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[[File:Enduranet logo.png|thumb|322x322px|~~Official~~ EnduraNet logo.]]

[[File:Enduranet logo.png|thumb|322x322px|EnduraNet logo.]]

: ''This page goes over EnduraNet's purpose, function, and history. To visit the current live version of EnduraNet, [https://enduranet.edcgaming.org click me].''

'''EnduraNet''' is a database front-end which tracks information of interest to the Endurance Coalition. At present, its primary function is certification tracking. It records what certifications are available, their prerequisite, who made them, along with all members who are certified on a given certification, when a particular member's certification expires (if applicable), and so on.

== History ==

EnduraNet was created by Sirdog in late April of 2025 as a project to see if he could work with databases and display the information via a front-end website. For certification tracking, which was the original intended goal, when ''practical'', using a database is preferable for [https://blog.airtable.com/database-vs-spreadsheet/ many reasons] ~~instead of manual documentation~~.

EnduraNet was created by Sirdog in late April of 2025 as a project to see if he could work with databases and display the information via a front-end website. For certification tracking, which was the original intended goal, when ''practical'', using a database is preferable to manual tracking for [https://blog.airtable.com/database-vs-spreadsheet/ many reasons].

[[File:Enduranet-mvp.png|thumb|425x425px|Screenshot of EnduraNet v0.1.0.]]

The project eventually resulted in a [[wikipedia:Minimum viable product|minimum viable product]] with version 0.1.0 releasing on April 29th, 2025. Soon after, [[wikipedia:Version control|version controlling]] was introduced with GitHub, and SierraKomodo began to contribute to it's codebase, bringing considerable programming knowledge which Sirdog lacked.

== Logo ==

To make the EnduraNet website visually distinct from the rest of the Endurance Coalition's services, a logo was created by Sirdog ~~which took inspiration and certain stylistic elements from~~ the ~~Endurance Coalition one. The~~ notable differences~~, aside from~~ the ~~obvious replacement of~~ the NATO star ~~with a database rack icon~~, ~~is that~~ the golden rope ~~on the perimeter was~~ flipped to go counter-clockwise ~~instead~~ of ~~clockwise~~, ~~and~~ the ~~background was made purple rather than NATO blue~~.

To make the EnduraNet website visually distinct from the rest of the Endurance Coalition's services, a logo specifically for it was created by Sirdog. Inspired by the official community logo, the notable differences are: the database icon replacing the NATO star, the background color changed to <code>#200d3b</code> from the original's <code>#020b41</code>, and the golden rope flipped to go counter-clockwise.

The logo was created in [[wikipedia:GIMP|GIMP]] with all assets, aside from the one's of the official logo, taken from [[commons:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]] items marked as in the [[wikipedia:Public domain|public domain]].

== Structure ==

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-[[File:Enduranet logo.png|thumb|322x322px|Official EnduraNet logo.]]
+[[File:Enduranet logo.png|thumb|322x322px|EnduraNet logo.]]
 : ''This page goes over EnduraNet's purpose, function, and history. To visit the current live version of EnduraNet, [https://enduranet.edcgaming.org click me].''
 '''EnduraNet''' is a database front-end which tracks information of interest to the Endurance Coalition. At present, its primary function is certification tracking. It records what certifications are available, their prerequisite, who made them, along with all members who are certified on a given certification, when a particular member's certification expires (if applicable), and so on.
 == History ==
-EnduraNet was created by Sirdog in late April of 2025 as a project to see if he could work with databases and display the information via a front-end website. For certification tracking, which was the original intended goal, when ''practical'', using a database is preferable for [https://blog.airtable.com/database-vs-spreadsheet/ many reasons] instead of manual documentation.
+EnduraNet was created by Sirdog in late April of 2025 as a project to see if he could work with databases and display the information via a front-end website. For certification tracking, which was the original intended goal, when ''practical'', using a database is preferable to manual tracking for [https://blog.airtable.com/database-vs-spreadsheet/ many reasons].
 [[File:Enduranet-mvp.png|thumb|425x425px|Screenshot of EnduraNet v0.1.0.]]
 The project eventually resulted in a [[wikipedia:Minimum viable product|minimum viable product]] with version 0.1.0 releasing on April 29th, 2025. Soon after, [[wikipedia:Version control|version controlling]] was introduced with GitHub, and SierraKomodo began to contribute to it's codebase, bringing considerable programming knowledge which Sirdog lacked.
 == Logo ==
-To make the EnduraNet website visually distinct from the rest of the Endurance Coalition's services, a logo was created by Sirdog which took inspiration and certain stylistic elements from the Endurance Coalition one. The notable differences, aside from the obvious replacement of the NATO star with a database rack icon, is that the golden rope on the perimeter was flipped to go counter-clockwise instead of clockwise, and the background was made purple rather than NATO blue.
+To make the EnduraNet website visually distinct from the rest of the Endurance Coalition's services, a logo specifically for it was created by Sirdog. Inspired by the official community logo, the notable differences are: the database icon replacing the NATO star, the background color changed to <code>#200d3b</code> from the original's <code>#020b41</code>, and the golden rope flipped to go counter-clockwise.
+The logo was created in [[wikipedia:GIMP|GIMP]] with all assets, aside from the one's of the official logo, taken from [[commons:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]] items marked as in the [[wikipedia:Public domain|public domain]].
 == Structure ==