GWAuctions - Guild Wars auctions

Changelog

July 2 2008:

New item editor added.
New category: Insignias.
Added insignias to the Quicklist.
Added insignia icons to the screenshot library.
Fixed the spelling of Assassin in the Quicklist (was: Assasin).

July 1 2008:

The shoutbox now shows up to 20 messages.
There is now a public shoutbox history.

June 30 2008:

Fixed: Item's with empty lines between non-empty lines were drawn incorrectly.
New setting: Receive email notifications. With this setting disabled, you will not receive any emails.

June 24 2008:

The list of price records is now sortable.
Editing auctions with no effects caused strange behaviour. Fixed.

June 23 2008:

Smilies are now only parsed if surrounded by a space (except at the beginning or end of a string) instead of any punctuation marks or spaces. This prevents parsing of partial smilies.
Fixed the display of tomes (they were too wide).
Price records are now public. You can use it to see what items sold for in the past. The data dates back to around 1 June.
You can now perform negated searches. This allows to search for words or phrases NOT being present. This also works with the wishlist. See "Search syntax" from the help section.
Extended the delayed closing to three hours.

June 22 2008:

Fixed an error with special characters like quotes showing up as html code.

June 19 2008:

When an amount of gold is represented by platinum and gold, the platinum is now formatted according to the writing style of the International System of Units (SI).

June 18 2008:

The Hall of Fame should now display correct in IE6.

June 17 2008:

Added Dye icons to the screenshot library.

June 14 2008:

Added Gemstone icons to the screenshot library.
Fixed the non-unqique weapons in the screenshot library to match auctions with a known prefix and/or suffix.

June 13 2008:

Added two new states at "Tracked auctions" and "My auctions" for auctions that one of the parties marked as traded.

June 12 2008:

Added some missing unique daggers to the Quicklist and fixed a few errors with some unique bows.

June 11 2008:

The shoutbox will now inform you that we are not a private server if your message appears to be related to private servers.
Added non-unique Dagger screenshots to the screenshot library.
Added non-unique Hammer screenshots to the screenshot library.
Added non-unique Shield screenshots to the screenshot library.
Added non-unique Spear screenshots to the screenshot library.
Added non-unique Scythe screenshots to the screenshot library (very incomplete).
Added non-unique Staff screenshots to the screenshot library (very incomplete).
Added non-unique Focus Item screenshots to the screenshot library (very incomplete).
Added non-unique Wand screenshots to the screenshot library (very incomplete).

June 10 2008:

Added non-unique Sword screenshots to the screenshot library.
Added non-unique Axe screenshots to the screenshot library.
Added non-unique Bow screenshots to the screenshot library.

June 5 2008:

The Hall of Fame now shows the 5 best (instead of 3) and has a more organized list.

June 4 2008:

Fixed all Quicklist entries "of ...Slaying" to show "Dmg +20%" instead of "Damage +20%".

June 3 2008:

Fixed the captchaa at registering.
Fixed a lot of entries in the Quicklist that mistakenly contained "damage:" instead of "Dmg:".
Fixed a slow loading issue caused session handling.

June 2 2008:

Since yesterday, deleted unread messages still showed up in the menu as new messages. Fixed.
Browsing pages at Tracked auctions didn't work. Fixed.
In-game names are now listed at "My auctions" just like the tracked auctions list.

June 1 2008:

You can now delete messages in your outbox. They will not be deleted when the recipient deletes them.
Replying to a message in your outbox will now send a message to the recipient instead of yourself.
Viewing a message from your in or outbox will now show the recipient.
The tracked auctions page now shows the seller instead of amount of bids, comments and the date of the last bid.

May 30 2008:

Changed the dropdown lists at creating/editing auctions to look better and to clarify their purpose.
Fixed saving/loading backups and generating/loading codes at "Create auction". The buyout platinum and gold field were swapped.

May 28 2008:

Added a tooltip to the shoutbox to prevent people from using it as the search function.

May 27 2008:

Corrected Claws of the Broodmother in the Quicklist.

May 25 2008:

Cronjobs executing too late caused some auctions to expire early. A check has been added to prevent this.
Auctions that should have expired, but didn't yet because of a late cronjob are not listed in the search result any more.

May 24 2008:

Delayed closing implemented: If a bid is made during the final hour of an auction, it will run for atleast another hour.

May 23 2008:

There is now a maximum number of auctions you can bid on per hour. You can still bid unlimited on those auctions, but not on any new for an hour.
Following URLs from a user's profile no longer opens a new window or tab. You can still do this by using the middle mouse button (the scroller) to click the link in Internet Explorer and Firefox.
Fixed the Dynamic Signature page. It still had problems with the rewrite mod.
Fixed the display of time left on auctions. It was capped at minutes, it should have been capped at hours.

May 22 2008:

Changed the system to have auctions close every hour instead of every 12 hours.

May 21 2008:

Corrected the screenshot library entry for "Bowstring". It was incorrectly named "Bow String".
The backup and code system for adding auctions will correctly save the opening bid and buyout again.
Added "Armor: [...]" to the auto complete list.
Fixed the email notifying you of an auction being sold. From "Auction sold : :" to "Auction sold:".
Lowered the sensitivity of the shoutbox spam filter.

May 20 2008:

Guests are no longer bothered with the vote image. They're unlikely to vote anyway.
Sorting auctions on user will now sort it alphabetical, instead of on user id.

May 10 2008:

You are now also notified of comments on auctions that you commented on (can be turned off at the user settings).

May 8 2008:

Changed wishlist notifications from "New Item: {Item Name}" to "New Auction: {Item Name}".

May 8 2008:

Item notifications (for the wishlist) now include the item name in the title.
Wishlist entries will be deleted if your account has been inactive for a month.

May 7 2008:

You will no longer be notified of items on your wishlist that are relisted.

May 6 2008:

Reverted the minimum bid increase to 5% of the current bid.

May 2 2008:

Added a wishlist browser.
3rd year miniatures added to the Quicklist.

April 27 2008:

Fixed an error caused when adding auctions with a user note exceeding 200 characters.
Added a counter to fields with a maximum length to show how many characters you used.
Added the unique Deldrimor weapons to the Quicklist.
Added the screenshots of the unique Deldrimor weapons to the screenshot library.

April 21 2008:

Improved the way special characters are handled by the message system.
Added a checkbox for DST to the user settings.

April 20 2008:

Added a tiny design for dynamic signatures.

April 19 2008:

Added a field to the profile for users two write anything they like (as long as the terms of service permit it).
Fixed Magmus' Staff in the Quicklist.
Added two small designs for dynamic signatures.

April 18 2008:

Added a page on titles to the help section.
Banned users will now have the title "Banned" and a credibility of 0.
Shoutbox widened to show more text at the same time.

April 17 2008:

Improved dynamic signatures.

April 13 2008:

Fixed a few errors in the Quicklist.
Fixed a bug with sorting auctions on time left, caused by DST.

April 9 2008:

Enhanced credibility system performance in relation to the dynamic signatures.

April 8 2008:

Dynamic signatures changed to have a normal image extension.

April 7 2008:

Dynamic signatures added.

April 6 2008:

Forums officialy opened.

April 2 2008:

Second and third best are now shown in the hall of fame.
Split the opening bid and buyout field into two fields each. One for platinum and one for gold. It is still possible to enter the amount using the gold field only (3000g works the same as 3p).
You can now untrack items that have been traded in-game.
Fixed a bug where the lower left corner had a white background for item previews. This sneaked in yesterday.

March 29 2008:

Chatbox will graduatly reduce server load after inactivity.

March 28 2008:

Upgraded shoutbox to chatbox.
Added a shoutbox.
The vote button will now only be visible if you haven't voted for 12 hours.

March 26 2008:

Removed the vote popup. It was simply to annoying.

March 23 2008:

Added a Hall of Fame.

March 18 2008:

A bid now has to be a minimum of 250g or 5% higher than the last bid. Whichever is more.

March 17 2008:

A bid now has to be a minimum of 100g and has to be 100g or 5% higher than the last bid. Whichever is more.
The link to give feedback is replaced by a button for visibility.
After confirming an item has been traded in-game, you will be prompted to give feedback if you haven't done so already.
You can now have your auctions run from 1 to 14 days.
When an auction is sold, you will no longer be notified of both the bid being placed, and the auction being sold. Instead, you will only be notified of the auction being sold.

March 15 2008:

Increased maximum size of feedback to 255 characters.

March 11 2008:

Found a new font that seems to match perfectly with the actual font used in GW.
Added two missing inscriptions to the Quicklist.
Improved autocomplete patterns for item names.

March 8 2008:

Fixed automatic case correction to leave "of the" in lowercase.

March 6 2008:

Started validating XHTML. Most is valid.
Auctions sorted on state will now show succesfully traded auctions as last.
Layout changed to not contract below 1000 pixels wide.

March 5 2008:

Replaced many tables by div's. Blame the standards troll.

March 4 2008:

Improved automatic case correction on item names. It no longer turns [Black] into [black]
Fixed the new case correction. It no longer turns Murukai's into Murukai'S.

March 3 2008:

Auctions sorted on time left will show auctions with more bids first.

March 2 2008:

Added a notice that will show every twelve hours to ask you to vote.
Significantly improved draw speed in IE7.

March 1 2008:

Resistance is futile! The new auto complete system is now operational. Press F5 if you notice no change.

February 28 2008:

Made a totally new auto completion system, and canned it again thanks to IE. I'll continue developing it.

February 27 2008:

Sorting on state in "Tracked auctions" or "My auctions" will sort it on state first, amount of bids second, and item name third.

February 26 2008:

Feedback system added. You can give feedback about a seller/buyer when you won/sold an item. To do this, simply go to the item page and click "Give feedback about this seller/buyer".

February 25 2008:

Auctions are now kept one week after they have been marked traded ingame by the buyer and seller.

February 24 2008:

Added a new option to the wishlist: Maximum price.
Fixed a rare bug where an item was created withouth image (this happend about 4 times in total).

February 23 2008:

Added titles. They are based on the total amount of items bought and sold, and the ratio between those two.

February 22 2008:

Improved handling of items that were sold before they expired (buy-out or accepted bid).
"My auctions" and "Tracked auctions" are now sorted on state by default. It can still be changed by clicking on a different header.

February 21 2008:

Layout is once again completly IE6 compatible. Including "Hide menu".
Browsing auctions by day will now respect the time zone settings.
Auto completion will now correct capitals when a suggestion is accpeted by pressing Tab, Enter or the right arrow key.

February 20 2008:

Sorting your auctions or tracked auctions on state will now sort as follows: Returned, sold, expired, open. Clicking the header again will invert that order.
10 seconds flood control added to several forms, to prevent double posting data.
Dedicated miniatures added to Quicklist.

February 19 2008:

Changed "Bow String" in Quicklist to "Bowstring".
Wishlist appeared to be broken. Fixed. In addition, you will also be notified of relisted auctions, not just new auctions.

February 17 2008:

Fixed password recovery.
Replaced some screenshots in the screenshot library.

February 16 2008:

Auto complete added to create/edit auction forms. This can be turned off at the user settings.
Auctions that weren't sold within two weeks were removed instead of reset. Fixed.

February 15 2008:

Added images in table headers and a different background in sorted rows to visualize how the data is sorted.
Browsing search results by day will now sort them descending by date added.
Unique focus items added to Quicklist.
Missing non-perfect unique wands added to Quicklist.

February 14 2008:

Added an option to select your time zone.
Inscription icons are now linked to the type of inscription (Weapons, Martial Weapons, Offhands, etc).

February 13 2008:

Expanded screenshot library with inscription icons.

February 12 2008:

Moved "Write comment" section to the top of comments.

February 10 2008:

When auctions expire, you will now get one message that lists them all, instead of a message for every acution. This is only for auctions that expired withouth a bid on them.
Added Miniature Celestial Pig and Rat to Quicklist.

February 9 2008:

Corrected damage on unique hammers in the Quicklist (from "Blunt damage 19-35" to "Blunt Dmg: 19-35").

February 8 2008:

Unique Wands added to Quicklist.

February 7 2008:

Leading and trailing spaces will be removed from item names.

February 5 2008:

Wishlist fixed: You are no longer notified when either the name or description matches. Only if they both do.
Allowed exclemation mark in item name (for inscriptions).
Added inscription "Serenity Now" to Quicklist.
Fixed inscriptions in Quicklist to attach to the proper items.
When adding or editing auctions, only the actual input fields will take focus. The descriptions no longer will.

February 4 2008:

Some missing unique staves added to Quicklist. There could be more.

February 3 2008:

Unique Staves added to Quicklist.

January 31 2008:

You will be notified when someone comments on an auction that you're tracking. This can be turned off at the user settings.
Resized big library screenshots. Press F5 if old screenshots show up.

January 29 2008:

Expanded screenshot library with unqiue weapons from all chapters.
New category: Consumables
Fixed mail problem.
Fixed layout in IE6. Hide menu still bugged in IE6.
Expanded screenshot library with Key and Tome icons.

January 28 2008:

New feature: Screenshot library.
Expanded screenshot library with upgrade component icons.

January 27 2008:

Tomes added to Quicklist.
Improved automatic auction correction. All leading and trailing spaces are trimmed and inscriptions will now have proper case. Also improved the existing scripts and added new correction rules.

January 26 2008:

New feature: Returned auctions. To keep the list of auctions clean, moderators can now return auctions to the sender for editing. When one of your auctions is returned, you have to edit the auction (following the moderator's advice) and it will be shown again. Be carefull though, if you don't follow the advice you can get an account mark.
Maximum characters changed to 10000 for messages and reports (not comments).

January 25 2008:

Fixed font kerning for g[space] on rendered images.
Suffix upgrade components added to Quicklist. Upgrade components complete.

January 24 2008:

Main layout changed from table to div system. This allows for a hideable menu with fixed width.

January 23 2008:

Prefix upgrade components added to Quicklist.

January 21 2008:

Inscriptions added to Quicklist.
Added the possibility to browse search results by day.

January 20 2008:

Unique Shields added to Quicklist.
Unique Flatbows added to Quicklist.
Unique Hornbows added to Quicklist.
Unique Recurve Bows added to Quicklist.
Unique Shortbows added to Quicklist.
Unique Longbows added to Quicklist.

January 19 2008:

Unique Spears added to Quicklist.
Unique Scythes added to Quicklist.
Statistics now show amount of members and guests, instead of members only.

January 5 2008:

You no longer get notified when you comment on your own auction.

December 28 2007:

Unique Daggers added to Quicklist.
Missing non-perfect unique Swords, Axes, Hammers and Daggers added to Quicklist.

December 27 2007:

Fixed "Hide menu" function. The menu will no longer reappear smaller after hiding it in Firefox.

December 25 & 26 2007:

Christmas!

December 24 2007:

Fixed \n in Auction Comment notifications.
Unique Hammers added to Quicklist.

December 23 2007:

Quicklist will show text in the currently selected color.
Unique Axes added to Quicklist.

December 22 2007:

Unique Swords added to Quicklist.

December 18 2007:

You are no longer notified when you outbid yourself.

December 17 2007:

Fixed bug caused by preventing bids higher than the buy-out (you couldn't bid when there was no buy-out).

December 16 2007:

It is now impossible to bid higher than the buy-out.
Money traded through the site displayed on homepage.

December 15 2007:

Up/down arrows added for effects when creating auctions.
Auction-to-code system improved (and fixed).
Runes added to Quicklist.

December 12 2007:

Item type lists reorganized.
Dye added to Quicklist.

December 11 2007:

Captcha added for registering.
Fixed pages in outbox.

December 9 2007:

Keys added to Quicklist.
Miniatures added to Quicklist.

December 8 2007:

Smilie input script now sets the cursor after the added smilie, instead of at the end of a field.
Account activation deactivated due to continuing email problems. All non-actiavted accounts activated.
Quicklist started, system functional. Database to be build.

December 7 2007:

All remaining links changed.

December 6 2007:

Simplified links in menu. The rest of the site will folow.

December 5 2007:

Fixed item type and expire time not being updated when saving/loading from a code.

December 4 2007:

Wishlist added!

November 27 2007:

Items have a capped width now, just as in the game. Extreme wide auctions were causing the site to look weird.

November 24 2007:

The images are now rendered once when the item is created or edited instead of everytime someone wants to see the item. This reduces bandwidth and loading time due to caching. To prevent caching old incorrect data, the name of the image is changed everytime the auction is edited.

November 23 2007:

Items are now rendered as image. It looks more like the item in-game and you can show the auction on other sites.

November 22 2007:

Added bid history. See who made what bid when for every item.
Uploaded images will be scaled down if they're to large.

November 21 2007:

Changed the layout slightly on adding/editing auctions.
Fixed backslashes in emails.

November 14 2007:

Updated auto correction. Also fixes case in item names and sets right amount of spaces around the characters - + and :
Fixed coloured lines. They where sometimes still shown as white, even tough they shouldn't.
Fixed empty lines below buttons in IE.

November 13 2007:

Changed the "Damage/Effect/Description" option for adding auctions to "White/Coloured/Grey".

November 12 2007:

Searching was broken. Fixed now.
Changed the line type (damage/effect/description) to colours (white/item's colour/grey).
The minimum bid sometimes was shown 1 gold to low because of a rounding error, so bidding the shown minimum wouldn't be accepted.
Fixed auto correction. Empty descriptions are no longer put between brackets.
You will be notified when someone comments on your auction.
The minimum bid sometimes was shown 1 gold to low because of a rounding error, so bidding the shown minimum wouldn't be accepted.

November 11 2007:

Added some auto correction when auctions are added.

November 10 2007:

Changed Help section to show one item at a time. Also updated help on addding auctions (special thanks to Smurf Minions).
Added a dropdown menu in the main menu for browsing different catagories. It was already possible, but this might make it faster for you.
Added a more visible notification when you got new messages.

November 9 2007:

Fixed browsing auction pages. Item type and colour was lost when switching pages.
Improved listing routines. Should slightly increase performance.
Automaticly expand search options again when there are no results.
User settings page fixed. The page couldn't load.
"Upgrade Component" and "Uses remaining" is now always showed in white.
Inscriptions names are now always white, and the effect will always be blue.
The "Received Confrimation" mail was sent to the seller. It will be sent to the buyer from now on.
Some line breaks weren't shown in mails.

November 8 2007:

Added "Upgrade Component" item type.
System added to find duplicate accounts.
Opening bid must be atleast 1g.
Smilies are now parsed case-insensative.
Messages older than 2 weeks are deleted to save space.
More specific error messages added for wrong input data.

November 7 2007:

Added an "auction code" system. See "Adding an auction" under the help page for more details.
Added transfer prices for ectos and shards. They can be set when an auction is created (or edited).
Fixed <br /> tags in IGN email.
Emails updated. (It's late tough, if you spot any errors, mail the webmaster)

November 6 2007:

Updated "Tracked auctions" to allow untracking multiple items at once.
Added the possibility to save the "Add auctions" form in a cookie, to load it later.
After an item has been sold for a week, but not traded in-game, seller and buyer will be reminded of the auction. When it has been sold for two weeks, bid data will be removed and the auction can be relisted. If it isn't within another week, it will be removed.

November 5 2007: