Bug fixes

Our shipping module has been refined, so the errors you may have seen on checkout (they allowed you to continue, but were unhelpful and often returned incorrect International Rates) should be resolved. The US Postal Service likes to change its code without telling folks.

As well, our checkout process has been refined a bit, and native credit card processing (absent for the past month or so) is active again--no going to PayPal to enter credit card payment (PayPal option is still active for PayPal users, as before). The page load speeds during checkout have improved as a result.

Checkout Issues Resolved

Changing one word to all caps in the code was enough to fix the USPS shipping module that broke our checkout--they'd made the change required and I hadn't been informed. Thanks, USPS. In any case, the site's checkout is once again functioning and I can stop having nightmares about the store being busted.

Now we can get back to some art updates!

Die, Spammers

Because we hate spammers, we've upgraded the Contact Form to require one of those ubiquitous word tests. This will stop us from receiving automated spam sent through the form, and stop those same 'bots from potentially hijacking the form to send spam to random strangers. Sorry for the extra inconvenience but if you hate spam as much as I do you'll know why it was necessary.

Security / SSL updated

While orders transmitted through DDG have had 128-bit encryption on them for years, it appears the the DDG logo was causing some newer browsers to report that "not all data was encrypted." It was, but the logo wasn't--vague error messages aren't that helpful, huh?

Well, now you should notice the security icon lights up appropriately when you checkout.

International shipping fixed

Some work has been done that seems to have fixed the international shipping option. If you experience problems with it, please do let us know.

International shipping module being reworked

There has been a long-standing issue particularly affecting overseas orders where excessive postage was applied. We've finally figured out the issue and are working on it. In the meantime International Shipping requests may fail. We'll update this post as soon as functionality is restored.

Domestic shipping should remain unaffected.

Bigger and better: RK Post

Times change, but Daydream is pretty conservative with envelope pushing, prefering to be accessible to the largest number of users. Now that 800x600 resolution viewers are dropping to near insignificant numbers, it's time to upgrade the site to 1024x768, the new standard for screen resolution. First up is RK Post, whose site has been enlarged to the new format, including over 50 images which have been made larger and clearer from our source scans! As well, his site has been cleaned up for a neater appearance on Internet Explorer. I run on Firefox and advocate its use, but IE is still a (shrinking) standard.

Other artists' sites, and the main DDG hub, will see similar size and compatibility upgrades in the coming months, along with similar image size increases where possible.

Not sure what screen resolution you use or how to change it? Click here!

RK Post bug fix

Back-end work this week, including fixing an annoying bug that allowed you to add certain RK Post Magic prints to your cart, but would generate an error on check-out, preventing you from placing the order. Thanks to Loren for the heads-up, she got herself some free art for letting us know.

If you catch a bug somewhere, drop a line via the "Contact Us" link.