Servers category - Resources

[Fire]

Currently we have these categories:

However there is no real category server setups fall into, they arent really configurations since they have builds too, they are a combination of a few of them. There are also too many server setups for them all to get bundled into the other category. It would be far better if there was a section for them.

 

[Justis]

I've actually compiled a great deal of suggestions for the resources, and this was one of them.
Server setups are becoming increasingly popular, and currently, people just put their setups in whichever category they feel relates to the most valuable aspect of their setup.
Which is alright, but yes, there should be a new setups category, and I'm going to be saying that until there is one, or they're disallowed.

Rest assured BeBosny, I'll take care of moving all the setups in the wrong categories into the proper new category on my own. All we need is for it to be made.

 

[Cyprus]

I've actually compiled a great deal of suggestions for the resources, and this was one of them.
Server setups are becoming increasingly popular, and currently, people just put their setups in whichever category they feel relates to the most valuable aspect of their setup.
Which is alright, but yes, there should be a new setups category, and I'm going to be saying that until there is one, or they're disallowed.

Rest assured BeBosny, I'll take care of moving all the setups in the wrong categories into the proper new category on my own. All we need is for it to be made.

I'll happily help you if you want Link you to as many as I can find so you can move them.

ON TOPIC: I actually told someone about this, I think it was on SB. It's really necessary since Server Setups seem to be gaining a lot of popularity the last few weeks/months. Hope this gets added!

 

[Ivain]

One thing. The resources have an upload limit of 50 mb, right?
How's a bunch of server file gonna fit in there?

 

[Justis]

One thing. The resources have an upload limit of 50 mb, right?
How's a bunch of server file gonna fit in there?

Creating a new category doesn't mean larger files.
It just gives a place for those files that exist to be.
Setups have been being uploaded to the resources for quite some time now.
Most of the time, as long as someone isn't uploading a bunch of massively generated world files, it'll fit after a good rar compression.

 

[Ivain]

Well, the plugins aren't gonna be a problem, but factions, HCF and RPG servers will have a hard time still

 

[omarhachach]

Well, the plugins aren't gonna be a problem, but factions, HCF and RPG servers will have a hard time still

Is it possible to have an external link like on Spigot?
If not that could be a possibility, the links get checked by resource mods anyways, correct?

 

[Justis]

Well, the plugins aren't gonna be a problem, but factions, HCF and RPG servers will have a hard time still

Which, again, isn't a concern caused by the category being added, but a problem for each individual who's considering getting into the setups business to consider. Therefor not entirely relevant to this thread.
I actually hate setups.
They're a pain in the butt to check, taking up more time than any other resource, for verifying they're not malicious, and ensuring, to the best of my ability, that no content is stolen from somewhere else, and that they're unique in their own right.
However, they exist, they're being uploaded, and that's fair.
All that this suggestion is about, is their organization. Giving them a place to be.
And I'd always rather have organization, especially for things I don't like, than to ignore them.

 

[Fire]

One thing. The resources have an upload limit of 50 mb, right?
How's a bunch of server file gonna fit in there?

The upload limit could do with increasing, 50MB is a bit of a squeeze, though an easy way around this would be to upload the resource to somewhere like dropbox, then the resources would be a text file containing the download link.

 

[Justis]

Is it possible to have an external link like on Spigot?
If not that could be a possibility, the links get checked by resource mods anyways, correct?

The upload limit could do with increasing, 50MB is a bit of a squeeze, though an easy way around this would be to upload the resource to somewhere like dropbox, then the resources would be a text file containing the download link.

For extreme circumstances where files were much too big to fit into resources, we would allow this.
However, as I said, I've compiled a great many suggestions regarding resources, and one of them is to end this, which I have, for the time being until a better solution is found, or I'm told otherwise.

The problem is the content at the other end of the link can always be swapped/modified or end up deleted for whatever reason.
Essentially bypassing the entire approval process.
The only database we can trust to be reliable is our own.
That way, if something goes wrong with your file, it's on us, and you are not to blame.

For right now, if you've got a file which is beyond your ability to even consider being able to compress into less than 50MB, just sell it in a thread.

 

[Ivain]

The upload limit could do with increasing, 50MB is a bit of a squeeze, though an easy way around this would be to upload the resource to somewhere like dropbox, then the resources would be a text file containing the download link.

true.

 

[Zeiyon]

I totally agree with this,
At least 40% of the 'Other' Category is filled with Setups.
And, I myself have added to that growing number.

 

[Mick]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll move this to pending for when we do have the resources update.

Thanks.

 

[Mick]

This was implemented a while ago but just not moved.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll move it now.