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Development Update 2/16 Gaiaversary Happy Birthday, Gaia! Big party here -- and by "big party" I actually mean that we had cake and ice cream (it's the recessiopocalypse, you know) but it is a maxim of mine that a big party is not defined by the treats, but by what you're celebrating... Today is the day to buy a lottery ticket, talk to that cute girl on the bus you keep noticing, wish on your lucky star, because it's Gaia's Birthday today! Towns and Trifling Bits So, you might have seen the system message that said we were fixing some stuff in towns. Basically, we (and by we I actually mean 8elly8eans and edy, as I had nothing to do with it) were doing the first set of changes to make it harder for scriptors to hack into the system. (Usually this is where I go into elaborate detail about what we've done, but for now I hope you'll understand that I'm deliberately vague). Based on first impressions, it seems "better" but not solved, but hopefully will be better still as we roll out more changes later this week and beginning of next week. Stopping the scriptors entirely is a long-term problem that we are currently scoping, but these short-term fixes should hopefully make things immensely better. GIM Popping Up A number of people have been complaining about their GIM settings resetting -- I PMed a bunch of users to try and figure out what the common symptom was. Anyway, coaster_vn was talking with users and combing the code and he thinks he's found the issue with the GIM settings reset -- this fix should roll out on Thursday. Avatar / Customize Changes The Avatar rework by fieryange1 and edy looks good, and should be going out in the next couple of weeks if all works out well. It's significantly faster -- there have been changes in both the back end and the front end -- and, even better, fieryange1 worked it up so that switching between tabs is no longer a full page hit, but instead a super-efficient AJAX call. We are hoping that most users will find it substantially faster. Guild Changes Ability to add keywords, new guild landing page, and some UI tweaks should be out this month(ish) as well. Fixed Bugs - Aquarium Preview in Phin Phang - Go to Guild Forum and post a topic with roll dice option, the layout changes - On writing vote pages navigation shows black list bullets - Disable Tanks When Booty Grab is in progress - Game items not opening in new window - Patch: Improved UI flow when accepting join requests

Posted by: Panagrammic Wed Feb 18, 2009 @ 10:29pm

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Commented on: Wed Feb 18, 2009 @ 10:33pm


	Wewt! Way to go, guys! biggrin

Commented on: Wed Feb 18, 2009 @ 10:39pm


	Re: Placeholder text on security upgrades in Towns and Rally. Thanks. I got hacked in 2008 after logging into the site via Rally. One of the script-kiddies hijacked my login packet and jacked my account. I'm glad to see those scripting holes getting plugged at long last. Because when you released those Concept Car skins it was like sending your users into a lions' den. Those areas just aren't safe.

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Commented on: Wed Feb 18, 2009 @ 11:04pm


	in the next few weeks? begins anticipating biggrin security upgrades FTW! oh no! not the recessiopocalypse!

Commented on: Wed Feb 18, 2009 @ 11:06pm


	Quote: Placeholder, will be filled in later tonight -- but for now, Towns and Rallies are getting upgrades. Specifically, security upgrades. YAY!!!!! biggrin The History of Bootygrab Taps Please?

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Commented on: Wed Feb 18, 2009 @ 11:17pm


	Hooray for security updates! heart Can you pass it onto chuck that the preview option in Phin Phang only comes up with a black box and doesnt load anything at all. I've let the tab sit for about five minutes and nothings come up. Just that little thing at the bottom that says "Waiting for (my IP address)...". You should join us in the forum, Pan. 4laugh Pop in on one of the 'o3 threads?

Commented on: Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 12:53am


	Woot! I could hug you all right now. xD <33 Happy Birthday Gaia!

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Commented on: Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 01:00am


	sweet! does this mean we'll be getting bugs and flowers back in towns soon?

Commented on: Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 01:11am


	We do love security updates. Any plans to give Fishing the same treatment any time soon?

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Commented on: Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 01:22am


	Hooray!! I love zOMG!, but I really miss wandering about Towns. XD

Commented on: Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 02:19am


	Ok, first thing... there should be a cake emoticon... stare Second... lol thanks for trying to solve that scriptors things!!! blaugh I stopped chatting in towns a long time ago because of them! lol But I also noticed this on the video section (that one when you can see videos at user's house... remember that setting???) ... the Lounge something... Last thing... I remember the Imps having a pose on head top... I bought both of them and it doesn't have the pose on head anymore... why??? Could you guys take a look on that and put it back?? Anyways, thanks for the attention and congratulations on all the hard work! lol a toast to you guys who make Gaia this awesome place!!! cheese_whine

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Commented on: Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 02:45am


	¤´¨) ¸.·´¸.·´¨) ¸.·¨) (¸.·`¤~Thanks for the preview in Phin Phang!~¤´¨) ¸.·´¸.·´¨) ¸.·¨) (¸.·`¤

Commented on: Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 02:56am


	I'm actually still having a problem with my Aquarium settings, as in I can't change my music, feed my fish, change my temperature, or any of that. And because of that, my tank health has been stuck at 0% for a very long time. Do you know when that's going to be looked into? I think I've been patient for a pretty long time sweatdrop

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Commented on: Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 04:00am


	I'm glad about the GIM issue, it's always lagging zOMG for me. It's most of the time annoying Y_Y And wow, you're on a roll! I can't wait to see the Invo changes! fieryange FTW! xd

Commented on: Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 04:57am


	Thanks for the updates! I'm especially happy about the towns security update because I've been avoiding it in fear of getting hacked! Also, the Phing Phang preview is awesome! It's a lot easier to tell if an item will look good in my tank before buying it. You guys are awesome! Oh, and Happy Anniversary!!! whee

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Commented on: Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 06:25am


	I have no idea what an AJAX call is, but if it works better than re-loading the page entirely every time you switch tabs, I will be one happy camper. If it means I no longer get blocked from the site during extensive dress up sessions..even better! Oh yeah, and happy birthday, Gaia! Party on, Wayne.

Commented on: Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 06:52am


	yay! Guild changes alas!!! Yay! Town is getting attention!!! Yay! Gaia aniversary!! I cant wait for the changes.... You guys are definately drool-worthy..

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Commented on: Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 08:23am


	Thanks so much for working so hard. You and the Devs, and everyone else at Gaia are absolutely amazing for putting up with all of us. heart and for 6 years? Truely awsome. <3

Commented on: Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 09:03am


	As always, you and the other devs are the s**t...Happy Gaia-versary...I love you man...in a totally ga-, I mean, platonic way. xd

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Commented on: Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 03:25pm


	Yay for better Towns security! I hope to be collecting bugs again soon. 3nodding And Phin Phang has PREVIEW? eek That's awesome! runs to go try it out biggrin Happy Gaia-versary, and thanks for all your hard work!

Commented on: Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 03:34pm


	Pan. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the work you do on this site. Thank you!

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Commented on: Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 04:11pm


	What I have shown you is reality... I still can't wait for the new avatar changes. Oh yes Happy Birthday to Gaia! In honor of this day the Q&A Regulars have had our very own "Staff Dress Up Day." Of course, it wouldn't be a complete dress up day unless someone went as you. wink http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m213/darien905/DressUp/DressUp.png What you remember... that is the illusion.

Commented on: Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 05:25pm


	Thanks as always for the uip-dates...happy anniversary to gaia smile

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Commented on: Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 08:39pm


	Happy Birthday, Gaia~! I agree with Werty-kun, we need a Cake emoticon. 3nodding Thanks for all your work, team; as usual, an impressive amount of much-needed stuff got done. Way to go! Even guilds got some love. heart

Commented on: Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 08:40pm


	Thanks Pana! I'll feel a bit safer if (and that's a big IF with zOMG around wink ) I go back into Towns! heart

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Commented on: Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 08:43pm


	Sounds like you guys know how to party. Cake and ice cream, nice. Any chance of seeing some party picks? As far as towns go, good to hear the dev team is working on it. I can't blame you for not going into anymore detail than what you did. I'm glad you brought GIM because I've been working somewhat with some other users to try and get GIM working on external IM applications. We know GIM works with AIM but we're hoping to see it working on multi-protocol chat clients such as Pidgen and Adium. The thread I'm speaking of is one you've posting in before and I hope are still following. We've made some progress in getting it to work but we've hit some bumps along the way. If you have a chance at some point, could you please take a look and offer up any tips you might have for getting it to work? It'd be greatly appreciated smile Here's the thread link if you need it: http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/site-feedback/external-im-program-support/t.45131337 Thanks smile Now back to your journal, interesting to see avatars are going the way of AJAX. I'm very interested to see how that turns out in a few weeks(ish). Thanks for the updates ^_^ Captcha: MADMAN news < better watch your back today! EDIT: forgot to mention that again, my feeds did not notify me you posted a journal update. Did that feature get dropped or something?

Commented on: Fri Feb 20, 2009 @ 03:06am


	I'm glad to see that the GIM resetting issue is finally being taken care of but I didn't mind it at all knowing it would be fixed sooner or later.

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Commented on: Fri Feb 20, 2009 @ 04:08am


	I don't even know what it is, but this: super-efficient AJAX call, excites me. Anything to make dressing up take less time. Cuz you know, with 2500 items, it takes awhile. I'm not sure what you're talking about with disabling tanks during booty grab, but it sounds good. Thanks Pan and you other devs!

Commented on: Fri Feb 20, 2009 @ 08:23am


	First of all: thanks for finally thinking of the guilds. Second: please fix the issues with the guild home. Cause there is big trouble with links and coding there. D:

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Commented on: Fri Feb 20, 2009 @ 06:08pm


	Guild updates! ^_^ hugs

Commented on: Sat Feb 21, 2009 @ 10:42pm


	Yay developers. I can't even ut my pants on with the old system

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