| Last Day for the Hula! | |
| Posted by JT_ on Aug 28, 2011 1:23 pm | |
| Just under half a day left for our Weekend Luau. We hope you all have had a great time finding and collecting all the new items, relaxing in the sun, and sipping fruity drinks! :) |
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News Announcements
| Enviro-Collector - Change Out Time! | |
| Posted by JT_ on Aug 26, 2011 6:33 pm | |
| The Enviro-Collector was feeling a little left out of the Luau fun-- so she decided to toss out some old enviros, and replace them with some brand new ones! Go find 'em! :) Our retirees are: [ EC #017 ] Galaxy Weave [ EC #018 ] Warm Story [ EC #019 ] Ice Spirit [ EC #020 ] Purple Dance [ EC #021 ] Fire Dance Looks like Ice Spirit might become one of the rarest EC enviros so far! Have a great weekend everyone! Enjoy the Luau! :D |
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| ALOHA! - Weekend Luau 2011 - AUG 26, 27, 28 | |
| Posted by JT_ on Aug 26, 2011 12:00 am | |
 It's that time of the year again... Summer is winding down... But P3's Weekend Luau is just getting started, and boy do we have a party for you! Dance the hula, relax on the beach, consider cheeseburgers or at least a pumargarita! This is paradise! The choice is yours. What do you have to look forward to this weekend? • Gifting Stump - It's back for your gifting pleasure! • Profile Game - Dance the Hula with your friends and friends-to-be! There are some AMAZING prizes this year. Can you find them all? • Coconuts - Of course, you can't have a Luau without coconuts! Expect to see a bunch of Whole Coconuts around, and just maybe you'll discover new coconut items when you crack them open! • TONS of Shop Items - There are more new shop items than I can count using my fingers and toes! Some of them are Luau-specific, but others will be here to stay. :) Check 'em out, they should be stocking shortly in most Site Shops! As usual, the corner icon on an item will let you know if it's a 2011 only item (see "11" in the corner), a returning Luau item (Luau icon with no year), or if it's here to stay (no icon)! You can also use the item's description as a guide. :) We hope you all have fun! Thanks for partying with us! |
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| Some fun new items! | |
| Posted by JT_ on Aug 19, 2011 6:26 pm | |
Just added in a bunch of fun new items from our artists! Check the Boutique, Petites, and Environments shops for these and more... ;)   Angry Eyebrows!   Fribbles!    Jungle enviros! Enjoy, and have a great weekend everyone. :) |
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| Puma Search - Upgrades! | |
| Posted by JT_ on Aug 17, 2011 5:59 pm | |
| I have just finished putting the finishing touches on a few Puma Search upgrades. They should now be live on the site! Go to THE REALM -> PUMA SEARCH to try it out. You should now be able to: • sort by Generation (Low -> High; High -> Low) • choose Price minimum/maximum • choose Generation minimum/maximum • choose Marking Strength minimum/maximum • choose Evolution Visibility • search by Tag (EDIT: sorry, forgot this when I posted the first time!) This is a beta tool at the moment, as I am still making changes to it and I am sure there will be some small bugs here and there. So if you are not getting the results you expect, please let us know! :) With these upgrades, I tried to implement them in such a way that "what you see is what you get". So, for example, if you choose "All Markings" and put a MAX Strength of 50, you will get Pumas where ALL the markings on the Puma are between 1 and 50 strength. If you choose "Tiger Stripes" and put a MAX Strength of 50, you will get all Pumas where Tiger Stripes is between 1 and 50 strength. I know there is an interest for Paradigm searching as well, but that is not available just yet. :) Thanks for your patience! Please give us your feedback in this topic to help us squash bugs and fix any confusion: CLICK HERE! Edited: 08-17-2011 06:02 pm |
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| New Markings, Evolutions, and Paradigms | |
| Posted by JT_ on Aug 15, 2011 1:18 pm | |
| It is now mid-way through August, so that means it is time for some new Markings, Evolutions, and Paradigms. :) Head over to the Puma Demo to see: MARKINGS Phase Dance Tsunami EVOLUTIONS Nose Horn PARADIGMS Cool Wash Tie-Dyed 2 In addition, our Live Chat software was upgraded this weekend. Everything should be working correctly now, so if you notice any issues please let us know. :) |
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| Gifting Stump - Minor Update | |
| Posted by JT_ on Aug 12, 2011 5:33 pm | |
| Just wanted to let you all know that we have made a minor update to the way the Gifting Stump works when you send out a gift. :) From now on, you will only be able to send out 5 gifts per hour, per recipient. I know some people enjoyed spamming stumps with tons and tons of gifts, but I'm afraid we have had to take away that ability. 5 per hour seemed like a reasonable compromise! I have also added in the ability to choose which item type you want to view when deciding which item to send. :) Similar to the Inventory screen, you can now choose from a small drop down menu-- Food, Orbs, Environments, etc! Enjoy! (I don't believe there are any celebrations today so you can see the changes, but I'm sure we'll have a birthday soon! If not, the Weekend Luau is right around the corner... :D ) |
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| Clowders & Tags - UPDATE! | |
| Posted by JT_ on Aug 11, 2011 6:15 pm | |
| Thanks for all of your comments, suggestions, and bug reports! We've been able to squash all the bugs so far. :) Please let us know if you find any other weird issues by posting HERE. You should now be able to see Clowders & Tags in the hover tooltip on all Pride pages. Keep the feedback coming! We're glad to see so many people embracing these two new features. :) Are you wondering what I'm talking about? Better check out the news post below: Clowders & Tags - Organizing Your Pumas |
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| Thank you everyone! | |
| Posted by PhantomFire on Aug 11, 2011 12:32 am | |
| I just wanted to say "thank you!!" to everyone for the birthday wishes. I've sent along cake to everyone who shared my birthday with me!! You guys are the best!! | |
| Clowders & Tags - Organizing Your Pumas | |
| Posted by JT_ on Aug 10, 2011 3:11 pm | |
| Two brand new features have just been added to P3 that should help you organize your Pumas in more meaningful ways! Both features are somewhat related, but they actually behave independently of each other and have two different purposes. Let me explain. :) This could be a bit long, but I think it will help to read through. CLOWDERS A clowder is a group of cats. What better name could there be for a new system that allows you to organize your Pride into groups! That's right, our new Clowder system will allow you to place your Pumas into "groups/containers" within your Pride. The best part, however, is that a Puma can be in multiple Clowders! Maybe you want a Clowder for all of your Customs, as well as gifts received from other users, and maybe also a place for all Pumas with Bird Wings. It's very possible you might have a Puma that belongs to all 3 of these Clowders. It will be no problem at all to add your Puma to them all! Clowders can be assigned a name and description, both of which will show up when the Clowder is viewed. If you have created at least one Clowder (and that Clowder has Pumas inside of it), a new drop down menu will show up on your Pride page. This will allow you to choose to view a Clowder, view all Un-Clowdered Pumas, or just view All of your Pumas regardless of Clowders. You will be able to use your Breed view, Sorting view, AND type view menus as well, in any combinations! There is also a new Pride & Clowder Management page that is linked at the top of your Pride. This page will allow you to add new Clowders, remove Clowders, edit Clowders, as well as a choose a Default Sort and Default Clowder for your pride if you so desire! :) Don't forget to check out your Puma's profile page. This is how you will be adding a Puma to a particular Clowder. You will see the new Clowders & Tags section near the Puma image. One of the most requested features, however, is the ability to specify an exact sort order for your Pride. With Clowders, this will be easy! From the Edit Clowder page, you can exactly specify your sort order for each Puma (numerically). Decimals are allowed, and more than one Puma can belong to a particular sorting number. :) If you leave the Sort Order column blank, those Pumas will come at the end of the list. For example, if I have 10 Pumas in my Clowder, 3 of which I want to come at the very top of the list, I can number those Pumas 1, 2, and 3 and leave the others blank. Maybe you want your Puma pairs to be together in the list. If so, it's just as easy to number the Pumas as 1.1 and 1.2, 2.1 and 2.2, or 3.1 and 3.2 (as mentioned above, decimals are allowed for more detailed control!). Phew, I think that is all about Clowders. :) I know those are a lot of details, so feel free to experiment in your Pride to see what the options are. :) And ask any questions you need! TAGS A tag is like a label or a keyword. A lot of websites, especially music ones (for example), allow you to "tag" songs, artists, albums, etc. with quick details about those items. For example, you might tag a song as "rock" or "classical" as a way to show the genre. Or, you might tag a particular song as "favorite" or "sleeping music" or "exercising". These tags are then collected by the system and you are able to view other items also tagged in the same way by yourself and by other users. :) For a while, we've been excited about bring this concept to P3 as a way to help label Pumas for easy searching within your own pride, as well as for other users looking on the Puma Search. You can only tag your own Pumas, but the sky is the limit! For example, you could decide to tag your Pumas based upon color. All Pumas with a bit of orange might be tagged "orange", and Pumas with black as "black". You could then do a tag search on your Pride for "orange", and all Pumas tagged with "orange" would show up. :) Clicking to view a Puma's profile page will give you a list of all tags added to that Puma. You will also be able to add new tags from that area. Clicking on the tag link in a Puma's profile will bring you to a page to browse that tag. You will see all of your Pumas tagged with that particular tag, as well as a list of OTHER Pumas tagged that way! :) Some tags will probably be used by many users, and others more rare. But that's the beauty of connecting Pumas together with tags. :) The Tag Search is available right now, on all Pride pages. You can search your own pride, or other prides too. The tag search for the Puma Search will be coming soon (along with some other Puma Search updates). (One thing you will notice is that all tags are lowercase, which was a design decision on my part, and also a way to make sure users adding the same tags would all be connected. :) White WHITE white WhItE -- these are all the same!) I know this is a HUGE wall of text, so take your time. :) And start exploring! Feel free to post any questions as well. These features are brand new, and it's very possible we may discover a few glitches or bugs. :) If you think you've found a problem, please post HERE. And don't forget, today is our Top Cat's birthday. ;D See the news below for details! |
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