Features & Updates - June 25th, 2008

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Today we brought the site down for a long time (so sorry - took 5x longer than expected :( ) so we could do some major optimizations. What did we do?

95% of what we did was massive database re-architecture updates to improve queries on forums and other high-traffic pages. This should help Chess.com be faster, and most importantly, make Live Chess smoother. 

We also fixes a bunch of misc small stuff like links, mispellings, etc.

Sorry for being down for so long! It was really stressful for all of us  :)

We have added 2 hours to everyone's game clocks. 

Enjoy!

Erik


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that took a long time but do whatever you need to erik
Avatar of erik
hehe. thanks!
Avatar of justice_avocado
i feel...stronger...somehow, more...powerful. my fingers are so...tingly...
Avatar of georgez
We all know you're doing the best for the site Erik! Thanks for making it better!
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Keep up the good work Erik and Staff!!
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Keep up the GREAT WORK ERIK and the STAFF!!!!
Avatar of Rael
justice_avocado wrote: i feel...stronger...somehow, more...powerful. my fingers are so...tingly...

 You're having a heart attack.


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'Topics I Have Posted In' is now only showing topics I've started.
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almost the same thing . All my posts under 'all the topics I have posted in'  have now disappeared. Nothing there.
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I'm also noticing that when I leave comments, it reflects that in the main list of topics, but the righthand side list doesn't. If that makes sense.
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Erik, you are great!  Thanks for the great site.  Keep up the good work.
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silentfilmstar13 wrote: 'Topics I Have Posted In' is now only showing topics I've started.

 Yeah, but you post in so many topics, do you REALLY want a list of all those?? ;-)


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I just made two new posts and those do not show up on topics I have posted in either so it is a continuing error not just an accidental deletion from the recent upgrade. Probably for the best. I post too much too. So probably best to just make a post and then never respond in the that subect again as I wont know where to look for it.  lol.
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erik wrote:

Today we brought the site down for a long time (so sorry - took 5x longer than expected :( ) so we could do some major optimizations. What did we do?

95% of what we did was massive database re-architecture updates to improve queries on forums and other high-traffic pages. This should help Chess.com be faster, and most importantly, make Live Chess smoother. 

We also fixes a bunch of misc small stuff like links, mispellings, etc.

Sorry for being down for so long! It was really stressful for all of us  :)

We have added 2 hours to everyone's game clocks. 

Enjoy!

Erik


Which spellchecker did you use ?


Avatar of qtsii
There are some posts missing from our Chess History Group?
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I LOVE this site!!!

ADK