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Background Image Bugs, Image Quirks, Upcoming Features

Posted by: Corey on: June 13, 2009

We found out that GIFs weren’t working for a lot of people, and PNGs for a lot of others. We hacked together a fix, so now things should be working better with background images of all types.
Nothing has changed here, but we realized we were having some issues, so we’re going to disclose them here.

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Color Picker/Selector Fixed

Posted by: Corey on: March 27, 2009

I just finished updating the color picker on the site to patch up some bugs that have been hanging around for a while now.

You can now expect reliable and accurate colors when typing in a hex-decimal color number.
Dragging the vertical hue slider will no longer desaturate colors like it used to.
Safari users should no longer [...]

Bugfixes

Posted by: Corey on: September 28, 2008

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I managed to get a few bugs squashed here today involving uploading background images. These were primarily just the system encountering unexpected input and not returning any data to the user. Now feedback is returned. Also I’m keeping an eye on some other mysterious rare bugs that have been showing up more frequently lately and [...]

MBMFiles.com Down

Posted by: Corey on: September 23, 2008

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It looks like today is just full of tech issues. Dreamhost.com is having some issues with one of their clusters that is causing mbmfiles.com to experience downtime. This server is just used to host banners that were saved when ImageShack was unavailable so it’s fewer than 1% of banners that will be affected.
The problem is [...]

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ImageShack.us Down

Posted by: Corey on: September 23, 2008

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Currently ImageShack.us (who hosts the banners) is currently down. This is a very rare occurrence. I can assure you that the problem is being worked on and your banners will be working again as soon as possible.
Thank you for your patience and understanding. In the meantime, if it is pertinent that your banners show up, [...]

VIP Bugs

Posted by: Corey on: September 8, 2008

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There are a couple of things that need work that I haven’t gotten around to just yet in regards to the VIP login.
First, if you don’t have cookies enabled at all you get redirected to the FAQ page when you login. The idea is that you will read the first question and fix that problem.
Second, [...]