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Added a whole bunch of information to the Database version of the ICE Product list, in fact it is probably more up to date than the regular lists. Started using thumbnails that are 100 wide instead of 80, it will take a long time to update them all so they will be mixed for awhile.
Added entries for the PDF and Hardcover versions of the Rolemaster products, still need to go and add in those entries for the other Product Lines.
It’s still very primative and the data needs cleaning up and verifying, but the first version of the Database version of the ICE Product List can be tested at http://www.icewebring.com/test/ICEList3.php
Guild Adventurer #2 is now up for ransom. It includes an adventure by yours truly, so please pitch in and commit to buy it 
Details can be found at:
http://www.ironcrown.com/ICEforums/index.php?topic=4004.0
Did some tweaking of the pages to hopefully improve the way some of them display, particularly the individual product pages.
Have also been doing some work on the Database version of the Product List, should be putting up a test version soon, still need to validate the data that I’m going to be using and add in some missing information. Also got some additional information on Japanese translations that I will need to add as well.
Renamed and moved a bunch of the thumbnail images for the ICE Product Lists in preparation for creation of the Database. Hopefully it didn’t break anything.
One of my long term plans for the ICE Product list is to move from being a set of static pages to being database driven.
A bit of technical background on the site, I’m currently using Wordpress on my site, although most of the page entries other than the ones on the main page are still either standalone php pages or Wordpress Pages that just contain an include statement that pulls in a standalone page.
Ideally I want to get to the point where someone using the site can pick which items they want to see on a list (i.e. All Rolemaster, RM2, English only, etc) and how they want it sorted (Product number, release date ascending or descending, alphabetically, etc.
It would also be good if they could choose which information would show on the list
Then they can generate a customized product list and still be able to click a link to get to the full product information page.
It’s time to add some information to the Product List for Rolemaster Classic. Should also update my “What is Rolemaster” article to include a section on it. The choices are to add the items to the existing RM2 lists or to create a new RMC section. I’m leaning towards creating a new section, but if anyone has an opinion on it, feel free to post a comment.
When I do the update to the “What is Rolemaster” article, I should also log onto Wikipedia and add that section there since a good portion of that article was derived from the “What is Rolemaster” article.
Still looking for a good plugin for Wordpress that might be able to handle the Product pages as a database but haven’t found anything I like yet, will probably end up doing it as a seperate php-mysql set of pages. Any suggestions are welcome.
From the April 12th ICE Newsletter:
Spell Law:
I am very happy to announce that the Spell Law pdf is up and ready for sale at $21.Now, this is just a Beta version, and is missing a couple of things, but the final version will be done within a week or so. However, you do not have to wait that long. Visit the ICE forums — http://www.ironcrown.com/ICEforums/index.php?topic=3791.0 — for more information about the Spell Law Beta. You can purchase the PDF itself from the following link:
http://store.ironcrown.com/detail.jsp?itemId=2663143&category=162528
It is a beefy book at 280 pages and I think you will find that it honors the roots of the product while improving it greatly.
Updated to the newest version of WordPress. Overall it went okay, had a couple issues with one of the plugins that I updated, but turned out I had included an extra directory when I uploaded it, which seemed to confuse things. Once I fixed that, things seemed to be okay. If you notice anything that doesn’t seem to be working right, particularly links that seem broken, please let me know.
Updated to the newest version of WordPress. Overall it went okay except I also updated the plugins and the one that allows me to do “includes” to other php pages seems to be malfunctioning. Need to do some testing to see if it can be repaired, in the mean time, several pages will not be available