Latest announcement: Due to recent abuse of our services, anonymous map uploading has temporarily been disabled. Only registered users will be able to submit new maps.
Changelog
27 March 2005: Version 2.0.1
- [+] Something that I added
- [*] Something that I changed
04 June 2005: Version 2.0.11
- [+] Added FFie to the coding team
- [*] Preview making engine and all map previews have been optimized
05 June 2005: Version 2.0.11.1
- [*] Search paging fixed
10 June 2005: Version 2.0.11.2
- [*] Request review option fixed
13 June 2005: Version 2.0.11.3
- [*] Top submitters now include makers of collaborated maps
14 August 2005: Version 2.0.11.4
- [+] New URLs supported: www.wmdb.org/author, www.wmdb.org/author/type
23 May 2008: Version 2.0.11.5?
- [-] No longer supported: www.wmdb.org/author/type
- [+] New URLs supported: www.wmdb.org/maps/type, www.wmdb.org/maps/type/author
10 December 2008: Version 2.0.11.6?
- [+] New "View in Full Size" link/URL: www.wmdb.org/maps/full/number.png
5 January 2009: Version 2.0.11.7? (by CyberShadow)
- [*] Transition to PHP 5
26 January 2009: Version 2.0.11.8? (by CyberShadow)
- [*] "View in Full Size" URL changed to: www.wmdb.org/maps/full/number/name.png (old URL still supported)
- [+] Search by name added
- [*] Unreviewed maps will show up as such in the list, instead of "Features: None"
27 January 2009: Version 2.0.11.8.1!! (by FFie)
- [*] Changed map URLs to <title> by <author> (<type>)
19 April 2009: Version 2.5.0 (by FFie)
- [*] Code base has been completely rewritten (who cares?)
- [*] Supported short URLs for searching have been changed:
• www.wmdb.org/maps/type
• www.wmdb.org/users/name
- [+] User accounts
- [+] Featured maps page
- [+] Recent good maps on maps page
- [+] Huge maps are now supported
- [+] Censored image (by doben)
- [+] Some BBCode (formatting, URLs) is now supported in map descriptions and posts
20 April 2009: (by FFie)
- [+] Some maps need special WSC files. These can now be attached.
- [+] Experience points and ranks
23 April 2009: (by FFie)
- [+] BBCode preview for posts and maps
- [+] Top submitters by EXP
04 May 2009: (by FFie)
- [+] Download map packs based on search results (limited to 100 maps).
25 May 2009: (by FFie)
- [+] Remix tags now link to the remixed maps as well (or will, when we finish going through them all).
28 May 2009: (by FFie)
- [+] Added paging for map comments and shoutbox.
07 June 2009: (by FFie)
- [+] Users can delete any comment posted for their own maps (except for mod posts).
16 June 2009: (by FFie)
- [+] Added [spoiler] tag for map descriptions and comments.
- [+] Added grouping for map types.
- [+] Added some map types: Bungee Shopper, Pod Shopper, Power Prodder, Rubber BnG, Other Rubber, Board Games.
22 June 2009: (by FFie)
- [*] Deleted comments are only hidden, and will show upon clicking (spam comments will still be permanently deleted by us).
23 June 2009: (by FFie)
- [+] Poll system (yay?)
- [+] Changing and resetting passwords is now possible.
24 June 2009: (by FFie)
- [*] Maps in packs for author based searches go to maps.zip/scheme/author/title.png
- [*] Maps in packs for scheme based searches go to maps.zip/author/title.png
07 August 2009: (by FFie)
- [*] Enabled middle-click for full-size previews.
- [+] Private Message system.
11 August 2009: (by FFie)
- [*] Changed "number of maps" to "absolute points" (EXP x average) on Top Submitters page.
30 September 2009: (by FFie)
- [+] Started working on profile pages.
02 October 2009: (by FFie)
- [*] Optimized searching URLs.
- [+] Favorite maps.
06 October 2009: (by FFie)
- [+] Maps that have been favorited by at least one user will show a list of these users on their pages.
07 October 2009: (by FFie)
- [+] Maps can now be tagged to improve search results.
18 October 2009: (by FFie)
- [+] Favorite authors. (experimental)
21 October 2009: (by FFie)
- [+] Bio in profile pages.
25 October 2009: (by FFie)
- [*] Maps, comments, and private messages now support UTF-8 characters.
- [+] Search for user comments from profile pages.
01 November 2009: (by FFie)
- [+] Searching by map size.
11 December 2009: (by FFie)
- [+] E-mail notification about PMs.
08 January 2010: (by FFie)
- [+] Users can now upload private maps. These will not be reviewed/removed and can only be accessed by URL.
16 February 2010: (by FFie)
- [*] You can only submit one map every five minutes.
19 February 2010: (by FFie)
- [+] "Hide status" option in profile settings.
13(?) August 2010: (by CyberShadow)
- [*] New and better PNG resizer.
16 September 2010: (by CyberShadow)
- [+] "Play Now" feature for each map that launches W:A and hosts a game with that map (or joins one if available).
26 February 2011: (by CyberShadow)
- [*] Fixed download file names and HostingBuddy accessibility for maps with Unicode characters in title.
- [*] Improved algorithm for choosing HostingBuddy maps.
25 September 2011: (by FFie)
- [*] Map views are no longer counted.
16th December 2012: Version 2.6 (by FFie)
- [*] Switched to new framework version (if you encounter any errors, please email me).
- [+] Added user ratings (not searchable yet, just collecting numbers for switching later).
28th December 2012: (by FFie)
- [+] Added average ratings on user profile.
18th August 2013: (by FFie)
- [*] HostingBuddy now has a much larger list of random maps to select from.
- [*] Detailed user ratings are now public (available to logged in users only).
- [+] Search based on user ratings.
24th September 2013: (by FFie)
- [+] List of ratings for each user (available to logged in users only).
9th September 2018: (by OutofOrder)
- [+] Map searches can now be sorted by map dimensions in pixels.
- [+] They can also be sorted by width or height, but by manually adding
&map[order]=w
or&map[order]=h
, respectively, to the search results URL address.
7th November 2018: (by OutofOrder)
- [+] Fix URL parsing in BBCode tags.
- [*] Some minor but needed fix.
7th January 2019: (by OutofOrder)
- [+] Logged in users can now see and copy (to clipboard) map IDs from the map index.
- [*] Allow [url=map_id][/url] tags to link directly to submitted maps (by their ID) to be previewed.
- [*] Fixed a URL parsing problem in live BBCode preview.
- [*] Map uploaders will now get a warning when they exceed tags character limit (50 characters).
14th Match 2019: (by OutofOrder)
- [*] URL fixes caused by temporary domain configuration (due to hosting changes).
10th May 2019: (by OutofOrder)
- [*] Fix spoiler tags: they won't hide anymore when hovering the revealed contents with the mouse cursor.
24th May 2019: (by OutofOrder)
- [+] Send HTTP 304 response when If-Modified-Since is present and downloading an unchanged map file.
- [*] Url BBCode is now parsing commas in URL.
8th Jun 2019: (by OutofOrder)
- [*] Internal: First stage of database changes: properly handle nonexistent dates; no longer use zero dates.
12th Jun 2019: (by OutofOrder)
- [*] Internal: Last stage of database changes: use UTF-8 collation for storing all string fields to avoid expensive conversions across page rendering.
- [*] Register: PM me instead if you want to claim maps you submitted anonymously.
19th Jul 2019: (by OutofOrder)
- [*] Fix broken URL links that pointed to wmdb.org addresses.
- [*] Empty contact fields in user profiles are no longer shown.
- [*] Remove old OSI "online/offline" contact icon system, replace them with simple icon images.
- [-] Remove obsolete contact fields in user profiles for dead services, including MSN, AIM, YIM and Gtalk. Note: You can still see your own old contact information if you filled it in the past, by editing your own profile.
31st Jul 2019: (by OutofOrder)
- [*] Map ID click-to-copy now works site-wide (previously only worked in the Maps section).
1st Aug 2019: (by OutofOrder)
- [*] Stop showing logged off user names under "Online people".
25th Feb 2020: (by OutofOrder)
- [+] Add checkbox labels where they were missing, all over the site. They're all clickable from now on.
13th Mar 2020: (by OutofOrder)
- [*] The Features popout will now be properly aligned. It was badly positioned in non fullscreen-width browser windows.
27th Mar 2020: (by OutofOrder)
- [*] Improve IPv6 support: allow submissions from users using any and all IPv6 addresses.
1st Apr 2020: (by OutofOrder)
- [+] "New shout" alert icon will be shown next to the Shoutbox link when (you guessed it) there are new unread shouts.
6th Aug 2020: (by OutofOrder)
- [+] Map submission: Allow uploading v3 scheme files introduced in the latest W:A update.
12th Aug 2020: (by OutofOrder)
- [*] (Internal) Database: improve error reporting.
4th Apr 2021: (by OutofOrder)
- [+] Added Rowy scheme under category Other.
- [*] API: Actually big maps (according to WMDB's sizing criteria) can now be retrieved via HostingBuddy, for schemes that require them.