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30-Sep-09: Back online, but problems persist..

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The thing about the errors, is that they happen on and off.

I have put the forums back online to show the SQL specialist how often they occur when the forum is active.

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28-Sep-09: Waiting for SQL specialist

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Can't do anything until the "professionals" figure out the problem. For now I have released the Chao Gallery (with help from Crazo getting all the pictures). Drouge has also given me some pictures that I need to add as well.

In the meanwhile, a bunch of forum users have gathered at dabestchaobreeder's Chao Island group on youtube, where everyone is complaining about the downtime =(

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27-Sep-09: Sorry for more wait

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I have so far tried the forum on my own PC, errors still occur. I have created a brand new fresh forum and imported the database into it, to avoid any rogue files. Error persists. The host SQL specialist will get in touch with me in the morning.

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25-Sep-09: The legend will never die

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The last time this sort of stuff happened, I decided that I wouldn't be able to continue maintaining the site, and with university approaching, i decided to close down the forums.
Once again the forums have scaled into a very busy and active place, and i'm beginning to lose control.

However i don't plan to let the community die again, and I am fixing what I can.
The problem is, the forum database is getting overloaded, so I need to clear a lot of it to make at work (so it's not really the server's fault, its more that the database isn't as optimised as it should be).

So I'm goign to be running a purge. This means old posts that have not been posted in for a long time will be deleted. I've also deleted a lot of old accounts created with zero posts (95% spambots). So if you had an account with zero posts it might be deleted (sorry).

I realised i haven't got as much time as I liek to focus on the forums. Administrating a forum requires a lot of time to be spent on interacting with the community, and leadership skills to keep the staff working in sync as a team to keep everything running smoothly. Unfortunately this has been slipping away from me, and as you have probably seen- things have suffered.

First things first, I will be getting for forums back online hopefully in the next few days.
There will be another announcement very soon.

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14-Sep-08: More Updates

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Removed the Sonic Top 50, since the owner of the top sites list told me that it is not going to be updated anymore.

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09-Sep-08: More Updates

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I have been upgrading the Sonic Adventure 2 pages further, and also now added affiliates. I also added the Sonic Top 50 for the third time. I felt like i should since its been included since the start of Chao Island.. but i might remove it after a few days if i don't think it fits =S

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07-Sep-08: Updates so far

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I have modified the website to run at a 1024 pixel wide resolution now, since hopefully 800 pixel resolutions should be in the past now.
More pages have been added to the main menu, including history, appearances, and various media. I am currently looking through the Sonic Adventure 2 information and upgrading it where needed.

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25-Aug-08: Chao in Sonic Chronicles

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I recieved an email from "Brett" informing me that Chao are due to appear in Sonic Chronicles for the Nintendo DS.
I actually did not know this myself, and it seems as though in the game you will be able to find Chao Eggs, and be able to attach them to your character for a stat boost, or send them to a Chao Garden in game. How complex the system will be (if any) i don't know as of yet.

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23-Aug-08: Forum Registration now open

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I have decided to open up the forums for registration. I will be getting the rest of the site done soon. Any bugs or suggestions let me know!

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19-Aug-08: Cleanup and then release

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SO, i finished coding a really stupid part, and now registration will be open soon! Just gotta run a few beta tests and search for bugs!

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02-Aug-08: Soooooo closeeeee...

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Hey hey, thanks to the people that showed intrest and commented on the blog, means a lot =)
I'm stuck on one small part and should be done with it soon, a lot of the site is done from where i left off before (coding wise)
Coming soon!

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29-Apr-08: Soooooo longggggg...

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Thanks to all the people that have still emailed me, and asked about the progress of the site.
It's nice to know that people are still intrested in Chao and the site.
But sorry if you have not recieved a reply, I've been extremely caught up in stuff and am hopign to get back into the flow of things in mid june (after exams).
For now, i have a small blog that i made during uni, you can post comments there about the site/suggestions since my chao email inbox needs a good sorting!
No Chao questions in there though, or it will get way too flooded. Just add stuff thats missing or stuff you would like to see on the site! Thanks.

Link Removed.

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02-Aug-07: Still here.. almost

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I know if anyone still checks up on this site, they probably think i have exams all the time x.x
Well i was ill the last month when i had exams so have to do a few this month, and will re-start work at the end of this month.
Will open registration and enable forum and comment posting hopefully too.

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12-Feb-07: Forum Integration Phase: starting

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You will be able to register and log in soon.. t the moment things are still buggy so no emails please asking me whats up

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06-Feb-07: Rework of SA2 almost done

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The only things remaining on the Sonic Adventure 2 sections is: Seeds & Fruit, Race map pictures, Character Chao, Karate, some stats stuff, and more MTN Chao info.

After that I just gotta sort out the navigation a bit, and add the forum integration.

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05-Feb-07: Site Registration coming soon

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Ok right, forums are 95% complete. Forum integration to website is 100% complete. Soon i will probably open the forum for people with Chao questions and stuff, and see how things go. You will also be able to post comments on the relavant sections of the website.

Please note i have not been replying to many emails as of late, sorry about this and i will get back to things soon.

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21-Jan-07: Progress? Really?

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I actually completed the forums around mid-2006. But what use is a forum if the main site is lacking?
The site still contains old info from about 2003, much more has been discovered and realised since which STILL hasn't been altered.

Once reason for a new chang I am in the process of making. A comment system for users to add their own comments/questions to each page. Hopefully all should work out.
Forums and other places onte site will probably not work right now, but work goes on!

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23-Oct-06: mmmm

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Time goes on... still no site progress.. A lot of you have probably given up on the site now, i sometimes think it myself.. but i DO want to be ale to work on it, and get everything up.. one day it will. Maybe when it does you won't care about the site, or Chao anymore, but I will, and thats what keeps me coming back to try and update =)

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01-Aug-06: Updating???

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So... its been a year of slow updating and no progress from me, but now i'm gonna try and push this site back to normal before i head back to university

So far Chao Island has mostly been aimed at people new to Chao, and beginners wanting to understand what kind of things they can do. I have much bigger plans now for this website, and you should be able to see lots more info appear as time goes on. Contributions are always welcome of course =)

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Mini Progress Check

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I'll update this mini progress check as I go along (it will always be at the bottom off the news entries)

Sonic Adventure Section: 0%
Sonic Adventure 2 Section: 85%
Sonic Advance Section: 0%
Rest of Site: 95%

Yeah.. its a complete rework. In general, the parts which looked messed up, or have a gap above the title, are the pages I have not worked on yet.