Archive for April, 2009
Crawler Updated
by Xxav on April 15, 2009, 5:45 pm, under WoW Crawler, World of Warcraft
The WoW Armory underwent maintenance earlier to add 3.1 content. They also slipped in a few changes that broke the previous version of the crawler. I just finished updating it to work with this version of the Armory. Please download the new version here. Many thanks to those of you who lend a hand.
Since Arena Season 5 has ended and Season 6 has not yet started, PvP stats will not be displayed. A side effect of this will be no new guild discoveries until the new season starts. New guilds will have to be manually added using the button above.
Lastly, I know many people have already downed bosses in Ulduar and want to see their progress be updated on the site. However, please remember it takes some time for the WoW Armory to display your new achievements. I would recommend waiting at least 24 hours before an update to occur. The original dates will be preserved so do not worry.
Enjoy!
3.1 is Here!
by Xxav on April 14, 2009, 5:44 pm, under World of Warcraft
Patch 3.1 and Ulduar was finally released today. Bearing some minor adjustments, guildprogress.com should be ready to handle the slew of new kills and achievements. I am considering making Ulduar a separate “era” due to the shear number of achievements and bosses that it has. This would essentially reset the rankings and only count Ulduar progress in the scoring. Any thoughts on this?
By the way, I am aware of the periodic slow loading times that are taking place right now due to the large number of people visiting the site while the server is down. I’ll see if I can find a solution to that.
Update: It appears the WoW Armory is not updated yet to include the new achievements. So until those are added there will be a delay in progress being recorded. Hopefully this will be fixed by the end of the day.
Update 2: I decided to branch Ulduar off into its own “era”. I will push this live once data for Ulduar starts trickling in.
Ready for 3.1
by Xxav on April 14, 2009, 5:43 pm, under WoW Crawler, World of Warcraft
I just finished making the site ready for the *possible* release of 3.1 and Ulduar tomorrow. This included over 65 achievements and 14 bosses for each Ulduar and Ulduar Heroic. So assuming that the WoW Armory does not have any overhauls, everything should be smooth come patch day.
A slight hiccup may have caused some crawlers to stop working so please check if yours was affected by this and simply restart it if so. I’ll take this chance to encourage people to help gather data by downloading and running the crawler. This will help make sure we have the most accurate data possible for progress in the new dungeon. Check it out on the crawler page.
Good hunting!
Change to Badges
by Xxav on April 13, 2009, 5:42 pm, under Site Updates
The small badges are now being stored as images rather than the clumsy method I had initially set up. This will allow greater flexibility as to where you can use the images. The “Get Badge” page will now have the HTML and also BBCode snippets to assist you in placing your badge. The older version of the badges will continue to work and be updated, however, it is recommended you switch to the newer version. Thanks for your feedback!
Initial Guild Badges Released!
by Xxav on April 12, 2009, 5:40 pm, under Site Updates

I finally had some free time to do some work on the guild badges that have been requested by many of you. The initial version of these are now complete and ready for your use. To find the badge for your guild simply navigate to your guild’s page and click the “Get Guild Badge” link in the sidebar. After that, just copy and paste the supplied code on to your website.
I plan to add a lot more customization in the near future but decided to release this initial version for now. I hope you all enjoy it and please send any comments or questions to me using the contact link at the bottom of every page. Thanks for visiting!