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Here's a thread for other mods to contact me, and where I'll be posting updates on my contributions to the site.

FWIW, I'm based in New York, so I'm most likely to respond during the day, Eastern Time. [emoji4]

I implemented Wilycub's HTML header images on the main Episode Guide page, as well as on the "Exodus" page (which I also cleaned up and restyled to match the later episode pages).

Before I start applying the same changes to all the other episode pages, take a look and tell me what you think. [emoji4]

"thezaxfactor, post: 122507, member: 362" said:

I implemented Wilycub's HTML header images on the main Episode Guide page, as well as on the "Exodus" page (which I also cleaned up and restyled to match the later episode pages).

Before I start applying the same changes to all the other episode pages, take a look and tell me what you think. [emoji4]

I checked out the pages and they look perfect to me.
1. I'm happy that you were able to resize the header template for the sub-sections
2. I'm REALLY happy that you got rid of all the grey arrow icon spam scripts. That's something that we'll have to do for pretty much all the pages on the site. TRG and myself have been doing that for quite a while now but there's still many pages that need to be "cleansed".
3. Nice work on the mini navigation menu at the bottom. This is something that I have been suggesting since I joined the team. We need such menus to make it easier for visitors to navigate the site without having to go back and forth.

Nice work, Zax! :thumbsup One down and only another 129 episode pages to go. :)

"Wilycub, post: 122508, member: 25043" said:

I checked out the pages and they look perfect to me.
1. I'm happy that you were able to resize the header template for the sub-sections.

Do we have access to the site's CSS? If we going to use this element all over the site, we should make it part of the master stylesheet.

"Wilycub, post: 122508, member: 25043" said:

3. Nice work on the mini navigation menu at the bottom. This is something that I have been suggesting since I joined the team.

This is something I started adding to my own reviews with "The Mask of Gorgon". I'm glad you like it!

FYI, I've started drafting copy for a page covering the American home video releases from FHE. I recently acquired a complete collection in really good shape, so I'll be taking good quality photos/scans and building out the page in the same style as Justin's pages on the European releases.

"thezaxfactor, post: 123605, member: 362" said:

FYI, I've started drafting copy for a page covering the American home video releases from FHE. I recently acquired a complete collection in really good shape, so I'll be taking good quality photos/scans and building out the page in the same style as Justin's pages on the European releases.

Thats awesome!! I'm not too familiar with the ins and outs of the FHE releases, but if I can help, let me know! :thumbsup:thumbsup

"ThunDerianRoyalGuard, post: 123606, member: 524" said:

Thats awesome!! I'm not too familiar with the ins and outs of the FHE releases, but if I can help, let me know! :thumbsup:thumbsup

Thanks, Justin! The page is written and formatted, and I'm working on the imagery now. It should be ready to launch by next weekend. If you want a sneak peek, or feel like proofreading, here's a link:

http://thundercats.org/collectibles/classic-1980s-merchandise/audiovideo/family-home-entertainment/

Because they all wanted to link to each other (and because I couldn't help myself), I've also updated the page on The Lost Intro to be mobile-responsive, and I recreated the old page on Exodus deleted scenes in the new style. And naturally I copy-edited both of them. Take a look at those two pages (linked from Articles & Features) and let me know what you think. [emoji4]

Fantastic work, Zax!!!!! :thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup

Quick update. I'd forgotten that this past weekend was my company's fundraising gala, so being super busy at work meant I wasn't able to knock out all the graphics work to finish this page. Look for more updates this coming weekend, though! [emoji51]

Finally published and linked up from the Audio/Video page, as well as in a new thread here on the forums.

Looks really good, Zax. Very well laid out and the information is very interesting.

Oh and just wanted to add a little bit about the ISBN that you were referring to: While I don't think there's any database for VHS ISBNs (I searched), I did stumble upon a site which explains what the numbers mean.

The four parts of an ISBN are as follows:

• Group or country identifier which identifies a national or geographic grouping of publishers;
• Publisher identifier which identifies a particular publisher within a group;
• Title identifier which identifies a particular title or edition of a title;
• Check digit is the single digit at the end of the ISBN which validates the ISBN.

You probably already know this, but to me it was new information. :)
If I take the ISBN of Vol.1 (Exodus), it is 1-55658-154-8
The 1 means that it was made in the USA
The 55658 means that it was made by f.h.e ( I checked a TMNT f.h.e. VHS and it also started with 1-1-55658)
If you notice that in many of the TCats VHS that you have posted, the third number is consecutive between some two VHS tapes.

Again, you probably know all this. I just thought I'd post it anyway in the hopes that it may help you.

Great job once again! :thumbsup

"Wilycub, post: 124469, member: 25043" said:

Oh and just wanted to add a little bit about the ISBN that you were referring to: While I don't think there's any database for VHS ISBNs (I searched), I did stumble upon a site which explains what the numbers mean.

The four parts of an ISBN are as follows:

• Group or country identifier which identifies a national or geographic grouping of publishers;
• Publisher identifier which identifies a particular publisher within a group;
• Title identifier which identifies a particular title or edition of a title;
• Check digit is the single digit at the end of the ISBN which validates the ISBN.

You probably already know this, but to me it was new information. :)
If I take the ISBN of Vol.1 (Exodus), it is 1-55658-154-8
The 1 means that it was made in the USA
The 55658 means that it was made by f.h.e ( I checked a TMNT f.h.e. VHS and it also started with 1-1-55658)
If you notice that in many of the TCats VHS that you have posted, the third number is consecutive between some two VHS tapes.

Again, you probably know all this. I just thought I'd post it anyway in the hopes that it may help you.

Great job once again! :thumbsup

Thanks! Yeah, I noticed the patterns, though it's definitely cool to hear that the second number is an F.H.E. identifier. I guess I was just disappointed that, unlike with books, there doesn't appear to be any sort of centralized tracking of VHS ISBNs.

"thezaxfactor, post: 124456, member: 362" said:

Finally published and linked up from the Audio/Video page, as well as in a new thread here on the forums.

AMAZING! You put A LOT of work in those pages and it really shows, it looks perfect!! :)