Archive for the ‘System Status’ Category

Thanks to IRC user “hilt” for logging in today and informing us that keyword searches were broken on Camelegg and our other sites.  I have just fixed the bug and things are back to normal, but if you see anything like this in the future, please let me know.

Thanks!

After a long and arduous journey to the Camel-laden slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, I have returned with some very exotic site changes to share.

User profiles

We decided that the user profile page was pretty useless in most cases, and decided to fix that.  It’s a work in progress, but now you can see a list of your most recent price drop alerts and access various RSS feeds and other functionality related to your account.

Pre-order pricing

Pre-order items are generally like any other product on Amazon in terms of pricing volatility.  Realizing this, I have updated our system to track these price changes.  This means that, starting today, you’ll be able to get price drop alerts on many (if not all) pre-order items.

Quick login

I replaced the old popout login form with something nicer and simpler.  You can access it — on pages that don’t already have a login form — by clicking the “Log in” link in the top right the site header.  To hide the form, click the link again or click anywhere on the page.

The Camelizer

The price history chart provided by the Camelizer has been made slightly larger.  I’ve also added an “add to cart” button in the popup.  If you find yourself in the mood to buy a product (at Amazon) after viewing our price history charts, using this button will help support the Camelizer and our sites in general.

Other changes

I made a ton of small tweaks to the site over the last few weeks.  The most visible will likely be the improved buttons on product pages, and that current prices are listed on price watch detail pages.

Enjoy!  I know I have.  And am.  (And will.)

We have noticed some requests are failing today — returning the HTTP 503 error code –  and we don’t yet know why.  We will figure it out and get things back to normal as quickly as possible.

Thank you for your patience!