| 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!! | |
News Announcements
| 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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| Shhhhhhhhhhhh-- It's a Secret! | |
| Posted by JT_ on Aug 10, 2011 12:00 am | |
| Today might just *maybe* be a very special birthday for a very special Admin. But shhhhhhh, don't tell him I told you! Happy Birthday to the best administrator, business partner, and friend a person could have! :) |
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| August TE Items - Now Available! | |
| Posted by JT_ on Aug 05, 2011 12:09 pm | |
| Welcome to August! We've got some fun stuff in store for you this month-- not to mention the Weekend Luau on the very last weekend. :) But let's not rush time yet! August's TE Items are now stocked in the TE Items Shop (SHOPPING -> TE ITEMS SHOP). Both items this month are quite special, and pay homage to native cultures. :) Due to the complexity of both designs, we've decided to charge 3 TE for both pieces. We think you'll agree that they are both amazing! Big thanks to Yam McYam and Quad! Enjoy! Halo Warbonnet [ 3 TE ]  CLICK FOR SAMPLE Storm Dancer Regalia [ 3 TE ]  CLICK FOR SAMPLE As a reminder, on August 8th, June's TE Items will be removed from the TE Items Shop (Fancy Dance Shawl; Squash Blossom Necklace). July's TE Items will increase in price (Camazotz Chest; Emerald Glitterwings). Make sure you buy while you still can, as June's items will be retired! |
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| Kazoo Quest - UPDATE | |
| Posted by JT_ on Aug 01, 2011 7:05 pm | |
| Just wanted to let everyone know that we made a few more adjustments to Kazoo just now with regard to prizes. We're hoping to finalize this soon, and remove him from "beta" status and add in more quests. :) Please feel free to keep giving us feedback on the changes! For Bugs/Glitches, please post HERE. For Comments/Suggestions/Likes/Dislikes, please post HERE. |
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| TRIVIA GAME TONIGHT | |
| Posted by PhantomFire on Jul 31, 2011 2:18 pm | |
| Evil cake escaped! He has raided Sashas inventory and will be giving out random items in chat tonight! 5pm-midnight Puma Time. ( E.S.T.) There will be trivia questions and fun game prizes galore. Come one and all.......Be there or be square! | |
| It's National Cheesecake day! | |
| Posted by PhantomFire on Jul 30, 2011 9:59 am | |
| All members active since Friday midnight will be receiving a yummie cheesecake! NOM NOM! Enjoy! | |
| Quest Updates | |
| Posted by JT_ on Jul 25, 2011 2:03 pm | |
| Many thanks for all of your feedback on our new Kazoo Quest! :) We have made a couple of minor adjustments to Kazoo: 1). There is now an confirmation box when you click to "QUIT" a quest. It looks like mis-clicking was one of the main complaints for Kazoo, so hopefully this confirmation box will help! 2). No more wait time for Kazoo when you quit or fail. :) It looks like everyone would prefer to move right onto a new quest, so we've decided to accommodate your request for this. Kazoo will still be a sad kitty, but he perks up pretty quickly when he notices you are back for more playing! We are still monitoring your feedback/comments/questions/etc., so please do continue to post in the Kazoo topics we created. :) For Bugs/Glitches, please post HERE. For Comments/Suggestions/Likes/Dislikes, please post HERE. Also, I made a minor update to the Inbreeding Tool as requested in Ideas & Suggestions. This tool will now tell you if two Pumas with the same gender would result in inbreeding. Since we have a utility item that can change your Puma's gender, this will allow you to check two Pumas before you decide to purchase a Rebirthing Ouroboros from the TE Items Shop. Enjoy! :) |
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| Quests - Kazoo! | |
| Posted by JT_ on Jul 22, 2011 5:36 pm | |
| We added in the Bone Collector a few weeks ago, and now our questing system is beginning in earnest! :) Our new Quest Giver Kazoo wants to play, but he'll ask you to bring him some items first! He might have some cool prizes to hand out as well...  There should now be a link in the side menu to your left that says "QUESTS". Click on there to find all current Quest Givers (more will be coming! woo!). All users can try 3 quests a day with Kazoo. Premium users can also do 2 more attempts (5 total). You'll be able to see how many quests you have available from Kazoo's page. Kazoo is our very first true Quest Giver (Bone Collector is more of a special case), so as such he is still in testing mode. :) We would appreciate any feedback you have so we can streamline and make our quest system better! For Bugs/Glitches, please post HERE only. For Comments/Suggestions/Likes/Dislikes, please post HERE only. Enjoy! :) |
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| New Markings, Evolutions, and Paradigms | |
| Posted by JT_ on Jul 15, 2011 2:06 pm | |
| It's mid-way through July, so that means it's time for some new Markings, Evolutions, and Paradigms! The Puma Demo is all ready to go, so head over to check out: MARKINGS • Fox Tips • Frostbite EVOLUTIONS • Tekeni Horn PARADIGMS • Emerald Maze • Gold Maze • Shadow Maze The Tekeni Horn makes an awesome tri-horn combo with our Quadhorns and Bob Horns, so I encourage you to check it out on the demo. :) They are a great set! EDIT: HAPPY BURRITOFRIDAY! :D Anyone active since Wednesday received a Veggie Burrito. Yum! Edited: 07-15-2011 02:10 pm |
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