WC2K5: Preview next week..
Monday, October 11, 2004 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Next week the full site preview will begin to go on-line for WinCustomize subscribers. It'll be in "beta" phase until December so if you want to be one of the first people to see all the new goodies, make sure you're a WinCustomize subscriber (click on the store link above).
It's giong to be a whole new site in terms of features and layouts and speed and the underlying technology. We now have 200 MEGABITS per second to make use of and we're very excited about what's coming we hope you are too! 
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Dark-Star
Reply #22 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 9:25 AM
Reply #22 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 9:25 AM
Hello,
The speed Brad was talking about for the website isn't in terms of download speed. Yes, the site should be faster to download (even to dialup users) but rather the speed referred to here is Web Server Speed, or how fast the server can generate content. Our websites must generate a custom page to many many users per second. Because of the high demand for such content, our servers experience a great deal of slow down. A large portion of the work is done fetching data and displaying that data. The way it is displayed plays a roll in performance. To increase server efficiency, we "cache" pages that have high traffic. Unfortunately, by doing so we limit what can be unique to each visitor, including the themes.
The speed Brad was talking about for the website isn't in terms of download speed. Yes, the site should be faster to download (even to dialup users) but rather the speed referred to here is Web Server Speed, or how fast the server can generate content. Our websites must generate a custom page to many many users per second. Because of the high demand for such content, our servers experience a great deal of slow down. A large portion of the work is done fetching data and displaying that data. The way it is displayed plays a roll in performance. To increase server efficiency, we "cache" pages that have high traffic. Unfortunately, by doing so we limit what can be unique to each visitor, including the themes.
retiredmaster
Reply #23 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 10:27 AM
Reply #23 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 10:27 AM
How about a 'recently updated articles' list on the Wincusto main page - I'd like to keep tabs on who has just updated their site! Just the last ten or twenty?
TheD2JBug
Reply #24 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:03 AM
Reply #24 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:03 AM
Dark-Star: have you considered a color schemed approach to theming the page rather than the current image based theming? Less bandwith , faster pages, and still customizable , no?
Dark-Star
Reply #25 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:59 AM
Reply #25 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:59 AM
Hey TheD2JBugs. Actually, the new WinCustomize will be able to change in color scheme at the moment. However, this isn't customizable by the user. The site will be able to change in color, however due to changes in HTML (which effect page caching) going from one theme to the next isn't possible with out reducing the speed of the site. So at the moment, WC2K5 will be limited in its ability to change dramatically until we put more focus on this aspect of development. At this point, getting a functional website out to the masses is our primary goal. 
But not to worry, I'm sure this concept will be revisited.
But not to worry, I'm sure this concept will be revisited.
Cherokee Kid
Reply #26 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 12:04 PM
Reply #26 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 12:04 PM
Hopefully this will help us "dialup" folks. Trying to get a large page like Desktop X objects to load is a nightmare.
Brock Beesley
Reply #27 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 2:52 PM
Reply #27 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 2:52 PM
pardon my ignorant comment re. "Right-click" . . . I found it in SDCentral. My bad. 
Frogboy
Reply #28 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 3:28 PM
Reply #28 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 3:28 PM
One thing to remember, we do track how many people actually use custom themes and it's trivial. I mean literally like 0.001% of the users actually have a theme that is different from the site default. And that translates into having a mcuh much slower website because it eliminates a lot of caching.
We will still have different site skins we'll switch to - as we create them. But that'll take time.
We will still have different site skins we'll switch to - as we create them. But that'll take time.
BryJay
Reply #29 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 4:04 PM
Reply #29 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 4:04 PM
I am sure it will be great - this site is the definition of 'Professional' 
Fairyy~
Reply #31 Thursday, October 14, 2004 5:52 AM
Reply #31 Thursday, October 14, 2004 5:52 AM
ok...2 days in a row when I downloaded a winblind,nothing happened. When I check program files, winblinds/themes, the blind is there but folder says " empty " My Stardock Central is up to date as of yesterday. not sure whats going on. 
I can't wait!
TheD2JBug
Reply #33 Thursday, October 14, 2004 11:38 AM
Reply #33 Thursday, October 14, 2004 11:38 AM
Just as long as I can change color schemes I'll be happier
I simply do not like the current skinning format.
I simply do not like the current skinning format.
RPGFX
Reply #34 Wednesday, October 20, 2004 12:45 PM
Reply #34 Wednesday, October 20, 2004 12:45 PM
Ok, getting anxious here... when's it gonna go online? I'm a Redsox fan so I have enough anxiety in my life.
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Reply #21 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 7:05 AM