draw in crop
there is a new tool in the item cropper that allows users to draw
- features five pen sizes and dozens of colors.
- dedicated draw eraser lets the drawings and erasing occur on top of jpg beneath
server switch
massive 6 week project finished, with massive performance upgrade for fraction of price
- migrated from 1 dedicated $350 server to 2 $20 managed scaling servers with 2 $20 db servers for a total of $80 + overages
- server scales php processor and database across huge network, incurring overages if used often rather than reducing site performance or crashing the site server
- detailed processor reports (gpu reports) intimize most cpu intensive files, scripts and errors
- fyrebugdev environment completely separate and does not impact or get impacted by live site
bg thumb/large
all backgrounds are now created at three sizes – 425×350 as well as new 85×70 (1/5th size thumbnail) and 850×700 (double sized)
- all previous backgrounds have been retroactively tripled as well, and copied to the uploaded.fyrebug.com site
- item gallery loading for backgrounds will load much faster, create less server load, and incure fewer cdn charges
- all item galleries changed to show thumbnail in gallery
future plans:
- use in wide/tall engines
subdomains
ability to add any subdomain and point to a separate server
add dedicated subdomain and user database as a client offering
copies to uploaded.fyrebug.com
uploaded.fyrebug.com synces to the cdn for scaling, and now can reside on a separate server
- all logos, uploaded mp3s, generated text files and cropped images now auto-sync to the cdn-based subdomain.
- this will allow fyrebug to scale out in another direction if needed
on-site cache
the pages on fyrebug are now cached and refresh periodically. content can be refreshed on many pages with ajax loaders.
major bug fixes
90% processor usage reduction with new server gpu reports
- related games
- item gallery search, featured bgs
- stray images and files