Changelog

27 March 2005: Version 2.0.1

• [+] Something that I added
• [*] Something that I changed

04 June 2005: Version 2.0.11

• [+] Added FFie to the coding team
• [*] Preview making engine and all map previews have been optimized

05 June 2005: Version 2.0.11.1

• [*] Search paging fixed

10 June 2005: Version 2.0.11.2

• [*] Request review option fixed

13 June 2005: Version 2.0.11.3

• [*] Top submitters now include makers of collaborated maps

14 August 2005: Version 2.0.11.4

• [+] New URLs supported: www.wmdb.org/author, www.wmdb.org/author/type

23 May 2008: Version 2.0.11.5?

• [-] No longer supported: www.wmdb.org/author/type
• [+] New URLs supported: www.wmdb.org/maps/type, www.wmdb.org/maps/type/author

10 December 2008: Version 2.0.11.6?

• [+] New "View in Full Size" link/URL: www.wmdb.org/maps/full/number.png

5 January 2009: Version 2.0.11.7? (by CyberShadow)

• [*] Transition to PHP 5

26 January 2009: Version 2.0.11.8? (by CyberShadow)

• [*] "View in Full Size" URL changed to: www.wmdb.org/maps/full/number/name.png (old URL still supported)
• [+] Search by name added
• [*] Unreviewed maps will show up as such in the list, instead of "Features: None"

27 January 2009: Version 2.0.11.8.1!! (by FFie)

• [*] Changed map URLs to <title> by <author> (<type>)

19 April 2009: Version 2.5.0 (by FFie)

• [*] Code base has been completely rewritten (who cares?)
• [*] Supported short URLs for searching have been changed:
  
        • www.wmdb.org/maps/type
        • www.wmdb.org/users/name
  


• [+] User accounts
• [+] Featured maps page
• [+] Recent good maps on maps page
• [+] Huge maps are now supported
• [+] Censored image (by doben)
• [+] Some BBCode (formatting, URLs) is now supported in map descriptions and posts

20 April 2009: (by FFie)

• [+] Some maps need special WSC files. These can now be attached.
• [+] Experience points and ranks

23 April 2009: (by FFie)

• [+] BBCode preview for posts and maps
• [+] Top submitters by EXP

04 May 2009: (by FFie)

• [+] Download map packs based on search results (limited to 100 maps).

25 May 2009: (by FFie)

• [+] Remix tags now link to the remixed maps as well (or will, when we finish going through them all).

28 May 2009: (by FFie)

• [+] Added paging for map comments and shoutbox.

07 June 2009: (by FFie)

• [+] Users can delete any comment posted for their own maps (except for mod posts).

16 June 2009: (by FFie)

• [+] Added [spoiler] tag for map descriptions and comments.
• [+] Added grouping for map types.
• [+] Added some map types: Bungee Shopper, Pod Shopper, Power Prodder, Rubber BnG, Other Rubber, Board Games.

22 June 2009: (by FFie)

• [*] Deleted comments are only hidden, and will show upon clicking (spam comments will still be permanently deleted by us).

23 June 2009: (by FFie)

• [+] Poll system (yay?)
• [+] Changing and resetting passwords is now possible.

24 June 2009: (by FFie)

• [*] Maps in packs for author based searches go to maps.zip/scheme/author/title.png
• [*] Maps in packs for scheme based searches go to maps.zip/author/title.png

07 August 2009: (by FFie)

• [*] Enabled middle-click for full-size previews.
• [+] Private Message system.

11 August 2009: (by FFie)

• [*] Changed "number of maps" to "absolute points" (EXP x average) on Top Submitters page.

30 September 2009: (by FFie)

• [+] Started working on profile pages.

02 October 2009: (by FFie)

• [*] Optimized searching URLs.
• [+] Favorite maps.

06 October 2009: (by FFie)

• [+] Maps that have been favorited by at least one user will show a list of these users on their pages.

07 October 2009: (by FFie)

• [+] Maps can now be tagged to improve search results.

18 October 2009: (by FFie)

• [+] Favorite authors. (experimental)

21 October 2009: (by FFie)

• [+] Bio in profile pages.

25 October 2009: (by FFie)

• [*] Maps, comments, and private messages now support UTF-8 characters.
• [+] Search for user comments from profile pages.

01 November 2009: (by FFie)

• [+] Searching by map size.

11 December 2009: (by FFie)

• [+] E-mail notification about PMs.

08 January 2010: (by FFie)

• [+] Users can now upload private maps. These will not be reviewed/removed and can only be accessed by URL.

16 February 2010: (by FFie)

• [*] You can only submit one map every five minutes.

19 February 2010: (by FFie)

• [+] "Hide status" option in profile settings.

13(?) August 2010: (by CyberShadow)

• [*] New and better PNG resizer.

16 September 2010: (by CyberShadow)

• [+] "Play Now" feature for each map that launches W:A and hosts a game with that map (or joins one if available).

26 February 2011: (by CyberShadow)

• [*] Fixed download file names and HostingBuddy accessibility for maps with Unicode characters in title.
• [*] Improved algorithm for choosing HostingBuddy maps.

25 September 2011: (by FFie)

• [*] Map views are no longer counted.

16th December 2012: Version 2.6 (by FFie)

• [*] Switched to new framework version (if you encounter any errors, please email me).
• [+] Added user ratings (not searchable yet, just collecting numbers for switching later).

28th December 2012: (by FFie)

• [+] Added average ratings on user profile.

18th August 2013: (by FFie)

• [*] HostingBuddy now has a much larger list of random maps to select from.
• [*] Detailed user ratings are now public (available to logged in users only).
• [+] Search based on user ratings.

24th September 2013: (by FFie)

• [+] List of ratings for each user (available to logged in users only).

9th September 2018: (by OutofOrder)

• [+] Map searches can now be sorted by map dimensions in pixels.
• [+] They can also be sorted by width or height, but by manually adding &map[order]=w or &map[order]=h, respectively, to the search results URL address.

7th November 2018: (by OutofOrder)

• [+] Fix URL parsing in BBCode tags.
• [*] Some minor but needed fix.

7th January 2019: (by OutofOrder)

• [+] Logged in users can now see and copy (to clipboard) map IDs from the map index.
• [*] Allow [url=map_id][/url] tags to link directly to submitted maps (by their ID) to be previewed.
• [*] Fixed a URL parsing problem in live BBCode preview.
• [*] Map uploaders will now get a warning when they exceed tags character limit (50 characters).

14th Match 2019: (by OutofOrder)

• [*] URL fixes caused by temporary domain configuration (due to hosting changes).

10th May 2019: (by OutofOrder)

• [*] Fix spoiler tags: they won't hide anymore when hovering the revealed contents with the mouse cursor.

24th May 2019: (by OutofOrder)

• [+] Send HTTP 304 response when If-Modified-Since is present and downloading an unchanged map file.
• [*] Url BBCode is now parsing commas in URL.

8th Jun 2019: (by OutofOrder)

• [*] Internal: First stage of database changes: properly handle nonexistent dates; no longer use zero dates.

12th Jun 2019: (by OutofOrder)

• [*] Internal: Last stage of database changes: use UTF-8 collation for storing all string fields to avoid expensive conversions across page rendering.
• [*] Register: PM me instead if you want to claim maps you submitted anonymously.

19th Jul 2019: (by OutofOrder)

• [*] Fix broken URL links that pointed to wmdb.org addresses.
• [*] Empty contact fields in user profiles are no longer shown.
• [*] Remove old OSI "online/offline" contact icon system, replace them with simple icon images.
• [-] Remove obsolete contact fields in user profiles for dead services, including MSN, AIM, YIM and Gtalk. Note: You can still see your own old contact information if you filled it in the past, by editing your own profile.

31st Jul 2019: (by OutofOrder)

• [*] Map ID click-to-copy now works site-wide (previously only worked in the Maps section).

1st Aug 2019: (by OutofOrder)

• [*] Stop showing logged off user names under "Online people".

25th Feb 2020: (by OutofOrder)

• [+] Add checkbox labels where they were missing, all over the site. They're all clickable from now on.

13th Mar 2020: (by OutofOrder)

• [*] The Features popout will now be properly aligned. It was badly positioned in non fullscreen-width browser windows.

27th Mar 2020: (by OutofOrder)

• [*] Improve IPv6 support: allow submissions from users using any and all IPv6 addresses.

1st Apr 2020: (by OutofOrder)

• [+] "New shout" alert icon will be shown next to the Shoutbox link when (you guessed it) there are new unread shouts.

6th Aug 2020: (by OutofOrder)

• [+] Map submission: Allow uploading v3 scheme files introduced in the latest W:A update.

12th Aug 2020: (by OutofOrder)

• [*] (Internal) Database: improve error reporting.

4th Apr 2021: (by OutofOrder)

• [+] Added Rowy scheme under category Other.
• [*] API: Actually big maps (according to WMDB's sizing criteria) can now be retrieved via HostingBuddy, for schemes that require them.