphasis added)

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2 years ago  ::  Sep 01, 2011 - 10:24AM #15
DrNick
Date Joined: Oct 30, 2008
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I think a lot of this could be resolved if Wizards used a content management system instead of (presumably) posting the links manually which is prone to human error. That being said, implementing such a system would be a huge investment in that they would have to pay for such a system, they would have to modify their procedures to take it into account and they would have to train staff on the procedures. And, to be honest, it doesn't bother me that much, personally.
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2 years ago  ::  Sep 01, 2011 - 6:27PM #16
LlamasNotsheep
Date Joined: Jun 24, 2008
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Sep 1, 2011 -- 10:24AM, DrNick wrote:

I think a lot of this could be resolved if Wizards used a content management system instead of (presumably) posting the links manually which is prone to human error. That being said, implementing such a system would be a huge investment in that they would have to pay for such a system, they would have to modify their procedures to take it into account and they would have to train staff on the procedures. And, to be honest, it doesn't bother me that much, personally.



For the love of God!  Don't give them any ideas!  Especially bad ones.  When it comes to software, they just love reinventing the wheel.  And the finished wheels tend to be squares, rectangles, or at best ellipses.  We don't need yet another bumpy ride that waste a huge amount of their limited resources  

[20:53] [SadisticFish] yeah Llamas convinced me
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2 years ago  ::  Sep 02, 2011 - 8:20AM #17
ZaranBlack
Date Joined: Jul 12, 2007
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I think it's because they automate the article to go in at a certain time and no one is there to check it when it does.
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2 years ago  ::  Sep 02, 2011 - 11:51AM #18
DrNick
Date Joined: Oct 30, 2008
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Sep 1, 2011 -- 6:27PM, LlamasNotsheep wrote:

Sep 1, 2011 -- 10:24AM, DrNick wrote:

I think a lot of this could be resolved if Wizards used a content management system instead of (presumably) posting the links manually which is prone to human error. That being said, implementing such a system would be a huge investment in that they would have to pay for such a system, they would have to modify their procedures to take it into account and they would have to train staff on the procedures. And, to be honest, it doesn't bother me that much, personally.



For the love of God!  Don't give them any ideas!  Especially bad ones.  When it comes to software, they just love reinventing the wheel.  And the finished wheels tend to be squares, rectangles, or at best ellipses.  We don't need yet another bumpy ride that waste a huge amount of their limited resources  




LOL, alright. Just keep plugging em in manually then, WotC. No need to get a script to do it for you.

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2 years ago  ::  Sep 07, 2011 - 4:05PM #19
WarrenC
Date Joined: Sep 10, 2006
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So, uh, yesterday's "In The Works" link seems to be broken:

www.wizards.com/dnd/article.aspx?x=dnd/4...
 
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2 years ago  ::  Sep 08, 2011 - 9:10PM #20
Selucid
Date Joined: Nov 10, 2008
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As of 12:08 am EST the Gond's Way: Artificers of the Realms article is giving a Runtime error. I'm sure it will be fixed by noon, but I'm not sure why they bother posting articles at midnight when no one is arround to fix the broken links. 
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