htdocs/news.php
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<?php
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require('../config.php');
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?><html>
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  <head>
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    <title><?php echo $nick; ?> - updates</title>
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    <style type="text/css">
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    p.code {
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      font-family: monospace;
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      margin-left: 1.5em;
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    }
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    </style>
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  </head>
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  <body>
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    <h1>Updates and changes</h1>
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    <p>I've been updating <?php echo $nick; ?> recently with some really cool enhancements to the back-end. This is more technical stuff
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       so you might want to read on only if you're a geek.</p>
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    <p><?php echo $nick; ?> only stores info with MySQL now. All the stats go into a MySQL table that had an initial size of over 360,000
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       records after the import of the existing flat file database. This means that while querying can be slower (things aren't split up
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       like they were with the flatfile DB) it's a more portable programming technique and it means it can be easily expanded in the
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       future to include more data. The table's indexed so it should be decently fast.</p>
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    <p>In addition, smarter functionality is being included, plus a few bugs here and there have been fixed.</p>
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  </body>
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