We will be taking DailyBooth down for a little while on Saturday at 3am EST. We don’t expect the site to be down more than an hour, but it is possible that DailyBooth could be down for slightly longer.

This downtime is for maintenance only and you will not notice any changes to the site afterwards. This should hopefully result in DailyBooth no longer having slow load times during peek hours.

For you technical people out there, this is what we are doing…

Basically, we are just modifying some of the database table structures. We will be modifying indexes to some of the larger database tables. We will also be implementing some new code which will allow us to archive some of the older dashboard entries, although still allowing users to access this information without removing it completely. This is something we must add simply because the size of a few database tables which have grown much larger than expected and will continue to grow.

Today we rolled out an interesting new feature called the “live map feed“. This is a real time map of the world that updates and zooms around when new members snap a picture. It goes hand in hand with our current live feed but now you can see where in the world the pictures are being snapped.

The picture locations are based on user IP addresses and are only city-specific. If you’d like your pictures not to be displayed in the live feeds you can now check a box in your settings to opt out of them.

We’re working on lots of other cool stuff so stay tuned!

So, how did you find dailybooth?

Update: If you make a video explaining how, let me know and I’ll update this post and embed it here.