We will be going into a scheduled Maintenance Mode all day Wednesday, August 6th to update the site.*
The time has come! We can finally give you the features you have been waiting for! Here are all of the awesome things that are coming:
- 60 brand new avatars with animations that are twice as long and way more expressive with super-funky dance moves!
- Improved lobby, with a fresh new look that will include thumbnails of what is currently playing in each community.
- An awesome, easy to understand landing page that will help newcomers find the best communities right away.
- More robust backend code to increase stability and scalability so that you can throw massive parties!
- A new chat server to resolve connectivity so that you can continuously chat without interruption (and maybe make some new friends along the way).
- Friends (will be available soon after launch) that you can choose to add through your Profile. This feature will also open up space for other features like private chat.
- Positive Vibes (will be available soon after launch) that will allow for you to give props to people who have an awesome attitude.
- Your very own plug.dj Profile Page to show off your sleek new avatars , see a history of what songs you have played, and share a few words about yourself (or how much pizza you have eaten today).
- Forget your login method? Not sure what your password is? No problem! We will now have Email+password login, which means your account will be easier to recover and you will have the option to change your own password.
With this update there will be a few changes occurring that will make the plug.dj experience better for all of our community members. Following the major update, we will also have increased support both on the site and through our Support Desk to make sure your questions are answered!
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Great!
Excited for the new changes! Surely there is a better way to do this without such downtime. Maybe not for this update, but for the next changes get on it
We are putting up an entirely rewritten backend and to do so will take longer than usual. By doing this, we are also making it so we can do Maintenance times during more convenient and shorter time spans!
Cheers,
Livia
What is the backend written in, Something like node.JS?
JS is a client side language. They are more likely using something like .net or php. But it could be all sorts of languages, but most likely something C like, with garbage collection.
Derp, nvm me.
Awesome ! I like your work
And thanks for the avatars 
I’m so hyped omg.
This looks like it’s gonna be fun
Hey C
OMGG I can’t wait!! \m/
We’re excited that you’re excited!
IVE WAITED LIKE 6 MONTHS FOR THIS!
And it is finally here!!!! WOOHOO!
Cheers,
Livia
I have waited like 1,5 years for avatars
Do i get a shark avatar? =)
THE BEST
cant wait
iirc its written with python behind an nginx web server
How much of the overall community UI is going to be changed? Because I’ve done a bunch of work on plug and it would be a pain in the butt for the 20+ users of my CSS hacks if the update broke something. (Not that I can;t fix it, just not everyone is going to get any fixes I make.)
Also it seems Soundcloud import is broken. Still. Try to fix that up in the update hm?
Will you lose the points and fans you’ve already acquired thusfar? :/
Points will be converted into the new system. Fans will not carry over to make way for Friends, which will be available soon after launch.
i hope bug.dj will be fixed
This is exciting and all, but I’m still waiting for this http://signup.plug.dj/ 😉 Still hyped for these changes though, love the work you guys do!
I cant wait!
-Cosmic
Yay! This is gonna be awesome! Can’t wait!
I cant wait : D!
Will this be ready in the next 6 hours? the wait is killing me and i wanna throw a music-listening party