More Website News

Leaderboards have been altered a bit; they now track percentages and also show the user's rank even if they're not in the top 10. 

The tutorial page has been changed a bit, although it could still be improved.

We added some predictions but we need more.  This is one of the most important things right now.

The ad has been completed and posted.  We don't have anywhere near the number of users we'd need to get proper data, though.  Maybe we should try advertising to Caltech?

HTTPS works as well as Automatic Admin Functions!

Thanks to enabling communication on port 443 (SSL) on our virtual server, HTTPS now works! Facebook users using secure browsing should now be able to view our app! That's one major obstacle solved!

We now have a new logo, which we'll use for our Facebook ad campaign. Our livesite has been updated with our changes.

Some administrator functions used to return bids when a prediction closes and endow money each day have become automated.

Now on to Week 5:

• More questions
• Tutorial
• Advertisement
• Storing/Collecting data for analysis
• Secondary prediction table: (meta info including links, link to an image/icon, last value)
• Perhaps a table to track prediction values over time
• Better Prediction interface
• Improvements to leader tables and user info

New server and https

We set up the new server thanks to Steven Low and George Lee; it works.  You can now play the live version of our game at apps.facebook.com/foresight_game. Unfortunately, we still do not have HTTPS working. The certificate appears to be setup well in Apache, but for some reason, the site won't load with https. Those using Facebook's secure browsing will just have to wait.

We also implemented the feature to remove bids. You get your reserved money back upon doing so. Upon the close of a prediction, users ought to get their money back for any unresolved bids; this has yet to be done.

There were also graphical and user interface changes on the test site that haven't been uploaded on the live site.

We're still working on the tutorial.