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« on: February 21, 2011, 10:50:16 AM » |
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Hello Arcadesters! As promised, a new update to Php Arcade Script (v4.1) is coming shortly! We have the list of bug fixes that will be implemented in this next upgrade below, and to make sure everything is working we are looking for a few souls to help us out in testing everything. Some testing has already been done, but no server is the same and we want to do some further testing before we release it to the public. If you're interested in testing, send me a PM or a support ticket and let me know. Please note though that we want to have this done quickly - you have all been waiting for an update long enough, so please only ask if you have time to set aside to test this week. All right, without any further babble, on to the bug fix list: - 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 additional 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.
- Mochi File Changes:
- mochi/grabgames.php and mochi/grabnightly.php
- Category id's update to no longer need a (partly) separate 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.
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Searchtheweb
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« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2011, 06:00:15 AM » |
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Nothing related to the game tags ? I don't think that would be too difficult for you to do ... Those game tags as links create pages on their own and really help us... Pleaaaaaaseeee  |
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JanArve
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« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2011, 11:19:53 AM » |
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Hey,
The v4.1 is essentially a bug fix version with two function improvements,
1. The mochi feed now support the offset value which will enable arcades to grab much more games with less strain on their server.
2. referral urls which allows users to "recruit" their friends to gain points.
Everything else are bug fixes.
We got the tags on our to do list so it is coming.
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« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2011, 01:12:07 AM » |
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Thank you for answering me. This simple fact of giving me an answer that fast shows a big improvement on this forum so congratulations for this! I myself really need the tags back and i can also give you some SEO points on phparcadescript if you want, that can help improve this platform. I would prefer to talk on this SEO tips, from my own experience, of almost 3 years with this arcade script, privately. Also, the price for the templates is too high and they are only slight modifications from template to template that doesn't justify the price. I am talking about other sites that sell phparcadescript templates. So, if you could create some new templates at a lower price would really help and boost phparcadescript really well. You can send me an email at jocurisupertari@gmail.comMy website is http://www.jocurisupertari.ro |
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« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2011, 02:34:18 AM » |
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Another big problem with this arcade script: the news part. I analysed this link: http://www.ultima-arcade.com/index.php?action=newsThis guy gave this link on the forum to show his work. Yes, it works. But, this links are not getting indexed in google. I myself have tried and posted 3 news and allthough the test in webmaster show 200 after fetching as googlebot, this link don't ever get indexed. This should be checked. Also, the way news are getting displayed is very poor. This news side has been neglected and it could help a games site to have more text as we know that google loves text and not flash, as we, the games websites owners, have. |
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« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2011, 04:57:15 AM » |
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Hello, Before we bought phpAS we ran a template store which we still own and operate, so you can expect to see much interesting stuff coming for the script in that department in the coming months. Thank you for informing me about the news. I have noted it down and will look into it. Below I will paste a piece of code you can paste into your .htaccess file to make the news link search engine friendly: RewriteRule ^news.html?$ index.php?action=news your news can now be accessed at: http://www.jocurisupertari.ro/news.html instead of http://www.jocurisupertari.ro/index.php?action=news |
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« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2011, 05:58:32 AM » |
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Thanks for your reply. I already have that code into my .htaccess file but it's no use, page are not getting indexed. Besides that, there is no page for displaying all news. This all news part should be reconsidered from zero. I have this in my htaccess. Stiri means news, it's in Romanian. RewriteRule ^stiri/?$ index.phpaction=news This is one example of a news : http://www.jocurisupertari.ro/stiri/13/miley-cyrus-sau-hannah-montana.html. As you can see the link is functional, but google doesn't index it, although my website gets indexed really fast. If i post a game now, in a matter of 3 hours it is already indexed. I don't know what's wrong. |
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« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2011, 06:01:55 AM » |
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The news i posted above has been posted on january the 26th 2011. So, it should have been indexed by now but it isn't ...
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« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2011, 06:04:55 AM » |
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Suggestions for posting a new news item:
1. Tiny MCE editor to be used
2. Metadescription and metakeywords to be able to post
3. News tags (with links just as in the game page in v3.0) to search with them for related news items
4. One NEWS page where all news items to be displayed, with pagination to the bottom.
5. Related news underneath each news item
6. Inclusion of news links in the sitemap generator
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« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2011, 07:04:40 AM » |
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Another awesome feature of the news part would be this:
1. To be able to connect a certain game to a certain news item. So, that news item would only be displayed on that respective game's page.
2. Based on similar keywords between games and news, let's say you have 3 games that feature the "scooby doo" tag and one news item featuring the same tag. It would be great to display underneath that news item the 3 correspondent games with that tag.
3. The search would be connected to the news part so that whenever somebody searches for the "scooby", for example, tag it should display games and news all together, that have the "scooby" keyword.
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« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2011, 08:25:49 PM » |
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I love the new owners. They get things done and actually care about the customers. Thanks guys.
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JanArve
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« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2011, 04:41:52 AM » |
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@Searchtheweb:
You bring some very good points and many that would be very good for an enhanced news function. However at this time there are so many things that needs to be done, so enhancing the news function will come quite far down the list as it was originally intended to be a simple way to bring a few words out to your visitors.
We will of course look into the functionality of the news system and improve that if possible, but there are so many other things that has to be done before we can make the time to rebuild the news function. I hope you understand.
@killtheboredness:
Thank you. We are long term users of phpAS ourselves and want to see the script reach its prime again, but not only that, you, our customers are what its all about. Without you we can't survive.
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« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2011, 04:43:42 AM » |
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Testing of v4.1 is in its later stages, and so far everything looks good. Unless anything shows up within the next few days v4.1 will be available very soon.
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« Reply #13 on: February 28, 2011, 12:20:21 PM » |
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Thanks. I will, at least, try to help with my ideas. If you consider they are worth the time to do them, ok, if not, it's still ok I must say you, the new owners, will surely do a good job on this arcade platform. Nice job! Thank you for bringing back to life a community! I wish you all the best! If you want to talk to me privately, email me at jocurisupertari@gmail.comI may help regardin SEO |
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« Reply #14 on: March 01, 2011, 04:50:55 AM » |
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We appreciate all the suggestions we can get, and we're going to set up a system to better track what new features are requested and what will be implemented a bit down the road.
We can't promise that we can make everything, but we do listen to all suggestions and write all of them down.
At the moment, until we can get the planned feature request system in place, the best course of action will be to start a thread in general chat and get some feedback on a suggestion.
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