Welcome to our first update to our Webservices!
This will be used to announce bigger updates, which would not fit well into our discord notifications.
Forum Updates
- Web graphics and improved page load time
Several changes have been made to modernize the technical components, and we are now introducing support for WebP graphics. WebP is an advanced graphics format that offers great file size savings compared to JPEG and PNG without sacrificing visual quality. Combined with several other optimizations, we've been able to improve performance in crucial tests like the Lighthouse test, which impacts Google search rankings.
We have also fixed some issues, causing the forum to not load like intendet the first few trys. - Better management of multiple devices
Sessions on different devices (such as desktop or smartphone) are now strictly separated. A new area in the Control Center allows users to view the list of active sessions on their account and terminate individual sessions as needed - Revision of the session system
The session system is ubiquitous and is the basis for interacting with features, such as logging in or managing citations. We have extensively revised this system to further improve comfort and security. Sessions no longer expire during normal use but are intelligently extended while maintaining an improved level of security. With optional multi-factor authentication, we have also created the native ability to dramatically improve user account security. - Mehrfaktor-Authentifizierung
Building on the revision of the session system, there is also the option to set up multi-factor authentication for a user account to increase the security of the account. With multi-factor authentication, the user must provide another authentication feature in addition to the password to successfully complete the login process to an account.
Time-based One-time Password ("TOTP")
With the time-based one-time password algorithm, time-limited one-time passwords are generated for authentication. This can be done, for example, with the help of the smartphone app "Google Authenticator". The TOTP method is the most common method for multi-factor authentication and is therefore probably already known to the user from other platforms.
E-mail ("device confirmation")
With this procedure, the user receives an e-mail to the address stored in the account when logging in, which contains a one-time code that must be entered in addition to the password in order to complete the login process. - Fixed about 900 exploits and secuirty issues
- Reworked our Donation system
- Reworked our Sign-Up process
You will now only require an account on our forums to request your ftw account! We aim to streamline the onboarding process further in the following weeks.
We want to conclude this changelog with the notice, that we want to further push the useabillity of this platform, to offer our association and all projects more, faster - and better services all around!
Fly the World - Aircraft Order system
Starting 07.02.2022 at 18:00UTC, you will be able to order factory new planes again.
Planes will now have a delivery time, like their real life counterparts.
We will publish the link to this system tomorrow at 13:00UTC!