Othaglot and Cane - Story Thread

[dogscoff]

Chapter 26 is now available on my new-look fiction website at http://www.dogscoff.co.uk/fiction/

Please note that what used to be chapters 23 and 24 have been broken up, expanded and re-written into chapters 23, 24 and 25, so I recommend re-reading from at least chapter 23. My new-look site has a neat "story so far" feature to remind what has happened (especially useful since updates tend to be months apart.) You could even go right back to chapter 1 and re-familiarise yourself with the entire story by means of the chapter summaries. It only takes a few minutes=-)

Please also have a play with the quote-o-matic. I put a lot of time into that=-)

Finally, the new page requires a browser that supports frames and javascript, and I haven't (yet) put up a low-tech alternative page. If anyone is unable to read the new chapter, please post here and I'll sort something out.

Oh, and really finally, I wrote all the javascript myself, so please be patient with it if it doesn't work, works slowly or wierdly, or spontaneously becomes self-aware and attempts to conquer the galaxy. Just hit refresh a few times, that will probably sort it out.

[ March 13, 2004, 20:52: Message edited by: dogscoff ]

[Puke]

nice quote-o-matic. brings back fond memories.

say, i get grey patches on the left hand bar. probably because my default background color isnt white.

[primitive]

WOW

[dogscoff]

Puke: fond memories of another quote-o-matic, or fond memories of the story? You could always re-read it you know=-) I just re-read this entire thread from the beginning- now that's an eye opener. For example, back in june 2002 (back whne chapters were only a few days apart=-( I predicted thath the entire story would be wrapped up in 12-20 chapters. HA! What's even funnier is that I remember thinking that that seemed like an awful lot of chapters...

I'd like to fix your "grey patches". This page is my first ever foray into the world of javascript and css, so it's bound to have errors and incompatibilites. COuld you send me a screenshot? What browser and OS are you using?

What did you think of the chapter btw? I'm going to have some fun with Othaglot from here=-) I'm planning to gradually split him into two entirely contrary characters, using the magic of alcohol...

[Baron Munchausen]

The frames and JS don't work in Mozilla 1.5 for some reason, but do work in IE 5.5 (my 'old' browser). It's not that they are 'broken' but that they don't appear at all! No frames. Just blank space. This is a puzzle, since it's Mozilla which is 'standards compliant' while IE has all sorts of quirks. But then... nearly everyone has learned to use the IE style quirks so maybe that's why Mozilla can't understand the code.

Edit:

Actually, it doesn't work in IE either. All I get is that title graphic that Primitive is so impressed with. The navigation bar doesn't update to show the chapters so you can't access them.

[ March 14, 2004, 01:35: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]

[Krsqk]

I can't get any of the multi-page stories to load. The javascript loads the summary page, but none of the chapters will load. I have IE 6.0 and have tried full permission for all JS, and still no dice. And I'd looked forward to this update for a long time, too.

[Suicide Junkie]

I was getting script errors whenever I tried to click into one of the chapters; permission denied for something.

After switching browsers back and forth and lots of reloading and random clicking, it suddenly started working.

Great new chapters!