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  • Information Desk Archive Re: Server issues & scheduled downtime for 7 am GMT January 9

    We had about 35 minutes of downtime that began when Cloudflare, our DNS provider, started doing some scheduled maintenance. Everything should be good now. On the plus side, it gave ...

    Jan 10, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Server issues & scheduled downtime for 7 am GMT January 9

    Everything should be working now. The initial results look good, but only time will tell.

    Jan 9, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Server issues & scheduled downtime for 7 am GMT January 9

    The server will be shutdown for as long as 1 hour beginning at 7 am GMT on January 9. That's typically the slowest time of the day on YWS, so ...

    Jan 9, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: New chatroom

    Updating original post with info concerning why we switched chatrooms yet again.

    Jan 8, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Literary works are now free!

    You can now submit up to two literary works per day for 0 points each. You can submit additional works past that amount per day for 400 points, or just ...

    Jan 8, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: New chatroom

    Well, I think the flashchat is going to go. The site's been crashing a lot more often ever since it was installed, and it does use a lot of memory.

    Jan 7, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: New chatroom

    Edited on January 8 Yet again, we're changing chat rooms. The issue is one of server performance. The flashchat is a resource hog, and it can be a huge drain ...

    Jan 3, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Genderising YWS

    From what a couple members told me, "none specified" didn't really feel applicable to them. Anyways, Cadi has been kind enough to come up with new icons for male, female, ...

    Jan 2, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: YWS: Apollo Updates Thread

    You're welcome Demeter and alfred :D Everyone ->> Just finished with making some significant changes to the submission form. I've tested it using a variety of document formats, browsers, and ...

    Dec 30, 2012
  • Information Desk Archive Re: December 30, 2012 Review Day

    What is a Review Day? A Review Day is a single 24 hour period where we collectively try to bust out as many reviews as possible. During this time, no ...

    Dec 26, 2012
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Portfolios, Gifts, and Profiles! Oh my!

    It's pretty cool how people have been editing their profile. With the "About" page done, they're becoming like little websites, and there's going to be a couple more enhancements to ...

    Dec 22, 2012
  • Information Desk Archive Re: YWS: Apollo Updates Thread

    The 'About' page is now done for profiles. It is also now the default view for non-logged in users. Additionally, users with no avatars will get a prompt on the ...

    Dec 22, 2012
  • Information Desk Archive Re: YWS: Apollo Updates Thread

    Made some changes to the code that should make the people tab load faster, and should make private messages load much faster. This is particularly true for those who are ...

    Dec 21, 2012
  • Information Desk Archive Re: YWS: Apollo Updates Thread

    Everything on the homepage is now cached. Since 10% of all pageviews are the homepage, that should lighten server resources by a lot.

    Dec 20, 2012
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Report a site bug

    Kyllorac ->> My bad! Thanks for reporting it.

    Dec 20, 2012


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