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    Metropolis - create your own city game!

    So, finally, the game is ready for some testers! Sign up and create your own city if you want to, or just stroll around the pages and see if you like the design (and especially if it looks quirky in some browser - yes, I've even tried to make it work decently in IE6). www.metropolisonline.org
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    Time differences for time() - one hour ahead

    I've read about this issue in old threads but didn't find any answers. I also found a new twist to it: the "time()" functions only gives you one hour ahead if in the public_html folder! I used the command "date("Y-m-d H:i:s O I T Z", time())" where I = Daylight savingstime or not T = Timezone Z...
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    Cron jobs on starka working?

    Hi! I read a few days ago that people had problems with cron jobs on starka. But after that I havn't heard anything and I don't find any announcement about it. Is it still an issue, or is it just me that seems to be having problems?
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    Problem with sending mail with fsockopen(). Disabled?

    Hi! I'm trying to send e-mails through SMTP authentication using fsockopen and fwrite. The server seems to respond all right all the way down to the last 221 starka.x10hosting closing connection, but no e-mail is sent!? Is there some known limitation that I haven't found information about, or...
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    Suspended account

    Hi! My account is suspended due to a server transfer, and I was told that a support thread was the only possibility to have it un-suspended. Can you do that, please? :)
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    Interaction design: When to check a grouping checkbox

    Hi! I have a form where a number of options with checkboxes are grouped (group 1, group 2, group 3 etc.) You can select items in each group individually. But then I also have a "grouping" checkbox for each group. If you select the checkbox for "Group 1" the whole group will be selected and vice...
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    Error headers with php.

    Hi! I actually have two questions regarding setting headers with the php headers()-function. The first is regarding what error response to send if a user tries to access a password protected page without logging in. It seems logical to send a 401 - Unauthorized, but the protocol states that...
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    Graphic designer/artist wanted for online game.

    I'm developing a web-based strategy game called Metropolis where the objective is to build a city. I need an artist to help me with the graphics (since I suck at it). This includes: - buildings (houses, apartments, hospitals...) - presentational graphics (constructions, map graphics...) - logos...
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    Testers of a new web-based game wanted!

    Do you like web-based strategy games? The name of the game is Metropolis, and it is played through your web-browser. The objective of the game is to create a city. I'm about to run the first test of the game and need 5-20 persons who would like to test the game. Metropolis can be found at...
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    Making a site JavaScript dependent - pros/cons?

    Javascript is a popular way of validating forms, generating popups, hiding menus, changing a value for submission etc. You can do really neat things on the client side my using some clever javascripting. But what about browsers that aren't javascript enabled? Or users that turn their...
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