The Utopia Pimp Blog

Angel Changed Their Formatting Again

Sat, 12 May 2012 15:05:12 -0400

All,

Just in case your not aware, Angel changed the way they format pages again, so I am working on it. This means, when creating a new kingdom, be sure to use a raw page instead of an Angel page.

I Migrated The Server

Thu, 10 May 2012 15:46:00 -0400

Hey all,

I migrated the utopiapimp server over to a brand new spanking machine!! The only problem is that data is going to be a day old when we finally move the databases over.

So if you have done ANYTHING with pimp in the past 24 hours from this post, consider it gone and you must redo it. Sorry for the inconvenience, but we did it during the age down time so hopefully not much has been affected.

ST.

Server Migration on Friday

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:07:05 -0400

All,

The server has been really slow as of late, mainly due to larger number of users. So we are upping the Ram used on it. Sadly, the hosting company needs to migrate us to new hardware first before they do it. So sometime on Friday, Utopiapimp will have about an hours worth of DATA LOSS. I will post another message as to when it will be, but sometime tomorrow is the plan. The data loss is due to migrating all the data to the new server and also updating the DNS records.

So when you log into utopiapimp on Friday, please make sure to CTRL+F5 before logging in. This will refresh your browsers cache and help with the migration.

btw, I am really close to finishing up the new design for pimp. Hopefully you all will be happy about the new change.

SpoiledTechie

UTools For Pimp

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:22:18 -0400

All,

I have asked the UTools developer to change up the way he formats his pages to pimp, therefore allowing us to start coding for his tool. I think its one of the best. If your UTools page doesn’t properly work at this moment in time, please just use a raw format. I am working haste-fully on this.

I should start seeing improvements in the next week for it.

Please bare with me.

ST.

Avians Defensive Units

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:52:48 -0500

Can someone tell me the units of measure for the Avians Defensive units?

The Utopian Guide says 7/4.

Is that right?

http://wiki.utopia-game.com/index.php?title=Military#Military_Units

ST.

The Outage Yesterday

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:06:20 -0500

Hey All,

Sorry for the outage yesterday. The server was experiencing some email problems and had to be shut down for a brief period to fix the issue.

It is back up and running for the foreseeable future and all problems have been fixed.

ST.

Password Reset

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:44:58 -0500

All,

Just a word of wisdom. Yahoo is blocking our server from sending password requests out, so if your not receiving your password and you have a yahoo account, just email me directly.

team atttt utopiapimp.com

ST.

Angel For Linux

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:59:00 -0500

Hey All,

I just wanted to give a shout out. For anyone using Linux and hate that Angel doesn’t Run on Linux, EUS release a tool call Seraphim. It is cross platform and work on Linux especially.

While Pimp doesn’t currently take in Seraphim pages, I will be placing them on the list of Todo’s. So go ahead, download it and start using it. It doesn’t have as many features, but Eus promises they are coming!

Maybe Eus will go open source with it so it can be upgraded faster!

ST.

All Problems Should Now Be Fixed

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:21:00 -0500

All,

With the latest code change, all problems should now be fixed. If you see any at all, please let me know about them in the comments and Ill jump on them pronto.

Otherwise we are in good shape.

ST.

2.3.42

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:42:17 -0500

Hey All,

I just released some more code for this age and this new interface they released. Hopefully this should fix a few more problems.

Just thought I would keep you updated. Keep emailing me if anyone sees any problems, Ill be sure to fix them.

ST.

Don't Worry...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:32:51 -0500

All,

I know some have been unable to register for Pimp with their new kingdom. Please keep trying. It looks like Angel decided to change its Kingdom Pages around too, so I must make sure that works as well.

Raw kingdom pages should work, and please make sure your reading the directions before you start a kingdom. Some of you are not following all the directions.

ST.

Fixing Problems

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:28:48 -0500

Hey All,

I wanted to keep you updated. I will be pushing changes to Pimp tonight for the new age on all the bugs we have been getting. So if something isn’t working today, give me one more day to get it working.

Using Pimp with a Mobile Device. Ive been getting tons of errors for a good 6 months trying to figure out what was causing it. Ive finally figured it out just the other day. The Mobile devices look for numbers in the webpage that they can convert to Phone Numbers. Well, some of the things Pimp looks for when submitting items or loading screens are the same numbers that your mobile devices try to convert into phone numbers. Sadly, this is a BIG CHANGE to get this fixed. I don’t want to make it yet until I push out the new and fresh looking Pimp. So, just in case you do, be aware that browsing pimp on a mobile device might break it.

ST.

New Site Design Coming to Pimp

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:10:34 -0500

All,

As you have seen now, Utopia has received a New Site Design. Woot!!! It looks beautiful if you ask me.

In coinciding with that, Pimp will be receiving a new fresh design as well in the coming future. Its not here yet and well, It might not be for this age, but it is coming! So I just wanted to tell Sean and Brian they did an awesome job on the new design!

ST.

New Age Facts

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:43:25 -0500

All,

The new age is quickly approaching. While I am happy to see the new age coming, there are somethings that I need you all to be aware of.

There are User Interface changes the Gods of Utopia are making to the game. Ill let them explain it more when they so choose, but I should let you know how I am preparing for it.

They have let me know of the changes and see them first hand. Most of the text on the UI side of things has remained the same, but there will be certain instances of INTEL not being captured by Pimp at first. I will be working hard to make sure these instances are few and far between, but bare with me until all this gets fixed.

If you notice any data that isn’t being captured by pimp, and I haven’t fixed it within a day or so, please let me know by email. I can be reached at the email at the bottom of pimp. Please post the page in the email and what didn’t get captured. Ill make sure to fix it as soon as possible.

Hopefully if everything goes well, it should work perfectly, but if and when it doesn’t. Expect most the fixes to be complete within a week or so of the new changes.

Thanks All!

Linking Utopia Angel to Utopiapimp.com

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:31:24 -0500

Step 1: Download Utopia Angel from www.utopiatemple.com. Install it. If angel requests connection to the internet and you have a firewall installed, allow angel full access. Its not spyware and its not harmfull, it just display a small commercial window while its in use.

Step 2: Register on www.utopiapimp.com. Get a code from your monarch and join your kingdom account.

Step 3: Right-click on the tray-icon of utopia angel and click on forum agent. A window will pop up.

Step 4: Press the settings-button. Another window will pop up.

Step 5: Press on the New-button. A small form window will pop up.

Enter the following information in the appropriate fields as Shown below.

Angel settings are as follows:

Display name: UtopiaPimp

URL: http://utopiapimp.com/angelapi.aspx

Forum Name: This is the “exact name” of your province inside your kingdom. It is “not” your user name, but the province name you selected when you signed up to this UtopiaPimp.

Username: Username to UtopiaPimp.com.

User Password: Password to UtopiaPimp.com.

Forum Password: NOT Needed.

Angelus Creator of UTools

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:09:15 -0500

Angelus,

Please find me. I would like to talk over something.

ST.

Database Moved

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:50:31 -0500

Hey all,

During our SOPA black out, I found it rather good to do some backend maintenance. So I finalized our move over to the new server by moving the Database.

Moving the database should speed things up as well as save on some money. We are saving $20.00 a month by making the move.

If you notice any problems that you have, please make me aware of it by emailing me or adding it to the comments.

Thanks for making the Utopian Experience a better one!

SpoiledTechie

UtopiaPimp Will Go Dark For SOPA

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:01:42 -0500

All,

It comes with Great consideration that I have to say this.

On January 18th for one full day, Utopiapimp.com and the other websites SpoiledTechie supports will go dark for one day.

I believe SOPA should be STOPPED at all costs. If you feel that you don’t know enough about SOPA or question my reasoning, then feel free to read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act

It stops the right to allow free speech on the Web. And as a developer for websites along with trying to run a small business from my programming, I must do this.

Pimp will go down for 1 full GMT day.

I hope you understand and can voice your opinion about SOPA.

For that day, we will be redirecting all requests made to any of SpoiledTechies sites to this one.

http://americancensorship.org/

Thank you for understanding.

ST.

Utopia is Down for the moment.

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:05:58 -0500

Yes, Utopia is down.

Don’t worry too much about it. They posted it in the forums.

http://forums.utopia-game.com/showthread.php?620459-Domain-Problem

Spoiled.

Poll: Making Icons Bigger?

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:00:59 -0500

All,

Lets take a Poll: The current Icon selections are 16/16 pixels. Im wondering what you all think about increasing the size of the icons. They were designed back in 2000 for small computer screens. Maybe we can increase them to 32/32? What do you all think?

To put this into perspective for those that play World of Warcraft, they make their icons the size of 40/40 or even 64/64 pixels.

Let me know what you all think in the comments.

ST.