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A small update for you all! It has been quite a while since our last update and today we have some news for you! SSL tracker Problems with our https tracker server seem to be bigger than we initially thought. While we are doing our best to resolve this issue, we have temporarily changed the default tracker URL for all Apollo torrents to http://apollo.rip:2095/, our http tracker. This means that you will not have to change the tracker URL from the HTTPS to the HTTP tracker for your newly downloaded torrents. We sincerely apologize for this huge inconvenience and we will work to get it resolved ASAP! Note: This only goes for new downloads. If you already have torrents with the SSL tracker in your client, you will have to edit the announce URL to http://apollo.rip:2095/
/announce. Logchecker The development of our new logchecker has taken way longer than expected, however, we do have good news for you! As of a few days ago, the new logchecker has been finished and is currently being tested by staff. The new logchecker will fix a lot of things that was missing with the old one, including checksum checking. The absence of some key developers needed for the implementation means that we are expecting to release the new logchecker mid-october! JSON We also built in JSON "uploading" on the upload page. With this implementation, it is very easy to transfer torrent metadata from other Gazelle music sites into our upload form, making the uploading process much easier. A wiki article has been created with detailed information about this, as well as some explanation on how to use it. You can view the article here. Missing Lineage We also implemented a feature that enables us to tag a vinyl uploads with Missing Lineage, when these uploads are lacking lineage information. Torrents that have this tag will be trumpable by vinyl rips that do have proper lineage. There also is a new Better.php page listing all vinyl uploads that have this tag. Interview Bot Our new interview bot, Hermes, will make the interview process much easier, for both the interviewers and interviewees. The bot will reduce interview and queue times and make the management of awaiting users easier. Other features Once our logchecker is implemented mid-october, we will immediately pull all our focus on planned surprises, such as Bonus Points, among many others. Other small changes Apart from these bigger updates, we have also implemented a lot of smaller features and (bug)fixes: Implemented 2FA for logging in (thread) Implemented random.php and randomcollage.php (thread) Added better.php pages for missing album art, artist image, and artist description (thread) Added ratio after download indicator when viewing torrent description (thread) Fixed switching from "View Log" to any other "View ..." not properly closing the log view (thread) Added "Live Recording" to allowed upload types (thread) Added "DJ Mix" to allowed upload types (thread) Added "Demo" to allowed upload types (thread) Fixed various notices and "Catch Up" buttons not working around the site(threads 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Fix RSS format bug (threads 1, 2) Fix CF IP showing up for users (threads 1, 2) Fix various bad URLs around the site (threads 1, 2, 3) Search for a user will redirect to that user's profile page automatically if only one result is returned Implemented AoTM front page box Fix linebreaks being removed from posts when editing them (thread) Fix timezone inconsistency in FL token list (thread) Fix various wiki links that pointed to non-existent articles ( Invite warning link to article not found, but Trim year field on upload form before validation (thread) Add abbreviations for secondary classes to be displayed next to username Fix the spacing (or lack thereof) for the "You might also like" feature when you get no search results Show tooltip for extra long thread names that are truncated on the list Implemented an interview site Improve the image proxy service built into Gazelle to fail on less images (and work on redirecting images) Add ability to use one-time only 2FA recovery keys on login process in lieu of 2FA code Fix bug where you cannot sort the sentbox (it would always just redirect you to the inbox) Fix some comments pages always saying "your" or "you" instead of the username if viewing a comment page for a different user Improve language on comments page to be more uniform across the different comment types Fix hitting the first/last links on collage page not underlining the page link it takes you too From now on, new implementations will also be posted in this thread We love you, ~APL Staff Discuss this post Here!