Development NewsHere the Dev team keep you right up to date with the site's development progress and new features. Make sure you check back often so you don't miss out on any cool new additions.February 27th, 2008PTR EnabledFrom today WoWdigger.com now shows and captures all PTR data and adds it to the database. So what does this mean to you? Well from today, and also for subsequent PTRs, you can theorycraft all PTR gear on your characters in the Outfitter. When a new PTR goes live the site switches to PTR data. However, we realise that players want to still look at the current live stats on any changed items. To do this we have implemented the Item Time Machine which allows you to view and compate PTR items with current live server item stats (example). We would really appreciate it everyone who is using the PTRs could utilise the WoWDigger client to help add to any PTR data on the site. More updates coming soon! February 8th, 2008New Profession Recipe Feature AddedWe have added a rather useful feature today for character professions. As you know, if you use WoWDigger uploader you get all sorts of neat data added to your character including the professions recipe info you have learned. Previously the page just showed what recipes you have learned for any profession but now we also show you what you are still yet to learn. This is really handy if you ever wondered what was around the corner for your chosen profession. January 31st, 2008WoWdigger Outfitter Now ImprovedThe latest phase of the WoWDigger character planner has just been put live on WoWDigger.com which now makes it super simple to add equipment to your characters for theory crafting. Characters can now be easily equipped without having to leave your character screen thanks to the cool new search function. Simply search the item, click it, add enchants and then add it to your character. We are encouraging as many folk as possible to test out the new system and report any bugs so we can hop right on those. Also note it is better to use the WoWDigger client instead of armory importing feature as your character will then be bang up to date after every session of play. You are also helping us a great deal with future developments by using the uploader to gather data. The character pages look like this character but when you are logged in you get a nifty new Equip Item search box on the right so you can search and add your own items for theory crafting. January 22, 2008Updates GaloreLooks like our last news update has gone AWOL from the news page here but we thought we'd give everyone a heads-up on some of the fixes from the last couple of days here on WoWDigger.
We are planning to have some new bits and pieces for everyone this week and we'll post about those as soon as they go live. September 27, 2007Speed, Speed, SpeedAs you know we had been concentrating on getting the Outfitter up and running, and while we are still tweaking things, the development team have also been working on site performance. This past week we have been working flat-out to increase the speed of the site which is now paying off big time. We have changed and recoded a ton of things all around the WoWDigger site and you will have noticed a great performance increase. We will continue to monitor site performance as always and we hope you're enjoying the benefits of the hard work now. So where are we now? Well we still have quite a few things we want to add to the site which we will be implementing over the coming week. As soon as we have these ready to roll out we'll let you know. September 17, 2007WoWDigger.com Outfitter With Talents LiveThe WoWDigger.com dev team have been working hard to bring you an awesome new update to the site. We have expanded the character outfitter to now include talent builds! You can now get an accurate character setup based on current talents or even create new trees with the Outfitter interactive talent calculator. All in-game stats are calculated on Outfits and we give you a LIVE display of how talents affect your overall stats. We have also now pulled the site out of Beta testing and with that comes the new look. We would like to thank all the testers that have been using the site and giving us their support. You guys rock. The development doesn't end here though, lots to come! Check out WoWDigger.com and get creative with your characters and plan ahead! August 29, 2007Latest Outfitter/Site Updates
August 24, 2007Non-Client Outfitter Open!A quick heads-up that you can now create new characters and kit them out with gear without the need for the client. We are adding the import from armory feature just now so you can import your real characters but there a bug we are ironing out with that. Should be fixed shortly. However you can create new characters without the need for the client to create new builds. This is the process... 1. Create a site account. 2. Login 3. Click your name next to 'Welcome' at the top to reach your profile page. 4. Click Character management. 5. In the 'Create New Character' fill in the boxes. 6. Click Create character. You are done! August 17, 2007Outfitter Launches!We opened wishlists a while ago as a first phase a few weeks ago. Well the big news today is that phase 2 is now complete and we now bring you the Outfitter! So what is the outfitter? On your character in your WoWDigger Profile you can now equip new theoretical outfits for each character and see how that outfit will change your character stats. This is a fantastic way to check your gear and see what is possible with each character build. You can create as many as you like to show and share with the community. This is a very cool addition to WoWdigger.com and we are encouraging as much feedback as possible in this thread so we can iron out any bugs in the next few days. See example August 10, 2007Over the past week we have been tweaking filters extensively and you will have noticed a whole bunch of new filters have been added to the site. We have also been tweaking server performance which has shown a speed improvement over the past few days thanks to the changes.We are currently working on a new feature which we hope to have live some time in the middle of next week but we'll give more details on that as we get closer to release. We think you'll like it :) July 26, 2007A whole host of additions to the filters this week including number of sockets, openable, prospectable, randomly enchanted, health and mana regeneration, spell healing, spell damage, on equip effects, drops in area, drops in normal instance, drops in heroic instance, obtained by killing, skinning or from a vendor, rewarded by a quest and obtained via pvp.More goodies to come :) July 16, 2007The latest site addition is Wishlists! The Wishlist allows you to select any item your character can equip, no matter what level, and add it to your profile page. A great way to plan ahead and tag items you may be looking for. You can also let others see your list should you so desire. This is the first stage of the wishlist development in the character profiles so all feedback should be added in this forum thread.To add an item just select it from the Wishlist box that appears on every item page and it will equip into your character profile. (see example) July 12, 2007Just a quick thanks to everyone for all their suggestions, bug reports and input, it's helping massively as we work our way into phase 3 of development. Updates are incoming shortly, hopefully by the end of this week. Also a huge thanks to everyone who has sent in a donation via PayPal for the dev team via the front page, If we can keep these coming in it's going to make it easier for everyone to keep this site ad banner free, something we really want to do. Every little helps :)Also note that a new WoWdigger client was released so if you're running the uploader it should have auto-updated from the site already. If not, you can download it from the main WoWDigger homepage. There is also an update to the comments system allowing comment editing for up to one hour. July 5, 2007My Internet connection has been a little out of action so I'll post the latest updates that I can remember off the top of my head :) I would also like to thank everyone who has been whacking the donate button to keep the site ad free. The Dev team are now starting to actually eat :)
July 2, 2007This weeks updates have begun and so far include...
June 29, 2007
Thanks to everyone that has been helping spread the word about the site, it is really appreciated, Keep telling all your buddies we are up and running. Remember, it's the community that drives this site :) June 28, 2007A few more things for you today while we continue adding features.
June 27, 2007First of all, thanks to everyone for the feedback. With your comments we can race through a lot of things quickly. Secondly also a huge thanks to everyone who has hit the PayPal button to support the dev team and keep this site ad free. OK onto today's dev update. This is what has gone in this evening and more is still being worked on right now:
June 25, 2007We are now up and running! Although the site is pretty polished so far we are calling this a Beta phase while we add cool new things to the site over the coming couple of weeks. We appreciate any feedback you can give us whether it be ideas or suggestions. We have lots of things in the pipeline but who knows, we may have missed something so do send in your ideas :) Send any suggestions to wow @ wowdigger.com We have already implemented character pages and talents as well as the ability to show banks, inventory and more. The best bit is you choose who you want to view your profile. You can share your bank info with your guild only, your friends or the whole world if you so desire. It is fully customisable by you. As you may have noticed the site contains no banners. We intend to keep the site this way as best we can with the backing of the community. If you like the site and use it you can help the dev team by pressing the donate button on the right, this will go to cover server hosting costs. We know such a site like this is resource hungry but are going to do our best to keep the site ad free. There will be at no point gold selling adverts or any affiliation to gold selling on WoWDigger so rest assured the future of this site is safe, that is something we can guarantee. To get started simply register and then install the uploader. We hope you enjoy the resource WoW fans! |
