More tweaks. Google search box on the left, which searches just within the fateofio.org domain. Why implement my own search function when Google is already so, so much better?
Your IP address is now properly logged and attached to your profile (visible to admins only) when you post. So behave! :P
I think we only lost, like, two posts this time, as I had saved pretty recently... In any case, this time I found and fixed the cause of the crash right away; it was pretty straight-forward.
Well, you can't see this change, unless you are Dev or myself, but I added a page for modifying basic site-wide parameter (title, footer text, etc.) and a thingy for banning IP addresses. So behave!
EDIT: Just added a whole bunch of tweaks, many of which are quite visible. Well... except that they're minor, so you might not notice them right away. But, yeah.
Activity tracker and user list implemented (see navigation box, left). Neat image-based decorations provided by Dev.
I added automatic chat logging. Every 10 minutes, the last 10 minutes of conversation are added to the logs, which are accessible through the calendar in the sidebar of the chat page. Yay.
Well, as you might notice, several comments are now missing from yesterday's news post. This is because the server just crashed, and I had to restore from yesterday's backup.
Unfortunately I still don't completely know why it crashed. I have it narrowed down to a pretty specific area, but it'll take careful examination of the code to find out what exactly happened and fix it.
The good news is that the server ran for over a week without a hitch before that. And that was on my first attempt at real-world usage, so that's pretty damn good, IMO. Clearly the crash bug that occurred is very rare, so it probably won't happen again before I manage to find and fix it.
More good news is that restoring from backups works flawlessly. I've been rather uneasy about that whole system since it's very complicated, but this was by far its toughest test yet, and it had no problem. So, yay.
Live chat! (But hit F5 before you click that.)
Please let me know how well this runs in your browser. I'm running it decently in Firefox, although it sometimes crashes if I refresh enough. Dev reports that Firefox froze outright for him when trying to use it. Internet Explorer and Opera both seem to do a much better job with this one.
Note that Java often takes a hella long time to start on any browser, so make sure you wait at least 15 seconds before concluding that it crashed.
Also, please let me know if the beep feature works. For me, the sound only plays about once every 15-30 tries, but it seems to be a problem with my version of Java. Dev reports that it always works for him. (To test the beep feature, click the first checkbox then type "/beep".)
Well, all I really did today was tweak the files some. The major update is that you can now rate files. Once a day, rankings will be computed for all files based on these ratings, and files (other than "recent" files) will be displayed in order of rank.
The ranking algorithm actually uses Condorcet's Method rather than a simple average of ratings. This way, it won't matter if some people are harsher judges than others. For example, even though ratings are supposed to be on a scale of 0-100, I could perfectly well rate files on a scale of 0-10 personally and it wouldn't mess up the system. The only thing that matters is which files I think are better or worse than which other files.
The other thing I added is a progress indicator for large file uploads. It's a bit of a hack, but it solves the problem of not knowing if the upload is working or not.
Please press F5 now to make sure you have the latest stylesheet and javascript.
New features:
File submissions.
See the media section. Please try uploading stuff. It doesn't matter what. I think this update is going to be pretty buggy, so the first person to find an error (and post the complete error text) gets a cookie!
Also make sure to try adding files to a sumbission which you have already submitted. The rule is, if it's your submission you can add new files to it, but you can't remove the existing ones unless you have moderator rights.
BTW, you may need to hit refresh to get the latest stylesheet. Just press F5 right now and get it over with.
New features added:
Large speed increases gained from a couple small optimizations (yay for profiling!).
User profiles! You can now click on user links to see the person's profile. You can, of course, edit your own profile.
User rewards! Avatars, sigs, and post colors are implemented, and can be set by editing your profile. Note that in the future, these will only be available to people who have reached certain levels of influence. However, at this time, I'm letting everyone use them for testing purposes.
I should probably make it clear now that I expect to wipe everything posted during this beta once the final version goes up. So, we'll back up to just having all the v4 data at that time. I wasn't sure at first if this would be necessary, but it looks like it probably will be.
The good news is that this means you are free to post random silly trash posts to test stuff! :P
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