Sunday, August 31, 2014

TORParse is looking for additional co-owners!

Hi all,
TORParse is currently looking for two additional co-owners to assist with the project.
Qualification Requirements:
Position 1:
  • Expert in CentOS Linux server administration
  • Expert in PHP scripting and creating optimized PHP cron jobs
  • Expert in MySQL database optimization, management, and query design
  • Expert with HTML/CSS
  • Ability to troubleshoot, optimize, and maintain an advanced web server
  • Knowledge of JavaScript and/or jQuery is a plus
Position 2:
  • Expert in object-oriented programming languages, such as the ability to program a .NET application from scratch (New TORParse Client) -or- Expert with Adobe ActionScript / Adobe AIR programming
  • Expert in cloud-based client development
If interested, please email your resume/CV and example work to hayward@torparse.com along with the reasons you want to join the TORParse project and why you think you would be the best fit for the job.
Note: Co-owning TORParse is not intended to be a full-time job, but nevertheless can be a very demanding endeavor. Please only apply if you believe you can dedicate a fair amount of your time to maintaining and improving the service.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Best,
Hayward
TORParse Owner

Thursday, August 28, 2014

TORParse will update once a week until future notice

Hi all,

Until we move to a more powerful server and upgrade our hard drives, TORParse will only update the leaderboards once a week on Tuesday morning (beginning at 3 a.m. Eastern Time) before the weekly SWTOR reset.

Our current leaderboard update CRON script is very inefficient and takes almost an entire day to run, which is a major contributing factor to the slow website and client performance we've been experiencing lately.

If you are an experienced Linux server administrator or PHP programmer familiar with CRON PHP scripts and think you can help with TORParse script optimization, please email me at hayward@torparse.com and we can hopefully improve TORParse so we can update the leaderboards daily again.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Best,
Hayward

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

TORParse/TORCommunity is Recruiting Content Editors/Guide Writers

TORParse and TORCommunity are looking for multiple content editors and guide writers to help broaden our available SWTOR services to include walkthroughs, SWTOR news, guides, and more.

A basic understanding of HTML/CSS is recommended but not required. Excellent writing skills are a plus, and attention to detail is encouraged. Please note that while these are unpaid internship positions, reference letters are available for all staff upon request and monthly rewards will be given to top-performing staff.

If interested in writing content part-time for TORParse and TORCommunity, please email Hayward (hayward@torparse.com) with your resume and a brief description of why you want to be a member of the TORParse/TORCommunity staff and how you can help make us a better SWTOR service.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Best,
Hayward