Version 0.12 released

After breaking everything and putting it back together, I've released version 0.12 of the Carbon Diet site. This version has a great new vehicle emissions algorithm in it, as well as a huge amount of behind-the-scenes hacking, fixing code rot and getting ready for new features.

The vehicle algorithm has changed, so you will probably notice a difference in your graphs. The old method used to assume that you only fill up your car when empty, so the amount you burnt since you last filled up is the amount you filled up with last time. That's not actually very realistic; it's much better to assume that you fill your car full every time, and that the amount you *just bought* is what you've burnt since your last fillup. Hopefully this will even out some of your graphs and give you better results. Huge thanks to Paul at http://www.co2list.com/ for the suggestion.

You might also notice that many of the URLs have changed. I've learned a lot since the site first started 3 years ago, and have been trying to bring it up to date with current best practise, and get a solid foundation to build more features on in the future.

Hope you like it, anyway!

Change of DNS provider

I've finally got sick of my existing DNS provider - while they were great 5 years ago, their website has slowly rotted away into uselessness, so I'm moving on. There shouldn't be any disruption to services, but I thought I'd let you know just in case you get anything strange happening over the next few hours.

New support system: Tender

I've upgraded the Carbon Diet to use a great new integrated support system called Tender. You can create your own discussions, questions, and search the FAQs easily. In time, it will replace the existing (and very out-of-date) forum completely. One advantage is you don't have to log in separately to use it, which is an improvement.

I've had to make a change to the privacy policy to handle this; because we know automatically sign you in to Tender, we do provide some details to them, but this only happens when you actually go and visit the support site.

iPhone interface

Well, I've recently got around to a little bit of development on the site, and added an iPhone interface for adding data while on the move. It's much like the old mobile interface, but improved for use with the iPhone.

Now, if you visit http://carbondiet.org on your iPhone, you'll get the new site. It still needs a bit of tweaking, but fundamentally it's working.