Updates

This page is for cataloging any updates in the source of the site, which will be released for public use at the end of April.

This section is created. Work starts on replicating the site on my home machine, with a view towards faster development.

To Do

• Display pages in different languages.
• Write "update" script, so people that download the source can stay up to date with the latest changes.
• Update User-Registration so it checks the email address entered, and deletes accounts not used in a certain time-limit.
• Write integrated forum, with updates as suggested by it's users.
• A chat room - the site is used by enough people now to make it feasible.
• Update the script which was used to grab the Yahoo CJ messages.
• A new section for submitting essays.
• A script for submitting binaries - .avis, .gifs, .mpgs, etc.

• Centralize and modularize all similar functions - file and database calls, for example.
• Change the source so it is not so strict - the pages should read from a configuration file.
• Change all database "insert" calls so they enter only the required data into only the required columns - thus negotiating any errors through bad calls.
• Error checks, which automatically mail an error message to the administrator of the site along with details.
• A quick run through each page that uses forms to make sure malicious code can't be placed on the site (kudos to anyone that can spot the security problem).
• Profiles should be changed to have last_login dates, and variables to show how (if) the panels should be viewed.

Further down the road...

After all the above updates have been taken care of, the following could be addressed:

• Custom HTML, depending on what browser is being used.
• An overhaul of the site's general design - making sure that the changes don't effect other people that use the source.