What's New On AQ?

In case you missed a memo, I'm starting to keep a running list of all the updates, tweaks, and additions to Atlas Quest here. I still won't mention the most mundane of changes such as spelling mistakes that get fixed, but this will be a much more thorough list of tweaks and updates than you'll find anywhere else. Enjoy!

Jan 2, 2009: Added about page for solar eclipse theme.
Jan 2, 2009: Removed the 'meet and greet' attribute from event listings. (Apparently, people thought any event where two or more people meet is considered a 'meet and greet'—making the icon pretty well useless.)
Jan 2, 2009: Added a 'Show only finds' search option to the Advanced Search page. By using this, you can run a search for all boxes that has been found by a specific individual (assuming, of course, they have not disabled your ability to see their finds).
Jan 3, 2009: Added this page! Check back often to see all the little changes and tweaks that get made but usually aren't noteworthy enough for a general announcement.
Jan 3, 2009: Updated the New Year's theme so the logo now sports the year 2010 in the background, and updated the about page to start showing the stats for 2009. (Changes to be uploaded at a later date.)
Jan 3, 2009: Updated layout for Board Settings. A bit nicer and cleaner, and easier to see the breaks among the different groups. Also fixed a bug in the layout of boards for individual groups. The rows weren't using alternating colors like they were supposed to.
Jan 3, 2009: Added about page for the classic blue theme.
Jan 4, 2009: Added about page for Chinese New Year theme.
Jan 4, 2009: Added notification option for tracker notes.
Jan 5, 2009: Updated board settings and boards page to use a two-column layout.
Jan 5, 2009: Updated the section on My Page that shows the new messages on one's favorite boards fit better on smaller displays and reduce the chance of people inadvertantly clicking the Mark as Old link.
Jan 6, 2009: Added miscellaneous preference so people can hide finds, attempts, and last found dates on their boxes.
Jan 8, 2009: Added some extra data to automatically figure out a lot of my tax stuff!
Jan 9, 2009: Turned some common database code into a reusable component.
Jan 10, 2009: Optimized some queries on My Page.
Jan 11, 2009: Continuing query optimizations on the Letterboxer Directory and sending AQ mail.
Jan 13, 2009: Created reusable cookie handling routines.
Jan 13, 2009: Tweaked logbook to save last action viewed as a cookie so going to one's logbook will automatically open the last viewed action rather than default to the plants page which it had always done before.
Jan 16, 2009: Added support to keep track of sales taxes, use taxes, and refunds.
Jan 17, 2009: Created a Gold Rush theme.
Jan 18, 2009: Updated links to Google Maps so it includes the address that's being mapped.
Jan 19, 2009: Added administrative support for multiple premium member 'tickets.'
Jan 20, 2009: Remove abandoned status in favor of auto-calculating the status for abandoned boxes.
Jan 21, 2009: Updated moderator tools for moving threads between boards.
Jan 21, 2009: Simplified some of the code for resetting a lost password.
Jan 21, 2009: Started tracking IP address information for anonymous folks who use the Contact Us page.
Jan 22, 2009: Updated thread listings so group admins can move threads between boards of their group.
Jan 22, 2009: Automating the tracking of sales tax for different tax jurisdictions.
Jan 23, 2009: Updated AQ mail so old messages can be changed to 'unread.'
Jan 23, 2009: Added link to view solution page for virtual boxes.
Jan 23, 2009: Removed 'Solve' link for virtuals if the virtual is retired or unavailable.
Jan 23, 2009: Improved handling of refunded transactions.
Jan 24, 2009: Added 'widgets' for all of the existing categores on My Page.
Jan 24, 2009: Added support for multi-sized icons.
Jan 25, 2009: Added sex (male/female/alien/etc—get your mind out of the gutter!) as a new option on the profile.
Jan 25, 2009: Updated Widget class to save and load preferences.
Jan 26, 2009: Created a weather widget.
Jan 27, 2009: Widgets can now be dragged and dropped! SO FREAKIN' COOL!
Jan 29, 2009: Updated nightly backups to use a rotating logging system that saves a heck of a lot more disk space than before.
Jan 29, 2009: Added minimize and maximize buttons to the My Page widgets.
Jan 30, 2009: The close buttons on widgets now works properly.
Jan 31, 2009: Rewrote all of the shopping cart code.
Feb 1, 2009: Widgets now have core editing capabilities, and set it up to work with AQ Mail widget.
Feb 3, 2009: Added editing capabilities to all of the primary widgets.
Feb 3, 2009: Created a few new searchable widgets.
Feb 3, 2009: Added about page for the Winter Carnival theme.
Feb 4, 2009: Fixing bugs with the weather widget
Feb 5, 2009: Created a This Day In History widget.
Feb 6, 2009: Started adding events and birthdays to the This Day In History widget. Woah, this is gonna take a long time. I started today, but I won't be posting updates about the progress until all days of the year are supported, which might take a good couple of months.
Feb 6, 2009: Created the Notepad widget.
Feb 7, 2009: Updated My Page 2.0 to save and restore widgets that are minimized or maximized.
Feb 8, 2009: Created My Page Options widget.
Feb 9, 2009: Created Flying Cow theme.
Feb 10, 2009: Added pictures to Add Widget page.
Feb 11, 2009: Released My Page 2.0!
Feb 14, 2009: Created about page for Presidents Day theme.
Feb 14, 2009: Created a refresh button for widgets on My Page.
Feb 16, 2009: Improved speed to calculate AQ Stats from several minutes to mere seconds. Way cool! =)
Feb 18, 2009: Rewrote code to delete boxes to be faster and more reliable and easier to change.
Feb 19, 2009: Created Countdown widget and Newly Listed Events widget.
Feb 20, 2009: Hide the 'Go' button on the Advanced Search page if JavaScript is enabled.
Feb 21, 2009: Changed use tax tracking so use taxes can be applied to just part of a transaction.
Feb 22, 2009: Added an icon file so iPod Touch and iPhone users will see the official AQ icon on their start page if they bookmark it. Pretty, isn't it? =)
Feb 22, 2009: Updated address code to be easier to work with for international locations.
Feb 22, 2009: Created an image viewer widget.
Feb 23, 2009: Created an RSS viewer widget.
Feb 27, 2009: Made the bottom menubar open upwards instead of downwards.
Feb 27, 2009: Logbooks opened to finds or attempts on people who hide their finds and attempts will show plants instead.
Feb 28, 2009: Added a map for Canada.
Feb 28, 2009: Added a link to ignore thread from the message summary pages.
Mar 2, 2009: Finally uploaded new shopping cart! Woo-who!
Mar 3, 2009: Created an icon for iPhones and iPods.
Mar 4, 2009: Updated stats to include miles traveled.
Mar 5, 2009: Updated server control panel
Mar 6, 2009: Updated web server software.
Mar 7, 2009: Updated backups to use a new location.
Mar 9, 2009: Added RSS feed for search results.
Mar 17, 2009: Canceled April Fool's Day.
Mar 21, 2009: Updated bottom menu bar to be auto expanded.
Mar 22, 2009: Added Menubar Preferences.
Mar 25, 2009: Created new theme... to be announced later! =)
Mar 28, 2009: Updated AQ Mail widget to put new messages in bold and see the timestamp of the message if you hover the mouse cursor over the entry.
Mar 30, 2009: Fixed a slow query issue with the Recent Threads and Recent Messages widgets. Added a search for admins to find members based on their e-mail address.
Mar 31, 2009: Improved speed to generate nightly digests and stopped having it change messages on favorite boards to old.
Apr 1, 2009: April Fool hijinks.
Apr 2, 2009: Added a log of people entering the chat rooms.
Apr 2, 2009: Limited virtual plants to one per day. (Sorry guys, quality, not quantity!)
Apr 2, 2009: Added RSS feeds for message board views. You can now add feeds for individual boards, groups, threads, people, and pretty much any assortment of options. The one catch—you must be logged in to see messages on restricted boards.
Apr 4, 2009: Added link to Der Mad Stamper's ink pad selection guide in the stamping tutorial.
Apr 4, 2009: Fixed bug with message board RSS feeds.
Apr 4, 2009: Fixed bug with a wassa widget error when people edited the widget.
Apr 4, 2009: Updated Advanced Search page so multiple color tags can be searched at whim.
Apr 5, 2009: Added support so admins can be added to event listings. They can do everything an owner can—edit event listings, contact all people who signed up, and so forth. Look to add admins on the Miscellenous section of adding or editing an event.
Apr 5, 2009: Created the Box of the Week widget.
Apr 6, 2009: Added a page showing the history of all Box of the Weeks.
Apr 7, 2009: Moved preferences for mail order from Miscellaneous page to Notifications and E-mail page.
Apr 8, 2009: Made sure the pages for handheld devices validate correctly.
Apr 9, 2009: Added yellow feather hat options for members with a 100-year premium membership.
Apr 12, 2009: Fixed signup page for virtual events.
Apr 13, 2009: Fixed bug that allowed ignored boards to also be favorites at the same time.
Apr 13, 2009: Change code so when a group is created, a board with the same name is automatically created for the group as a default.
Apr 13, 2009: Added link to make it easy to get to group page for a specific message board.
Apr 13, 2009: Fixed sorting bug when searching for words in the title of letterbox.
Apr 14, 2009: Fixed message board bug where messages on public boards one wasn't a member of were being counted improperly.
Apr 14, 2009: Updated member's status to default to 'moderated' until they've been e-mail verified. Now changing e-mail addresses won't cause loss of access to post to the message boards.
Apr 15, 2009: Fixed image viewer so photos that are too large for the viewer are resized automatically, and added a help page for it.
Apr 15, 2009: Fixed bug where new questions and answers in the Help pages weren't being properly formatted.
Apr 15, 2009: Created help page for the Letterboxing News widget.
Apr 15, 2009: Created help page for the Box of the Week widget.
Apr 16, 2009: Updated site to restrict certain IP addresses from logging in or registering on the site.
Apr 16, 2009: Had AQ stop trying to send mail to AT&T domains since they don't let e-mail from AQ through anyhow.
Apr 16, 2009: Fixed bug in the counting of found boxes for the AQ Stats page.
Apr 17, 2009: Updated so plant and find counts can't go negative by accident!
Apr 18, 2009: Improved the caching of LbNA-hosted clues.
Apr 18, 2009: Added tables to better track clue hits.
Apr 19, 2009: Created page to display all the new clue hit data. Woo-who!
Apr 20, 2009: Updated PayPal code to notify me of disputed transactions.
Apr 21, 2009: Allowed the option of N/A when someone records a maintain on their boxes.
Apr 23, 2009: No longer show finds on unlisted boxes or mystery boxes in logbooks if they're sorted by date.
Apr 23, 2009: Removed find and attempt dates in logbooks.
Apr 25, 2009: Fixed a login problem with the insecure login.
Apr 26, 2009: Fixed a Google mapping problem.
Apr 26, 2009: Updated Plant-a-Letterbox Day page to work with 2009.
Apr 27, 2009: Created ransom note generator. Need more letters, though!
Apr 28, 2009: Finished the letters for the ransom note generator, and made a few tweaks to the code.
Apr 28, 2009: Updated design for the AQ patch!
Apr 29, 2009: Added reverse DNS for AQ domains. (It's supposed to help reduce bounced e-mails or e-mails that go into the spam folder.)
Apr 29, 2009: Changed new boxers widget to show only members whose accounts are active or moderated.
Apr 29, 2009: Finished typing in birthdays for the ENTIRE year for the This Day In History widget! Still have to do events, though....
Apr 30, 2009: Changed logbook so sorting finds by date in other people's logbooks isn't even an option.
May 2, 2009: Moved the Dead Horses/Lemurs/Kittens board into it's own Dead Horses, Lemurs, and Kittens Group.
May 2, 2009: Added code so postal tracker find lists will show postals found by the owner as 'returned.'
May 2, 2009: Changed sort order when viewing other people's logbooks so mystery boxes are sorted by name rather than date.
May 2, 2009: Introduced the beginnings of a 'mobile' AQ website.
May 3, 2009: Changed it so people can select to hide finds and attempts on specific letterboxes, rather than the one-size-fits-all model.
May 3, 2009: Changed it so people can hide any page of their logbooks.
May 5, 2009: Fixed it so the Recent Trackers widget actually displayed the most recently listed trackers. (It was sorting by the name of the box by accident. Whoops!)
May 5, 2009: Updated the This Day In History widget with more advanced search options and other admin abilities.
May 6, 2009: Added additional administrative links for the This Day In History widget, and created group for the widget administrators.
May 7, 2009: Added link to the tracker that a note is from, and made sure the owner of the tracker gets the notes even if they aren't signed up as a 'member' of the tracker.
May 7, 2009: Continued improving interface for mobile devices.
May 8, 2009: Fixed bug that was displaying information in logbooks that weren't supposed to be displayed, and took out links from profile to logbook for logbook pages that are disabled.
May 9, 2009: Fixed various bugs in logbooks, profiles, and event listings.
May 11, 2009: Updated preferences to check most recent preferences from the database instead of using what's saved in the session.
May 11, 2009: Took some new Marjorie photos for the Creating Great Boxes tutorial.
May 14, 2009: Switched out the kid friendly icon with a seasonal icon.
May 15, 2009: Added AQ Marketplace back now that I have something to sell!
May 16, 2009: Switched the numerical hike lengths with icons.
May 17, 2009: Added 'expedition' as a hike length.
May 17, 2009: Changed it so virtual events can't have 'mystery' locations.
May 17, 2009: Removed hourly clue hit counts—just not being used enough to justify the extra overhead.
May 19, 2009: Added support for making member notes.
May 20, 2009: Updated photos on the It's In the Details page of the Great Boxes Tutorial.
May 21, 2009: Updated event notifications to not include the print checklist if the event is a virtual one.
May 21, 2009: Added some extra security precautions in the web server.
May 23, 2009: Fixed a broken link in the edit interview page.
May 23, 2009: Fixed bug searching for other people's finds as a favorite search.
May 23, 2009: Created the first letterboxing theme! This particular one dealing with stamp carving because I had lots of pictures of my carving stamps. =)
May 23, 2009: Updated Upgrade In Progress page to include the Under Construction letterbox.
May 23, 2009: Updated webserver to typing in the IP address for AQ actually redirected to AQ instead of a generic 'under construction' webpage.
May 23, 2009: Updated e-mail settings. Waaaayyyyyy too much spam coming into the AQ mail servers, so now I'm doing something about it.
May 26, 2009: Restricted access to the Tell a Friend page to help insure spammers don't abuse it. Stupid spammers!
May 27, 2009: Updated code so moderators can report problem posts as well as non-moderators.
May 27, 2009: Updated indexes in the database to help improve query performance.
May 28, 2009: Fixed a bug in the buttons when I tried to return people to a URL. The URL wasn't being encoded properly.
May 28, 2009: Tweaked the AQ Statistics page to generate the data faster.
May 28, 2009: Tweaked the code so only one find and attempt can be recorded per box.
May 29, 2009: Removed invalid first aid 'requests'.
May 30, 2009: Updated queries on the profile page and nightly updates to run a little bit faster.
May 30, 2009: Updated 'first aid' icon to now read 'repairs needed' in the hopes it's less confusing. Updated icon. Changed 'maintenance' into 'confirm status' in the hopes more people will use it to update the status of their box—even if they don't actually check up on it themselves.
May 31, 2009: Fixed a multitude of broken links in the glossary, clues, and wherever I could find broken links.
June 1, 2009: Fixed it so adding a group as a favorite will automatically make sure you're also a member of that group if it's public.
June 1, 2009: Fixed it so ads in the message boards don't "hang out" from their containing block. (I also set it so the ads show with only 10% of messages instead of the 50% I used before.)
June 2, 2009: Updated the edit note feature for boxes to also include the clue if there is one.
June 2, 2009: Updated it so when you edit a message you posted to the boards, it'll display the reply if you were replying to one as well.
June 2, 2009: Changed it so events can never be more than one week long. (Come on, if it's more than a week, is really an event? Probably not....)
June 2, 2009: Added address of event to 'print checklist' page.
June 5, 2009: Updated countdown widget to display the date the countdown is counting down to if you hover the mouse cursor over an entry.
June 5, 2009: Updated code to easily add mobile styles to the CSS section of pages.
June 6, 2009: Reduced the number of menubar items from mobile browsers.
June 7, 2009: Updated imaging code to automatically create the necessary subdirectories if they don't already exist.
June 8, 2009: Increased maximum file size allowed to be uploaded from 3 to 4 megabytes.
June 8, 2009: Created page to send notifications warning about the closing of GeoCities to those with GeoCities-hosted clues.
June 9, 2009: Changed it so bonus boxes don't show up in the Newest Traditional Boxes widget.
June 9, 2009: Fixed bug in the newest members widget where it wasn't showing the newest members who had verified their e-mail address! Whoops!
June 10, 2009: Removed the ability to post messages with no message.
June 10, 2009: Fixed a formatting error in the countdown widget.
June 12, 2009: Fixed a bug that was showing images from hidden folders when viewing individual photos.
June 12, 2009: Changed it so owners who find a box will have their finds show up in green.
June 12, 2009: Added people searches so old trailnames within the past year also show up in the search results.
June 14, 2009: Updated it so restricted trackers can support non-restricted boxes.
June 14, 2009: Updated default My Page widgets for new members.
June 19, 2009: Fixed it so the same blog can't be added to multiple accounts.
June 19, 2009: Fixed a bug that was showing old name changes, and reduced the amount of time for searching for old trail names to three months instead of one year.
June 20, 2009: Fixed typos in History of Letterboxing page. I misspelled Perrott's name as Parrott in a couple of places. Whoops!
June 20, 2009: Added planter's pouch to the glossary.
June 20, 2009: Updated hike difficulty icons to include milage numbers so people don't have to remember which icons stand for what.
June 21, 2009: Updated members page of the add/edit trackers to use drag-and-drop for sorting members, and added options to delete members from that page.
June 22, 2009: Updated groups add/edit pages to use the new base code.
June 25, 2009: Designed and created a class to help handle date information.
June 25, 2009: Designed and created a class to help handle file uploads a bit easier.
June 25, 2009: Fixed a bug so people can now delete groups that they've created.
June 28, 2009: Added more groups that moderators can move threads to.
June 29, 2009: Changed box search to only show a series once in the results if there is more than one status for the series.
June 29, 2009: Change box search results to show the number of boxes in the series that match the search rather than the number of all boxes in the series.
June 29, 2009: Updated box-merge code so comments on boxes are merged as well.
June 29, 2009: Tweaked searches so when boxes are sorted boxes on the last find date, a box that has never been found will be sorted based on the list date instead. (A box that was listed yesterday probably has no finds yet, but it shouldn't show up as not having been found for a long time!).
June 30, 2009: Fixed broken edit links on the profile.
June 30, 2009: Added RSS feeds for an individual's plants and finds—available on their profile page if they allow the RSS feeds.
June 31, 2009: Added support to track when and where threads are moved between boards. (It does not, however, track who moved the thread, just in case you're curious.)
July 1, 2009: Updated most radio buttons and check boxes so clicking on the text next to the form item will click the form item.
July 2, 2009: Added a new image option for the stats panel. =)
July 8, 2009: Added a preview option for AQ-hosted clues.
July 8, 2009: Trackers now show boxes as crossed out if the logged in member has already found them at least once.
July 9, 2009: Added pathtag and treasure hiker to the glossary.
July 10, 2009: The uploading of files now supports the PNG file types.
July 12, 2009: Finished How to Make a Soda Can Stove tutorial.
July 12, 2009: Updated the Ryan's a Total Goober Website to use a captcha to contact me and update the pages to use some new code developed on Atlas Quest.
July 14, 2009: Created a premium member (a.k.a. Free Listing Day) theme.
July 19, 2009: Added the terms PZ Kut, slink-boxing, and ink in my ears to the glossary.
July 21, 2009: Added the terms S.P.O.P., slank-boxing to the glossary.
July 21, 2009: Fixed bugs in displaying individual products in the AQ Marketplace.
July 21, 2009: Set it up so approving comments on boxes will try to return to the page one originally came from. If that cannot be determined, it'll just display the box info page instead.
July 21, 2009: Added some color to the countdown widget so past events show up in red and it will be green on the day of the event.
July 21, 2009: Fixed a bug that wasn't showing mobile-friendly tweaks on mobile devices.
July 22, 2009: Adjusted the colors of the countdown widget so they get brighter the closer to the date that the widget is counting down (or up) to.
July 22, 2009: Started restructuring a lot of code to make it easier to run multiple sites with the same code base, and to allow improvements to be easily updated on all sites that use the code. I only started this little project today. Most likely, it'll be months before it's completely done.
July 22, 2009: Tweaked it to events you've signed up for will allow you to record exchanges at any time—not just after the event is over, but also during the event and before the event.
July 24, 2009: Added icon for found and attempted boxes to search results.
July 27, 2009: Added note to logbook pages to tell if one's page is public or private and the option to change it.
July 27, 2009: Added links to switch to the mobile friendly view and full-browser view on the home page.
July 27, 2009: Added links Premium Membership page to help new (or old) premium members find their perks.
July 28, 2009: Added the Letterboxer Directory back to menubar after fixing it so it can't return all members at once. That query was just running too darned slow.
August 1, 2009: Changed 'Nearby Boxes,' 'Event Boxes,' and 'Personal Travelers' buttons to default to showing found boxes. (They used to be hidden by default.)
August 1, 2009: Moved the "PayPal Verified" link on the subscription page to reduce any confusion someone might have thinking it's a payment button.
August 2, 2009: Fixed a problem with links showing up in the weather widget. Turned out—it auto-incremented past the largest available ID number!
August 2, 2009: Fixed a bug where typing in a decimal number into forms (where they weren't expected) was breaking some stuff.
August 3, 2009: Updated main help page to include subcategories of help.
August 4, 2009: Updated boxes, trackers, and events to support whitelist and blacklist restrictions rather than mere 'contact groups.'
August 5, 2009: Added Online Members list.
August 5, 2009: Added additional directions on the Board Settings page.
August 13, 2009: Update event pages to be a bit more printer-friendly and mobile-friendly.
August 16, 2009: Fixed blue diamond and box-of-the-week code that I had broken while goofing around with the multi-colored diamonds. =)
August 16, 2009: Updated password code that wouldn't allow a change to a temporary password and lifted some of the most restrictive password options.
August 16, 2009: Fixed a bug in trackers that was double-counting the owner of the tracker in the membership numbers.
August 16, 2009: Fixed a bug in trackers that was double-counting the owner of the tracker in the membership numbers.
August 17, 2009: Updated groups info and threads page to allow the viewing of recent threads (within the past month) directly on those pages.
August 17, 2009: Updated page headers so only one per page is allowed.
August 18, 2009: Created a Box Rankings page to see how your boxes rank against each other in terms of popularity.
August 18, 2009: Updated the This Day In History widget to include AQ anniversaries and allows you to edit which sections of the widget you want to see.
August 20, 2009: Updated preferences so blue diamonds will return immediately if someone chooses to do so. (Before, you had to wait until the next monthly update.)
August 21, 2009: Created the 'Tortuga Edition' for the 2010 letterboxing calendar—filled exclusively with my own photos.
August 22, 2009: Set up an admin page to add or change product images.
August 22, 2009: Added the 'Tortuga Editional' calendar to the website.
August 22, 2009: Added an 'explode box' option for admins.
August 23, 2009: Updated the 'Maintain Box' page so it no longer defaults to showing that the box was found.
August 24, 2009: Fixed bug that caused boxes to lose their blue diamond if they were edited.
August 24, 2009: Fixed bug so if a find was deleted from the logbook, it would return to the same page once the find was deleted. (It used to go to the 'traditional finds' page, regardless of the type of box find that was deleted.)
August 25, 2009: Fixed bug causing some AQ-hosted clues not to cache correctly.
August 25, 2009: Fixed broken links if you clicked on a photo in your logbook.
August 26, 2009: Added 'plant miles' to the My Statistics page.
August 26, 2009: Added 'deathdays' to the This Day In History widget.
August 27, 2009: Added support to register, edit, and delete community apps.
August 29, 2009: Added correlation co-efficient information to Rating Statistics page.
August 30, 2009: Fixed bug that wasn't allowing moderators to edit latitude and longitude coordinates for locations.
August 30, 2009: Fixed bug didn't allow URLs for secure pages using the wiki format.
August 31, 2009: Fixed bug where if the weather feed for the weather widget didn't have current conditions, it would cause the page to crash. That shouldn't happen anymore. =)
September 5, 2009: Added link for the most recent threads to the main boards page.
September 5, 2009: Completed the 2010 Letterboxing Calendars!
September 5, 2009: Updated AQ Marketplace so only the most expensive 'handling' charge from a group of products is used for shipping costs rather than the sum of all 'handling' charges.
September 5, 2009: Fixed bug where the event start date would sometimes be switch to AFTER the event's end date.
September 5, 2009: Added location information for the Box of the Week widget. (Hover your mouse cursor over the name of the box to see where it is located.)
September 6, 2009: Updated All Boards page.
September 7, 2009: Finished creating the backpacker's theme.
September 9, 2009: Updated All Boards page to filter based on just one's favorite boards or groups one has joined.
September 11, 2009: Fixed bug that was showing restricted events on the Upcoming Events page.
September 11, 2009: Fixed bug that wasn't allowing people to upload images for the 2011 calendar.
September 11, 2009: Changed RSS feeds to point to the dynamic versions of the links rather than the static ones.
September 13, 2009: Changed homepage so the hover box on new boxes reads Planter instead of Author.
September 13, 2009: Updated tracker details page to work better with mobile devices.
September 13, 2009: Added options to search for trackers that still have room for more participants and another option to hide already-launched boxes from the results.
September 13, 2009: Updated Box of the Week widget to only use boxes that have been found within the past three months after a box that hadn't been found for years because it was missing (but the status not updated to reflect the fact) had been selected as the Box of the Week. It could still be missing, but at least the chances are considerably less.
September 13, 2009: Added option so group owners can be notified when a new member joins their group. (Go to the attibutes page while editing the group.)
September 15, 2009: Fixed up the stored procedures that keep track of the running count for P and F-counts so they'll stay more accurate.
September 16, 2009: Fixed bug in button-creating code that was causing buttons to mis-align.
September 16, 2009: Fixed bug on event pages that caused some parts of the page to not be legible in IE7.
September 16, 2009: Changed it so 'watched boxes' aren't deleted if a premium membership expires, but rather the notifications just stop being sent. If they renew again, the watches will resume again.
September 16, 2009: Updated it so watched box notifications include more details about what had changed.
September 17, 2009: Major improvements to the box-mapping pages—the boxes are clickable now!
September 17, 2009: But even better—I fixed a major problem that would periodically cause the AQ database to crash! Wooo-who! This freakin' problem has been an ongoing issue for nearly two years now, so to say I'm finally happy to nail that bug is a huge understatement! Wooo-who!
October 3, 2009: Set up AQ to check my e-mail's inbox for bounce messages. If a registered e-mail address starts to bounce, AQ will automatically 'unverify' it and send message through AQ mail to the account owner to let them know that they must verify their e-mail address again to start receiving messages again.
October 3, 2009: Fixed counting problems so boxes don't get double-counted as part of one's P-count when listing a new boxes.
October 4, 2009: Added a 'rude' button for message board posts.
October 4, 2009: Added the Box of the Week link page to the main Letterboxes menu.
October 5, 2009: Created Vincent van Gogh theme.
October 6, 2009: Created Pierre-Auguste Renoir theme.
October 7, 2009: Created Claude Monet theme.
October 9, 2009: Created widget for moderator to monitor problem posts.
October 10, 2009: Created Rembrandt theme.
October 13, 2009: Added 'snack' as a potluck category.
October 13, 2009: Fixed bug where AQ appeared to hang if you tried to add the same person twice as a box contact.
October 13, 2009: Fixed display bug in the tracker details page that showed up if no description was included with the tracker.
October 13, 2009: Fixed a bad query that could cause the whole website to choke for a couple of minutes at a time. No more! =) Well, it could still choke for a couple of minutes at a time, but it'll have to be for an entirely different reason from now on.
October 17, 2009: Created the Billboard widget.
October 21, 2009: Added notification option for when someone drops from your group.
October 21, 2009: Added option to not allow event boxes to be listed for your events.
October 24, 2009: Complete Ryan's Great Adventures, volume 93.
October 25, 2009: Fixed bug that was causing notifications for favorite searches not to go out to some people.
October 26, 2009: Updated event pages to include a 'Record Finds' button to make it easier to record large number of finds on personal travelers and event stamps.
October 26, 2009: Fixed bug that was causing monthly clue hits to show up a month before they really did. (e.g. Hits in October were showing up in September.)
October 27, 2009: Added stats about clue hits to the My Statistics plant pages.
October 28, 2009: Deleted decorative photos from retired boxes and virtual boxes to free up disk space.
October 29, 2009: Updated page to post message to the message board so members don't have to have a verified e-mail address to post a message. New members, however, will need to pass a captcha to post.
October 29, 2009: I finished! I finished! After nine months, I've finally got historical events for the This Day In History widget done for the entire year! Woo-who!
November 1, 2009: Added a place for a password hint to the registion and account info pages.
November 1, 2009: Changed database to allow accounts with no e-mail addresses.
November 1, 2009: Improved signup process so less information is required and favorite boards, searches, and blogs are set up automatically.
November 1, 2009: Improved the new member welcome page with more information and pictures.
November 2, 2009: Updated Favorite Board widget to include links to threads on the board and changed the 'mark as old' link to an icon that takes up less room.
November 3, 2009: Finished another Ryan's Great Adventure, volume 94.
November 3, 2009: Fixed Billboard widget so multiple submissions of the same message won't get double posted (most of the time).
November 5, 2009: Added ability for non-members to contact AQ members.

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