Today cstdenis issued another maintenance update for FAC.

A list of bugs fixed is available on my journal page (here).

There's probably still a few more bugs crawling around in obscure pages or error messages -- we're hearing talk of submission notices still broken :( -- so if you find any, you can report it to our Site Discussion forum.

It's here! FAC has now been updated to include the new site features we've been working on. You may already notice the "Popular Works" and the poll now included on our mainpage.

Some of the features you can now use are:
- "Scraps" system
- Comment Preview
- Expanded Search options

We also have a new set of rules, the Fanart Central Terms of Service (or "FACTS", for short) which covers general matters that apply sitewide (such as "no trolling"). We've had a copy of them available in the forums for over a month, so if you haven't read through them yet, please do so!

>> http://www.fanart-central.net/rules.general.php

Another new feature, very important from a staff point of view, is the ability for FAC site admins to issue timed suspensions for violations (such as spamming). Suspensions automatically expire after a specified length (ranging from 24 hours to 4 weeks, depending on the infraction), so there is no need for the admin to come back later and remove it manually.

Unfortunately there are still a few bugs left for us to work out over this week (and maybe the next). I'm currently maintaining a list of known bugs on my profile page, so if you run into something peculiar you may want to check my list first, chances are good we know about it already.

The "top two" bugs are:

- Error messages when you try to +Watch a user. We've already patched this in the RC domain, so as a temporary fix, when you want to Watch a user try replacing the "www" in the URL with "rc", and it should work.

- The "Delete comment" link isn't showing up on userpages (or submissions) like it should be. This has also been patched on the RC domain, but you can still contact a site moderator to have them remove offensive or disruptive comments for you.

Also, a reminder that comments are never truly "deleted" from our site; they're just hidden from view, and FAC site staff members can access removed comments at will. In fact, this ability is now "always on" for FAC staff members, meaning that if there's a removed comment anywhere on a page we're viewing, we will know about it.

So that's all for now. If you manage to find a bug that we haven't (yet), be sure to stop by our forums and let us know.

It's almost time to update FAC with some new site features, but we need your help to finish their testing before they are finally ready.

These new features include:
- Oekaki as a submission method
- "Scraps" system
- Improved Search functionality
- "Preview" function for comments
- ...and a lot of little changes in various places

You can use these features simply by logging in to http://rc.fanart-central.net/ with your FAC username and password.

Be advised that RC shares the same database as our current site, any comments or submissions you post from there will be reflected here, and vice versa.

There are a few bugs remaining in the new release that we still need to fix -- when you encounter one, please report it to our forums discussion thread so we can get it fixed (and hopefully soon!).