Astro-Knights Island, Bonus Items, Web Development

Undercover Visitors

May 30, 2009 Slanted Fish

Don’t forget! Tomorrow (Sunday, May 31st, 2009) marks the date of our special surprise for all you readers in honor of our recent one million hits! Check the PHB tomorrow to more about this totally RARE oppurtunity. Be prepared!

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Need more visitors for your Poptropica webpage? Now that we’ve got at least 20 sites successfully listed in our affiliate site’s Blogroll page, we’ve decided it would be a great idea to move it here. Check out this updated version of Poptropica Links: PHB’s Poptropica Directory!

🙂 https://poptropica.wordpress.com/cool-stuff/poptropica-directory/ 🙂

Don’t worry, our Poptropica Links website (http://poptropicalinks.wordpress.com/) is still there, and you can still use it. But what’s great is that we’ve decided to move the Poptropica directory to Poptropica Help Blog too, so that people who have never heard of Poptropica Links will now have a better chance of viewing the advertised sites – through PHB!

You can now leave kind criticism comments to help people improve their sites, leave ratings, and much more. Remember, you can still go to the original Poptropica Links site to advertise. In fact, if your site gets approved, not only will it be shown on the new directory, but also the Blogroll page and widget on the original P.L. site! It’s a three-in-one offer; absolutely beneficial to other Poptropica website owners!

Considering that it’s the only area in this whole blog where you’re allowed to advertise (Poptropica-related content only, of course), it wouldn’t hurt to try it. So, without further ado, come to the PHB’s Poptropica Directory or the Poptropica Links site for more information!

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Poptropica Help Blog news: The Mechanical Fever, part 2

We all know how dangerous the multiplayer rooms in Poptropica are. And now we have news that it’s getting worse. The seriously infected Poptropican, who goes by the name of Binary Bard, has just visited the Coconut Cafe on Shark Tooth Island. The germs he carries are traveling faster and faster. But does he feel guilty about all this? Not at all! He’s been telling other Poptropicans the same story:

My visit to Shark Tooth Island today had to be under cover. It looks like Astro-Knights Island is so eager to be released that parts of it have started to sneak out into the main Poptropica population.

Blog Post Title: Mechanical Faces
Description: 01010011011101000110010101100001011011000111010001101000 [Translation: ‘Stealth’] My visit to Shark Tooth Island today had to be under cover. It looks like Astro-Knights Island is so eager to be released that parts of it have started to sneak out into the main Poptropica population.
Image URL: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bqXCl2IJBSo/SiBHkT_n7EI/AAAAAAAAABE/bVPNQfy1wdE/s1600-h/undercover.JPG
Image Name: undercover.JPG

So beware. Who knows when it will hit again? Take precautions by staying away from other ill Poptropicans!

For more information, visit: https://poptropica.wordpress.com/2009/05/22/the-mechanical-fever/

Web Development

Counting Down!

May 25, 2009May 26, 2009 Codien

It seems like years ago when the PHB first hit the 10,000 mark.

It felt like months ago when the PHB hit their 100,000 mark.

But never did Scary Tomato, a kid from Hong Kong, ever believe that a simple passion for helping people on Poptropica, would become what it is today.

So today we are celebrating. The PHB’s biggest moment (besides their first year aniversary 😛 ).

1,000,000 Hits!

And as of today, we have exactly 10,700 comments in the whole blog!

Help us count down to the huge milestone in the comments below.

Because it is you, the viewers, that made the hits.

The PHB Team

Scary Tomato | Smockers

Codien | Grumpy Wolf

Astro-Knights Island, Reality TV Island, Sneak Peeks, Web Development

Astro-Knights and Reality TV are coming…

May 23, 2009May 24, 2009 Slanted Fish

Our most recent staff member to join the PHB Team, Grumpy Wolf, has been added to the Poptropica Help Blog’s header! Thank you for the wonderful change, Codien!

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Astro-Knights Island Coming Soon! The Astro-Knights Island official description has been changed for the 3rd time! It now says:

Launch thyself into a new adventure on Poptropica! The Princess hath been kidnapped and taken to the far reaches of space. Thou must assemble a space vessel and fly among the stars on an intergalactic quest to rescue her and save the kingdom of Arturus.
Taken from http://www.poptropica.com/astro_island.html.

Also, the image of Binary Bard has changed into a man in some warrior’s armor. The brown body is possibly made of bronze, and the helmet and spear could be silver, iron, or steel.

We now know that the kingdom the royal family lives in is called Arturus, which might be related to the Arthurian legends, as Cheerful Claw said. It looks like we’re going to save the Princess again, instead of the King and Queen.

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Reality TV Island Coming Soon! Reality TV Island finally has an official description, rather than the unofficial description from the Creators’ Blog! Here’s what it reads:

Have you ever wanted to be the star of a reality TV show? Well, now’s your chance! Duke it out with your fellow contestants and avoid elimination to win the show’s grand prize and become a hero to your home town.
Taken from http://poptropica.com/reality_island.html.

The picture showing a campfire at night with trees and a hut surrounding it may possible the “home town” that the description is talking about. It’s also related to this sneak peek we had earlier!

Also, the hippie guy on the right resembles the one shown in this sneak peek. He’s got curly dark brown hair with some strands sticking out, a tan-colored headband, and a big smile. Mr. Hippie is also wearing a peace symbol necklace, a rainbow-colored shirt, and tan muddy pants. Do you think he’s one of the contestants from another town or is he a citizen of your home town? We’ll have to wait and see!

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The island banners, or signs, on the homepage of Poptropica.com have also changed!

The “Now Online: Big Nate Island” banner has been removed. Just as well too – it was already released so many months ago!
The “Coming this spring: AstroKnights” banner has been changed to “Coming soon: AstroKnights”. Yippee!

AstroKnights coming soon

There is a new banner that says “Coming later this year: Reality TV Island”. This means that we will have RTV Island to look forward to before the year 2009 comes to an end!

RealityTV coming later this year

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There’s also a new poll on the Poptropica Creators’ Blog about AK Island: How excited are you for Astro-Knights to come out? Here are the results as of today!

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!!!WARNING!!!

The Poptropica Help Blog has discovered a new disease known as the Mechanical Fever. It has only been discovered until very recently, but it is spreading fast. If you do not wish to have half your face zapped into a metallic state, act quickly to protect yourself now. Learn more here.

Web Development

Double-Polling and Much More!

May 5, 2009May 16, 2009 Slanted Fish

🙂 Poptropica Help Blog is very pleased to announce that we’ve reached 900,000+ hits! Woohoohoo!! Let’s have some blueberry cookies to celebrate this milestone! 🙂

So, ready for some double-polling? Make sure you read the post below, The Monthly Surprise, if you haven’t already, because it’s important that you do.

As you know, Poptropica Help Blog is writing monthly special newsletters starting in June 2009. We’ve already received many fantastic entries in our inbox, and love all the creativity you guys have been coming up with so far! For June 2009’s edition, the entries will be due on May 31st, 2009, the last day of the month. Just e-mail them to [email protected]! 😉

However, we’re having a bit of a trouble picking out the right name for these awesome newsletters. Which is where you can help in 4 simple clicks of your mouse! At our “Poptropica Poll” widget on the left, you can now find 2 new polls: PHB Newsletter Name: Part 1, and Part 2. For example, if you pick ‘(Blank)’ for Part 1 and ‘Ringer’ for Part 2, then you would be suggesting the name ‘[The] Ringer’. We are currently keeping the poll results private to avoid too much competition, but you’ll find the winning name on June 7th’s edition of the newsletter!

Poll 1’s options: (Blank), Poptropican(‘s), Monthly, PHB(‘s), Poptropica

Poll 2’s options: (Blank), Gazette, Post, Press, Page(s), People, Messenger, Times, Super/Ultra/Mega, Special, NewsPost, Newsletter, NewsPage, NewsPress, NewsRoom, Informer, Tipper, Poster, Hotspot, Nooz, Mailcall, Picks, Ringer, Newspaper, 411 Brainiacs, 911 (For all your Poptropica emergencies!), 360(°)

Thanks, everyone, for your generous support, suggestions, and everything else! 😀

And of course, our previous poll’s results! The question asked was, “Advertisements in Poptropica: what’s your favorite section?”

Poll Option | Percentage
Dressing up in character costumes for me! | 41%
Everything about them is awesome. | 27%
As long as Disney’s not involved, it’s fine with me. | 12%
Nothing! They’re all annoying, especially the ones in between places. | 12%
There are advertisements? | 4%
I love testing my knowledge with the quiz games. | 3%
Being able to learn more about the advertised product with clickable posters and trailer videos is the best! | 2%

Total Number of Votes: 1,226; Total Percentage: 100%

Looking for Poptropica item card SWFs? Wanna know how to stand on the blimp’s rope? Wondering what the “F12” button on your keyboard is for? Or are you feeling funny and just have the urge to laugh while looking angry?

Our Cheat Codes has now been updated to answer those questions! Check it out:
https://poptropica.wordpress.com/cool-stuff/cheat-codes/

Thanks especially to Blooberry95 for some of these new glitches, and whose investigation led the PHB team to discover a few more glitches! (No wonder we celebrated our 900 thousand views with blueberry cookies… oops, I think I ate them all.) 😆

PHB Specials, Web Development

The Monthly Surprise

May 3, 2009August 5, 2012 Codien

🙂 We are happy to announce the major event that will be happening every month, and you will be involved. 🙂

_A Special “PHB Monthly Newsletter”_
The First Sunday of Every Month

The PHB Newsletter. A giant mixture of news, events and even competitions. From now on, on the first Sunday of every month we will post this legendary post. It will consist of almost 10 sections for pure Poptropica awesomeness. 😛
That’s right, it’s what you have been dreaming about.

The monthly post will contain things like:

“Ask PHB”: Readers can ask questions about Poptropica via e-mail to the PHB staff. We can select about 3 of them to publish per month.
Competitions.
“PHB Sneak Peeks” – Yes, new ones. 😛
Stories: Readers can submit their own short stories to PHB’s e-mail and we can select one for every month, OR we can hire someone to be a “Newsletter Author”, and they will send in a short story/chapter or part of a long story (for each month) to PHB’s e-mail for us to publish each month.
Submit Your Own: Let readers submit their own ideas (maybe their dreams of what kind of island they want to see on Poptropica), stories, competition entries, fan art (comics, etc) and more to [email protected].
Current News/Monthly Reflection: A summary of what happened in Poptropica for the past month – Sneak peeks, new islands, new ads, etc
“Easter Eggs”: In each issue, reveal a secret (known as “Easter eggs”) from Poptropica. (example: typing ‘1225’ in the phone from Nabooti for a Santa hat and sack) or maybe someone besides Dr. Hare.
Fan Art: Show a Poptropica-themed poem, comic, drawing, puzzle, or something else created by a Poptropican.

Any more suggestions? Opinions? If you would like to apply for any of these positions, you may start now and send them over to [email protected]. We can’t wait to see our readers’ creativity!

A Note Regarding ‘Poptropica Poll’

As you’ve probably noticed, we have a sidebar widget titled ‘Poptropica Poll’, where there is a Poptropica-related poll that readers may vote on. They used to be changed at random times, but starting this month, they will be changed every time a new PHB monthly newsletter is released (the first Sunday of a month). This month’s new poll will start a little later, probably next week, and will ask the question, “What would you like the PHB’s monthly newsletter to be called?” We will use this to review your suggestions, and when June’s edition of the newsletter comes out, you will find the winning name, as well as a new poll updated for the coming month!

We have the idea. We have the writers. The only problem? We don’t know what to call it.
Comment with your great ideas on this post. Your suggestions may be put into the next poll.