Fwurg

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Here is a list of the things that still need fixing (in no particular order):

• Automatic images -- done
• Templates
• Character Builder
• Race Builder
• Tax Tool -- done
• Use jQuery in character switcher menu

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I've been working on fixing the tax tool -- as we are basically dependant upon it to keep the game going...

This is not going as quick as I'd hoped. For one, the new plugin seems to be rather slow even when posing a reasonably simple query. I've decided to ignore this for now, and focus on getting the tax tool working -- a slow tool is better than no tool.

The listings on the wiki will likely suffer the same fate, and perform slowly. For this, I blame both a lack of processing power and a less-than-ideal database engine; I should've seen it coming.

I will focus on getting the tax tool into working order; but I can't guarantee anything else for now. A lot of my time will go into my actual paid job in the next few weeks, as I've got to defend my research proposal in July (and I need to it written by then ^_^).

To conclude: Until I have time to look into the performance issue, you'll just have to live with it.

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Performance issue should be fixed now btw

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The tax tool is now operational!

There is a slight visual issue: alle names of factions and systems are displayed as their wiki ids, instead of their names. This will be fixed in the near future, but is not a priority, as the system is working for now.

Next up are the automatic images and the templates. I estimate the images will be fixed within the week; I will get to some of the templates within the week as well -- hopefully others will be able to extrapolate from my use of the templates to get some work done as well (Note to self: find smileys without ugly white border...)

Important notes:

1) The new tool is case-sensitive. So make sure you actually write your product names in your trades the correct way! (e.g. "ICT Technology" instead of "Ict technology" or "ict technology"). Where these jumped out at me, I fixed them already. When the new templates are implemented, I will also implement a trade template that will only display products that have been spelled correctly.

2) If things are odd, check your bookkeeping page to make sure there are no empty lines above a </data>. There is a bug in the new plugins that makes this behave oddly.

3) And last but not least, be vigilant for weird output -- as this is a major update some things might've gone wrong.

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Automatic Image generation is working again. It's even better now, as it includes placeholder images for unset character images and logos. (More on this in Re: Automated image generation)

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Me and Chris changed some tables and lists.

Note to self: force powers model must be revised.

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There is a slight visual issue: alle names of factions and systems are displayed as their wiki ids, instead of their names.

Not anymore! The issue with the ids is fixed: the tax tool now displays human-readable names again.