Hive World Terra

Site code updates - parts now working!

I've just finished updating the code that powers the Hive World Terra website. Some parts were broken for a while as the update progressed, but everything should be working now.

The update should mean that all of the previously broken parts of the website (submitting downloads, viewing lists of pending downloads, and some other areas) are now working again.

If anyone notices any errors, please contact me.

By IBBoard on 24th March 2008 17:44:39

Broken Article links fixed

Apologies for any problems caused, but any broken links that were incorrectly returning "Error 404: Page not found" messages have now been fixed. These pages were normally in a form such as "/Article/cat_1.html".

Normal service can now resume.

By IBBoard on 7th August 2007 19:09:25

WarFoundry forum created

As development continues with the WarFoundry cross-platform army builder application, I have now created a category in the Hive World Terra forums for all WarFoundry threads.

The latest development in WarFoundry is that weapons can now be added, removed and replaced (including 'required' weapons). A test version has been given to TGSC for feedback on the interface.

By IBBoard on 5th August 2007 16:51:02

WarFoundry site started

Currently we host downloads for an army builder application called Rollcall. This application still needs some changes to make it compatible with Games Workshop's latest incarnations of the main games, it isn't compatible with other game system styles, and the application is old and written in Visual Basic.

Rather than try to update such an old application, I had been considering writing a new army builder. This new army builder will be cross-platform compatible (so you can run it on Windows or Linux, or even Mac OS X if you have v10.3 or later) and it will be released as open source so that anyone can improve it.

The application will be known as WarFoundry, and a few days ago the starts of its dedicated site were put live at WarFoundry.co.uk.

Watch this space!

By IBBoard on 10th July 2007 07:21:28

New definitions in the Encyclopedia

Having recently looked at the Encyclopedia and failed to find the definition for Inquisitor Eisenhorn, I thought I'd managed to take notes but not add them into the Encyclopedia. It turned out I had added them, just not under Eisenhorn. After finding my notes, I did find that I had some additional definitions from the Eisenhorn trilogy that I hadn't added.

Newly added (last night) are definitions for the planet Ghul and the Daemon Yssarile, as well as links to Eisenhorn and Ravenor.

Other updates include the ISBN and links to Amazon on some "source book" pages for those who wish to purchase the book, and the starts of book descriptions for some sources.

Unfortunately the submitted definition for Chaplain Cassius has had to be declined as it was a direct copy of Games Workshop's background and wasn't a researched definition.

By IBBoard on 10th July 2007 07:14:09

Back-end update

The news page of Hive World Terra has been a bit slow lately. As per usual, things are occurring behind the scenes but a lot of community contributions put the focus more on Skins @ Hive World Terra.

This morning has seen a back-end up for the Hive World Terra website. The majority of functionality should remain the same, although some new changes should be apparent. Everything appears to be operating correctly, however if anyone encounters any problems then please contact me

Also, don't forget that there is work going on behind the scenes on a new Rollcall/Army Builder replacement called WarFoundry.

By IBBoard on 11th May 2007 09:55:20

More from the Codex Chaos

Been a while....but, there are more definitions! You can now find out about The Rubric of Ahriman, the history of the World Eaters and Thousand Sons Traitor Legions and their current and former homeworlds, Prospero and the Planet of the Sorcerors. Also, learn more about Lufgt Huron and the Astral Claws. More to follow...honest :-)

By Simguinus on 11th March 2007 16:07:55

The history of Hive World Terra article

As promised, a History of Hive World Terra article has now been created, tracking back its progress from the initial clan-bertram predecessor site to the very latest hiveworldterra.co.uk and its sub-sites.

Also added (and mentioned in the article for historic purposes) is an old archive of the clan-bertram as it was when the old domain was closed in 2004. There have been a few changes to remove the irrelevant and legally dubious (i.e. 'copied from other sources') material, and to fix/remove some broken links, but the site is otherwise as-is.

It's amazing how much a site can change over the years!

By IBBoard on 28th January 2007 17:29:32

HWT Forums reach six years old!

After much investigating I have discovered that the Hive World Terra forums are now approximately six years old! I don't know the actual 'date of birth' of the forums, as we started out on a forum that we didn't host, but according to the web.archive.org copy of our updates page the first incarnation of the forum (on ezBoard) was started some time around January 2001.

Later update pages then show that the forum migrated via free hosting on ProHosting.com, Netfirms.com, f2s.com, before arriving at hiveworldterra.ibboard.co.uk and then, eventually, its current home at forums.hiveworldterra.co.uk.

That also means that the original hiveworldterra.ibboard.co.uk mini-site is now five years old, and the predecessor site (clan-bertram.co.uk) would have been about seven years old!

Here's to many more years of Hive World Terra!

By IBBoard on 22nd January 2007 20:08:56

Random definitions

Over the last couple of months, I've stuck a few bits & bobs into the Encyclopedia that don't really fit into any pattern; but here they are anyway.
Catalepsaen Node, Charlie Stross, The Gaschuggers, the Ossmudula

By Simguinus on 21st January 2007 10:54:05