FUTURE PLANS AND RECENT ATTACK

Hi guys and gals. Well it's been awhile since we posted up on our development blog so here we go. I should probably begin by highlighting recent events. During November, PS was subjected to a series of failed hack attacks. Whilst minor cosmetic damage was incurred, the infastructure and security held strong as intended with no breach. You may have seen the odd broken link over the last couple of weeks. Sorry about that! Additional security measures will be added to our framework over the coming days to re-enforce our already stable defences but we are very proud to have marched through the attacks.

Anyway, enough said about that, we want to talk positive, and what a positive year this has been! 450% growth on sales, 600% growth on new sign ups and a whopping 800% growth on page views from 2009. We must be doing something right!

For 2011, Production Scripts will be starting the ball rolling again with developments. We want to provide our writers with the best possible tools to manage scripts online instantly and easily. We want to not only offer the tools to do this but tools to help you promote your work too, tapping into social networking on a greater scale. We hope to improve the buyers experience from beginning to end, building on what we already have in place. Watch this space!

Beyond that, we are always keen to hear from you, the users, with suggestions and feedback.

AFFILIATION COMING TO PS

We are currently working on setting up an affiliation service whereby users may earn income by displaying an official PS banner on their website or blog. This not only allows PS to get the brand name out there with creditable sources but also allows further added potential for writers to earn that little bit extra revenue doing what they love. Users, by displaying our banner, will earn a percentage of the total for every generated sale made using their banner. PS will be developing a full range of banners to allow the users an opportunity to fully integrate it into their own style. Full details to follow.

SERVER STATUS GREEN

It would seem *touch wood* that our server change brought up a few issues which we needed to fix along the way. Some of these issues we expected, some we didn't. The need for a new dedicated server was down to how much PS has grown over the last 6 months. Our traffic levels went quite literally through the roof. We also pushed our space capacity to the limits. With future plans to bring various things 'in house' such as the PDF reader, we needed to act sooner rather than later. We apologise for the issues created from the server move, but as mentioned, it was a needed requirement based on the growth of the service. We appear to have 1 or 2 niggly issues remaining which we are resolving, but the majority of things should now be operating as normal. What have have been able to achieve is a far superior setup behind the scenes, which in turn should allow for us to grow comfortably. Please feel free to continue reporting any issues you stumble across.

SERVER STATUS UPDATE

The server switch is taking longer than expected. We are working on it and hope to have it up and running shortly. Apologies for the delay, this was unfortunately an unavoidable task.

PRODUCTION SCRIPTS *SERVER MOVE*

Production Scripts will be moving onto a dedicated server over the next fews days. As a result, we will be temporarily closing the website whilst the move takes place. All services will be temporarily unavailable during this time. Estimated downtime will be 24-48 hours.

ASM REVIEW SHORTLIST - JULY 2010

Production Scripts are delighted to announce the four plays shortlisted for potential review through ASM this month are: Conversations in the Mall by James Grob, Prom King and the Fiancee by Harry Burrus, Return to Vardia by Keith Passmore and Women on the Edge by Karoline Bethea-Jones. Four new scripts will be selected at the end of the month. Congratulations to the above writers.

LICENCE B OPT OUT & D/L ICONS ADDED!

Production Scripts today released the opt out option for Licence B (our youth licence). Furthermore, download icons have now been added to all active script listings showing what a download actually consists of filewise. Hopefully these roll-outs will aid the browser allowing for a more transparent surfing experience.