----------------------------------------------------------- Pete's QBASIC Site's Fifth Email Message - September 1, 1999 ----------------------------------------------------------- Pete's QBASIC Site-----http://petesqbsite.hypermart.net Contents-------- 1.0 Opening Message 2.0 Past Updates (Since Mailing #5) 3.0 Future Updates 4.0 Other Stuff 5.0 Final Message ----------------------------------------------------------- 1.0 - Opening Message ----------------------------------------------------------- This is the first 'real' mailing message since March. I sent a mini-message last month to say that this mailing list really wasn't dead. Since Mailing #5 (this is #7), subscribers have increased more than four fold. There are now 59 subscribers! Read on... ----------------------------------------------------------- 2.0 - Past Updates ----------------------------------------------------------- Articles ----------------------------------------- The articles section has recently been added to the site. It is a place where articles, game cheats/tips and interviews about Qbasic related stuff are kept. This site is still small, but it is growing steadily. There are articles that I wrote for QB:TM (I'm only going to put up my articles from QB:TM, unless someone submits one of theirs.) There are also game cheats and walkthroughs, plus one interview. Files 2 ----------------------------------------- An awesome CGI script based files section was added last month. In this section, you can add your own file instantly (as long as it is uploaded to an http server). This also has a search engine. Don't worry, though - the oldest files section is still available. It's now called Files 3. The script for this section was written by Breeze of Unknown Origins Design. (http://www.quick-basic.com) The QBASIC Dance ----------------------------------------- This is the newest section of Pete's QBASIC Site. It is a parody of the Hampster Dance (http://www.hampsterdance.com), but with QBASIC characters from QBASIC games instead of hampsters. This is very funny, and I suggest that you check it out. Pete's QBASIC Site Goes Peanuts! ----------------------------------------- One day, while surfing around, I came across a picture of the Taco Bell Dog saying his famous phrase 'Yo Quiero Taco Bell'. I thought it would be funny to substitute the "Taco Bell" with "Pete's QBASIC Site". After I did that, I decided to do another ad parody...and another and another and another... Eventually I had about ten ads made. I decided to put them all on one page and make them a new section, although they aren't exactly QB related. Headlines ----------------------------------------- Another new section. On the main page, right below where the News is listed is a new section called 'headlines'. This is a section where I will host news about anything in the QB community (other than spam) and put it up on my site for people to see. Check it out. File Reviews Blowout ----------------------------------------- Since the last mailing, I've gone from 7 reviews to about 70! Most reviews are done by me, but I've had people submit reviews too. All of those reviews take anywhere from thirty minutes to an hour and a half each to complete. (For me, anyways.) More reviews are added all of the time, so check the files section often! Dancing Babies ----------------------------------------- I update everyday, but some days, I either don't have enough time to update or have nothing to add, so, on those days, I put three drunken dancing babies above where the news is put. I don't like to have to put them up, but every once in a while, I have to. New Layout ----------------------------------------- I've done a small revamp of the layout of the site, including a much nicer looking frame, changing the font and size, and making headers have a nice color #408080 background. This site still is almost graphicless, to keep the load time down, and also because I just plain suck with graphics. Updates ----------------------------------------- My updates in a row record went for more than 200 days, and then when I bought and tried to installed a new hard drive, my computer crashed for four long days. After that, I decided that I would still update every day, but if I couldn't update, I wouldn't go out of my way to try to update. (ie: I leave for a weekend trip and can't update because I'm gone.) Updates will still be daily except for on rare occasions. Alternate Logic ----------------------------------------- I have become the webmaster of Alternate Logic, the tutorial hub of the QBASIC communitu, so the tutorials section (not the Pete's Tutorials section) will no longer be updated. Any tutorials submitted will be added to Alternate Logic. Other Stuff ----------------------------------------- A lot of other things which I've forgotten to mention have been added, but that's all I can think of now. ----------------------------------------------------------- 3.0 - Future Updates ----------------------------------------------------------- What will the future hold for Pete's QBASIC Site? Who knows? I've been trying to think of new sections/stuff to add. Besides just adding new content in general (reviews, links, etc.). Email/ICQ List Script ----------------------------------------- Breeze of Unknown Origins, the same guy who brought us the awesome Files CGI script for the files 2 section will soon be finishing an Email/ICQ CGI Script which will tell when users are online, and also let you add yourself to the list instantly! Interviews ----------------------------------------- In the articles section, there is an interviews sub heading with one interview under it. I was planning to do more, and will soon start doing more interviews in the future. The articles section really needs to be updated more. Future Location ----------------------------------------- Soon, Pete's QBASIC Site will be moving to an add free server. I will either be moving my site to an account on my parent's server and getting a domain name (www.petesqbsite.com) or will be keeping my index.html file at Hypermart and putting my html files on Red Rival. That way, you wouldn't have to update your links, and you wouldn't have to have those annoying pop up windows appear every two minutes. ----------------------------------------------------------- 4.0 - Other Stuff ----------------------------------------------------------- Special Thanks ----------------------------------------- These people get special thanks for contributing to my site above and beyond what normal people do. I wholeheartedly thank you for what you did. *James Robert Osborne (WisdomDude) -- Submitted SIX file reviews, and also posts on my Qboard frequently. *Retna -- Submitted a file review, and is a frequent Qboard poster. *Breeze -- Wrote the Files 2 CGI Script and hosts it on his server, is working on the ICQ CGI Script and also is working on a file reviewThanks a lot, guys! Interviews ----------------------------------------- If you would like to be interviewed for the Articles section, reply to this email. I will review any QBASIC programmer. Files #2 ----------------------------------------- If you have your files uploaded, please add them to Files #2. You will get more people to download your files, and it can't hurt you if you do it. If you want to submit a file for review, be aware that it might take a few days to complete it, because of the huge ammount of files that are on the 'waiting list' before yours. ----------------------------------------------------------- 5.0 - Final Message ----------------------------------------------------------- Expect the next mailing next month, because they are now mailed around the first of every month. Also, stop by at my site every couple days, because it is updated daily. Until next time, Pete petesqbsite@hotmail.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Pete's QBASIC Site-------http://petesqbsite.hypermart.net