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  • 201 weeks
    Downtime & Server Move

    Hi all. Firstly, apologies for the extended period of unexpected downtime. Obviously any kind of downtime is non ideal, but unexpected is more annoying all around.

    On Friday morning (GMT) we experienced a hardware failure on our database server. To our knowledge there is no data loss of any kind. We have fairly regular backups hosted off-site, regardless. The exact cause isn't entirely clear at this time, but instead of wrestling with trying to get the hardware sorted (it was a dedicated server) we decided that this was a good opportunity to make a server move we've been planning for a long time over to Digital Ocean.

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    236 comments · 15,385 views
  • 278 weeks
    BBCode updates

    Performance improvements

    Over the last few days I've been working on improving the performance of the BBCode parser. I've managed to implement a few major optimizations, reducing the run time in common cases to around 1/4th to 1/20th compared to the older version. This has reduced total server-side render times on some of the more complicated test pages I've been using to around 50ms–70ms, which should be a noticeable improvement.

    New features

    Opacity

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    49 comments · 4,897 views
  • 301 weeks
    Recent Changelog

    We've done various unannounced changes of the past few weeks so I thought I'd group up the things we've done so you guys know what's changed.

    • Added account linking page for Patreon / Twitter
    • Added ability to cross post stories, blogs and bookshelf additions to Twitter
    • Added twitter userpage module
    • Added account deletion page
    • Reorganised user toolbar dropdown to better fit more items
    • Added session management page to see logins and active sessions on your account
    • Added new articles system and moved some existing ones into it
    • Redesigned PM page a bit to be cleaner
    • Increased font size in major places across the site to improve readability
    • New cookie consent controls for EU users and updated privacy policy
    • Recommended groups list on groups page - WIP
    • Tooltips in many locations around the site with helpful tips

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    114 comments · 6,022 views
  • 301 weeks
    Help Articles

    Something I've worked on the last couple of days is adding the ability for us to add arbitrary "articles" to the site which we can use for various things. Sort of an extension on the manual articles we've added in the past like the bbcode page, writing guide, etc.

    So far I've added 3 guides:

    I'd love to know if you guys have any idea for articles that would have helped you out when starting out or anything else that comes to mind.

    65 comments · 5,183 views
  • 329 weeks
    Night Mode

    I've been working on it for ages but only really got the impetus to finish all of it off over the last few days. In the "settings" dropdown at the top on desktop, or the bottom of the slide out bar on mobile you'll find a toggle for night mode. Enjoy!

    Oh, and although I've tried to cover everything there is a 100% chance I've missed styling some things so apologies in advance for any funky pages.

    246 comments · 6,804 views
  • 330 weeks
    Additional Search Update

    Hey folks,

    Over the last few days I've added a few things to the new search system. A lot of people were unhappy with not being able to filter various things as quickly as they used to be able to. To that end, I've added a little filter dropdown to the right of the search box which effectively contains everything the old sidebar used to. It even has some niceties like quick word count filters and a highly rated filter.

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    132 comments · 5,300 views
  • 331 weeks
    December 2017 Update

    Hey guys, got a whole bunch of updates for you today.

    Tags

    This is a small but important step on our way to the tagging system I envision. The existing way we handled things like characters and genres has all been merged into a single tagging system. That won't result in much difference for you viewing and using the site but it makes it a lot easier to add new tags especially.

    We now have a couple of new tag types: series and warnings.

    The series tag is for identifying what series (franchise) your fanfiction contains. I've added a whole ton of various TV shows, movies, comics, books and games but clearly we will have to add a ton more in the coming future. Stories must also contain one of the four MLP tags which are FIM, EqG, Movie and Comic, as this is a pony fanfic site after all. Feel free to bug me on Discord if you have a requirement for a series to be added.

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  • 331 weeks
    Math BBCode tag

    I've added [math] and [mathblock] BBCode tags, which can be used to display formatted math. We've had a few requests for this, particularly for group forum threads and blog posts. Most math-related TeX syntax is supported. (We are currently using MathJax to handle the layout.)

    The documentation from the BBCode guide is repeated below for your convenience.

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    84 comments · 4,410 views
  • 354 weeks
    Fimfiction API

    If you're not a developer you can probably ignore this post.

    It's been like 6 years, but hey, things take time. The API is currently very WIP still but it's ready for people to get working on in our development chat room.

    API documentation can be found at https://www.fimfiction.net/developers/api/v2/docs and you should join the Discord Chat and PM me to add you to the private API channel and I can help you get started. The functionality is very limited right now but I'm dedicating all my time to it at the moment and would love to have people add their input to the process.

    60 comments · 7,400 views
  • 358 weeks
    New BBCode Tags

    Hey guys,

    One of the features in this new update was reader-side paragraph formatting. This helps improve consistency for readers across the site, especially for those of us who can’t stand reading indented text on a computer screen.

    However, one thing that wasn’t accounted for was the legitimate need for specific indenting of passages and for certain blocks of text to have no paragraph formatting. Some examples would be lyrics and poetry.

    Taking this into account, we have come up with a couple of new tags that remedy this situation which are documented below (copied directly from the bbcode guide)


    [indent] Indent

    The indent tag can be used to, unsurprisingly, indent portions of your text.

    [indent]The indent tag can be used to, unsurprisingly, indent portions of your text.[/indent]

    It also support levels of indenting

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    168 comments · 6,393 views
Dec
11th
2014

Site Update » Twilight Tag · 7:26pm Dec 11th, 2014

I meant to do this a long LONG time ago, but Twilicorn has now been merged into the Twilight Sparkle tag. The reason that tag existed was because of all the drama around the time Twilight became an Alicorn but it no longer makes any sense to pollute the tag pool with two copies of one character.

Report knighty · 7,295 views ·
Comments ( 333 )

Incoming drama in three... two...

And a new flame war begins.

You fool... what have you done?!

Unacceptable! I hate you knighty! You're not my real dad!

As someone who was a bit weirded out by the non-consensual forced physical transformation of Twilight by Celestia, that pic is heartbreaking.

Nooooooooooo not Princess Twilight! How could you?!

No, seriously, this does indeed make sense.

To be honest I think I only used it once, and that was a fic set 1500 years in the future when it shouldn't matter anyway.

Drama starting in 10-9-8

Oh i cant wait for the reactions to this...

2647034 You're a prophet.

Twilicorn drama? I still haven't gotten over the Gala drama!

S1E26 didn't happen, okay? In my headcanon they had the best night ever!

Wait, there still isn't a "Villians" category in the character selection? Best draconequus is still a "Side Character"? Alright, I'm okay with that. I don't make the rules.

still need a blossumfortth tag

Wait a minute... you receded and changed stuff because of drama? Yea... we're done here. You've just gone a scale lower in my opinion.

So do all stories that used to have the unicorn version have it as the alicorn now automatically?

knighty
Site Owner

2647056 The reverse.

Maybe this is out of the question, but...

A tag for post-transformation Twilight Sparkle, and a tag for pre-transformation?

Idk, I'm just throwing an idea out here.

There isn't really much reason to be upset anymore. Season 4 showed us that unless it's an episode specifically about Twilight as a princess (which we had what, 3 all season? Unless you count the two parters as separate episodes, which I don't), you barely even notice it.

I'm okay with this. :)

Now can we get a Royal Guard tag please? Thanks based Knighty. :twilightsmile:

Yeah, makes sense. Honestly I never saw much value in it in the first place, but I think people are over it now. Plus people weren't using the tags consistently anyway.

2647060
...isn't that literally what was just removed?

RUN AWAY, SAVE YOURSELVES!

Incidentally, this reminds me:

Might it not make sense to change Luna into her modern form, seeing as she only ever didn't have the whole starry mane thing for that one episode?

JawJoe #26 · Dec 11th, 2014 · · 5 ·

I hate you for this, you know.

Wait, Twilight's an alicorn? When did this happen?

But… what if you have Twilight and Twilicorn in the same fic like I do?

This was necessary.

but... I like having two tags...

2647075
Yes, please. This has bothered me ever since I got to fimfic. Why base her tag off of an appearance she had for like two minutes?

Why is Cadence not listed under "Princesses"?

I was never bothered by the dual tags in the first place. This change leaves me similarly unaffected.

The only thing I dislike is that you're keeping the unicorn Twilight tag instead of the Twilicorn tag. It would make more sense if you used the tag that showed her current state. For that matter, we need an updated Luna tag.

Now to just set us up with a fresh batch of emotes and we'll be rockin' like a real site :raritywink:

2647094
Because she's a princess?

...it no longer makes any sense to pollute the tag pool with two copies of one character.

Except for Perfect for Me. :twilightblush::twilightblush:

Takes time to do this, but still no beta site for testing. Shame on thee.

2647041
Hm... inb4 fanfic inspired by that and that picture.

--Sollace

Yay for the removal of redundant tags.
2647072 Yes, that IS literally what was just removed. Talk about not taking stock of the situation, eh?
2647083 If your story description isn't enough to reflect that absurdity, I honestly don't know what to tell you.:raritywink:

Personally it would have made more sense to me to have them separated to show that a story would take place before or after the season 3 finale, but oh well.

The Unicorn tag is kept, yes!!!!!!!!!!! :pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy:

I think it's silly that people complain about Twilight Sparkle being an alicorn. It was a wonderful ending to a wonderful season. If you were to keep the tag, I would just keep it in the "Princess" section. But you've made your decision so I'll respect that. :twilightsmile:

2647093

So having the Nightmare Moon tag and Luna tag is a bad thing? In which case, people consider Nightmare Moon as a separate from Luna: one being who she really is and the other being, I assume, not. Wanting to get rid of this all for the simple fact that Nightmare Moon on made an appearance in (2647075 by the way) two episodes? Why don't we just remove the King Sombra tag while we are at it. *sarcasm* I mean, he made less of an appearance than Nightmare Moon, and he even said less words.

Thanks Knighty. Looking for ships with Twilight was really hard when I had to go though two tags to find them.:twilightsmile:

2647109 Maybe I should write a short one-shot about it. xD

knighty
Site Owner

2647117 They're talking about the image

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