July 28 Release

As you know, every week we do a build of the site… we put in some bug fixes and new features.

Note: Anytime we do a release, it is best to hit CTRL-F5 in your browser to force all files to refresh.

Here was what went in yesterday:

User Profiles
These are changes to pages specific to you.

1. Users can now delete any shoutbox entry… or click to delete all their entries.
2. The Xbox Live gamercard is now on your profile page if you have your Xbox tag in the AKA of your profile.
3. User registration and guild registration now check for uniqueness due to coming OpenID requirements. No member name can now conflict with any guild name.
4. Gametap.com added as an AKA on our site.
5. Images can now run in a stand alone page. We have also added pre-built links for HREF, IMG, and BBCODE on the image page to make it easier to share the image.
6. Fixed the DNA Panel to use the image thumbnail when viewing characters. This should speed up the character panel.

General Site
These are any changes made to wider parts of the site.

1. The IRC link that is called in the nav has been updated to support tabs that can easier allow you to use NickServ and other features.
2. Fixed an issue where the Warhammer page on the guild directory was having CSS troubles.
3. In cases where guilds had the same name in the same game on different servers, people were being take to the wrong guilds. We simplified the link to the profile page so they should now work in all cases.
4. Repaired an issue where fame history and activity were giving 500 errors due to a new method for generating page titles.
5. The gamerDNA panel should now properly fit into 1024×768 resolution and not obscure any buttons.
6. Fixed a few places where the guild template styles were conflicting with the gamerDNA panel styles causing strange display issues.
7. Implemented a standard method of doing character counting on text boxes… this is in places like shout box and game comments, etc.
8. Small tweak made to game page titles.
9. Tweaked some design in the guild hosting sign up page to use smaller text.
10. Fixed a bug where if you filtered the gamerDNA active strange on the home page the link on the avatar was pointing at the wrong location. It should now point at the correct location.
11. Fixed an issue with some 500 errors in the image gallery for certain users.

Coming soon
These are bigger projects we worked on that didn’t see deployment. So you know they are coming.

1. An entirely new and revamped quiz system that will help you discover your gamerDNA.
2. A new guild event management and notification system.
3. Enhancements to games so that we have more information and more games in the system for you all!
4. OpenID support

Be prepared
Here are a few changes we need to make shortly. We will be contacting you if you are affected by this.

1. Due to OpenID we need to fix about 8,000 user names that are using non-compliant characters in their names. These users will be asked to rename their accounts so that the openID system works correctly on their new names and profile locations.
2. The current blog system will be going away. We will allow people to migrate all content into the new Experiences model, complete with your comments. This will be optional if you do not wish to keep your content.

Feel free to leave any comments on the past, present, or future!