We have just finished fixing two bugs on the Colorful template: http://www.phparcadescript.com/colorful.html

They were both related to the category games slider and the dropdown menu and both the menu in the horizontal category list in the header and the one in the category slider had the same unique ID causing a conflict if both was required. The category slider also displayed the same games for all categories above category number 8 which is also taken care of.

If you have colorful installed on your arcade, contact support and we can provide you with the fixed file or a step by step guide to fix the bug.

This one is very late, but I felt it should be posted.

The PreGame AdLoader, a module that will display an advertisement before the game/media itself is displayed is finished and working beautifully!

Its already in use on quite a few websites and apart from a couple mis-pasted lines during installation there have been only 1 reported problem with it. If used in conjunction with the hotlink protection (turned on/off in the admin), the temporary game link will expire and thus the game will not load after the adloader is done. We will have this problem sorted out asap and a bugfix will be released. Except for this we have heard tales of good CTR rates and decent eCPM’s!

Read more about the AdLoader here: PregameAd / Pre-roll ad for phpAS

Thank you for reading!
Jan Arve

There haven’t been much word from us the last couple of months, but rest assured that we are still very much here and working on phpAS daily. Support is still our main task and apart from that continued development of phpAS is a very close second.

Next Upgrade

The next version of phpAS, is going to be a minor bug fix upgrade,. This time quite a bit smaller than v4.1, but taking care of some key issues none the less. It shouldn’t be too long before this version hits the light, but we don’t have an exact date just now.

Future Development

On the side of this, we have also begun working on v4.5, a huge script upgrade that will redefine the script, make the template system easier, introduce a centralized language system, a faster, more lightweight core structure, improved security and increased flexibility for templates, modules and custom pages – just to mention a few of the things in our development document. Expect to hear more about v4.5 in the months to come.

Upgrade to v4.1 – its FREE!

As for right now, if you still haven’t upgraded from v4.0 to v4.1 yet, contact support and we will set you up with the FREE download!

Thank you for reading.
Jan Arve

How it will work:

• First make a new adzone, Make a note of the id of that adzone as we will need that later.
• Then go to advertisements and create a new ad (or edit old ads) to display in the new adzone we just created.
• Open the PreAd settings and enter the Adzone ID we got in step one. This will tell the module what ads to display
• In the same settings, enter how long you wish for the ad to display – Around 8-15 seconds will probably perform best
• Turn the Pread on (or off)

And you’re good to go.

We expect this module to be finished by monday, and it will be included for free with phpAS v4.2 when we get to that point.

Until v4.2 is released the module can be bought for $15 and will be compatible with v4.1 and v4.0.

Now some of you might ask why should I pay for it when I can get it for free soon?

Simple answer: You will get it faster.

Long answer: By releasing some modules that will be included for free in future releases of phpAS we can fund further development of Php Arcade Script and in return we will be able to release new versions faster. So you will get new modules faster, and we get something other than bread and water on the dinner table

Not all of our development will be released in this manner, some will be released for free and some will stay hidden in the closet until the next version of the script is released.

Stay Tuned!

Here is the list of changes made with v4.1.

• Root File Changes:
  • Index.php:
    • Updated report game to work if script is installed on a subdomain.
    • Referral urls didn’t make the transition from v3 to v4. They are now brought back.
  • Reportgame.php:
    • Updated to function properly when image verification is turned on.
  • Rss.php:
    • Rss items did not contain dates and would therefore not work properly with services such as twitterfeed. Date is added in.
• Admin File Changes:
  • admin/Index.php:
    • If “My Notes” were saved containing a ‘ or ” and the site settings were updated afterwards, the cache would save incorrectly resulting the entire site to go white.
    • Updating category description to contain ‘ or ” would prevent changes from being saved.
    • While adding a new game, entering a ‘ or ” in the description, keywords or instructions would prevent the game from being saved.
    • While editing a game, entering a ‘ or ” or failing to remove automatically populated ‘ or ” in the description, keywords or instructions field would prevent the game from being updated.
    • When deleting a game, only the database entry would be deleted. Now the game file and image files will be removed from the server..
    • Mochi system upgraded to support the offset value, corresponding function updated to save this value to database.
  • admin/Adminfunctions.php:
    • Updated sitemap generation to prevent duplicate urls with – and _ in links.
  • admin/Configcache.php:
    • Cache config file updated to cache the Mochi grab offset variable.
  • admin/Siteconfig.php:
    • Site config form updated with a new field to input the Mochi offset variable.
    • Site config form updated to prevent the form from adding addtional spaces in the banned text and offline message textboxes. Each time it is updated.
• Include File Changes:
  • includes/Config.php:
    • File changed to get the Mochi offset from the database if caching is off.
    • Mochifeed url is updated to use the offset value.
  • includes/Functions.php:
    • AllGamesDropdown (aka. Jumplist) function fixed to display correct urls if installed on a subfolder and auto_chmod is off
  • includes/Tellafriend.php:
    • Tell a friend form updated to function as intended when image verification is turned on.
• Include File Changes:
  • mochi/grabgames.php and mochi/grabnightly.php
    • Category id’s update to no longer need a (partly) seperate category structure for the mochi games. Mochi games and autopopulate files now use the same category id’s.
    • A random string is added to the front of filenames from mochifeed. This is updated from 3 to 9 characters to help prevent duplicates on large game databases.
    • Filenames from the Mochifeed with spaces were previously saved incorrectly resulting in the game not being playable. The space in the filename is now removed.
• Templates Changes – Arcade Blue:
  • templates/arcadeblue/right.html:
    • Jumplist function Updated to display correct url if installed on a subfolder and auto_chmod is off.
  • templates/arcadeblue/left.html:
    • Custom Page List updated to display correct url if installed on a subfolder.
  • templates/arcadeblue/template_functions.php:
    • Jumplist function and custom page function updated with the correct variables for the changes in right.html and left.html
  • templates/arcadeblue/profile.html:
    • Profile updated to show the referral url if this is on in the admin.
• Templates Changes – Arcade Classic:
  • templates/arcadeclassic/profile.html:
    • Profile updated to show the referral url if this is on in the admin.
• Templates Changes – Arcade Color:
  • templates/arcadecolor/overall.html:
    • Jumplist function Updated to display correct url if installed on a subfolder and auto_chmod is off.
  • templates/arcadecolor/profile.html:
    • Profile updated to show the referral url if this is on in the admin.
• Templates Changes – Arcade Pink:
  • templates/arcadepink/overall.html:
    • Jumplist function Updated to display correct url if installed on a subfolder and auto_chmod is off.
    • Loading for custom pages have been fixed.
  • templates/arcadepink/profile.html:
    • Profile updated to show the referral url if this is on in the admin.
• Templates Changes – Arcade Red:
  • templates/arcadered/left.html:
    • Jumplist function Updated to display correct url if installed on a subfolder and auto_chmod is off.
    • Custom Page List updated to display correct url if installed on a subfolder.
  • templates/arcadered/template_functions.php:
    • Custom page function updated with the correct variables.
  • templates/arcadered/profile.html:
    • Profile updated to show the referral url if this is on in the admin.
• Templates Changes – Your Arcade:
  • templates/yourarcade/overall.html:
    • Display Categories Vertical have been updated.
    • Loading for custom pages have been fixed.
  • templates/yourarcade/template_functions.php:
    • Display Categories Vertical have been updated.
  • templates/yourarcade/profile.html:
    • Profile updated to show the referral url if this is on in the admin.

The upgrade will fix various bugs here and there in the core files as well as in the templates. A couple feature improvements will also be made.

We decided to make this first update a bug fix version so testing time would be reduced as well as development time and we would be able to release it much faster than we would if we were to add in new features.

Patch notes will be released later on.

As of today Php Arcade Script has changed hands and are now owned by Angelo Games. We are looking forward to starting the new year by improving the website structure and a whole new customer system as well as developing a new version of the script.

We will be developing new features for the script and improving on the features that are already in place.

Customer support will once again become a main focus and a new support system will be put in place to help speed up the support process. This includes a new live support system that will be put in place.

We will also be launching a new community forum, this blog and a facebook page to help build a good community around the script again.

So until next time!

Best Regards,
Jan Arve