Category: Web Development

Whether it’s the PHB or Poptropica.com, these websites get updated from time to time, and these posts are here to document those developments.

Hellos & Goodbyes, Web Development

Please, call me GA.

Hicoga

Trust me, I’ve been a fan of the PHB for just as long as you have and I know exactly what you’re thinking right now.

“Oh great, another new author, who is it THIS time?”

Well I know I will never be as great as Hijuyo, Coderkid, or Codien (people I admire very much.) But I can always try. 🙂

My name is GA. Most people know me as that because my first poptropica name was Golden Axe. But you can also call me Hicoga if you’d like. I will try to keep this blog as updated as possible and make sure that I fill each and every one of my posts will great information and anything else that will make your PHB experience as awesome as possible. I play baseball,  bowling, and golf. Although, my favorite sport is Nascar (But I’m not a hillbilly. :P)

I love Poptropica but also have a liking for Club Penguin.

Now, as mentioned in the previous post, my stay is only temporary, well unless Hijuyo likes me. 😉 ST is going to be gone for 7 months and I’ll take his place while he’s gone.

I just wanted to mention a few people who have helped me or been my friend throughout the years:

  • Krazi
  • Zey
  • Hijuyo
  • GoPacks
  • and ST.

Thanks, I hope you all enjoy my writing and come to like me. 😀

If you ever want to talk to me, I’m always on the PHB’s chatroom! xat.com/thephc

UPDATE: I’ll make sure I reply to all the comments so you guys can get to know me! 😀

Signed, GA

Web Development

What’s been going on?

Slanted Fish

Hey guys! Some Poptropica Help Blog news updates you might be interested in:

  • Thanks to Bluorang for creating this dazzling winter header for the PHB, which the blog will be sporting this frosty season!

https://poptropi.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bluorang-winterphbheader.png

  • Former PHB author Gazek recently posted a comment on the About page saying, “Wow, the PHB looks better than ever! Seriously, man, I’m starting to rethink quitting Poptropica.” Great to hear from old-timers coming back for a visit. 🙂
  • PHB author Shaggy Tornado will be on a temporary hiatus, which means that he won’t be able to post while he’s gone. He’s on a trip in Washington, DC which he has been looking forward to, but as part of the deal, he won’t be able to come on the PHB for 7 months. In the meantime, another author will be joining the PHB in his place until he returns. Enjoy your trip, ST! 😉
  • Just wanted to say that this past Monday, I (Hijuyo) celebrated my 14th birthday on November 15th. 😀
  • Look out for the upcoming Thanksgiving Special of the epic awesome dialogue show Party With Hobos!
  • The winners of the Poptropica Help Blog’s Second Annual Halloween Costume Contest have been announced, but people have been curious about the exact placements of each of the ten finalists (who all did excellent jobs to make it into the top ten!). So here are the poll results, and thanks to those who participated!

Finalist | Votes | Percentage of votes
Clubpenguin750 | 180 | 15%
Moony* | 175 | 15%
Sleigh | 174 | 15%
ForceCrystal | 131 | 11%
Aks5dragon | 131 | 11%
iceuni2 | 106 | 9%
GulpinTheKing | 82 | 7%
Doglover49 | 74 | 6%
Anton220 | 70 | 6%
Colin1259 | 61 | 5%

Congrats to all of the finalists – all of them had over 50 people like their costume enough to vote for them, which is definitely something to be proud of! Read about the winners here, the finalists here, the contest itself here, and of course, remember that you can always look back at the great finalists’ costumes on the Costumes page!

GO GO POPTROPICA!

~Hijuyo

Great Pumpkin Island, Web Development

Open sesame… and maybe some pumpkin seeds :D

Slanted Fish

The doors [well, not really doors] of Great Pumpkin Island are now OPEN TO ALL, and we have just the right resources for you: click here for a written guide, map, video walkthrough, or the official info page! 🙂

Image courtesy of Spike from the PHF

In other rather drastic news, we recently lost our Twitter account, @PoptropicaHelp, which was deactivated by a hacker. As a result, our Poptropica Help Tweets service will be continuing on a new account: @Poptropica_Help. Since we have lost our Twitter followers in this process, we would greatly appreciate your support if those of you who use Twitter would follow us. Thank you.

~Hijuyo

Sneak Peeks, Web Development

Chicken alert! Chicken alert!

Shaggy Tornado

Don’t worry, it’s not a real chicken! XD It’s just the new PCB post! …About a chicken alarm!

You do need a good chicken alarm now and then.

Yes, you’re all thinking O_o, WTH?, and all that. XD Just what kind of island uses a stuffed, unreal chicken for an alarm?! Will we be facing a Jurassic Island? Mansion Island? We’ll have to wait and see. 😛 BTW, did anyone notice the broken egg and barbed wire on the tree? XD Some of our commenters have suggested that this could be a trap of sorts.

~Shaggy Tornado

Hijuyo: In other news, the PHB’s Second Annual Halloween Costume Contest has just closed. The judges are excited to see the 100+ entries we have received, and we have good news for everyone: YOU get to play a role in the judging!

During the next week, the judges will get together to decide on TEN finalists. This will then go into a poll that we will post on the PHB (watch for it next Friday, October 15th!), and ANYONE can vote on who they think has the best costume.

The poll will end JUST before Halloween (which gives you 2 weeks of intense competition!) so we can announce the winners on the night of scares! 😀

Web Development

Blog Hijacking & The PHF

coderkid

POLL TIME!

Plesh take this poll: http://www.blog.thephf.com/2010/09/30/what-do-you-want-to-come-out-next-poll/ 🙂

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HERRO!

I am hijacking this blog to make a VERY important announcement…I FINALLY GOT TO MEET ELMO!!!

*silence*

What, you’re not happy for me? Fine. Who needs you anyway.

I kid. What I really wanted to post about…has been posted on the PHF Blog. It is a post about…The POPMATRIX! (which is finally out, by the way so READ THE POST…:)). While you’re on the PHF Blog, please take the time to subscribe (right sidebar, topmost!). Thank you dear. (LOLOLO)

Oh, and just in case you were wondering why I’ve been less active on the PHB, it’s mostly because of the PHF. But hopefully I’ll be more active when my schedule frees up.

So…I’ll just be hiding in this extremely convenient manhole here…