January 2012
3 posts
Weekly Update: Jan 6 →
This week was basically the week IC came back! We’re still regaining our old momentum, but here is a summary of what’s happened in the community.
New Content: Userbars →
Today we are bringing back an old communtiy piece, our Userbars page! All 200+ userbars that were available on the old site are now available again. You can also post your requests now in our Userbar Requests forum topic.
Announcing the IC Network →
IC is back in business! With our formal return, I’m announcing a project that I’ve been excited to finish since last August.
November 2011
2 posts
The State of IC →
The recent lack of updates and my continuing absence have pushed me to write this. I’m writing this with the intention of starting a discussion in the comments for this blog, so please take…
The State of IC →
The recent lack of updates and my continuing absence have pushed me to write this. I’m writing this with the intention of starting a discussion in the comments for this blog, so please take the time to read it all, and I would love to hear your thoughts.
September 2011
1 post
Content Submissions Open! →
Yes, we’re still alive! You can now submit your own color schemes and stock photos, just like the good old days. Well, it’s actually a little better than those days for several reasons. Keep…
August 2011
10 posts
Color Schemes! →
Our library of nearly 200 color schemes is back! You can now browse through them all under the resources menu. With the transitioning of color schemes brings some minor changes.
Color Schemes! →
Our library of nearly 200 color schemes is back! You can now browse through them all under the resources menu. With the transitioning of color schemes brings some minor changes.
http://icecaves.net/resources/stock-photos →
Just updated the Stock Photos section slightly. It should now be more pleasant to browse. :)
Penguins > Glaciers →
Today’s update is one to our ranking system. We have new ranks and new privileges!
New Resource: Stock Photos! →
At long last IceCaves Stock Photos are back! Our collection of over 1,000 stock photos is available again. Keep reading to learn more.
Transitioned Forum Topics! →
I didn’t think I would do it, but now I have. I have successfully transitioned over 300 forum topics and over 20,000 replies from those topics from the old IC to our new forum system.
New Profile Fields →
Today is another small update. There are now two new profile fields, one for gender, and one for your location. Both are optional of course, but some would find this useful to have.
New Forum Boards →
While I continue to work on bringing back our Stock Photos, I’ve been keeping the daily updates going by continuing to make some much-needed changes to our Forums.
New Forum Author Pane →
In case you missed yesterday’s update that was never posted here, here it is!
Website URLs and Forum Header Posts →
With today’s update we have some new features, including the highly-asked-for “Website URL” profile field. Read on to learn more.
July 2011
16 posts
Two New Pages →
Today’s update is the addition of two new rank-point related pages. You can see the beginnings of a Rank Points help page, and a new page showing which users havethe most rank points. Enjoy! Yes, this was written by Haily this time. ;)
Scripts From the old IC →
Today’s updates are more exiting than yesterday’s because the site staff helped out today! This update was brought to you earlier than usual too because Haily didn’t write it.
Some Small Updates →
Today’s updates aren’t anything huge like yesterday’s introduction of kudos, but it’s laying the groundwork for bringing back our resources from the old IC.
An Awesome Update →
You’ve waited two days for this update, so you know it’s good. ;)
No update today, but that means that tomorrow’s update will be extra special, so look forward to it!
Forum Updates →
Today’s updates are minor, but you will be glad to know that the “view new” forum links now work! There is also a new link under each forum topic title, to its respective forum board. Enjoy!
Finally, the Site Staff is Back! →
Well technically the staff has always been here, but they should be happy to know that the staff system is now up and running on the new IC!
More Blogs from the old IC →
After two days of adding new features, today’s update goes back to adding even more of our blogs from the old IC.
Updated User Profiles →
Today, user profiles have received their first of many updates to come. Today’s update includes some cosmetic fixes as well as a new profile setting.
New Private Message System! →
Somewhere in Vancouver, Thomas is happy… Users now have access to a private messaging system! An online community just isn’t complete without one. :P
Blogs & Article Images →
Today’s update has included the usual several blogs posted from the old IC, but I’ve also added some new styling to the article preview images we have on some blogs, like our Adobe Photoshop tutorials. It’s just a simple border, but it works pretty well in mobile layouts which I’m proud of. :P Not much today, since I’m still on vacation, but hopefully I’ll have...
More Blog Posts →
It’s Day 11 of the new IC! Wow, we sure have changed since Day 1. Today’s update brings back some more content from the old IC.
Several More Tutorials →
Not much today since I’m on vacation, but I have added some more tutorials from the old IC. I also fine-tuned the new <code> tags announced several updates ago (I think) and you can see it at work best in some of these tutorials. Expect more content tomorrow as well!
Some Updates to Start the Weekend With →
Today’s updates include some more improvements to the forums, and some more blog posts from the old IC have been transferred. Perfect start for a weekend in the new IC, don’t you think? ;)
Day 5's Update is here! →
Happy Day 5 of the new IC! Today I’m going to be introducing the foundation of a new community feature: Rank Points. In the old site, we had a feature called “icepoints” where you would get points per post and you could spend them on new features in a shop. For the new IC, I decided to switch the system with a more elegant way to reward user activity. Rank Points will work...
Day 4 Updates →
Today’s updates include several small bug fixes and layout tweaks, but the most noticeable one should be the new layout footer!
April 2011
3 posts
The IceCaves Challenge - Round Five Winners →
The votes have been set and tallied, and here are the winners! Each winner will receive a trophy in their profile and a plug for their website in this news update. The other prizes will be…
IC is 5 years old today! →
Five years ago a new website breathed life for the first time. IceCaves.net a fan site for an online game. Then three years ago that site suddenly died and breathed life once more as a web design…
The IceCaves Challenge - Round Five Voting →
Voting for the fifth and final round of The IceCaves Challenge has begun! In round five you needed to design a website layout using at least one stock photo under the tag monuments. All…
December 2010
1 post
Nominations for IC's 2010 Web Awards →
It’s the 2010 IC Web Awards! This is an IceCaves.net event for the month of December end the year with and to kick off an even better one. There are awards for various categories such as Best…
November 2010
1 post
90 New Stock Photos →
Our Stock Photos updates have slowed down with the end of the summer (or winter, for you southerners) along with the rest of the site. But luckily we were able to reach
October 2010
2 posts
And....We're Back! →
Hey everyone (if you’re still there), the site has been inactive and therefore slowly dying during the past month or so. The primary reason for this is because I had started university in August,…
WordPress Plugins that should be Standard →
Here’s a couple extremely popular WordPress plugins that are so core to my use of WP, that I think they should be a WP standard feature. If you are new to WordPress and have recently installed it,…
September 2010
1 post
How to Control Robots Crawling Your Site →
Search engines have a web crawler that scans sites on the internet. It will then save your pages. When a user searches for something in a search engine, your pages could be in the results. If you do…
August 2010
9 posts
Prevent Image Hotlinking With .htaccess →
In this article you will learn how to prevent people from hotlinking your images with htaccess. You can allow certain sites to hotlink your images, block hotlinking from all sites outside your…
The Queen of Userbars →
The long awaited (at least by Thomas) userbars from this list (scroll down it’s that huge block of a post by me) HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED. With a few (I hope) minor exceptions. I did make the…
1000+ Stock Photos! →
IC now can now boast over 1000 stock photos! Since the last stock photos update, in which we had reached 900 stock photos, we have added 179 new photos. Special…
A Word About IC's Hits →
If you have regularly followed our website statistics through our IC Topsites page, then you would have noticed that suddenly our hits went down—a lot—sometime over a week ago. Well, in this…
How To Redirect Your Site's Webpage Using HTML,... →
Here are some nifty little codes that will let you redirect a visitor from the page they are on to a new page. There are three versions to this code; an HTML, a PHP and a Javascript version. …
Your Part of the World Photo Comp Results →
The votes have been set and tallied, and here are the winners! Each winner gets a trophy in their profile and a plug for their website in this news update. The first place winner wins two weeks of…
Stock Photo Layouts Competition Winners →
The votes have been set and tallied, and here are the winners! Each winner gets a trophy in their profile and a plug for their website in this news update. The first place winner wins two weeks of…
900 Stocks: Beaches, Animals and Clouds →
We have reached 900 stock photos! Since the last update, 26 new photos have been added to the site. Nine epic beach photos by Scarlett (who has, by the way, reopened…
New Javascript Scripts! →
I added 6 new Javascript Scripts to the scripts section. Total Characters with Javascript is probably the most use full script. You type in a textarea and it will tell you how many characters you…
July 2010
17 posts
IceCaves For Dummies →
Since IceCaves has reached 500 members, Kyra and I thought we should have one page which contains links and helps new members when they are new to the site. So Kyra and I created a user-friendly…