Well… I’ve been part of a really cool community called the Titan Network since October of 2008. It’s a webring of great sites and services for the City Of Heroes players.
I was brought in to help SuckerPunch/Dan Cunha make his original script known as “SuckerPunch’s Online Planner” even better than it was before by bringing in a series of useful calculations that would normally only be found in an application.
Well… a few months pass and Titan founders Sean, Terry and Dan all go into “semi-retirement” and leave the network to TonyV, the founder of ParagonWiki.com, and myself.
Now, I don’t pretend to be the originator of these sites, but I am responsible for a lot that goes on these sites. We also have a few of extremely knowledgable developers to backing us up. SaintNicster (Nick Fajardo) and Fleeting Whisper (Brain Shields) I could name of the top of my head… but there are more and there will be more and it’s just an awesome group of people.
With that said, let’s get to the point I’m posting this.
Current Titan Projects:
- PvPEC (Titan Events)
- Changing the name from the PvPEC to Titan Events, because I plan on making it to support more than just the PvP aspect of the game
- It will be a script the utilizes the characters listed in City Info Tracker and allow users to start events, T/S Forces, tournaments, etc…
- And very to user calender script to export into what ever application or device they wish to use this information in
- Possibly a module on Glycerine to let people know that there is an event they’re signed up to about to start(?)
- TNA Revamp
- Well, my first script on Titan was the TNA “Titan Network Administrator” which was literally me just attempting my first stab at using and utilizing the CodeIgniter Framework, so it didn’t work as well as I (and everyone else) had hoped.
- This new version features an array of ajax scripts and much friendlier navigation and UI for the moderators and admins to administer different aspects of the network.
- Flagship Revamp
- The main site (http://cohtitan.com) has been in dire need for an upgrade for awhile… although the basic look and feel are relatively the same… there was a complete overhaul made to the code behind it.
- Includes full PayPal Donation support and keeps track of every penny donated by each invisual user to see within their own account settings
- Will include a full-blown FAQ and Tutorial module for users still wildered on how to use our sites and service
- COHFaces
- My least favorite site on the Network, but the most traffic and used site… lol
- It’s code is pretty solid, however it needs an overhaul as it is coded on what seems like a php4 mindset.
- Needs __construct() functions instead of calling the function by the class name
- Need to change out all $_POST with CodeIgniter XSS checks for ajax calls
- Condense ajax controllers into one master controller with multiple functions.
- Update the authentication class to create a faces session (currently creating cit session… don’t ask, lol)
- Migrate authentication class to database session as cookies have a limit and we’re getting dangerously close.
- COH Online Planner
- Eventually finish Dan’s handy work and get a online version of a comprensible library of builds
- Somehow link this and Mids’ Hero & Villain Designer (MxD) to talk to each other.
- MxD
- Address my issues with it
- Update to make fully current with all the right numbers and attributes
- Address old issues with it
- Luckily we have Fleeting Whisper who is creating a Cross-Operation System version of the script in Java, which will be nice and eventually force the original source into retirement.
There is more, but it’s smaller stuff and just haven’t gotten around to it is all.
FUN!
