MyChub Update - October 2007

First of all,
Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to all our muslim friends.

These are the updates for MyChub website up to October 2007
1) MyChub widget
- allows embedding of profiles into blogs / website to provide real-time update of featured users in mychub.

2) Ajax Menu (accordion style)
- using "prototype ajax" the menu system have been optimized to allow a more efficient use of space and users are able to click on a specific menu which will drop-down to show more options.
This effect have been integrated into online users, mystories and other modules to provide a smooth flow of the page.

3) Featured User Update (Safari friendly)
- the Featured User section have been revamped to allow a a more cross-browser functionality. As more users are using safari browsers, we are catering to a more robust coding.
Translated: MyChub now looks beautiful using your Ipod / Iphone.

MyChub - The Premier Malaysian Chub, Daddies, Bears and Chasers

What goes under the hood ?

These few days I was busy updating the components of mychub to match the configuration of the new server. Until now, the working modules are:
1) Stats component (http://mychub.dyndns.org/stats)
2) Music module
3) Personal URL module (http://mychub.dyndns.org/members/(username))

Still pending are the fix for:
1) Webchat module
2) Personal gallery
3) Friends component

One good news is the working online file editor -- a GNU/EMAC web base client for quick code fixing. I'm no more bound to a particular machine for code editing.

A part from that, a few optimization steps have been taken to make the profiles load faster, e.g: the foreach() statements have been removed for a more direct approach to the database access. This translates to a faster query and profile viewing.

It's great that we are finally on track for more services in mychub.

GemuKChub
MyChub Webteam

MyChub Comeback - August 2007!!

After more than 3 months of hard toil. The MyChub server have been finally stabilized. This is a technical feat considering how much effort been put into making this a reality.

Special thanks goes to chubamante for the support and technical know-how.

Now since MyChub is back on track, we are expecting more to be done in the near future. But before that, here are a few technical specs for the new server.

***** Server Info ****
A split of the servers lovingly name: bulat, mychub2 and perut
bulat - is our SQL Server
mychub2 - is our Webserver
perut - is our image / media server.

All integration is done seamlessly, thus you should not be worried about that.
The main URL would still be : mychub.dyndns.org
(mychub.org had been hijacked by sedo.com - shame on you!)

Unlimited bandwidth!
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MyChub.ORG version 3

MyChub.ORG has yet again undergone a massive upgrade. There just too many features added and even the underlying core engine has been upgraded and improved.

1) Mambo 4.6.1
- This is the latest installation of the mambo CMS portal that is used to generate the dynamic pages of mychub. Loads of security and bug fixes added.

2) PHP 5
- Yes, the core php engine for mychub has been upgraded from PHP 4 to PHP 5, ensuring a yet faster response time.

3) MySQL 5 + ORACLE 10g
- From just a mere MySQL 4, we have added 2 new database to support the massive influx of users and a load of new features (present & future) release.

4) 36GB webspace
- Yupp.. a whopping 36 Gigabyte upgrade from our initial 100MB startup package. This provides more leg-room to stretch our capabilities.

5) Dual Xeon Server + 2GB of Memory
- A hardware upgrade which is able to handle 100,000 users simultaneously without a hitch.

6) a dedicated T1 line just for MyChub
- an upgrade to the existing shared connection.

New MyProfile Editor

Revamped the MyProfile Editor section to a more streamlined version. Now it supports tabs and have a cleaner interface. All the clutter have been removed and better integration with the page.

Enhance Who's Online Module

Enhance Who's Online Module
This is an enhanced version on the previous who's online. New additions include an icon to indicate users with profile pic. An added bonus is the indicator for music profile.

The alogarithm has also been improved to accurately show the users online.
(A bug well known with the default mambo module).
This is achieved by adding a timing slice code within a period of 5 second to update the MOS session variable.

More works shall be done to use the AJAX framework to facilitate near realtime effect of users logging into the system.

Updates for Feb, Mac, April and May

PHYSICAL SERVER UPGRADE
Yeapp been too busy to update the update page (LOL)
Anyway, here are a few code changes being done to the site since January:-
- Registration module for the BALI Chub & Chaser Gathering
- Who's viewed you module :: so people know who are viewing them
- remove redundant e-mail data from profile to user data
- restrictions to Javachatroom, now only registered members can use the javachat.
- upgraded the physical server to a Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 165


and Finally

LOGIN VIA E-MAIL

:: For an increase security, we have implimented login via e-mail address since there were complaints of the same people masquerading under different username. It's not yet fool proof but it does give an added security measure against fraud accounts.

User Profile Approval

One of the top priority for MyChub is user security and a peace of mind. Of late, there is a raising concern regarding anonymous people misusing the messaging feature of mychub. Thus, to make mychub a safer place, a user profile approval system was introduced. By integrating an approval system, only known users with a valid picture can message each other. This is by far the most common method of security for a typical profile based site like mychub.

Until i can think of a better way for securing people's identity.. the pic approval method is the best for now.

Performance Issue 2006

Lately, after re-introducing the full quality member pictures, we were hit by server performance issues. Among the many complaints we receive was that it's now difficult to login to the site especially when there is heavy traffic (afternoons & weekends). Thus, to optimize and find the correct balance between user exerience and acceptable performance, I have devised a new policy to limit full quality member preview only for members with updated picture profile. Thus, members without pictures in their profile will only be able to see the thumbnail version of other people's profile. This policy will hardly be noticed by our existing members as it will be done automatically. Only members without picture profile will feel the difference. And so, we hope that this measure will lighten the load on our servers and give users a faster user experince.

Happy New Year 2006

MyChub.ORG would like to wish
Happy New Year 2006

May it be a new beginning of a better times to come !!!
From: MyChub Development Team

MyMenu for 2006 - 30/12/2005

Moks have upgraded MyChub.ORG with a new dropdown menu system using CSS with expandible level. This means less clutter on the userspace and hides some of the less used feature until needed.

This feature was requested by many users due to too much information being displayed on the frontpage. With this minimalist design concept, we hope that mychub will be more enjoyable to use.

MySMS upgraded ! 29/12/2005

Upgraded the MySMS component to utilize the power of AJAX. This feature makes the SMS system more stable and faster almost like a full chat system because the messages are updated in RealTime. Furthermore it's is less resource intensive as only the AJAXified component will be updated in realtime rather than the old whole page refresh method.

More features will be added soon like sound notification for new messages and option to delete/edit/verify message before posting.

Upgrade to MAMBO 4.6.2 (new)

We are please to announce the latest upgrade for MyChub.
The core site engine have been upgraded to Mambo version 4.6.2
This is for security upgrade as well as for OSI compliant code.

More info available at: www.mamboserver.com

Stories Component Update - 26/11/2005

The stories component have been updated so that users will be able to use the built-in WYSIWYG editor from the mambo core instead of the troublesome custom editor. This means more stability and cross-browser compatibility.

Plus, enhanced feature like picture linking and direct copy-paste functionality from a word processor like MS Word.

P/S: the menu section has been updated to show the latest stories in the module. This is dynamically done.