I am pleased to report that the conversion of the legacy emperorshammer.org (old site) data has been completed.
The "new site" is now accessible via multiple domains: www.emperorshammer.org, tc.emperorshammer.org, or db.emperorshammer.org. Accessing the site with a specific domain will present a branded experience for the particular subgroup (or the EH organization as a whole). The legacy emperorshammer.org site has been decommissioned (with profile data associated with other inactive subgroups being archived for future use, if needed.)
Certain pages attached directly to a particular subgroup will automatically redirect onto that group's domain/site. Other pages may display slightly different information depending on the domain you're using. For example, the rosters page will display all units, only TC units, or only DB units depending on the requested site. Navigation options are also slightly different per subgroup. The branded experience is still something of a work in progress; you can expect some continued improvements as we get a better idea for how we want this to look and behave.
This release extends the character-based system to include Dark Brotherhood characters. While a limited number of members have used the character-based functionality for the past year (those personnel with both EH fleet/Command Staff assignments and TIE Corps assignments), this expansion now encompasses any members who are members of both the TC and DB. There are a couple of options to help you manage your site use:
The current character selector appears at the top corner of the site while logged in. This setting is used when performing certain character-specific site actions, such as posting news, reports, recommending awards, etc. You can change your current character at any time by selecting your alternate character and clicking Change.
When editing your profile ("Edit profile and preferences" from the main management page), you have the ability to set a default character option. Your default character is displayed for information that is only tracked at the per-member level, and is not directly linked to a specific character. This includes things such as course and battle completions.
I also took the opportunity to ingest information from archived backups of the original TC site from the 2000s. This includes unit and staff reports from 1998 through mid 2005. Unit historians, have fun with this!
Other changes with this release include various bugfixes from the past month or two. Additional information is available in the site CHANGELOG.
Dark Brotherhood (DB) operations have transitioned onto the new site, to include things such as roster management, promotion/medal recommendations, reports, etc. DB members will continue to submit multiplayer match reports manually as per existing procedures. Additional information for DB members will be made available as needed through the DB Discord server.
This was a significant "under the hood" update with lots of changes to code that affects the entire site. It is possible and likely that we've missed some things. As you encounter issues or difficulties, please report them on the EH IO incoming issues queue located on GitHub, or contact myself directly as needed.
Thanks to members of the IO team that have played a direct part in this release, particularly in testing: FA Pickled Yoda, AD Silwar Naiilo, and LC SkyShadow; and with subject matter expertise support from GA Rapier, SA Kamjin Maverick Lap'lamiz, VA Robert Hogan, and other members of the EH CS and DB Dark Council teams.
By the numbers:
- 925 files updated or created, with the bulk of these being code.
- Converted/ingested ~60k+ rows of information (and offset by cleaning out junk!)
- ~900 Dark Brotherhood reports
- ~26,600 Dark Brotherhood award records
- ~14,700 legacy reports for squadrons, wings, ships, battlegroups, and staff officers
