We have a few new features for you uploaders. The first is a delayed upload for groups that require a waiting period before their releases can be mirrored. Just enter the number of hours or days the release should be held, then you can forget about it and the system will automatically post it when the waiting period has passed. The second is we added the option to upload using a direct download link or other file hosting source. This is helpful for users with slower upstream connections since the file won't have to go through your connection at all. When using this feature, make sure you paste the direct link to the archive, not the page the archive is on or it won't work. This feature is still in the testing stages, so it may not work for some sites, and you might get some ambiguous error messages. On an unrelated note, MT Score is back. Your score is viewable on your forum profile or on the memberlist.

As many of you have pointed out, ever since the beginning of MangaToshokan, one of the problems that has been plaguing the site is the slow loading times, especially on Thursdays when the Shounen Jump manga are released. The coders have been working hard to optimize the site, and in addition earlier this week we moved to a more powerful server. As I am typing this post, we have over 700 users online, but the site is still responding very quickly. This should be the end of the slow loading times, so enjoy the new speed!

We also have a new bot in our IRC channel (#mangatoshokan on irchighway) which announces new releases. If you use a client with nickalert such as mIRC, you can set a up a nickalert for the series you read and you can have your own homemade subscription system!

IMPORTANT NOTE: Existing users will need to reset their passwords to be able to login, you may do so with the password updater

That's right, you haven't gone crazy and started seeing things. We really are back up and running! It was a perfect storm of chaos with server transfers, hard drive failures, upgrades, and other woes, all in succession. But hopefully we've finally made it back for good. We've done everything we can to make sure the ship and good and secure to make sure this won't happen again.

You may have noticed a few upgrades as well. In addition to having rewritten a lot of the back end coding, which should make the site much speedier and be able to handle the heavier traffic the site demands at times. Namely we've also moved from the SMF forum system to vBulletien3, this provides us a cleaner functioning user system and forums. However, moving all the old user accounts to this system, we were not able to update your passwords, so when logging in you'll notice your password does not work. To fix this, either reset your password, or login using this password updater here.

In addition to that we've also removed the annoyingly long drop down menu at the top right for quickly browsing series. In its place is a nifty search bar, just start typing the name of the series or author and the results will automatically start showing up at the bottom as you type, all you have to do is click the series you want.

Thanks to everybody who stuck with us through the downtime, and if you notice any bugs or oddities, be sure to let us know!