VNet Gaming

VNet Website & Forum Changes.

- 07.12.2007
Website Related:

• Optimized Javascript Fade Effect code.(There should be no more glitches even when server is under a lot of load)
• Added ajax loading/refreshing messages and images.
• Set refresh Interval for active topics and shout box.(45 secs and 30 secs)
• Video List page now loads in browser window.(no more pop up window, requested by KreepingMonkey)
• Added Network Sites Selection Box @ top of page.

Forum related:

• Youtube Embedded Videos Work with full Urls.(Previously only worked with video id)
• Added Movies, General Chat & Gaming Forums.

- 07.16.2007
Website Related:

• Shout box now saves text typed in textbox when it refreshes.(Pointed out by Rascuacho)
• Added Thumbnail view for videos under "New This Week".(Default View)

- 07.23.2007
Website Related:

• Improved website login/logout code.
• Added Tv Shows & Other categories.(The code is not yet finished)
• Using much more effective code for the newspage.
• Updated videos' Image/thumbnail generation code.(much more efficient, less code too)

Forum Related:

• Added Topic info on hover Javascript function.

- 07.25.2007
Website Related:

• Updated query code for Shout box.
• Shout box textbox no longer reloads when shout box refreshes.
• New videos in the last past 7 days is the default view for videos.(All categories)

- 07.27.2007
Forum Related:

• Added image resize javascript function.(Full image on click)

- 07.30.2007
Website Related:

• Large Video Uploads should now work.
• Added amount uploaded for video uploads.

Forum Related:

• Added Hide BBcode.

- 08.02.2007
Website Related:

• Got somewhat of a face lift.(Thanks GARK for the images)
• Fixed a bug in the shout box where it would not submit shout if text included a " ' ".(Affected single quotes only)
• Removed fade effect in video page.
• Added Links to News Post forums.(Forum where post was submitted)
• Fixed a few broken links.

Forum Related:

• Added News Sub-forums.(Website News, Gaming News, Current Events)

- 09.20.2007
Website Related:

• Shout box & Recent posts automatic refresh no longer flicker the screen.
• Shout box & Recent Post Refresh image Moved to top right corner. (Much less annoying)
• Shout refresh no longer takes you back to page 1 upon refresh if viewing another page besides page 1.
• Smilies can now be used in the shoutbox.
• Added Server tab.

Forum Related:

• Updated forum. (RC4 & RC5)
• Changed Default style from ProSilver to SubSilver.

Server Related:

• Server got a huge upgrade. (Hardware) View upgrade post

- 10.22.2007
Website Related:

• Attachments now work/display correctly in news posts.
• Greatly improved shout box database queries. (went from 30+ queries to ~ 5)
• Improved the recent forum posts info hover box.
• User info now pops up when hovering over user name in the shout box. (Will be used all over the website sooner or later)
• Improved user online status in shout box.
• Added show user offline if user is hidden in current session.
• Users must now be logged in to view who is online in the shout box.
• Shout button is now disabled by default if there is no text in shout box text box.
• Shout button will disable after shout submit to prevent double shouting.
• Changed the way smilies are saved in the database. This new method will be helpful when I enable shout editing.

Forum Related:

• Updated Forum to RC7.

- 10.24.2007
Website Related:

• Optimized Sql Queries for both the news page & shout box. (All video pages need to be updated)

- 10.29.2007
Website Related:

• Added topic status images to Recent forum posts. (Makes it easier to identify if there is a new post)
• Added number of new posts in the hover box for recent forum posts.
• Topic links will now take you to the last unread post.(used to link to last post in topic)

- 12.12.2007
Website Related:

• Added some code to the active topics script to keep topics that a user has no rights to read from appearing.

- 02.29.2008
Website Related:

• Changed the style of the shout box a bit.
• The shout box will now show 5 shouts per page.
• Added the date & time above the shout text.

- 03.18.2008
Website Related:

• Completely re-wrote the way the user submits/edits shouts.
• Dhtml window now pops up for shouts.
• Added live preview of new shout/ edited shout text.
• Added shout details.
• Added some checks to tabs to check if the previous ajax page has finished loading 100%. [ broken ]

- 08.9.2008
Website Related:

• User logins/logouts now use ajax.

If you have any feedback on the website or forums please post in the >>Website & Forum Feedback Thread.

Thanks.

-Vinyard