Monday, 25th February, 2005              11.40 PM  As I promised last Friday, I was going to make the site friendlier to those poor souls who can't get Flash to work on their computer. Sadly, they miss out on the full experience of the website; especially sad since a lot of time and effort went into making the Flash logo and menu and banners. Ah well, it can't be helped. Unfortunately, this means that the main page will look funny for about a day (hopefully) until I sort this entirely out with my friend who suggested doing this in the first place. A few bugs have been squashed apart from the non-Flash friendliness: the Library banner now looks right, the link to Luna's has been fixed (sorry, Luna!) and the Pandoran Dictionary now has a shiny banner of its own. In other news, this has been written on the eve of my return to university. Although I have a reduced subject load after nearly having a nervous breakdown last semester, site updates will slow down nonetheless. I am very glad to say that I have got the main portion of the work out of the way with last week's official opening, though. It was one of my New Year's Resolutions and one of my things I wanted to achieve over the holidays. Not much else was, unfortunately. Version 1.1 of DTYvK Productions had been slated as a target to achieve months before v1.0 went up. Although not as grand an update as I had originally hoped for, I've still crossed the line I've set myself. I had originally set this update aside as the one in which I create a background for my music pages, put the site onto the Yoshi Yellow Pages and start acquiring affiliates. I guess that still leaves me with things to do for the website. Roll on v1.2. What's more likely to happen is v1.1.1 though, with new written content. No, I have not broken my quill when it comes to music. I still have many WIP's going at the moment (two of which are nearing completion), but the motivation comes more slowly these days as I'm not exposed to music (in a theoretical music-writing sense) as much as I was when my music teacher was still alive, so that's why these things take up far more time than they should do. Music is another of my New Year's Resolutions too, so there will be new content; this year, at least... ~Lich  Friday, 25th February, 2005              4.20 PM  Wow, my first post-opening update. Wonders never cease! XD It's only a small update, though, just to tell you that Chapters 12 and 13 of Rustling Leaves have been put up. I have received reports from a technically-minded friend of mine that there are people out there who cannot use Flash at all with their system configurations. I am currently working on putting in text-based links on the menu pages; hopefully, they should work. They'll be in version 1.1, which will be hitting a computer near you soon. ~Lich  Monday, 21st February, 2005              1.00 AM  First, there was "The Dark Lich's Tribute to Video Game Baddies" or some name like that when I discovered Geocities. Nothing really went into it, and I would be very, very surprised if it still exists. It was just a site to go, "Hey, I have a website." Then, I joined the Yoshi Community, and discovered that pretty much everyone had their own website of sorts. The dream was born. So, a few half-hearted attempts went into making storehouses for my music and my stories, but each time they would appear, they would fold again when the servers would collapse, or when I was unhappy with the deal they were giving me; even once the host got rid of my stuff. After the need presented itself, though, I went and created the APHIS Archives, which still continue to this day. But, it wasn't a website for my stuff (even though I had contributed). Finally, towards the end of March, 2004, I was given the opportunity to be hosted on this server by Prism. I leapt at the chance, and thus we have what I have been dreaming about for a long, long time: DTYvK Productions has arrived! Welcome to DTYvK Productions, a site which showcases the literary and musical talent of its owner, Dyluck Thanatos "Lich" Yoshi von Kippo. Please make your selection from the buttons in the menu to the left. Not everything is perfect yet; I still have things to do with the site. More importantly, everything that's needed to be there is now there. This is why this is v1.0: The Grand Opening. Aside from those little things that haven't quite been finished off, I guarantee that there will be new content in the coming months: new Rustling Leaves to read, new music, and even new sections of the site. Of course, this all depends on what my commitments allow. Already, there's updated content: v3.0.1 of the Pandoran Dictionary is here. Nevertheless, I'm glad you're here viewing what I have wanted to achieve for the past six or seven years: a full blown website all you enjoying my stuff. I'm so excited, I'm actually finding it hard to type coherently. I want to hear your comments, suggestions, (fair) criticisms and desires regarding this site. That's why the Contact button's there. Thus, I promise that all of these will be warmly welcomed and I will do my utmost to reply to your e-mails. As I said, while I put the stuff here, it's all about you enjoying it. Have fun, all! ~Lich Pre-v1.0 updates do not have the time of day recorded. v?!.1  Saturday, 29th January 2005  Some cracker group called the "Simiens Crew", based in Brazil, hack into Dreamhost's Zuma infrastructure and change all of the index.html files across star-road.net to weird Portuguese messages of dubious love and peace as part of some sort of crusade. All of the affected files are taken down and most are replaced with blanks. Things stay this way until the site is officially opened. v0.6  Friday, 14th January 2005  Version 3.0 (or the Third Edition) of the Pandoran Dictionary is added to the Library, replacing the unwieldy Second Edition. v0.5.3  Wednesday, 9th January 2005 Chapters 28, 29, 30 and the Epilogue of Light and Metaphor are added to the Library, finishing the story over three and a half years after its commencement. Chapters 8 to 11 of Rustling Leaves are also added. The Version Information is put on the main page. v0.5.2  Wednesday, 29th September 2004 The RPG Map Theory is added to the site to confuse you all in an attempt to simplify the relationship between characters and their surrounding environments. =P v0.5.1  Friday, 13th August 2004 After a four-month long hiatus, work on the website resumes. Chapters 25, 26 and 27 of Light and Metaphor are added to the Library. Although updated twice already, the Second Edition of the Pandoran Dictionary is linked to the library page, thus making it part and parcel of the website. v0.5  Monday, 19th April 2004 The gateway to the Journal is added to the site. The Music Gateway is updated, integrating it with the site's scheme, and making the site's music part and parcel of DTYvK Productions. Pages that automatically redirect traffic to the main page are added to the image folders. No peeking for you. =P v0.4  Saturday, 17th April 2004 The gateway to the Art Gallery is added to the site. v0.3.2  Friday, 16th April 2004 The bugs plaguing the Library page are fixed. Light and Metaphor and Rustling Leaves are moved from their prototype "stories page" to their new home on the main Library page for easier access, also integrating them with the site's scheme at the same time. The site's written content is finally given a home. "Blank" Theories, Poetry and Rants pages are put up. v0.3.1  Monday, 12th April 2004 The bugs in the Flash logo. A test library page is put onto the website to see how the scheme fares with other content. v0.3  Sunday, 11th April 2004 DTYvK Productions is given its heart, with the test main page put up (Ipsem Lorem), along with the Flash logo in the top left corner and the menu, giving all future "main" pages their layout. Static PNG banners are put up, with faux handwritten Pandoran (the relics of which can be found in the Flash Gateway at the site's entry). v0.2.1  Thursday, 8th April 2004 Some bugs in Chapters 19-24 of Light and Metaphor are cleaned up. v0.2  Tuesday, 6th April 2004 The bugs plaguing the Library page are fixed. The Stories section opens, with Chapters 1-24 of Light and Metaphor and Chapters 1-7 of Rustling Leaves as a standalone section of the site. The link to the Copyright Legislation in the Music Gateway is changed from AustLII to the official government website at ScalePLUS. v0.1  Saturday, 3rd April 2004 DTYvK Productions' Birthday. Almost a year away from completion, the first section of DTYvK Productions is added, the Music section, with its gateway and 23 pieces of music. A few days earlier, Prism creates a sub-domain on her website: http://dtyvk.star-road.net, stating that as a fan of my music, she was more than happy to give me space (hence why this came first). I still can't thank her enough for allowing me to use her domain. ^-Back to Top-^ [Main Page] [Library] [Music] [Art] [Journal] [Updates] [Links] [Contact]