Some users reported about error message: “DataTables warning: JSON data from server could not be parsed. This is caused by a JSON formatting error”. I managed to reproduce the error today. Some section-echoes contained non-ASCII characters which DataTables can’t handle. Characters are most likely ANSI colour codes. I modified the IRC-bot code accordingly.
Pls let me know if you see DataTables warnings about JSON formatting again and also report the page number and section in question.
You can now access the site using SSL: https://dupenet.com. I made self-signed certificate so you might have to accept some warnings.
Pls comment this blog entry if you have problems with SSL or plain http.
Found this:
Bugmenot-1
With account info:
Bugmenot #2
Account is now disabled. Don’t do stuff like this on purpose kids. Note that AFAIK no accounts are compromised.
There has been also some servers or bots trying to read all site info. I will ban all leechers by IP# without warning.
To ppl and bots trying to find phpmyadmin from the server: you will not find it. It is not installed 
SSH login attempts are welcome to be ignored and blocked automatically. My hosts.deny is long already, but theres plenty of room for more.
There is now a short maintenance break while I update several files. After it is done, please logout, login and reload. Ascii-viewer is now moved to release dialog and there is a new png-viewer.
Please refresh or reload the main index: I extended the Sphinx search a bit. Genre and group can be now easily filtered by mouse click.
For those who missed the new pre-site address, it is http://dupenet.com. Feel free to spread the word especially if you like the site.
If the site becomes popular I will roll out some new features.
Some instructions to beta-testers:
Others: please don’t ask about beta-testing or membership. I will not invite new testers at this point. If testing goes well, I will post the details here next week or so.
Update 19-Feb: trying lighter color scheme. added refresh button, corrected minor bugs.
I decided to rewrite the site code utilizing jQuery and some suitable plug-ins like Datatables. This has taken longer than I expected. Currently it looks like the new site will be ready in 1-1,5 months. I could have re-used the old code adding user management, but jQuery does make it easier to add more user-friendly AJAX features.
Based on some recommendations and testing I decided to switch from Apache to nginx. Nginx should perform better with less resources. Porting the old code to nginx was quite easy. Basically I had to drop Apache rewrite-rules and implement more portable way of using “fancy URLs”.
I might open the new site still with old code and layout in case there will be more delays with AJAX-stuff. Comments are welcome.
After a promising discussion round with my hoster NetDirekt, they suddenly claimed that my pre-site is illegal in Germany.
I had to close the “secret” http://nfo.scenedb.org site as well. Sorry guys.
If I understood correctly, site would be illegal because user can copy/paste the release name to e.g. Google and may find warez files by that way. I will try for the last time, but for now my pre-site is closed.
Reasoning is something like this:
You can use the names to search in Google or other search engines for torrents. This is illegal in Germany.
Time to say good-bye to this hobby. I will close the pre-site from public by the end of this week. Once a hobby turns from fun to some serious sh*t, it is time to think whether it’s really worth it.
I will decide later on if my database content will be “leaked” to public