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    HHN XX Website Updates

    in Halloween Horror Nights 20

    Posted · Edited by NickC

    im lost.... :mellow:

    You can pretty much ignore most of my ramblings, including the one below.

    Thanks Nick, I just got really excited there for a moment when I saw three big green "update!" signs and not being technically inclined I had no idea of how big or small a tenth of a KB was.

    Now I'll know better.

    No worries. I've updated the script a bit now, so next time that happens it won't look all exciting with big green update text.

    
if ( ($size_new > ( $size_old + 5) ) && ($size_new > 1) ) {

    All it took was throwing in that simple 'and' logical operator (&&) to make sure the file size is greater than 1kb before throwing the "UPDATE!" text on the screen. You can also see the previous change I made where it's checking to make sure the new file's size isn't less than 5kb different than its old file size.

    /nerd

    HHN XX Website Updates

    in Halloween Horror Nights 20

    Posted · Edited by NickC

    EDIT: There appears to have either been a hiccup on my server and the way it was handling the request, or a hiccup with Universal's site. Disregard my previous post.

    And just a general FYI, anytime you see the file size read 0.27kb/0.26kb, it's because the file is currently inaccessible. Which could be for one of many reasons. I'll go edit the script again and add some logic to make sure it ignores that situation to avoid confusion. But that was also reasoning behind including the file's current size on the page, hoping people would see the file is basically 0kb in size, and make the connection that there's no update, just a problem with something.

    HHN XX Website Updates

    in Halloween Horror Nights 20

    Posted · Edited by NickC

    Perhaps this means they have uploaded new information that we cannot see yet, but will very shortly? Are there any tech guys here who can explain this to me?

    The only change was the addition of two lines of code in the tracking data portion of the .swf. No secret information or anything for a future update, just two lines that appear to have been omitted from the source originally.

    
s.prop8 = "Parks/Resorts";

s.prop9 = "Universal Orlando";

    The update checker is 'dumb' in the sense that all it's doing is checking the existing .swf's file size on the server versus its last known file size, so any change whatsoever will set it off. I'll modify my code to ignore any changes within a 5kb window to prevent this kind of thing form happening in the future. Sorry for the confusion.

    HHN 19 Website Updates

    in Halloween Horror Nights 19

    Posted · Edited by NickC

    The site has been updated, and is back to its usual archive state for now. They did add an 07 and an 08 drawer to the Behind The Screams page though, and update the 06 drawer, so that's pretty cool. They also added some new pictures from 2008 to the loop on the main page.

    We also now know the official event dates:

    Sept. 25, 26, Oct. 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30 & 31

    As well as ticket prices, $69.99 for both single night admission and the Frequent Fear pass.

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