This last week progress was significantly slowed by an outbreak of bronchitis, but we still finished up some important features in between all the coughing: Achievement badges! There are about 35 achievements right now, and I'm sure we'll add more in the future. They range from community achievements, such as giving a certain number of helpful or encouraging critiques, to practice achievements... Seguir leyendo
Noticias y anuncios: Site rebuild progress report #3
Forgive the brevity of this report; I've crawled up out of the code mines to give you a weekly progress report before diving back in! Here are some of the major landmarks that have been hit in this last week of work: We buttoned up many e-commerce features, including automatic payments each month for subscribers. This is crucial to ensure the site is able to thrive going forward, and get the... Seguir leyendo
Noticias y anuncios: Site rebuild progress report #2
The theme of frantic (and joyful) work and crazy hours has continued in these last seven days of Line of Action re-programming. In my last report, I was able to say that all existing features had been re-created on a squeaky clean and extensible code base. That's meant that this week, everything that's been built is a brand-new feature! That's meant that by some measures you might think that progress... Seguir leyendo
Noticias y anuncios: Site rebuild progress report #1
There's been SO much intense programming going on since our fundraiser ended. I've been pulling overtime every week and even working weekends to get us to our next evolution as fast as humanly possible. We hit a major milestone yesterday -- All of the existing features have now been re-created on a cleaner code-base, from the tools to the forums to accounts. Why did we spend time "reinventing the... Seguir leyendo
Noticias y anuncios: Results of our fundraiser
With your help, we raised $8768 toward: Rebuilding and repairing the site to make it more stable in the face of the incredible demand The building of new membership features that will allow the site to better support itself and offer regular updates and new photo packs Optional “in-class” drawing tutorials. Goal setting, progress tracking and achievements. The ability to immediately... Seguir leyendo