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Reviews RSS feed, "recent reviews" are live May 13, 2008

By sothis
Site Founder

Hello, some updates:

-The AniRec RSS feed is fixed - you should be able to once more use it to get info on newly added anime.
-A new reviews RSS feed
-A new Recently added reviews page, as in the past you could only see the most recent 3 days' worth.

IE6 + JS problem fixed! Mar 26, 2008

By sothis
Site Founder

You should be able to login and use the site again with IE6 - thanks for your patience!

Update on server death and backup status Mar 25, 2008

By sothis
Site Founder

Thanks for your patience during this time. We've had a second look at the backup and have come to the conclusion that there's nothing we can salvage. Unfortunately, this means that if you created an account after Feb 20, 2008, you will need to recreate it. Furthermore, if you made updates to your anime list or added recommendations during that time (this affects me too) you'll need to redo them.

I again sincerely apologize for this situation. We have steps in place to ensure this will not happen again. Currently most of the site bugs are worked out, except that IE6 is still having some JS problems that prevent login. If you are using IE6, please temporarily switch to Firefox/Opera/Etc i you need to log in. You can follow the final bug fixes and updates here. If you see people posting comments in profiles who are confused about their list changing, etc, please point them to that thread.

Happily we were able to salvage the 17 entries lost, which are now back up (along with some new ones). I have a ton more to add that I received during my vacation.

Thanks again for your dedication and patience.

Major recent server issues - account rollbacks, etc Mar 24, 2008

By sothis
Site Founder

Many of you have noticed the recent site downtime and problems - I was in Italy at the time and didn't have access to the databases until only today, but I've been updating the issue in the forum. Instead of posting what happened here, please read the thread and follow up on the updates there. The bottom line is, unless something magical happens tomorrow during an attempted salvage of the gzip files, accounts and data from the last month will be lost. It sucks, a lot, but unfortunately there's not much that can be done. There are still outstanding bugs and such from the server problems that are being addresses. Happy homecoming to me! :/

Upcoming server move within a few days (again :/ ) Feb 26, 2008

By sothis
Site Founder

One month ago, I proudly proclaimed that we were moving to a server where downtime would cease to exist and speeds would be plentiful. Someone suggested FDC Servers to us, and we made the move.

Then I painfully discovered over the last 4 weeks that FDC is a terrible, terrible company that NO ONE should ever purchase server space from.

I sincerely apologize for the poor connection speeds, page drops, and other problems over the last week (and month). No one has been more frustrated or angry as I, as this pushed us back a month on development of AP V3. However, hope is born...

I have just purchased a new server from the folks at ServerBeach, whose professionalism and reputation far outdo FDC. I am very hopeful and positive with this outcome. As soon as the server is up (the next 4-10 hours or sooner) we will begin the move. We will try to make this move as seamless as possible but there will be some overlap. Please keep this in mind if there is downtime - our goal is to get the site moved over as fast as possible, so you guys can go on with your browsing, we can go on with our developing, and FDC can go on being terrible without getting any of our money.

Thank you for your patience during this time