Users of Deviant Statistics: FC will have noticed that things aren't working. Thanks for the reports. Unfortunately, there's nothing I can do about it. deviantART have removed access to the vital script file that gives statistics for users, which means all similar scripts will also now be broken, and that includes the official dA Gallery Stats pages! All I can do is point whoever is responsible for this to the old quote, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" - or in this case, delete it. Sometimes, I really do wonder if they do it on purpose.

Update 1:

It would appear that some paranoid freaks were worried about the script's ability to get hold of gallery stats, whether or not the user had allowed access to their stats pages. Therefore, dA have stuffed the script content into the gallery stats page itself which means that if access is denied, the information cannot be read. This could in fact have been done in a far easier manner, by putting security on the script file itself rather than moving it. It also looks like they added a few extra variables to the stats data which Deviant Statistics already knew about. Simply put, I need to do some rewriting, but the script will be working again soon!

Update 2:

Version 1.3 is online! Everything should be working again. Sadly, stats are no longer available for deviants who have blocked their stats pages. It's their loss, really. If they're scared of people seeing numbers related to them, they should stay away from the computer, let alone the Internet.



While I'm posting this, I might as well promote =deviantARTcommunity like I said I would. It's a nice concept - an artists directory sorted by deviant type. Who knows, we might get the feature to browse or search by deviant types in the future... We can dream... And complain.