Lack of updates.

Expect them.

I kid, I kid… or do I? In all seriousness, do expect them over the next few months or so. That means to say, don’t expect me to update as much. As it stands, my priorities do not lie with WowHumor, sorry to say. I’ll continue trying to reach our goal of 500 images by New Years (It’s already half the year but we can do it, yeah!), so keep on sending in those pics if you’ve got any, please! Some new images will be uploaded soon™ (I try to upload them in bulk now as opposed to only a handful at a time).

As for the website updates, I’m hoping to get started on those soon. A layout is nearly finished, however I am in need of a decent web developer (PHP and MySQL experience, specifically) to help with some of these additions. Anyone with experience working with WordPress addons would also be a huge advantage and you would be compensated for your efforts. So if you are either of these things, please get in contact with me!

If I get in the Cataclysm beta I’ll be sure to let you all get you juicy hands on some screenshots, granted I have the time to post ‘em…

Tags: upcoming features, updates, wowhumor
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Posted on July 10th, 2010 by Xanwryn

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Account Security

Account security is becoming more and more of a common problem in the modern world, unfortunately. The worst part is that many still don’t understand the basic concept of securing their personal computers and accounts they use everyday (from gaming to forums, and even online banking details).

To anyone who has been using a computer or the internet for a long period of time then such practices don’t seem so difficult; for me, online and offline security consists mostly of common sense, but perhaps this is because I have been an internet and computer user for over half of my existence. Read more about account security after the break.

Read more…

Tags: account security, battle.net, Blizzard, computer security, hack, world of warcraft, wow
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Posted on May 31st, 2010 by Xanwryn

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Facebook Page

Well, I figured since I haven’t I may as well do so now. An official page for WowHumor has been created over at Facebook! If you like WowHumor (or funny WoW pictures in general, and let’s be honest, who doesn’t?) then check it out and even show your support by liking it!

[WowHumor Facebook Page]

Tags: facebook, facebook page, fans, official, wowhumor
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Posted on April 22nd, 2010 by Xanwryn

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Thanks for all the fish!

…what fish? I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about!

Just another post informing you all of a few new images (thanks to Vextha of Magtheridon for #129!) added. We’re slowly building the database up and I hope it to improve as soon as I get more time to work on actually collecting some funnies!

In other site news: Yet another design for WowHumor is undergoing development. The layout is basically done but I’ve still got a lot of work to do in regards to the administration and other features. You can check out a screenshot of the layout here but note that things may change in the coming months (for example: I hate that logo) and it will not be released until I hire a web developer (or find one — if you are one please contact me, I’d love to hear from you if you’re good with PHP and MySQL!) to add a bunch of new features that should make it easier on all of us (such as the ability for admins to upload and manage images via the website, and for you guys to upload your own via the website itself for us to confirm and queue up).

In WoW news: High Tinker Mekkatorque wants YOU! Check out the official article for the upcoming Reclaiming Gnomeregan event! I was also extremely bored and made some random simplistic wallpapers with the high-res propaganda poster Blizzard “gave” us!

Enjoy!

Tags: database, images, mekkatorque, mysql, new wowhumor version, php, wow
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Posted on April 10th, 2010 by Xanwryn

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How big is yours?

Few new April additions for you, and these ones are damn fine!

Blizzard have announced an upcoming feature for World of Warcraft! Go check it out, it’s the Equipment Potency EquivalencE Number! There’s also some changes over at the WoW Armory, see if you can’t notice ‘em! Battle.net is also undergoing some sweet-ass changes!

WoW Interface has announced their first ever addon for World of Warcraft! And damn is it a beaut!

WowHead has mined deep into the games data and pulled out for us a fancy new item for us! Wow, that sure looks tasty, and bloody spicy!

WoWWiki seem to be having a few problems with their and images at the moment however, so I wouldn’t use them until the “problem” has been sorted.

And finally, for now at least, WoW Insider has changed to Twilight Insider, I’d suggest you find all your WoW info elsewhere least you wish to bombarded with well… Twilight… ugh.

WowHumor is also being upgraded with a new layout and back-end system. Noting that this is the only serious part of this entire topic… or is it? I’ll let you be the judge!

Tags: April Fools!, battle.net, Blizzard, E.P.E.E.N., neural interface, twilight insider, world of warcraft, wow armory, wow insider, wow interface, wow.com, wowhead, wowwiki
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Posted on April 2nd, 2010 by Xanwryn

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Moar handfuls. Must have moar!

Progress is being made. Slowly… very slowly, but it’s being made!

5 new images have been added (from #122 to #126). You can view them by clicking the links below.

• Image 122
• Image 123
• Image 124
• Image 125
• Image 126

Tags: 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, images, moar!, pics, Pictures
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Posted on March 9th, 2010 by Xanwryn

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A handful of images.

Added images 117 through to (sneaky 120 link) 121.

Expect some more in the upcoming future!

Tags: 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, new images
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Posted on February 2nd, 2010 by Xanwryn

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Happy New Year!

I know it isn’t New Years for you Americans (and British) folks for a good while yet but down ‘ere in good ole New Zealand and Australia we’ve been celebrating the start of the year 2010 for 2 hours now.

So from me to you, and on behalf of the two of us here at WowHumor, I’d like to wish you all a happy new year. Have a good one, stay safe and don’t let any of that grog go to waste else the dwarves will split ye face in two!

Tags: 2010, ale, dwarves, happy new year, new year
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Posted on January 1st, 2010 by Xanwryn

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…and a Happy New Year! [Updated]

Unlike WowHumor’s birthday (that was November 29th, by the way!) I’m not forgetting this one!

We here at WowHumor would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Hanuka, or any other religious or traditional holiday that your family and friends celebrate. And when the New Year comes round, try not to get too pissed. Trust me, playing WoW is extremely hard when you’re drunk

Summer Holidays (or Winter, depending on where you live) is a rather “busy” time. Busy in that most of us are either lazing out at home in front of a cozy fire to get away from the snow or down at the beach enjoying the sun while it lasts. Since I may not get to post again allow me to post my own New Year’s revolutions for WowHumor.

1. Fix the image uploader. This has been a thorn in my side for far too long and so I shall either fix the damn thing or replace it entirely. I apologise to those who have sent us images (and some of you have) because we simply cannot see them, the form doesn’t work
2. Redo the layout. A redesign of our current layout is quite possible next year depending on my own inspiration. In any case, certain features of the new one would be nice to have touched up such as where the random image is sitting right now.
3. Add more images! This is our biggest issue and it’s one I take full responsibility for. WowHumor is a almost a year and one month old now and we only have just over a hundred images. To those of you who check back on a regular basis, we love you guys. For the rest of this year, as well as next, I will be working extra hard to get hundreds more images by this time next year. I feel 500-1,000 images is an extremely realistic number, so let’s see if I can pull it off!

Update: I’ve “fixed” the submission uploader. It seems that none of our server’s default e-mail software wants to show the messages but something Microsoft developed does (yes, ironic, I know!).

Well that’s it from me for now. So tell me, dear reader, how has your holidays been so far and do you have any New Year’s revolutions?

Tags: happy holidays, new years, revolutions, summer, winter
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Posted on December 25th, 2009 by Xanwryn

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Broken links

Broken links (or “dead links” are the bane of many websites. And WowHumor is no exception.

Simply put, a broken link is a link that points to a web page or server that is unavailable. Resulting in either 404 errors (where the web server is found the page isn’t found on the server) or DNS errors (where it can’t find the server).

I have just fixed a few of them that somehow escaped my gaze when adding the pages. Many of them were rather important to and, if you were wondering what the Next button on the 8th image didn’t work, it’s because it was the link was broken (and even if it wasn’t you’d get stuck at images 35, 36 and 37).

These have been fixed, among many other broken links and should hopefully provide a much smoother viewing experience. In fact, it should let you view the images full stop.

Tags: 404, broken link, dead link, dns, errors, images, links
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Posted on November 15th, 2009 by Xanwryn

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