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Please overlook my spaghetti cabling for now. I'll address it once all cable runs are in place.

• Reactivate the programs! I'm not just addressing issues with Abrosia or Neopets logins; I need the entire backend operational. Expect this to span a few weeks.
• Upgrades are crucial. Given our old tech stack, while I've set up some safeguards, true internet security demands up-to-date systems: new OS, current PHP, updated forum software, and so on. It's ambitious, but it's a necessity.

Questions you may have:

Q: What's wrong with the PM/Abrosia?

A: TNT did something that I'm not smart enough to explain. Whatever that is rendered our programs nearly inoperable. (I'm sure someone smart will chime in at some point)

Q: Is anyone working on a fix for the PM/Abrosia?

A: That is highly unlikely. All programmers have their own real world lives and responsibilities.

Q: What does that mean for Neocodex?

A: We're not exactly sure at the moment. The site costs money to host and with no income the future is uncertain. I doubt anyone will want to put up their own money to keep it up.

If for whatever reason you want to be promoted to Advanced without having/being able to purchase it please post here. I'll promote you whenever I get a chance.

Thank you,

Adam

My god it has been some time since I spoke to y'all. The entire planet seems to have flipped upside down over the last couple of years - I hope every single one of you are okay, happy, healthy and moving forward in life. Everyone here is still family in my books and I have missed you all <3

Alright, enough sentimental dribble... Some changes have been made recently to the underlying hardware we use to run codex. We did this as a cost-cutting measure to make sure that despite record low income, we are still able to keep the lights on and the site up and running for those that are still using it - and also for those who want a nolstalgia blast and look back at what we were like as teenagers... We all know that I was not cringey at all back then!

I will watch this post for a couple of days and comment / answer any questions that might come up. But I am asking for the community's assistance in reporting any _new_ issues that come up. I am aware that not all of the programs are not working exactly as they might have in the past, and there is some long overdue maintenance that should probably happen. Regretfully I do not think that any of us have the time to address those items, we are specifically looking at any changes that might have occurred today and today only. We can control that.

Hope everyone has a wonderful rest of your week!

- Cody (or Pyro... Call me what you want)

TLDR: Neopets Chit Chat has been created, does not increase post count. Meant to help cut down on TP access spam, please put topics that don't promote dicussion there (or we'll move things ourselves). Moved some threads into Neopets Chit Chat, moved other threads other places. 
 

We've made a few forum changes to help us try and cut down on people only posting for trading post access, which while it adds activity, such users tend to not post again once they have access (unless of course it's in the TP area). Such posts also tend to be "fluff" style, which do not promote discussion so other users aren't able to join in and continue the threads, giving the forum a once burst of activity that simmers down once the user has hit the required 10 posts. 

A new forum under the "Neopets" header has been created, called "Neopets Chit-Chat". This will function similar to the Chit-Chat forum under the General Discussion forum header, which does not increase post count. We want to promote discussion and allow everyone to be able to join in with others and continue discussions, not just have people posting that doesn't go anywhere. Threads/Forums that do not promote actual discussions and are the "fluff" style of post will be placed in Neopets Chit Chat. 

Feel free to still start topics in Neopets General, if we feel the thread is better suited to Neopets Chit Chat we will move it. 

3 topics from Neopets General have been moved to the new Neopets Chit Chat section:

The Lab Ray Topic this topic has never promoted discussion, it's just been people posting lab zaps (sometimes multiple times in one day, or daily). While it's nice to see when people get a nice color zap or even a limited pet zap they've been wanting, the thread had served no other purpose than to let people increase post count easily for the Trading Post. 

Interesting Events- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly same reasons as to why the lab ray topic was moved. 

The Official Ask/Confirm is Neopets Down Thread hasn't been posted in since 2018, and with things like isitdownforeveryoneorjustme (isup.me), the thread serves no purpose besides post count increases and is better served to the chit chat section. 

Other topics that have been moved to different forum areas (not to Neopets Chit Chat): 

What do you collect irl has been moved to Chit Chat due to the fact this thread rarely promotes any discussions or even images anymore and is just people posting "I collect x" for the TP. General Discussion-General Chat no longer fit this thread. 

I'm having a bad life drop your best jokes has been moved to Jokes and Fun Stuff under General Entertainment (another forum that does not increase post count). This clearly was a thread asking for jokes, and is better suited to the jokes part of the forum than general chat. 

Should any thread begin to actually promote discussion for everyone, we shall consider moving it back so it increases post counts again. 

And for those of you asking for Neg Rep again in conjunction to help decrease spam, we shall see. 

Abrosia is working again thanks to @Kway. Please extend your thanks to them for taking care of this.

Additionally, all current Advanced membership subscribers have had their subscription extended by 1 week to make up for the downtime.

If you encounter any additional errors please use this thread to report them.

It has come to our attention that a user has created an exploit for Abrosia that allows Member’s (non-advanced or above) to access Advanced Member features (custom lists, refresh times, etc). The creator of this exploit has been banned, as well as various others who used or inquired about it. This exploit could modify the code to steal your account and we are unable to provide protection from that situation. Our available programmers are working on a fix right now, and we expect the exploit to be patched soon.

What does this mean for you?

If you’re not taking part in this exploit, nothing. However, if you are found to be in contact with this person with the intent to use or distribute this crack you will be permanently banned. Without giving too many details, the use of this crack involves downloading files that may compromise the security of your computer, so just don’t do it. All of that being said, the program manager and programs located within it remains safe to use.

Stay safe,

-Staff

Due to the lack of activity on the forum, we will be changing the post count requirement to be nominated for advanced+!

500 posts was the original, but with the forum the way it is, we are now lowering the post requirement to around 300 posts as a general guideline. Those who have good contributions to the forum, such as guides/programs/ect, will still be allowed to be nominated at less than 300 posts. The 300 posts requirement will the new post count guideline for our users who use the forum in a more general manner. 

It's not a "300 posts and you get auto nominated", so there may still be users who have more posts who haven't been nominated yet. 300 is a general guideline. 

We still want advanced+ to be a rank that people do have to earn, rather than "make a few posts and you're in" which is why we're keeping the post requirement somewhat high. 

The "how to get in adv+ guide" has now been updated to reflect the new changes. 

I know some are also wondering about private rank changes since we haven't had private apps in quite some time. We're still working on that as private needs to have a private leader to start the application process each month. 

The program manager has been re-enabled! It seems the DDoS protections TNT put on the servers has been lifted, at least for now. Please be warned, just because the programs are re-enabled, and everything seems to be working fine, does not mean the programs are or ever were 100% safe. As usual, use at your own risk. If you encounter any errors please make sure to post in the appropriate area - Here

Also, our Item Database is pretty out of date right now, so don't be surprised if you're using Abrosia and an item is worth more or less than what our data shows.
 

Also, make sure to thank or yell at @Pyro699, whichever you see fit .

Update: Should be okay?

We’ve found the issue that was causing the login issues. It is not safe right now. 

New logins have been disabled, you should see this when attempting to log in:

Neopets has updates some things, including adding a javascript injection and doing browser checks (to see if it's automated traffic or an actual user with a web browser), as well as outsourcing bot catchers to a third party, and is updating their server, which is causing problems.

Please do not open the manager at all as we work.

We will let you know when it is safe again to use the manager as we update things.

Thank you for being understanding as we work on this. Hopefully we will have it fixed soon.

Apps will close on September 17th.

If you meet the following we encourage you all to apply via the Apply tab:
-12 months of forum membership
-1000 posts on the forum
- Consistent activity, friendliness, and/or helpfulness
- Contributions of some sort including but not limited to programming, graphics or contests participation (remember, contributions come in all shapes and sizes)

If you don't meet these qualifications yet, start posting and contributing!

If you've applied and been rejected before, apply again! The application should only take a few minutes out of your day. We don't NEED an entire novel for each answer, but we also don't want to see one word answers. A couple sentences is great, bullshit your answers a little bit, we don't care, we all did it, just a little bit of effort goes a long ways. 
(If you are curious about the Private Perks, click here.)


Still not sure if you want to apply for private?? Here are a few incentives:

-Private+ only events (some include exclusive awards!)

-First (and sometimes only) access to gaming cheats & glitches

-Extra site themes(!)!

-Other things you'll only find out if you join!

Welcome back! Here's your Private Bulldog!

Your seat is at the same place waiting for you!

Apps will close on July 15th.

If you meet the following we encourage you all to apply via the Apply tab:
-12 months of forum membership
-1000 posts on the forum
- Consistent activity, friendliness, and/or helpfulness
- Contributions of some sort including but not limited to programming, graphics or contests participation (remember, contributions come in all shapes and sizes)

If you don't meet these qualifications yet, start posting and contributing!

If you've applied and been rejected before, apply again! The application should only take a few minutes out of your day. We don't NEED an entire novel for each answer, but we also don't want to see one word answers. A couple sentences is great, bullshit your answers a little bit, we don't care, we all did it, just a little bit of effort goes a long ways. 
(If you are curious about the Private Perks, click here.)


Still not sure if you want to apply for private?? Here are a few incentives:

-Private+ only events (some include exclusive awards!)

-First (and sometimes only) access to gaming cheats & glitches

-Extra site themes(!)!

-Other things you'll only find out if you join!

We know you just got promoted to Private but we've come for what is ours... 

Congrats @Bones!!

@jaredyne

@Kat

Welcome to the club! Have some celebratory slime!

Now you can check our secrets

Apps will close on May 15th.

If you meet the following we encourage you all to apply via the Apply tab:
-12 months of forum membership
-1000 posts on the forum
- Consistent activity, friendliness, and/or helpfulness
- Contributions of some sort including but not limited to programming, graphics or contests participation (remember, contributions come in all shapes and sizes)

If you don't meet these qualifications yet, start posting and contributing!

If you've applied and been rejected before, apply again! The application should only take a few minutes out of your day. We don't NEED an entire novel for each answer, but we also don't want to see one word answers. A couple sentences is great, bullshit your answers a little bit, we don't care, we all did it, just a little bit of effort goes a long ways. 
(If you are curious about the Private Perks, click here.)


Still not sure if you want to apply for private?? Here are a few incentives:

-Private+ only events (some include exclusive awards!)

-First (and sometimes only) access to gaming cheats & glitches

-Extra site themes(!)!

-Other things you'll only find out if you join!

After a bit of a hiatus, it's back! 

Awards:

 Win 1x

 Win 2x

 Win 3x or more!

To qualify, threads must have been posted in General Chat during the month of April. They must also have 5 or more posts! Here are the nominees who meet the criteria:

Need to Interview Someone - @Neoquest

What game should Neocodex dominate next? - @Padme

Cooper Pooper's 2018 Spring Scavenger Hunt HYPE - @Coops

Uncomfortable Truths - @Kat

Spring Soirée - A Quiz - @Padme

Whatchu doing? - @Coops

Tinychat Party Night! - @Rocket

Dogs of Codex - @Adam

Voting will close in about 7 days! 

Hello everyone! We wanted to let you know that we've added a new Dappervolk section. This is located under Gaming in General Discussion. 

Like Flight Rising, we have also added a hidden Dappervolk chat for information that people don't feel comfortable posting publicly.

You can find the application here.

In order to apply, you must have:

- Been a member for 30 days

- 50 non-spam posts

If you don't yet have a Dappervolk account, don't worry!

The next open registration is:

April 14th at 3pm EST for 3 hours

Go forth and chat! As always, if you have any questions feel free to PM staff!