February Charity Announcement, and Some Updates/Bug Fixes!

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  1. buildblox

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    #1 buildblox, Jan 28, 2018
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    EDIT 2/08: We’ve greatly surpassed our goal ($430), and are now looking to raise $500 by the end of February. Keep donating!

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    EDIT 2/01: Name colors are now available for purchase! Be sure to check them out at: https://mctrades.org/account/upgrades


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    Hello, everyone! As we roll into February, I'd like to once again take a moment to thank you all for bringing MCTrades to this point. Without users like you, trust me, we'd definitely have some considerable trouble growing. :p

    As most of you know, we went through a maintenance period last night! During this time, we identified certain bugs and their causes, and the majority of them are now fixed. Please remember that at any time you can create a bug report and let us know if you're experiencing trouble.

    Now, onto some of our updates! As many of you may have noticed, we added a new Cloudflare splash page. This was added for security purposes, and we hope it will generally optimize the site! Understandably, the page is rather dull as of now; as such, if any of you have any suggestions surrounding its design, I highly recommend making a suggestion thread. We'd love to know what you think!

    Beyond that, as you may remember, we announced last month that we were migrating to a new tickets system. We've been working to ensure this tickets system is quick, efficient, and overall user-friendly. Some notable updates to the system from last month include:
    • The ability for guests to make tickets.
    • Choosing ticket priority.
    • Optimized placement of ticket information in the sidebar of the ticket.
    • In terms of tickets archived under our old system, you may access them in the My Archive section; username change requests can be found in the Username Change Archive.
    We have begun renting out our footer banner advertising slot. If you're interested in purchasing the space, it is currently $8 a week. Check it out on our advertising page!

    We now have a Generous medal! If you buy a gift code/gift an upgrade to a user, feel free to make a ticket and let us know! Please keep in mind that the medal only qualifies on purchases of Diamond or Emerald upgrades.

    We've added some new options to our preferences panel!
    • An "Agreement Options" section; by ticking this box, you no longer need to select the option at the bottom of the dispute posts editor when posting.
    • A "Disable Effects" section to disable the loading bar when the website loads.
    • Default display of colored chat backgrounds for Diamond/Emerald users.
    • Option to remove profile pictures from thread user information tabs.
    The rest of our upgrades can be viewed in the spoiler below:

    • Modified multiple phrases to make things a bit more simple while not decreasing integrity.
    • Simplified form uniform resource locators.
    • Better organized the preferences page by adding more headers.
    • Added the sizedimage bbcode allowing you to set your own image width. Height is automatic. Plus, it allows you to more easily put images next to each other, maybe even put text in between.
        • MCTrades
      • If the option is invalid, it will simply break.
    • Fixed the sellfy bbcode.
    • Fixed the line bbcode.
      • Added the option to set the percentage width of the line.
    • Rephrased "Advertising" to "Advertise", which also gets rid of the three "more" dots.
    • Removed the username field from the ranked accounts form.
    • Added Additional Trophies [View All]
      • Merchant Scavenger
      • Engaged Trademan
      • Explorer
    • Fixed the quantity field of the cape code sell form.
    • Fixed a bug where some members were unable to utilize conversations.
    • Fixed a bug where medals would not display for some users.
    • Fixed a bug where on some user's profiles, a green loading text would appear.

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    And now, onto our February Cancer Charity Event!


    For those of you who remember, back in October we hosted a charity event and sent the proceeds to Gamer's Outreach, a prominent charity organization! As February is Breast Cancer Awareness month, we will be raising money for the American Cancer Society, who has invested over 4.6 billion dollars in cancer research and averted nearly 2.1 million cancer-related deaths. We've decided to up our goal from last time!

    We would like to raise $250, a $100 difference from our donation 4 months ago.

    Starting February 1st and lasting until the 28th, you will be able to purchase a limited-time pink gradient name color (which I will be sporting for the month of February) for $5.00! Additionally, as with last time, if you donate $25 or more you will receive the "Charitable" medal! If you'd like to donate $25 or more, please make a ticket or privately message an administrator.

    Together, we can make a change! Be sure to visit the American Cancer Society at https://cancer.org today!

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    Once again, thank you all for maintaining your activity on-site. It truly means a lot to our staff team, and we work hard to make sure your experience is flawless.

    Thanks for a great kick-off to 2018!

    buildblox,
    MCTrades Owner and Founder
     
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  2. Night

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    I'm buying that new tag color :)
     
  3. JumboAlts

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    Very carying owner
     
  4. Damial

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    Where can i buy the pink gradient name color?
     
  5. buildblox

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    It'll be available starting February 1st in the account upgrades section.
     
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  6. Radiotic

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    GANG GANG LETS GET IT YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
     
  7. Ryan

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    I’ll be buying it for sure :)
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  8. Monster

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    Good stuff
     
  9. Adley

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    I’ll get the charitable medal and name colour when I get paid
     
  10. Cinnamonabon

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    My pms are finally fixed :)
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  11. Astroner

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    yay cant wait
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  12. Dylan

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    That name color is h0t
     
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  13. SwiftBeatz

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    I'm glad you're donating to ACS over other non-profits. Their donations have been dwindling over the past few years from what I understand.
     
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  14. user4429

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    Actually the best thing to happen, my mother had breast cancer once, and this makes me want to donate :thinking:
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  15. Chearful

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    ggggggg you guys hit your target!
     
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  16. user4429

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    You are a great human.
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    Single handedly hit the target. Really appreciate it <3
     
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  18. Adley

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    I think we hit the target within 8 days :o
    Still another 20 to go...
     
  19. user4429

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    The goal was $250. Chearful donated that amount...
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  20. Adley

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    That's not stopping buildblox for over achieving..
    [ Double Post Merged - ( New Post Date: Feb 8, 2018 ) - ( Original Post Date: Feb 8, 2018 ) ]
    The event lasts the whole month no matter if we reach the target or not.