ClassicAddons.com 4 Report post Posted January 15, 2017 (edited) Hello everyone! We've officially launched our brand new website, ClassicAddons.com! With a large collection of Vanilla WoW addons, you'll find exactly what you're looking for to improve your experience. We'll constantly be updating and adding addons to keep the most up-to-date versions available. Is your addon or collection already on the site? Simply contact an admin to have the addon transfered to you to allow for easier updating. If your addon isn't, feel free to register and submit your addon for others to download! http://ClassicAddons.com/ Edited January 20, 2017 by ClassicAddons.com Website name change 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Larkin24 0 Report post Posted January 15, 2017 Nice website. Any chance of a addon client that works with the site like curse? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClassicAddons.com 4 Report post Posted January 15, 2017 42 minutes ago, Larkin24 said: Nice website. Any chance of a addon client that works with the site like curse? That's definitely a feature that we have planned. Unfortunately, that's not really my expertise. If anyone is interested in helping out with the project - either moderating or helping with development, feel free to contact me through a PM. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhena 30 Report post Posted January 15, 2017 Do not re-host my addons. Thank you 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HelveteTV 5 Report post Posted January 15, 2017 (edited) for some reason, im logged in as you on the site.https://gyazo.com/45d90e102c21fb6963f6ce0b94274d4f was able to edit your signature and add a "test" to it to verify. should probably look into that. EDIT: tell me if you want me to log out, or if i should stay logged on the account for you to test something. Edited January 15, 2017 by HelveteTV 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ike 20 Report post Posted January 15, 2017 I must ask you to remove my Addons from your website. These include: BetterAlign - http://elysiumaddons.com/index.php?/file/27-betteralign/ CastModifier - http://elysiumaddons.com/index.php?/file/48-castmodifier-tbc-and-above-like-conditionals-for-cast-macros/ Not only did you not provide any information on the original author (yet you straight up copied my readmes and wiki entries), but sites like these usually don't maintain their gallery which means that people downloading the Addons have very old builds that are incompatible with other Addons or contain bugs. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhena 30 Report post Posted January 15, 2017 Great explanation, thank you. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
modernist 19 Report post Posted January 15, 2017 there's also the reason that most authors now choose to use well-recognised and transparent platforms like github: users can freely analyse the code before downloading. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eboe 0 Report post Posted January 15, 2017 Yeah, if you are going to host add-ons, you need to do some research on who the add-ons were made by, or something to not make it look like you created all of these add-ons. Maybe create an account called "unknown" for the "by" field, so that the posts aren't all by one person, or create accounts for every actual creator of the add-ons. I really DO applaud what you are trying to do, and I think that with add-on authors support it would work quite well, but you will have to start empty and ask the add-on authors such as those above to contribute, rather than just adding their stuff without asking first. Again, kudos for taking the initiative. That is much needed in this scene. Just work with the people so that they make sure current versions are updated on your site, or that there is somehow a click-through to the github hosted files. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClassicAddons.com 4 Report post Posted January 15, 2017 (edited) Thanks for the feedback everyone. I'll be contacting many addon authors over the next days about potentially passing their addons onto them on the website. I've also added a new feature which allows you to input a GitHub repository link as an additional way for users to download their addons. Today, I'll be updating all current addons with available GitHub pages so authors get the credit they deserve for their work. I'd also like to apologize to any authors whom I offended by submitting their addons to the site and potentially confusing some users in regards to the original creator. That wasn't my intention, but it was the only solution available to me. As I mentioned before, we'd love to have you join us on the site and take over ownership of any submitted addons to allow for another platform for vanilla WoW users to quickly download your creations. Either send me a PM here or on the website and I'll get it sorted out for you in no time. Also, here's a few fun statistics since we launched last night: Total Views: 14,127 Total Downloads: 8,481 Total Bandwidth Used: 14.42GB Most Downloaded Addon: Questie I hope you're enjoying the site as much as I enjoyed creating it. Thanks again! Edited January 15, 2017 by ElysiumAddons 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cruzix 6 Report post Posted January 15, 2017 I gotta ask... Why the name, ElysiumAddons? This site is exactly what the entire private server scene needs, not just Elysium. Well, what we really need is a addon client to update all our addons on to be completely honest, but this is amazing too and is far better than other alternative sites in my opinion due to well written addon descriptions, screenshots and easy browsing. Sure it's just a name and everyone can download from there etc, but it just seems weird to kind of "limiting" it to one server with the name... so why? :p 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClassicAddons.com 4 Report post Posted January 15, 2017 5 minutes ago, Cruzix said: I gotta ask... Why the name, ElysiumAddons? This site is exactly what the entire private server scene needs, not just Elysium. Well, what we really need is a addon client to update all our addons on to be completely honest, but this is amazing too and is far better than other alternative sites in my opinion due to well written addon descriptions, screenshots and easy browsing. Sure it's just a name and everyone can download from there etc, but it just seems weird to kind of "limiting" it to one server with the name... so why? :p With the release of Elysium's realms, I thought it would be a way to get the site out to the community easier. We also have the domain "classicaddons.com" and if the site starts being used by other Vanilla communities, I'd be more than happy to create a poll in regards to the future of the site. I'll probably revisit this subject in a month or two. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
altoholic 2 Report post Posted January 16, 2017 On a side note, i use github to track most of my favorites addons. I use the notification tab to see if one have been uptated, and if so, i download it, extract it, rename it, put it in my addon folder. All of that manually. What is missing, of course, is an automation process for all of that (including checking if something is new). Maybe i can use git for that ? Any tutorial ? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClassicAddons.com 4 Report post Posted January 16, 2017 We're now testing a new repository similar to GitHub that will be only for Vanilla addon development. If you're interested in helping us test, shoot me a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malga 1 Report post Posted January 16, 2017 GitHub seems to be sufficient and leave the dev independent. Why do you want to create a "GitHub Clone" ? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClassicAddons.com 4 Report post Posted January 16, 2017 7 hours ago, Malga said: GitHub seems to be sufficient and leave the dev independent. Why do you want to create a "GitHub Clone" ? I find that it can be quite difficult to track some addons down on GitHub. Having a database of just addons would make it a lot easier for users to search for, download, and install addons - in addition to the official releases on our main website. If it's not something people are interested in, I can scrap it - but I thought it might be a useful tool for developers. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClassicAddons.com 4 Report post Posted January 16, 2017 Hello everyone, Since our launch, the majority of the feedback on the site has been in regards to the domain/site name. I've created a poll on our site where you can help us decide between ElysiumAddons.com and ClassicAddons.com. ClassicAddons is a much more generic term and therefore is inviting to users from all Vanilla WoW communities. I'd love your feedback in regards to this matter. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cruzix 6 Report post Posted January 16, 2017 52 minutes ago, ElysiumAddons said: Hello everyone, Since our launch, the majority of the feedback on the site has been in regards to the domain/site name. I've created a poll on our site where you can help us decide between ElysiumAddons.com and ClassicAddons.com. ClassicAddons is a much more generic term and therefore is inviting to users from all Vanilla WoW communities. I'd love your feedback in regards to this matter. Definitely ClassicAddons.com 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shirsig 18 Report post Posted January 16, 2017 3 hours ago, ElysiumAddons said: I find that it can be quite difficult to track some addons down on GitHub. Having a database of just addons would make it a lot easier for users to search for, download, and install addons - in addition to the official releases on our main website. If it's not something people are interested in, I can scrap it - but I thought it might be a useful tool for developers. I agree. GitHub doesn't have the nicest interface for non programmers to simply download something, doesn't offer addon specific searches/filtering, doesn't have the old vanilla addons except partially in some random people's repos etc. However, since almost every new addon is on github it would be nice to see some more github integration besides just adding the url. For example the github readme.md could be automatically shown as the description and the download link could automatically get the latest version from the master branch, without the -master suffix. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClassicAddons.com 4 Report post Posted January 16, 2017 (edited) 35 minutes ago, shirsig said: I agree. GitHub doesn't have the nicest interface for non programmers to simply download something, doesn't offer addon specific searches/filtering, doesn't have the old vanilla addons except partially in some random people's repos etc. However, since almost every new addon is on github it would be nice to see some more github integration besides just adding the url. For example the github readme.md could be automatically shown as the description and the download link could automatically get the latest version from the master branch, without the -master suffix. While challenging, that is definitely something I can work on implementing at some point. Basically a way to "import" an addon from our Git, which would include the ReadMe as the description, the latest version for the download, and potentially a way to automatically update the addon on the site when it detects a Git update. It's definitely something I'll begin working on. Edit: Our Git beta is now live and everyone is invited to check it out and let me know what you think. You do not need to register to use the site, simply click "Explore" to see an example of a public repository. I've also included an option to import your GitHub repository with just a simple link. Let me know what you think! Edited January 16, 2017 by ElysiumAddons 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhena 30 Report post Posted January 17, 2017 (edited) I am asking you to remove the addon "LunaUnitFrames" from your site. I do not wish to be associated with your site in any way. Reasons have been provided bei Ike, modernist, eboe and further does anything you posted after make zero sense. Thank you. Edited January 17, 2017 by Rhena 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shirsig 18 Report post Posted January 17, 2017 Hm, I don't really see the point in another git hosting service. I doubt anyone would want to use that over github. I meant more like an import into your main addon site from github. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClassicAddons.com 4 Report post Posted January 17, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Rhena said: I am asking you to remove the addon "LunaUnitFrames" from your site. I do not wish to be associated with your site in any way. Reasons have been provided bei Ike, modernist, eboe and further does anything you posted after make zero sense. Thank you. Well, alright - I'll go ahead and remove the addon. I hope you'll consider submitting your addon to the site yourself eventually. I'd just like to let you know that we have now added the ability to link directly to your GItHub for users who prefer to download the latest version that way - see here for an example. In other news, we have received a lot of feedback in regards to the domain name and thus, we have changed the site to ClassicAddons.com to be more inclusive to all of the vanilla WoW server communities. The site may be acting kind of strange while DNS propagation occurs, but everything should be resolved by tomorrow. Thanks everyone! 1 hour ago, shirsig said: Hm, I don't really see the point in another git hosting service. I doubt anyone would want to use that over github. I meant more like an import into your main addon site from github. While I agree that it's probably not needed, I definitely want to make it available to the addon developers that want to use it. The ultimate goal is to create an all-in-one stop for vanilla addons, with an eventual auto updater program. Creating a separate Git will hopefully make that easier later on. Edited January 17, 2017 by ElysiumAddons 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
knecke 1 Report post Posted January 17, 2017 Great initiative. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HudsonHawk 1 Report post Posted January 18, 2017 Much better with the changes and updates. Hope some developers jump on board and get the site hopping. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
