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VAMP BOX
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00:53:50 - Oct 07 2008
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THE SUN |
New York City, USA:
Sunrise is at: 6:58 AM
Sunset is at: 6:29 PM
London, England:
Sunrise is at: 7:10 AM
Sunset is at: 6:26 PM
Moscow, Russia:
Sunrise is at: 7:43 AM
Sunset is at: 6:51 PM
Sydney, Australia:
Sunrise is at: 6:25 AM
Sunset is at: 7:02 PM
Tokyo, Japan:
Sunrise is at: 6:40 AM
Sunset is at: 6:17 PM
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Vampire Rave News |
16:00:03 - Oct 03 2008
There have been some changes made to Vampire Rave’s administrative team.
Jason and Deity have been moved to the position of Consul.
Sahahria has been promoted to Master Vampire and is taking over House Eternal.
Imagesinwords has been moved to the position of Regent.
Joli has been promoted to the position of Regent. She will be in charge of leading the Dominar and Sentoran teams.
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00:10:54 - Aug 16 2008
The Open Link Directory has been rewritten. The section offers a number of new features including: keeping track of who submits links, a list of top links, a list of newest links, and better search functionality.
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04:25:10 - Apr 27 2008
Instant Activation has been added for members who purchase Premium Memberships or Vampire Rave Advertising credits.
In order for your Premium Membership purchases to be Instantly Activated, you must purchase through the new PM Instant Activation page, linked from the Services menu in the left column.
You can still purchase memberships via the VR Store, but it is not recommended that you purchase memberships in this way. Purchasing via the new PM Instant Activation page assures that your membership is activated in the quickest manner possible.
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07:12:50 - Mar 28 2008
There were some hardware issues today. As a result, VR was offline for about 12 hours. I've restored most of VR, but some areas are still lacking, such as user pictures.
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23:20:43 - Mar 21 2008
Win a DVD of the new Stephen King film, The Mist plus four additional Stephen King DVD's. Full details here.
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21:26:48 - Mar 11 2008
Update completed today:
PROFILE BACKUP
Premium Members can now restore their own Profiles to a previous state. Each night, Premium Member Profiles are backed up. A 7 day rolling back up is maintained.
This new feature protects Premium Members against accidental editing errors. With one click, a Premium Member can restore their profile to its state from a previous date.
The Profile description, Style Code, and Graphic colors are restored. Pictures are not backed up.
The link is in the User Menu, under Profile.
This feature is for Premium Members only.
As this feature was just implemented today, it will take a week for the backup's to accrue.
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01:30:52 - Mar 09 2008
You can win a digital SLR camera courtesy of 20th Century Fox and Ozla Pictures. For full details, click here.
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23:40:13 - Feb 27 2008
Expanded sizing is now available in the VR Store. VR Hoodies and Long Sleeve t-shirts are offered in sizes up to 4XL.
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01:21:51 - Jan 24 2008
A new page has been added that will allow you to easily jump to new comments that are left in your Journal. This update applies to comments left from this point forward.
The link is in the User Menu, under Journal, and is called New Journal Comments.
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22:45:58 - Jan 11 2008
A new VR feature has launched: Journal commenting.
You can now comment on Vampire Rave Journals. You can leave multiple comments on a journal-entry basis.
You cannot rate Journals.
For a full overview of the new commenting system, visit this VR Manual page:
http://www.vampirerave.com/kb.php?chapter=600&page=163
This update is available to all Vampire Rave members (Premium and non-premium).
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23:55:16 - Jan 10 2008
Boggled is back online.
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01:01:56 - Jan 04 2008
A minor revision has been made to the Favorite Journals page. If you click on the Journal snippet, it takes you directly to that Journal entry.
Clicking on the member's picture or "Read Journal" link still goes to their main Journal page.
The same change has been made to the regular Journals page. Clicking the snippet goes right to the member's most recent entry.
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23:31:54 - Dec 26 2007
The three winners of the Halloween DVD giveaway contest have been selected. Fizbop, LOVR, and ToiletDuc are the winners. Each will be mailed a free DVD of the newest Halloween movie.
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02:05:02 - Dec 15 2007
Win a FREE Halloween DVD. For contest details, click here.
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00:05:15 - Nov 25 2007
A lot of rumors have been circulating about GothicInvasion.com. Please stop circulating rumors.
GothicInvasion.com is a site I am currently developing. The site is not complete. I expect to finish it sometime between Christmas and the second week of January.
Google indexed the site early, so quite a few people have stumbled upon it.
I would appreciate it if you wouldn't log into the site until I complete it. If I have to, I will shut off access to it. A lot of things are still in development and I shouldn't have to be answering several dozen questions per day about the site.
For some time I have been working on a project called The Dark Network. Please visit that site for a full overview. There's 3 or 4 pages to read, and it will give you a really good idea of the changes that are going on.
I will no longer answer questions about The Dark Network, Gothic Invasion, SciFi Section, or any of the other sites I am developing. As I have said, these things are not done.
There is a very large VR expansion that is in progress. Please be patient.
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03:06:33 - Nov 15 2007
Each Vampire Rave Society has been given its own private chat room.
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19:22:28 - Oct 28 2007
You can win free movie passes to the double feature Halloween 4 & 5. See these horror classics on the big screen one more time. The screening is in select theaters in the United States. To find out more details about the contest, click here.
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00:35:53 - Oct 24 2007
Are you a horror movie fan? Buried Alive is sponsoring a Halloween contest. You can win a coffin-shaped guitar case filled with horror DVD's. Contest entry is free. Enter at:
http://www.buriedalivecontest.com/
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01:13:22 - Oct 17 2007
Two new VR features have been added.
The first is called, Clear Journal. The link is in the User Menu, under Journals. This page will allow you to delete all Journal entries, or all entries in a specified section. This new feature is available to all VR members.
The second addition is Private Journal Entries. If you are a Premium Member, you can now create private Journal entries. An entry marked private can only be read by you. Not even Vampire Rave Administrators can see private entries.
You can also go back in your Journal and mark existing entries as private.
For full details, read this VR Manual page.
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21:55:32 - Sep 06 2007
There's a new link in the User Menu. If you are in a VR Society, there is a quick link to your House/Coven.
If you're not in a VR Society, you won't see the link.
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02:09:23 - Aug 24 2007
I've restored two of the former Vampire Rave favor games: Hangman and Scramble. A new link to VR games can be found in the Main Menu under Members.
Favor is no longer awarded for playing games. All Vampire Rave members can now play the games.
I have cleared all the existing leader boards.
I will restore more games as time permits.
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19:44:52 - Aug 21 2007
Today there was a partial drive failure on the drive that stores Vampire Rave messages. The data was being mirrored and the error propagated throughout the mirror.
Messages that were lost cannot be recovered. Not all members were affected. At this point, it looks like about 1/3 or Vampire Rave members lost their messages.
I will be rewriting the Message Center this weekend. I will apply an additional backup layer beyond mirroring that will help prevent this problem from reoccurring in the future.
You may get some intermittent errors when trying to message certain people. These errors will vanish once these people log into Vampire Rave. One of the self-maintenance programs I wrote a while back rebuilds a members account (in this case message box) if anything is wrong with it when they log in.
No aspect of VR was affected except for messages.
The messages that were lost cannot be restored. As I've already stated, I'll be working throughout the weekend to improve the system and prevent this from happening again in the future.
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20:40:55 - Jun 09 2007
There's a new VR feature that allows you to quickly skip to your profile page. It works when you type your Vampire Rave member name in front of .vampirerave.com.
For example, try: cancer.vampirerave.com
It's an easy way to give the address of your Profile page to your friends.
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20:38:48 - May 11 2007
The position of Regent has officially launched. Jason, Deity, and Sevenn are the first Regents. Sabastion has taken over Jason's House. ToiletDuc has taken over Deity's.
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21:59:42 - Mar 19 2007
Vampire Rave has partnered with Alexa. If you download a special Alexa tool bar, a Vampire Rave logo is included. Clicking the VR logo in the tool bar brings you straight to Vampire Rave.
Downloading the tool bar helps support Vampire Rave. It's a free download and available here.
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02:41:55 - Mar 19 2007
The Acolyte Test has been posted. All previous Acolytes were removed. If you are interested in becoming an Acolyte you must be at least level 18 and take and pass the test.
Full details are here.
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05:55:07 - Mar 13 2007
The Portfolio section has been rewritten and reposted. I think you'll find the new interface quicker and much better than the old.
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18:03:16 - Mar 11 2007
Message transfer is going to take longer than originally projected. It is moving very slowing. After more than 12 hours, a little less than 20% of VR members have had their messages moved over.
Be patient. They'll make their way over eventually.
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07:41:22 - Mar 11 2007
We're up online with the new server. As of right now, VR messages are still coming over from the old server. This may take a very long time (12 hours or more), so don't panic. Your VR messages will eventually make their way here.
As previously mentioned, Portfolios are now offline. I hope to have the section re-written and back up by mid-week.
I expect there to be a few glitches over the next few days. Let me know of ANY unusual activity.
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19:10:27 - Mar 10 2007
Last reminder to get any Portfolio pictures backed up. When VR moves to the new server all existing Portfolio pictures will be deleted.
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23:23:43 - Jan 11 2007
The Vampire Database submission process has been revised. When you make a suggestion for the database, your suggestion goes into a queue that the Procurators have direct access to. This should speed up the submission and approval process.
If you've submitted items under the old system and they were never added to the database, you'll have to resubmit under the new system.
The new submission forms are at the base of every Vampire Database section page. You will only see the form if you are logged in.
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20:35:40 - Dec 18 2006
A new Vampire Rave section has launched: Vampire Rave Mobile.
VR Mobile is a part of Vampire Rave that has been specifically designed for mobile devices. If you have internet on your cell phone, PDA, Blackberry, Sidekick, or other mobile device, VR Mobile will display pages in a much quicker and more mobile-friendly fashion.
VR Mobile doesn't cover all of Vampire Rave, but from within it you can quickly and easily send messages, access VampBox, and basic Profiles. More content may be added in the future.
You can access VR Mobile directly at:
VampireRave.com/mobile
There is also a new link in the Main Menu under Services.
You must be a Premium Member in order to access VR Mobile.
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04:07:15 - Dec 08 2006
Forum guidelines have been slightly revised in regard to the main forum, General Discussion.
Now that the Sandbox is the place (and only place) for irrelevant threads, Forum 1 has been expanded to include:
Threads about Vampire Rave or of a vampire, gothic, occult, or paranormal nature.
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23:19:55 - Nov 26 2006
The Forum has been updated. Specifically, how The Sandbox operates has been updated.
All open Sandbox threads that have not been posted to in 30 days or more have been deleted.
All RIP and RIA Sandbox threads have been deleted.
This will continue to be the policy of The Sandbox. The threads that were accumulating there were not relevant to Vampire Rave. It became a place for people to falsely increase their Status.
Forum post counts have been updated. If you lost a lot of Forum posts it was due to The Sandbox deletions.
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21:18:38 - Jun 30 2006
Expanded sizing has been added for the VR Store item: Ladies Crew Neck T-Shirt. XL and 2XL sizes are now available.
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22:11:18 - Jun 14 2006
ReverendThyris has won 1st prize in Emaerald’s Avalon. Kat has won second prize. The contest will remain up for a little while for those who would like to continue to work on it.
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18:44:27 - Jun 10 2006
Tomorrow I will be removing level 4 from the contest, Emaerald's Avalon. If you are currently at level 4 you will skip to level 5. If you are below level 4, you'll skip it when you reach that point.
For those of you that got past level 4 on your own and think that this is unfair, you've had quite a bit of a head start to complete the upper level you're at. No one has gotten past level 6. There are only 7 levels to this contest.
In SwtEternity's contest, the bat remains hidden. If you do find the bat, you must click on it to claim the prize.
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19:26:33 - Jun 07 2006
SwtEternity is sponsporing a new contest. Find the bat:
It's somewhere in Vampire Rave. Be the first to find it and you win a 1 year Vampire Rave Premium Membership.
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22:58:07 - May 23 2006
There is a new Vampire Rave contest in play. 1st prize is a $150 VR Store credit. 2nd prize is a $50 VR Store credit.
You can find the contest in the lower left-hand column of any Vampire Rave page, or, here.
This contest is being sponsored by MizTheAngryDrunkenDwarf.
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23:29:39 - Mar 30 2006
There are 2 Vampire Rave contests currently in progress.
The first is sponsored by imagesinwords and is outlined here.
The second is sponsored by pookachu and is outlined here.
The winner of each receives a 1 year Vampire Rave Premium Membership.
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04:11:50 - Mar 26 2006
Jamie has resigned her position as a Vampire Rave Administrator. Batchyld has been promoted to Master Vampire and will be running House Eternal.
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02:11:27 - Mar 23 2006
New items are available in the VR Store. You'll find a wider array of sizes in the existing product line along with some new items.
New products include: Infant T-shirts, VR Boxers, VR Thongs, and the VR Champion.
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20:26:20 - Feb 28 2006
SuperNovaSuicide is sponsoring a contest. The Prize is a 1 year Vampire Rave Premium Membership. Conditions of winning include being at least level 5. The membership may be gifted if you win.
There's a link somewhere on the site that will lead to the prize. I do not suggest that you go looking for it. It will drive you crazy trying to find it. It will either come across your path or it won't...
Please thank SuperNovaSuicide for sponsoring this contest.
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00:22:06 - Feb 14 2006
New Vampire Rave section: Blood and Water. You can find a link to it in the Main Menu.
Blood and Water is an original comic by Jennie Breeden of www.TheDevilsPanties.com. She'll be periodically uploading new strips.
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00:26:01 - Jan 26 2006
Deity has been promoted to Master Vampire. She will now be running The House of Madadh-Alluidh.
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19:58:33 - Jan 10 2006
Page Tracking in the Journals section has been totally rewritten. The old system is not compatible with the new, so all previous viewing data for Journals has been cleared.
This shouldn't be too big of a deal, page tracking in Journals is less important than profile or forum page tracking.
Clear NEW! for Journals has been totally eliminated. There was really no need for this function and it was just wasting server CPU and database space. You've either read a member's Journal or you haven't.
The new system is far more efficient and will result in faster Journal processing times.
The Favorite Journals page has been modified. Now you can only see 10 Favorite Journals at a time.
The only real inconvenience of this update is you will have to go through your Favorite Journals and load pages you may have already viewed in order to clear out the NEW! markings. But the end benefits far outweigh the inconvenience.
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21:22:04 - Jan 09 2006
New section added to Vampire Rave: The VR Manual.
The VR Manual covers Vampire Rave policy and operation. The answers to the most common Vampire Rave questions can be found there.
Vampire Rave operates under precept of Ignorantia legis neminem excusat. Everything you need to know is listed in the VR Manual. If you break VR policy it is assumed that you knew what you were doing was wrong. The VR Manual exists to inform you of VR policy and workings. If you choose to remain ignorant, you choose to do so at your own peril.
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19:39:51 - Jan 02 2006
Changes have been implemented in the Message Center.
If you have more than 50 messages in your Inbox you will no longer see them all. You must either delete or move the excess messages to reach the hidden ones.
The messages are there. You just won't be able to access them until you get your inbox into acceptable order.
There are 278 members with 50 or more messages in their Inbox.
There are 149 members with 100 or more messages in their Inbox.
There are 24 members with 500 or more messages in their Inbox.
There are 6 members with 1000 or more messages in their Inbox.
Why do some of you find it so impossible to keep a clean Inbox?
This limit does not currently apply to the Saved or System boxes.
There is a new Message Center function 'Email to Self'. You can now email VR messages to yourself. Messages will be sent to the address you have associated with your VR membership.
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19:29:39 - Dec 31 2005
VampBox Window recoded. Works perfectly with the FireFox browser now. The screen only refreshes if new chat content has been posted.
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21:17:36 - Dec 27 2005
Premium Members can now change their Vampire Rave member name. For full details, click Personal Settings and then Change Member Name in your Premium Menu.
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17:27:23 - Dec 15 2005
The new Message System is working quite well from a processing standpoint. It's performing in a far superior fashion when compared to the old system.
As a result, I will not be implementing the Message Center restrictions I outlined in site News articles last week - at least not for the time being.
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23:29:46 - Dec 09 2005
Read about the new Vampire Rave Society system here.
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17:57:01 - Dec 08 2005
Regarding my last News article... I will be delaying the implementation of the new Message Center rules.
I am going to be writing a new function that will allow a member to easily email messages to themselves. This new feature will be available to all members.
After that is in place, I will give members some time to organize their boxes, and then I will implement the new Message Center rules.
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17:22:35 - Dec 07 2005
New policies are going into effect regarding VR messages:
Messages that have been read and which are in your inbox are deleted after 14 days.
Messages that have not been read and which are in your inbox are deleted after 30 days.
Non-Premium members can have no more than 25 messages in their Saved box.
Premium members can save unlimited messages.
It just seems to be too much of a bother for some members to keep a clean inbox. Having hundreds of messages in one's inbox in not acceptable.
These changes will go into effect on December 10th. You'll need to perform any critical message reorganization before then (IE, clean saved messages out that really aren't important or the system will pick based on message age).
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17:36:39 - Nov 07 2005
There is a new contest in play. The prize is a Vampire Rave Lifetime Membership.
The first member to receive 1000 Referral points and max out their referral bonus will be awarded the prize. If you win and already have a Lifetime Membership you may gift your prize to another Vampire Rave member.
This will be a long-ranging contest. It will take some time for a member to receive 1000 referral points. There is a new category on The Top page, Most Referral Points. There you can track your position among other Vampire Rave members.
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02:27:58 - Nov 01 2005
A modification has been made to Vampire Rave's Status System. Members will now receive a bonus based on who they have referred to Vampire Rave.
Full details are available on the Status System page. The topic is also being discussed here.
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01:37:36 - Oct 26 2005
New Premium feature added: Vamp Box Window. Premium Members can now launch Vamp Box in a mini chat window that auto-refreshes.
Click Window in the Vamp Box window.
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01:32:00 - Oct 25 2005
New Premium feature added: File Storage. Premium Members can now upload and store up to 5 megabytes of data. Data can be linked in Vampire Rave profiles, journal entries, or forum posts.
Click File Storage in your Premium Menu for further information.
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04:50:43 - Oct 24 2005
New Premium feature added: Stamping. Premium Members can now create a standard stamp and use it when rating profiles or other Vampire Rave rateable items.
Click Personal Settings in your Premium Menu to edit your stamp.
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23:04:56 - Oct 17 2005
Jamie and Jason have been promoted to Master Vampire.
Read full details here.
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00:09:25 - Oct 10 2005
There are new Vampire Rave Administrative positions: Acolyte, Procurator, and Dominar.
Full details here.
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02:43:26 - Oct 09 2005
Today I completed the following site updates:
Forum Search
Fixed the date bug on the Forum Search page.
Increased the overall search speed and efficiency of the page.
Vamp Box
The user VR System will now make periodic announcements to Vamp Box when important system activity is going on. Examples include server restarts or other system critical events.
Portfolios
Fixed the display problem on the main Portfolio page, caused when Premium Members used style code in their Portfolio descriptions.
Vampire Database
Updated the entire section so it behaves like the Profile and Portfolio sections.
Ratings were fixed. Status power is now reflected in Vampire Database items rated.
Stalking
Total section overhaul. There were quite a few bugs in this section and they have all been fixed.
You'll now see the total number of members you are stalking reflected in the Main Menu.
Who's Online
Fixed the display ordering. Ordering is now based on Status, then percent of next level completed, then membership seniority.
The Top
Removed the section Highest Status.
Added the section Has the most Stalkers.
Member Articles
Finalized the new section. Page Tracking is active and you can now sort based on items you haven't rated. Status is also taken into consideration when ratings are tabulated.
Status System
Changed the Status Table regarding ratings. The new scale is much easier and will hopefully discourage those people who rate just for the sake of rating. To achieve a score of 28 in this section (Sire), you need only a rating percentage of 63%. Your Status could have only increased as a result of this change. This change has become more and more necessary as the site grows, and rating all site items becomes more and more of an impossibility.
Added Member Articles as ratable items that affect Status.
You can now see what members are at what level more easily. Go to the User Levels page and click on a level. The linked page shows all users at the level you click on. Ordering is based on percentage of the level completed, with ties being broken by membership seniority.
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03:53:45 - Oct 06 2005
There's a new VR section, Member Articles. Full details can be found on the Member Articles page, linked in the Main Menu.
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23:25:01 - Sep 08 2005
Polls have been restored. Idiotic polls may be deleted by the Administration without warning.
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20:10:29 - Sep 05 2005
The Premium feature Last 10 now includes time stamp information.
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15:43:16 - Aug 26 2005
The current promotion that includes a Vampire Rave calendar with a 1 year Premium Membership will end on September 18th. If you would like to take advantage of this offer you'll need to get your order in before then.
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22:06:59 - Aug 07 2005
Today I completed the following site updates:
Profiles
Fixed the "double rating" bug for Profiles. Under certain circumstances, a user might end up rating the same Profile multiple times. All duplicate ratings/comments were deleted from the database. As a result, the number of times your Profile had been rated, or the number of Profiles you had rated may have decreased.
Premium Membership
Added a new feature for Premium Members: Journal Customization. Premium Members may now rename sections of their Journal.
Friend List
Fixed a bug where some Friends weren't showing up as offline.
Fixed the "Anonymous" bug.
Ads
Ads were moved to the top of all VR pages where the Premium Member Menu is located. When a Premium Member is logged in he or she will not see the ads. All other users will see VR ads in that spot.
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04:56:03 - Aug 07 2005
Contest of the Empress has concluded. ElderDaniel won the Tagmemics contest and thebatt won the Quadrivium contest. Thank you once again to Empress for sponsoring the contest.
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01:26:05 - Aug 07 2005
Today I completed the following site updates:
Profiles
You can now search through Profiles based on Profiles you have not yet rated.
Portfolios
You can now search through Portfolios based on Portfolios you have not yet rated.
News
Fixed a bug in the News system. Complete dates are now displayed.
User Log In
Added a username lockout system. If a user tries to unsuccessfully log into an account more than 3 times, that account is locked for 10 minutes. This code will help prevent brute password guessing attempts.
The Top
Fixed a bug where rankings were being improperly displayed for top women and men profiles.
Journals
Fixed a bug where time stamps were sometimes null for journal entries.
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16:18:17 - Aug 06 2005
There are multiple solution sets for the Quadrivium contest. However, only one set is the correct set that will win the contest.
If you manage to solve the grid with a non-winning solution, message Cancer your answer. It will earn you a set of hints that will help in solving the grid correctly.
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05:00:00 - Aug 03 2005
On Friday August 5th at 12pm EST (-5 GMT) 2 new Vampire Rave contests will begin and run in parallel. The winner of each contest will be awarded a Vampire Rave Annual Premium Membership. This contest is being sponsored by Empress. The contest rules are as follow:
You must be at least level 3 (Shadow) to play.
You may only win 1 of the 2 contests.
If you win and are a Lifetime Premium Member, you may gift your prize to another member.
Everyone is eligible for this contest, including Administrators and even Empress. I am the only one that knows the contest details and solutions.
The contest will begin at 12pm EST. Look for new links in the lower left hand column of any Vampire Rave page.
Tonight I completed the following site updates:
Vamp Box
Made blank posts impossible.
If you click on the nick of someone who has posted, it links to their Profile page.
Truncated the rolling history log to 12 hours.
Reduced the font size in the left hand column. It's not small enough. VR usernames can be up to 30 characters in length. Members with long names are screwing up the display.. I am going to have to create a fix that chops names that are too long.
Polls
Polls were temporarily removed until I can create a better polling system.
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05:00:00 - Aug 02 2005
Tonight I completed the following site updates:
Who's Online
The Who's Online page is now computed in real time. Stats have been re-worked a bit, total unique visitors are recorded (for 1 and 24 hours) instead of member log ins.
Message Center
Message notification has be re-coded and optimized.
Fixed a bug where some users weren't hearing the message notification sound.
Vamp Box
New section added: Vamp Box. Read the rules here.
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05:00:00 - Aug 01 2005
Tonight I completed the following site updates:
The Top
The Top page is now computed in real time. All statistics are current upon viewing.
Journals
Re-coded the entire main Journals page. It's optimized and loads much faster.
New sorting options added: Most Viewed and On the most Favorite Lists.
Page can be listed in ascending or descending order.
All data is now listed in real time.
The Sun
Fixed up The Sun window in the left hand column and put it back in.
Premium Features
Re-coded the Who has Rated you page.
Results can be returned in ascending or descending order.
Pages are broken down into 100 rating blocks.
Message Center
Fixed a bug where old messages were not being deleted. If your inbox just got a bit lighter, it's because messages older than 30 days were finally deleted. Saved messages are never auto-deleted.
I am very happy with the changes I have managed to institute over the past 2 days. Server load has been reduced by over 400%.
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05:00:00 - Jul 31 2005
Lots of site updates. Read about them here.
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05:00:00 - Jun 28 2005
There is a new Vampire Rave contest in play. Read about it here.
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05:00:00 - May 20 2005
Premium Members can now see the last 10 Vampire Rave members who have viewed their Profile, Portfolio, and Journal.
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05:00:00 - May 20 2005
Premium Members can now change the color of the graphics on their Profile page. Click 'Edit Profile' then look for the new configuration box, 'Custom Vampire Rave Graphic Colors'.
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05:00:00 - May 17 2005
I plan on pulling the Gargoyle contest in about a week... So if you want to finish it, you'd better hurry up.
I plan on keeping two of the games, and adding them to a new VR section.
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05:00:00 - May 15 2005
3 new Profile Skins have been added for Premium Members
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05:00:00 - May 01 2005
There is a new Vampire Rave contest in play. The prize is a VR Lifetime Premium Membership. Read about the contest here.
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05:00:00 - Apr 26 2005
I made a small change to the Status System. Your Status could only have increased from the change (if your Status changed at all). Some people may see as much as a 2 level increase.
The change was necessary, otherwise when you achieved Sire, it would just about be impossible to hold the level (you'd keep dropping back a level every other day or so).
I plan to post in depth Status System information in the coming weeks. Included will be what is required for each level, along with how you are ranking in each of the categories.
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05:00:00 - Apr 10 2005
3 new Administrators have been added: Nicnivian, Crazywolf, and DarknessBound. Please extend to them the same courtesy you would to me.
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06:00:00 - Mar 27 2005
If you haven't done so already, please vote in this poll.
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06:00:00 - Mar 01 2005
Site Search has been completed... Finally.
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06:00:00 - Feb 28 2005
The Top page has been modified. Administrators are no longer included in the highest rated categories. The category, profile viewed the most times, has been removed.
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06:00:00 - Feb 27 2005
The Forum has been updated. Limits have been imposed on lower status levels.
You must be at least level 2 (Mosquito) to reply to a thread.
You must be at least level 3 (Shadow) to start a new thread.
Whelps are to be seen but not heard.
Read the FAQ for further information about the Forum and posting guidelines.
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06:00:00 - Feb 18 2005
New page added to the Main Menu: Status System.
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06:00:00 - Feb 04 2005
The Forum has been updated... Yeah, it's faster now.
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06:00:00 - Jan 16 2005
Vampire Rave now has a Banner Exchange program. Read about it here.
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06:00:00 - Dec 31 2004
Lots of website updates. Read about them here.
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06:00:00 - Dec 31 2004
Major revisions to The Message Center. Multi-Delete is now enabled. Additionally, all users now have a Saved box. Messages in your Saved box will not show up in your message count. The Delete All Messages link will only delete all the messages in whatever section you are in (Inbox or Saved).
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06:00:00 - Dec 19 2004
Vamp Fangs is having a one day sale. Their entire blood vial collection is 50% off. This is a great opportunity to pick up some blood vial jewelry below wholesale. Most items are between $5 - $10.
They also have a holiday sale going on. You can save 20% on vampire fangs.
Full details are here.
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06:00:00 - Dec 05 2004
There's a system bug I am chasing, and it has been difficult to trap. Apparently some members status has been reset. If this happens to you, I need you to message me immediately with the time and date it happened, along with the VR URL you were viewing at the time (if you know).
To my knowledge it has only happened twice. And I think I might know what the problem is, but I need more information.
The good news is that the VR database is backed up every night, and I store incremental backups. This means I can restore your status to a particular date if there is a problem. If you delete and then re-sign up your VR username, don't expect a status resumption.
This does NOT apply to members who have slipped back ONE level. This is normal, and is built into the new status system. See #5 in the FAQ if you need an explanation. I'm getting sick of all the messages asking Why has my status dropped?
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06:00:00 - Nov 28 2004
Registered users can now add Vampire Rave members to a Friends List. Read more about it here.
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06:00:00 - Nov 26 2004
The FAQ page has been updated.
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06:00:00 - Nov 25 2004
The Message Center has been updated. All message replies are quoted automatically, you can delete all messages at once, and you can block certain users from sending you messages.
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05:00:00 - Oct 21 2004
You can now modify your Vampire Database ratings and comments just like in Profiles.
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05:00:00 - Oct 20 2004
Updated the Who's Online page. The system now tracks the total number of anonymous users (people not logged in).
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05:00:00 - Oct 12 2004
Various site updates. Fixed The Forum up a bit. Rearranged the Who's Online page.
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05:00:00 - Oct 11 2004
The Vampire Rave Message Center is now online. Send messages to any registered Vampire Rave user. Read more about it here.
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05:00:00 - Oct 02 2004
Try The Conservatory - Vampire Rave's newest feature. You must have a Vampire Rave account in order to access it. The link is in the main menu.
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05:00:00 - Sep 30 2004
I completed a new section called The Top. The link is in the Main Menu.
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05:00:00 - Sep 09 2004
I completed some site updates. You can now change your rating and comment for any profile you have already rated. This would be most useful if someone made their profile better and you wanted to adjust your rating. You can also now add or edit a comment for a profile even if you keep your rating the same.
I added a "last on" line to each profile. It's near the "profile creation" and "times viewed" lines.
I added a "Who's Online" page. The link is in the left-hand column.
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05:00:00 - Jul 29 2004
I've added new banners that you can use to link to Vampire Rave.
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05:00:00 - Jul 26 2004
There were quite a few profiles building up where new users signed up, but never edited their profile. As a result, I changed how profiles are listed. A new profile will not show up as an entry unless it has been updated at least one time.
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05:00:00 - Jul 24 2004
There are new status levels. Read about it here.
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05:00:00 - Jul 20 2004
I am paying attention to all of the suggestions coming in (there are hundreds). I will get to each and every one of them - eventually.
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05:00:00 - Jul 01 2004
We're open for business. Officially ;)
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05:00:00 - Jun 28 2004
The site has reached a point where there should no longer be broken links or any script errors. If you experience any errors, please email the error to me, along with what you were doing and the url (in the address bar of your browser). If you were submitting some type of data, try to recall what it was. I need to be able to duplicate the error in order to fix it.
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05:00:00 - Jun 27 2004
The Vampire Database has been completed. Next begins the long laborous process of data entry.....
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05:00:00 - Jun 26 2004
Profile rating system completed. Registered users can now rate other people's profiles and leave comments.
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05:00:00 - Jun 25 2004
The Forum has been completed. Registered users can now post messages.
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05:00:00 - Jun 15 2004
Profile system completed. New users can sign up, edit their profiles, and view other profiles.
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05:00:00 - Jun 02 2004
Website development begun. Project official launch to be July 1st, 2004
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