2022-03-16:
The Hearth goes vegan!
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2018-09-12:
The 3,000+ word
State of the Hearth is posted for Patreon backers
2017-07-05:
HoBLotH IV - Cancelled
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2017-04-07:
Regarding HoBLotH III Building Sponsorship Signs
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2017-04-04:
Regarding the
Listing of Castleton and How It Affects HoBLotH IV
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2017-02-21:
The
HoBLotH III event portal is now archived to make room for
HoBLotH IV.
2017-01-07:
"Great Things Only Happen with Adequate Priority -or- Sacrifice is a Virtue"
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2016-08-27:
Official Hearth of Britannia
Patreon is launched!
2016-08-26:
HoBLotH II and
III trinkets are now available on
eBay.
2017-04-04:
"Regarding the
Listing of Castleton and How It Affects
HoBLotH IV"
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2017-02-21:
The
HoBLotH III event portal is now archived to make room for
HoBLotH IV.
2017-01-07:
"Great Things Only Happen with Adequate Priority -or- Sacrifice is a Virtue"
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2016-08-27:
An important message from Rustic Dragon regarding the future of The Hearth.
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2016-08-27:
Official Hearth of Britannia
Patreon is launched!
2016-08-26:
HoBLotH II and
III trinkets are now available on
eBay.
2016-05-01:
Early registration for
HoBlotH III has closed. Late registration is available until May 10th at an increased price.
2016-04-15:
Fixed a bug that let people join quests extra times by spam clicking.
2016-04-11:
Venue map and detailed descriptions added to the
quest framework page for
HoBLotH III.
2016-02-14:
Fixed a bug where quest submission didn't work in Chrome.
2016-02-07:
Quest submission and joining is now live for HoBLotH III. Currently finalizing dev of edit functionality.
2016-02-04:
Quest submission is very nearly finished. Moving on to post-submission editing, dependency checks, and bug fixing.
2016-01-29:
Rustic is moving this weekend. Development is on hold for a few days. Should have questing up by the end of next week.
2016-01-29:
Quest adding is very nearly finished. Still need to implement editing and some various edge case handlers.
2016-01-28:
Join/abandon/volunteer/withdraw functionality in place for quests on development server. Last goal before go-live is quest submit/edit and a healthy dose of QA.
2016-01-25:
The Quests/Actitivies that users are attending, rangering, and/or shepherding now show up on the registration page on the development server. Tomorrow's goal is to add functionality to join/abandon quests and volunteer for Ranger/Shepherd roles.
2016-01-23:
Appreciable progress on
HoBLotH III quest submission code.
2016-01-20:
HoBLotH III portal now shows current status of
Funding Goals.
2016-01-07:
Development server computer has a new motherboard and is operational (24 hour burn-in test in progress). Quest submission development will continue this weekend!
2015-12-31:
Development server computer down for repairs. Replacement motherboard is on the way. New e.t.a. for quest framework is now end of January.
2015-12-30:
Rustic's computer's power supply blew. Current hardware/data integrity status is unknown. Everything on is on hold until this is resolved.
2015-12-19:
Develoment on Quest/Activity submission for
HoBLotH III is still progressingly steadily. Hoping to be live by the end of the month.
2015-12-08:
As requested, six new locations have been added for sponsorship at
HoBLotH III: Docks, Geodesic Dome, Merry-Go-Round, Dungeon, Lunar Rift, and the Giant Chess Set.
2015-12-07:
Substantial progress on the code for users to add Quests/Activities to HoBLotH III. Hoping to have this feature launced by the end of the month..
2015-12-02:
Equipment Safety Section added to the
HoBLotH III Combat Rules & Reference.
2015-11-30:
HoBLotH III password encryption implemented so I won't be able to see if your password is something silly like "password."
2015-11-28:
HoBLotH III registration in final polish stage on test server.
2015-11-19:
Hearth of Britannia now uses SSL! ^_^
2015-11-18:
Upgrade migration has started. Soon The Hearth will be using a dedicated IP and SSL to protect user data for HoBLotH registration.
2015-11-16:
HoBLotH III registration completed on test server. Moving on to Quest/Activity submission. On schedule for registration to open before the end of November.
2015-11-11:
HoBLotH III Character creation process and animations complete on test server. Moving on to registration back-end prep for next steps.
2015-11-09:
Implemented AJAX login form and modal graphics on test server for HoBLotH III registration process.
2015-10-24:
HoBLotH III Event Portal is now live (registration opens in November).
2015-10-23:
Wading knee deep in PHP, MySQL, and word smithing for the
HoBLotH III event description and registration pages. Event description is nearly finished. E.T.A. this coming Monday.
2015-10-16:
Dates for
HoBLotH III have been officially set.
2015-10-04:
Added
Rules of Conduct
to the
About page.
2015-09-30:
Substantial progress on HoBLotH III registration process. (PHP, JQuery, MySQL) Begun receiving tentative confirmation of event attendance from select special guests.
2015-09-28:
Begun intensive work on the HoBLotH III event page and event framework design.
2015-09-20:
Added useful synopses and links to the
events page and added more obvious indicators for event archives.
2015-09-16:
Streamlined some of the underlying PHP, put some items on the table, reworked the navigation, and added a new
events page.
