Paddle2See said I can make this. This is meant to replace the old one, as it hasn't been updated in well over a year, and the user is inactive.

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Here's some topics that I think might be helpful (partially copied from Paddle2See's topic)

Security

• How to keep a website safe by jvvg
  
• The small steps on how to secure your online site or community by LS97
  
• Get your old forum posts from the 1.x site by jvvg
  
• What to do after Scratch by Blaze349
  

Has anything been changed? I can't seem to find the old one

TheGamer- wrote:

Has anything been changed? I can't seem to find the old one

Yeah. I've added a considerable amount.

You accidentally removed an open square bracket after “Python”

TheGamer- wrote:

Has anything been changed? I can't seem to find the old one

Here's the last AT FAQ

“What PL should I learn” links to a shady freenom page…

TheAspiringHacker wrote:

“What PL should I learn” links to a shady freenom page…

I think it's supposed to go here: https://technoboy10.github.io/after-scratch.html

TheAspiringHacker wrote:

“What PL should I learn” links to a shady freenom page…

Thanks for notifying me! That's definitely an issue… I'll fix it ASAP!

Who is the spiciest ATer?
SonicMasterSystem, of course.

delet this

WolfCat67 wrote:

Who is the spiciest ATer?
SonicMasterSystem, of course.

delet this

okie dokie

i was waiting for someone to notice, so brownie points to you

I program webpages and in Processing.js. Processing.js on Khan Academy (note my name), and webpages I do basically anywhere. I found Scratch long after I was becoming experienced in web based languages and JavaScript. I'd be interested in learning about bugs in Scratch, or how to modify its functionality, and exploit those bugs to make my life easier.

Khanonymous wrote:

I program webpages and in Processing.js. Processing.js on Khan Academy (note my name), and webpages I do basically anywhere. I found Scratch long after I was becoming experienced in web based languages and JavaScript. I'd be interested in learning about bugs in Scratch, or how to modify its functionality, and exploit those bugs to make my life easier.

You could just post a new topic in AT or Questions about Scratch instead of posting it here…

Do you think we should add anything to this?

How do I make a variable/data set not go negative while not glitching out when ever I attempt to fix it.
I have a money variable please post a response on my post.

Thank you in advance

SebastianFrey wrote:

How do I make a variable/data set not go negative while not glitching out when ever I attempt to fix it.
I have a money variable please post a response on my post.

Thank you in advance

If you make a script that says “If <(whatever variable here) is less than (zero)>, set (same variable) to zero”, the variable you use should never go below zero before being corrected back to zero.