| E-mail from Curse regarding password reset |
Ackis |
Ackis |
03 Jun 2009 |
| In the past day or so, some people have reported getting an e-mail stating it is from Curse regarding a password reset. The mail looked something like: Your CurseID password has been reset. To login, simply enter your username or e-mail address and the following password: We encourage you to change this password as soon as you login. Your e-mails have not been stolen/hacked, and this was not a fishing attempt. It was a template for the password reset sent by curse, and was sent inadvertently... |
| Author reward points, one month in |
ckknight |
ckknight |
01 Jun 2009 |
| Hello friends, ckknight here. We've been calculating points for the author rewards program for one month now. The numbers we had been using to give points was based on an estimate, which, after one month of business, has turned out to be a bit of an overestimate. You may notice that points generated are less than before, because of this. We expect that, over time, the amount of points will increase as the Curse Premium becomes more popular (likely when the next WoW patch arrives). I know it's... |
| Premium Subscriptions Temporarily Disabled (FIXED) |
Kaelten |
Kaelten |
28 May 2009 |
| I just wanted to let everyone know that we've had to temporarily disable subscription signups for premium. There is a issue with PayPal and we'll have this worked out as soon as possible. Anyone who mistakingly received a canceled subscription email from PayPal will still receive uninterrupted Premium Service for the remainder of your subscription term. Again, we apologize for any inconvenience and I'll keep you guys updated as things continue. (UPDATE) This was fixed on saturday, again we... |
| Contests for BlizzCon tickets |
ckknight |
ckknight |
23 May 2009 |
| Hey beautiful people, ckknight here. We at Curse.com are holding three contests for addon authors within the Curse Network (i.e. WowAce and CurseForge). The grand prize for each contest is a BlizzCon ticket. You'll be able to compete in all three contests, but you can only win one BlizzCon ticket total. We're also going to be providing Author Reward Points for runners-up. Note: for the BlizzCon tickets, we won't be providing travel costs. You'll have to get to California on your own. Also,... |
| Donation Buttons in the Curse Client |
ckknight |
ckknight |
16 May 2009 |
| Hello, friends. Donation buttons are now part of the Curse Client v3.0.0.5, which is great news for authors (including myself). As it stands, users need to update the addon in the client in order to see the new donation links, but once that's there, they're quite visible. Screenshot of the client: Because the paypal button in the example uses the "Paypal" (non-hosted button) type, it shows up as OneBag3 (from WowAce.com) when clicked on WowAce, OneBag3 (from Curse.com) when clicked on Curse,... |
| Curse Premium and Authors |
ckknight |
ckknight |
30 Apr 2009 |
| Hello, friends. We're launching Curse Premium today and I'm sure some are wondering about the effect that Premium will have on authors. All authors will have complimentary premium. Yes, this could lead to gaming the system and creating fake projects for the sake of it, but we have a manual approval process, and we will investigate any reports of said gaming. Please, don't ruin it for the real authors. It will be one or two weeks before complimentary premium is provided for authors. We are... |
| Future Plans for the Curse Client |
Kaelten |
Kaelten |
28 Apr 2009 |
| A few months ago myself and Adamar took over the actual development of the Curse Client. In that time we've taken it a long way, bugs have been squashed, ui's have been polished, and the experience has been streamlined. However, we are by no means satisfied. We've listened to the feedback brought to us by our users, we've examined them, and we've studied our options. In the next major release we're going to be doing a lot of things. Some of these things include: New features, such as UI... |
| Download counts more accurate |
ckknight |
ckknight |
17 Apr 2009 |
| Hello friends, ckknight here. Previously, we haven't been tracking Curse Client downloads as something that would increment our download counters. This has now been fixed so that every download on the Curse Client will properly increment the download counters now. Already we're seeing a _dramatic_ increase of downloads. It's really a wonderful sight to see how many users are really downloading my addons. Note than from one refresh to the next, the download counts might not update, as there is... |
| Curse and WoWInterface working together to help protect our authors and other site-users |
Kaelten |
Kaelten |
13 Apr 2009 |
| Recently Curse and WoWInterface got together to come up with a solution for an ongoing problem. The problem in question is WowMatrix. The reasons they are a problem are many: WowMatrix violates author copyright and intellectual property rights: They redistribute addons without authors' permissions; When they first started they would scrape the legimate sites for addons then upload them to their own site in addition to deep-linking from the sites; They edited authors' files to remove donation... |
| Donation links on Curse.com |
Kaelten |
Kaelten |
02 Apr 2009 |
| As just about everyone knows, recently Blizzard released a new policy that covers standards addon developers must adhere to in order to ensure their addons will not be blocked from running in the game. Part of this policy said that you cannot solicit donations from within the game as it is considered to be a form of advertising. Yesterday, we pushed an update to Curse.com that displays donation info on the addon details page and download pages to support authors who have spent their free time... |
| Announcing our new dating section |
ckknight |
ckknight |
02 Apr 2009 |
| This is an April Fool's joke If you're an addon author like me, you probably got in the game for the sweet, sweet ladies. It just seems that meeting them has been a pain, so Kaelten and I (ckknight) have been collaborating on the design of the new CurseForge.com dating system. Through our dating system, you, an addon author, can easily pick up the fangirl honeys. You will be put through a rigorous test to check for your 57 points of compatibility that will be automatically matched with... |
| CurseForge, WowAce, and the future |
ckknight |
ckknight |
27 Mar 2009 |
| Hello friends, ckknight here. Some of you may be wondering what the next step for CurseForge/WowAce might be. You may have seen the piles of tickets that the CurseForge project has and it can be disheartening. So, I'd like to let you know that development absolutely has not stopped. We have limited resources with regards to manpower, as it has been essentially just one person (me, ckknight) doing nearly all the work on the site itself. Kaelten has been working furiously on the Curse Client,... |
| Curse Client 3.0 Release & New Mac Beta |
Kaelten |
Kaelten |
23 Mar 2009 |
| Curse Client 3.0 Release I just wanted to take out a few moments and let everyone know that friday we released the 3.0 client to our entire userbase. It's been a long time coming, but I feel it fixes the majority of issues people have raised. Some of the highlights: Redesigned User Interface More accurate addon identification Revaluated Defaults settings More features (including whether or not to use embedded libraries) Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements Not only that but.... Mac... |
| WikiCreole markup |
ckknight |
ckknight |
06 Mar 2009 |
| Hello, friends. Up until now, CurseForge and WowAce (since the transformation to the CurseForge codebase) have used "Curse Wiki" as the default wiki type. We have implemented the feature-rich WikiCreole markup and plan to make it the default on Monday (March 9, 2009). What's wrong with Curse Wiki? Curse Wiki is a custom implementation of the MediaWiki markup. The code we use for it is rife with issues, including lack of readability, inherent slowness, potential security issues and general... |
| Fake RoM projects |
Kaelten |
Kaelten |
26 Feb 2009 |
| Hey guys, there have been a lot of fake projects and I'm trying to go in and clean them up before it gets any worse. If you spot a fake project please report it here on curseforge and It'll promptly be deleted. Thanks. |
| Forum and Site email fixes |
Kaelten |
Kaelten |
25 Feb 2009 |
| We've had a bug in the forum's login script that was accidently clearing emails from accounts. This would prevent people from receiving emails or any other notifications. Also I've revamped several chunks of our dns records, reverse dns, and spf records. This should help increase the reliability of receiving email in general. |
| Knowledge Base articles reorganized |
Ackis |
Ackis |
24 Feb 2009 |
| Hello everybody. All of the knowledge base articles have been reorganized to be nested. This will make them easier to browse, however some links in the articles themselves may not work anymore. We'll be fixing those up over the next little while. |
| Heads up! We're giving away a Reactor |
Kaelten |
Kaelten |
18 Feb 2009 |
| Just wanted to make sure all of our authors had a chance to signup to win the Reactor by Hardcore Computers we're giving away on curse.com. I've signed up, but I'm probably not eligible :( Anywho, signup here if you're interested. |
| Curse Client 2.1 RC1 Release! |
Kaelten |
Kaelten |
04 Feb 2009 |
| I know it's been a while since I posted my last status update for the project. I apologize for the silence, but we're nearing payday! So now, after several months of intensive development I want to bring to you guys the first release candidate for the 2.1 line. What's New‽ Well, almost everything! Well, almost. What were the issues again? Here is a brief recap of what I posted in my last announcement as some of the major issues. * Ignoring manual deletions * Installing over addons *... |
| Inactive E-mails |
Ackis |
Kaelten |
29 Jan 2009 |
| There were many e-mails sent out regarding projects which were marked as inactive. These e-mails, in the format of: We're sorry, your project, <Project Name> (http://wow.curseforge.com/projects/project-1234/), has been marked as inactive on CurseForge/WowAce. Recently the site upgraded its project status component and as a result all projects which have been previously merged or deleted were marked as inactive again, causing the e-mail to be sent out. Your main projects have not been affected... |
