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Current blog posts are available at [[UOGuide:Blog]].
==2009==
===January 4===
This blog is not updated very much. Here is something, a graphic of UOGuide's traffic model for the past 2 years.

[[Image:Uoguide traffic.jpg]]

Longer bars mean more visitors. 
- [[User:JC the Builder|JC the Builder]] 08:46, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

==2008==

===September 7===
This blog is still updated more regularly than UO gets updates!

In  the past few days I have promoted 3 new active contributors as Sysops.  They are [[User:Bomb_Bloke|Bomb Bloke]], [[User:Meridus|Meridus]] and  [[User:Tancred_RedStar|Tancred RedStar]]. Not only will they be able to  help update all of website, but SysOp status shows that you are a  frequent contributor. In addition to promotions I have retired 3 other  SysOps who have been inactive for a very long time. They are welcome to  have their SysOp status restored when they return. - [[User:JC the  Builder|JC the Builder]] 12:16, 7 September 2008 (PDT)

===February 10===
The  "monthly" update was sent out to all known UO news sites today. It can  be viewed [http://www.uoforums.com/showthread.php?t=39172 here]. It was a  big month and I probably forgot to mention a couple things. - [[User:JC  the Builder|JC the Builder]] 11:25, 10 February 2008 (PST)

===February 2===
Wow,  lots of blog posts. I am just posting the top 20 pages on UOGuide by  visitors for the past month. Site contributers may want to focus on  these pages to make sure they are up to date and as complete as  possible.
# [[Main Page]]
# [[UOGuide:Directory]]
# [[Britain_Library_Collection]]
# [[Vesper_Museum_Collection]]
# [[Quest]]
# [[Artifacts]]
# [[Spellweaving]]
# [[:Category:Quest_NPCs]]
# [[Doom]]
# [[Skills]]
# [[Wood]]
# [[Moonglow_Royal_Zoo_Collection]]
# [[Quests_by_Area]]
# [[Item_Sets]]
# [[Crafting]]
# [[Item]]
# [[Recipe]]
# [[Special:Recentchanges]]
# [[Dungeons]]
# [[Monsters]]
- [[User:JC the Builder|JC the Builder]] 18:38, 2 February 2008 (PST)

===February 1===
I bit the bullet and spent a couple hours today upgrading the site. It was every bit of a hassle as I expected. But everything seems to be in order now. I've also installed a new Imagelink extension which allows you to turn images into page links. It is too bad linking pages with images isn't a standard feature. I also installed am extension which makes you answer a random question when signing up an account. Hopefully this will prevent spam bots from signing up.

Overall  the site feels a little faster. But there really isn't any noticable  changes. If any errors or issues are encounter please report them. -  [[User:JC the Builder|JC the Builder]] 16:11, 1 February 2008 (PST)

===January 31===
In  December 2007 UOGuide used under 1GB of bandwidth total. In January  2008 bandwidth rose 1100% to just over 11GB in the month. I don't know  why that would be considering traffic has only gone up about 300% since  the UOStuff merger announcement. It is of no concern though because our  hosting plan allows for 5.6TB.

Anyway, lots of big  things happening besides the traffic jump. The new [[Main Page]] design  is up and it is a lot better than what was there before. The UOGuide  text graphic is just temporary until I or someone else makes a nicer  one. Some time soon I will be updating to the latest version of  Mediawiki. It is a little bit of a pain because after each update I have  to modify the style. Modifying any wiki code is a huge hassle because  it is a giant mess.

The usual monthly announcement that  I send out to all UO sites is being delayed a couple days because I am  setting up the newsletter system. It will be a good opportunity to get a  lot of sign ups at once. I had wanted to do a newsletter for a long  time now but was hoping to work with another site instead of doing it  "in house". There will be plenty of stuff to throw in it now with the  furious content updating getting done, the new main page features and  perhaps some upcoming UO news. - [[User:JC the Builder|JC the Builder]]  21:51, 31 January 2008 (PST)

===January 5===
Oh  how neglected this blog has been! There are a couple things I can write  about so I might as well make an entry. If you are reading this then you  have obviously heard of the recent merger with UOStuff. This is a great  event for both UOGuide and UO players in general. By combining  information and contributors, there will now be a single source of  information which is larger and recieves more updating than two separate  ones. Things are going very well with only a couple hundred pages left  to handle. Since the day of the announcement, UOGuide traffic is up  300%.

At the moment there are over 3,000  [[Special:Wantedpages|wanted pages]]. If you do the math that means  there are over 5,000 potential pages for UOGuide to hold currently. But I  think there is even more, at least 10,000. There are so many things in  Ultima Online that can be documented and written about. For example a  new project is starting up to try and write about the history and  communities of various shards. There will be more about that later. -  [[User:JC the Builder|JC the Builder]] 21:41, 4 January 2008 (PST)

==2007==

===January 31===
January  was a good month for UOGuide. About 150 new pages of information were  added. Notable additions include: [[Cooperative Collections]],  [[Covetous]], [[Animals]], and [[Stygian Abyss]]. This month also marks  the collaboration between [[Inuwiki]], which integrates lots of event  content from the past year into UOGuide. It is a win-win for both sites.  This month also brought much exciting news to the UO world about the  [[Kingdom Reborn]] expansion. Not only details, but actual game play  footage was played at the Atlantic Town Hall meeting.

The  last thing I will mention is there are over 1,750 wanted pages on the  site currently. Wanted pages are red links which need a page created. If  you are reading this, then we could certainly use your help adding  them! -  [[User:JC the Builder|JC the Builder]] 19:13, 31 January 2007  (PST)

===January 6===
I just got finished coding  in the new privacy shield for anonymous contributors. Only UOGuide  administrators will be able to see your IP address, so feel free to  contribute without registering an account. I apologize to anyone who  tried to use the site and it was broken, I didn't realize that something  was borked for logged out users. I began the process of setting up a  testing site for changes earlier today but ran into some issues. But  that should be a piece of cake to solve compared to trying to modify the  Mediawiki code. It is such a mess trying to find the exact spot to make  a one line change, sheesh. 

Something else I should  probably mention is the new poll on the front page. I plan on making  further modifications which include hiding results before voting and not  allowing users to change their vote. In addition, polls are not allowed  anywhere else on the site due to the amount of resources it takes to  have one on a page. - [[User:JC the Builder|JC the Builder]] 21:16, 5  January 2007 (PST)

* '''Update:''' The privacy shield code was removed due to bugs. It will be reimplemented at a later date.

===January 1===
Added  Google Sitemaps extension and got that all setup. It seems Google is  already crawling the site very nicely. Also changed the default timezone  to EST. Registered users can still see their own time zone in  preferences. I would like to get it off military time, but there doesn't  seem an easy route to that at this time. One of the next updates will  be a privacy shield for unregistered user IPs on the recent change list.  

- [[User:JC the Builder|JC the Builder]] 13:37, 1 January 2007 (PST)

==See Also==
* [[UOGuide:Blog|UOGuide Blog]]
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