EightBallSystem

[eightball-system]

CangeLog 1.6.4

(this is mostly a util/server side update and not really a feature update) -# not all bug fixes or features may be listed

Images (should) load faster now

Site (should) load faster now

fixed some of the mobile UI glitches

Fixed the spoilers not being not clickable

Fixed Strikethough not working in pronouns

Fixed putting __text__ still underlined it

HTML/CSS is now supposed on the public front page

expanded the front page status from 16,000 to 4,000,000,000

Changed most of the checkboxes to toggles (if i missed any please point them out)

did a bunch of house cleaning on the code

I hid a easter egg somewhere (no clues or anything), if you find it DM me for a suprise :>

REMINDER:

the .XYZ domain will be sunset in ~2 months (going to force a switch to the .org domain in July)

[eightballsystem-devs]

i accidentally posted this under the wrong account, whoops

[eightballsystem-devs]

Did you know that you could use full html + css, *and* mix it with markdown in your member bios in ScratchFront?

Yes

No

Voting ended onMay 27

The member bios have a max length of 4 Billion characters (that’s longer then both the Odyssey *and* Iliad combined)

And you can use nearly unlimited CSS and HTML to make your bios how ever you want.

[eightballsystem-devs]

SCRATCH 1.6.0 IS LIVE!!!

After *months* of work, the full rehual of the UI is done!

CHANGE LOG 1.6.0

-# Not all Fixes or Features are in this list

REMINDER

The .xyz domain (scratchupload.xyz will be sunsetted this summer and everything will be migrated over to the .org (scratchupload.org + scratchfront.org)

Fixed:

A lot of bugs

deleting a member doesn’t delete the front history, we deleted all of the deleted members history from the DB

(if there are any bugs still out there please let us know, we do expect there to be some as we are only human)

Added (ScratchUpload)

- System wide fonts for supporters - UI refresh (including better mobile view) - Onboarding for the AccessControl list (this will appear twice, first time you login and next time you login) - Search on the ACL - Redesigned the ACL

Added (ScratchFront)

- Hex Box for member color selection - Expanded HTML and CSS in member bios you can now do keyframes and CSS animations - Fonts in Bios - UI refresh - Journals - THIS IS IN A PUBLIC BETA, data loss may occur - with full encryption and per member blacklist - Front Analytics - Front history - Octocon import - SP history importing - hiding a member from being shown on the public front page - restyled the public bio page - Delete all members at once

Changed

\- IP's are no longer being logged \- Brand new UI \- better mobile UI (across all pages)

Removed (ScratchUpload)

Auto converting to WebP

Huge thank you to all the beta testers who provided feedback and pointed out issues, it is greatly appreciated!!

Update will go live either today or tomorrow (once we iron out a few more UI bugs)

[eightballsystem-devs]

Update for Scratch

Soooooooo been a while and we have been busy we are working on a full new UI a lot of new features mobile apps and a bunch of other stuff Currently doing a public beta test for 1.6.0 please join the discord if you would like to join the beta and help us test (update is targeted to be next week but might be later)

[eightballsystem-devs]

scratchupload keeps auto-deleting one of our icons when we use the primary name of the headmate it's for?

(sorry about the late response) If you could please email us at [email protected] and we can look into this. Im really sorry to hear thats going on and it shouldn't be. if you could email us at the email above and provide image name username how often it deletes it does it ever re-show up on its own or does it stay deleted until you reupload it. That would be helpful for us to look into whats going on. Thank you for letting us know! and again, im sorry thats happening.

[eightballsystem-devs]

# HOTFIX 1.5.5-1

-# (Not all fixes are in this list)

## Fixed:

- Accessibility Issues in ScratchFront

- Long public Member pages were going outside of the box on mobile

- Make Public/Private button on tile view in ScratchUpload wasn't responding

- Minor UI bugs in both ScratchUpload and ScratchFront

- Networking side issue (and prep for Sundays downtime)

- Searching for avatars in ScratchFront wasn't always responding

- Scratch Crashing when the DB goes down

- No way to get back to ScratchUpload from the UI

- Fixed the /box and /dropbox route

- Fixed the /security.txt and /.well-known/security.txt

- Member bio staying too small

## Added

- Better redundant logging

- Custom Themes (for supporters)

- HIPPA Section (recommended by our lawyer) to the privacy policy

- Scratch to our internal network Backbone

- importing from SP now imports pronouns, bio and tries to import the image if it’s a scratch link

[eightballsystem-devs]

Going todo an AMA here

Reply to this with any questions you have about Scratch (Both upload and front), computer questions or just questions about us.

We will answer them!

[eightballsystem-devs]

MAJOR UPDATE to Scratch

ChangeLog - 1.5.5

Not all changes or bug fixes are in this announcement This update is very similar to the 1.4 because of the issues with that deployment that were fixed.

ScratchUpload

Fixed:

Contrast and Accessibility issues with some of the themes, including the high contrast one

Issues with the Frames not being rendered correctly

Issues with the Watermark not being put into the image on load correctly

Sorting wasn't responding correctly

a few security issues

Added

alt text to images

alt text header (documentation about the header - coming soon)

ScratchFront

Fixed:

Contrast and Accessibility issues with some of the themes, including the high contrast one

The Delete button being too close to the save button (has now been moved to the bottom of the edit page)

Importing members from SP with the same name - only imports the first one

Added:

New save page for members

Renaming Members

Markdown Rendering in both the Pronouns and Description

HTML/CSS Rendering in the Description

Colors on Member's cards (both Tile and List view)

Public Member pages

System front pages (off by default)

Front Time on Fronting page

Thank you for reading this and for sticking with us :)

Thank you so much! Stay Safe out there You can now use advanced HTML and CSS in bios, and have that render in each members public page! (pictured below)

[old-habitz-die-hard]

being a "singlet very interested in systems" to finding out you ARE a system pipeline is real

[eightballsystem-devs]

I just wanted to say that Scratch ( and we as developers) have a strong stance *against* using and having generative AI build tools for the plural community. No matter how little the generative AI is used in the project.

Scratch and all of our tools are built with 0 AI, including any from of AI assistance.

Thank you

Also as a bit of transparency - we make absolutely nothing off of this project. We don’t even get enough donations to cover the servers month to month.

Also

Who ever attempted to doxxed us, that’s not going to stop us from continuing to work on our project, we care too much for something like that to stop us. While it’s sad to watch and read what some parts of this community say about other devs like the devs of SP an octocon. There is no reason for that much hate to be directed at anyone person who is taking time out of their day and life to build something for the community only to have said community rip you to shreds and or threaten you. Thats not okay. Thats why projects get shutdown is because of how the community As a WHOLE acts.

Thank you.

[quest-system]

very short comic but like. It felt really really nice to talk to our therapist as me for the first time.

[lighthouse-app]

Despite the chaos going on and the back and forth, I do hope we can remember that these tools we use are made by fellow systems, who also have their own journey and limits in terms of energy and stress management.

[eightballsystem-devs]

Database Migration Tonight

both ScratchUpload and ScratchFront will be going into maintenance mode in about 1 hour from time of this post

The Downtime might be up to a hour or hour and a half from start

we will work as quickly as possible to get everything back up sorry about the short notice

[eightballsystem-devs]

i am so sorry that this is taking longer then expected,

we are moving database providers due to a personal fallout with the old one's owner and we do not feel safe having any data on their servers anymore.

What we are doing currently is making a 1:1 copy of the DB to our new provider (digital ocean)

this should be the only time that we need todo anything like this.

Just due to how complex the DB is and how important its data is, we don't want to risk any chances of any data getting messed up in the proccess, and thats why we are slowing everything down and makesuing sure everything is checked over before we spin everything back up.

as of right now i do not have an ETA other then we will get this done before we goto bed

[eightballsystem-devs]

Database Migration Tonight

both ScratchUpload and ScratchFront will be going into maintenance mode in about 1 hour from time of this post

The Downtime might be up to a hour or hour and a half from start

we will work as quickly as possible to get everything back up sorry about the short notice

[eightballsystem-devs]

Scratch Update: 1.5.4

ChangeLog - 1.5.4

This update is mostly bug fixes - not all changes or bug fixes are in this announcement

ScratchUpload

Fixed:

Contrast and Accessibility issues with some of the themes, including the high contrast one

Issues with the Frames not being rendered correctly

Issues with the Watermark not being put into the image on load correctly

Sorting wasn't responding correctly

a few security issues

ScratchFront

Fixed:

Contrast and Accessibility issues with some of the themes, including the high contrast one

The mobile view showing both the Tile and the List view

The Delete button being too close to the save button (has now been moved to the bottom of the edit page)

Importing members from SP with the same name - only imports the first one

Fixed icons not showing up - this might take a day or two for it to apply globally

Added:

New save page for members

Markdown Rendering in both the Pronouns and Description (right now this is just basic Markdown bold italics and underline more to come later)

PK import

Banners on Member's (in list view)

Fixed icons not showing up - this might take a day or two for it to apply globally I am currently working on fixing a few bugs with this - before it goes public

[eightballsystem-devs]

First post

Hey! We are the EightBallSystem (makers of https://scratchupload.org) On here to answer questions and stuff about ScratchUpload and ScratchFront (the Front Tracking app we built into ScratchUpload!