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| Hawkins |
Posted - 29 Jul 2014 : 23:18:51
The website has been updated! (http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/news/welcome-new-dd-website)
Unfortunately, the 3.5 archives (which survived the 4e redesign) did not make it. =( |
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| TBeholder |
Posted - 30 Aug 2015 : 14:55:48
In fact, you can just copy any IIS (.asp/.aspx) URL, paste it and replace "//www.wizards.com" or "//wizards.com" with "//archive.wizards.com" - or even apply the fix automatically so that all links auto-redirect (if you use Firefox). |
| Diffan |
Posted - 30 Aug 2015 : 07:16:08
Heres the Border kingdoms articles http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/archfr/frbk |
| Joran Nobleheart |
Posted - 29 Aug 2015 : 20:14:14
quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
quote:
Originally posted by Eilserus
On a different note, I hope we still see our weekly Forging the Realms articles.
I would think so.
The Lady Hooded One noted some time back, during the last lengthy lull between FtR article releases, that Wizards still had about 20 [I think?] articles left to publish on the site.
I enjoyed those so much that I saved every one with Pocket on my Nexus 7. I like to read over them while I'm feeding my daughter, or while she naps in her swing or bouncy seat.  |
| Delwa |
Posted - 29 Aug 2015 : 19:18:15
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I was just glancing at the Wizards site, and it prompted me to do a site survey. I blasted them for having an unsearchable site and in particular for constantly moving stuff around without updating any links or providing a way to find it. For the question of what I liked best about the site, I said it was the site's past, when it had setting information and when stuff could be found. 
I get those about once a month, and do the same thing. Sad thing is, I'm starting to know my way around that abomination. |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 29 Aug 2015 : 17:32:06
I was just glancing at the Wizards site, and it prompted me to do a site survey. I blasted them for having an unsearchable site and in particular for constantly moving stuff around without updating any links or providing a way to find it. For the question of what I liked best about the site, I said it was the site's past, when it had setting information and when stuff could be found. |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 04 Aug 2014 : 17:25:58
quote:
Originally posted by Eilserus
quote:
Originally posted by George Krashos
You could fill about 5 sourcebooks with the material Ed has sent through to TSR/WotC that never saw the light of day.
Still waiting for the city article on Teziir that was supposed to be published in Dragon.
-- George Krashos
I'd love to see Wizards bring that series back. I remember being so excited about all the places we'd get detailed. Imagine all the new shiny cities and places we could see from the pen of Ed. Sigh.
There are a lot of older series of web content that they've done that I really wish they'd bring back... Or at least complete, like the Border Kingdoms articles. |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 04 Aug 2014 : 17:16:58
quote:
Originally posted by dazzlerdal
I always save every WoTC article as a single file html archive. WoTC do a Gilgeam every time there is a new edition, so i try and keep a record of things as they were.
Oh, I save anything interesting to Word.
The links I had were specifically preformatted for sharing here -- links to particular resources, like a link to the Wyrms of the North index, or links to particular articles. When relevant, I could copy/paste the link here, and it would be ready to share.
WotC has broken those links many times, and I'm tired of tracking things down every time. They should either have their web designers put redirects in place, have them stop breaking links in the first place, or employ web designers who can do those things. |
| Eilserus |
Posted - 04 Aug 2014 : 17:10:44
quote:
Originally posted by George Krashos
You could fill about 5 sourcebooks with the material Ed has sent through to TSR/WotC that never saw the light of day.
Still waiting for the city article on Teziir that was supposed to be published in Dragon.
-- George Krashos
I'd love to see Wizards bring that series back. I remember being so excited about all the places we'd get detailed. Imagine all the new shiny cities and places we could see from the pen of Ed. Sigh. |
| Gary Dallison |
Posted - 04 Aug 2014 : 11:45:45
I always save every WoTC article as a single file html archive. WoTC do a Gilgeam every time there is a new edition, so i try and keep a record of things as they were. |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 04 Aug 2014 : 11:30:04
quote:
Originally posted by dazzlerdal
I dont mind the new website, its a bit difficult to locate the new articles but thats probably just because im not familiar with it.
I did however find it rather amusing that one of the blurbs about an article says something along the lines of
"Few creatures inspire such awe and wonder as the dragonborn."
I always thought few creatures inspired such controversy and division as the dragonborn, but maybe thats just me.
Maybe they meant that since the 4E dragonborn are basically lizard men, that they are quite underwhelming, and therefore few creatures inspire the same level of disinterest... 
About the redesign... I've had, for a long time, a bunch of links to specific things on the Wizards site, all preformatted and ready to share. And the new site redesign has broken all of those links.
I'm not even going to bother to try to update them, since WotC will just break them yet again.  |
| George Krashos |
Posted - 04 Aug 2014 : 09:18:45
You could fill about 5 sourcebooks with the material Ed has sent through to TSR/WotC that never saw the light of day.
Still waiting for the city article on Teziir that was supposed to be published in Dragon.
-- George Krashos |
| Gary Dallison |
Posted - 31 Jul 2014 : 08:26:03
I dont mind the new website, its a bit difficult to locate the new articles but thats probably just because im not familiar with it.
I did however find it rather amusing that one of the blurbs about an article says something along the lines of
"Few creatures inspire such awe and wonder as the dragonborn."
I always thought few creatures inspired such controversy and division as the dragonborn, but maybe thats just me. |
| Pazuzu |
Posted - 31 Jul 2014 : 07:28:34
I also like the new website. Mainly, since we finally have a good mobile version. |
| Delwa |
Posted - 30 Jul 2014 : 03:12:52
quote:
Originally posted by Eilserus
I'd suggest using the Wayback Machine to start backing up favorite articles:
https://archive.org/web/
It's what I've used in the past. Haven't tried it with the new design yet though.
I've also got some of the old stuff here saved for personal use. Feel free to download a copy.
I do like the new look of the D&D website. The last one was difficult to navigate. This one, I actually feel like I can find stuff without digging into the Plane of Shadow.... |
| The Sage |
Posted - 30 Jul 2014 : 02:48:19
quote:
Originally posted by Eilserus
On a different note, I hope we still see our weekly Forging the Realms articles.
I would think so.
The Lady Hooded One noted some time back, during the last lengthy lull between FtR article releases, that Wizards still had about 20 [I think?] articles left to publish on the site. |
| Eilserus |
Posted - 30 Jul 2014 : 01:15:55
On a different note, I hope we still see our weekly Forging the Realms articles. |
| Eilserus |
Posted - 30 Jul 2014 : 01:11:04
I'd suggest using the Wayback Machine to start backing up favorite articles:
https://archive.org/web/
It's what I've used in the past. Haven't tried it with the new design yet though. |
| Dark Wizard |
Posted - 29 Jul 2014 : 23:38:24
On the plus side, it's a cleaner, more streamlined looking design than they've had for ... a while.
Also, Tyranny of Dragons CGI teaser. |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 29 Jul 2014 : 23:32:46
*sigh* Yet another site redesign... And yet again, they don't bother with any kind of redirects or anything like that for old stuff, or give you any easy way to get to older material...
I've honestly lost count of how many times they've redesigned the site, since I first started bookmarking everything. I've had to re-find stuff on their site so many times that I've long since given up on trying.
But the original Roll of Years file, originally posted back in 2000? Yup, it's still in the same place -- just downloaded it again. I was checking it and the other files referenced in my old Lost Archives... thread.
That's what I don't get about their site. They take down links, move things around, and never bother to update anything.  |
