We are pleased to announce a new build of the Final Battleground, which includes a whole host of additional features in that our ever-growing community will enjoy. As mentioned in an earlier news posting, we are introducing a new "supporter" status, but we are delaying this until we get some business things sorted out.

In the meantime, this build also has a load of other features which do not require FBG Supporter status. Below is a summary of these new features, and also a host of bug fixes associated with this release.

New Features

Re-designed profile editing: To make way for new features applicable to FBG Supporters, we've had to redo the entire "Edit" tab underneath profiles:

- Ability to change in-game options via the web site;
- You can now rename your profile (but note, you are unable to change your profile back to the same name at a later date!);
- A lot more easier to navigate.

Additional information on profiles: At the top of everyone's profile is now a new "information strip" which shows the profile's status, previous names, and an indicator showing what server the player is currently connected to, with a link to go join them. We've also added a counter which shows how many visits a profile has had.

Server administration control panel: Server owners can now designate other people as "admins" on their server, allowing them to change settings and so on relating to the Final Battleground. This is quite an extensive feature, and will be detailed on the support wiki in the not to distant future. If you are an owner of a server, please contact us via e-mail to servers@finalbattleground.com and we shall set you up.

There are several other new features for Supporters, but these will be revealed very soon.

Changes and Bug Fixes

- The application process for signing up a server to join the Final Battleground is a lot more simplier now.
- Server detail pages have been redesigned.
- When changing your account e-mail address, reconfirmation no longer locks you out of your account.
- Fixed preview of BBCode to appear in a boxy rather than a nasty pop-up window
- Fixed database object memory leak
- Fixed various localisation problems with the profile's left hand column
- Fixed some possible problems with images being cached in the browser after recently changing them (such as avatars)
- Fixed bug with clickthru on ads
- Fixed all included JavaScript so it is marked as 'defer' loading
- Fixed bug when trying to post to a forum with no profile
- Added general internal administrative notifications (via e-mail)
- Battleground: found and fixed problem web site and Arena desynchronisation (map refresh)
- Battleground: fixed problem with database callback trying to read battle id zero
- Fixed e-mail handling so it's all done in one place (in prep for bounce handling, later)
- Added administrative ability to delete an account entirely (not currently user-side)
- Fixed links in footer breaking in Opera and IE8

Stay tuned for further announcements!
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