Wowhead is a World of Warcraft information database featuring a JavaScript interface. The site catalogs items, quests, talents, and much more — all able to be searched, sorted, and arranged to find the information needed. Wowhead is currently the only major database website that has been mentioned by Blizzard in their Community Spotlight.
The website started out as a talent calculator in December 2005. The talent calculator offers the ability to import builds from Blizzard talent calculators. It was in beta from April 4th to June 25th, 2006[2], and the database was released on June 26th, 2006[3].
Wowhead makes extensive use of AJAX for its interface function and requires JavaScript to be enabled in order to function.
The team[]
Wowhead's "The Burning Contest" featured in the WoW.com Community Spotlight.
A Wowhead contest featured on the WoW.com front page.
Wowhead featured in the WoW.com Community Spotlight.
- Wowhead
- Alexis Martyn (Wowhead: perculia, Wowhead News: perculia) - Site Director[4] (of Twitter @wowhead also)[5]
- Serrinn? (Wowhead: Serrinn) - Contributing editor (did coverage during BlizzCon 2015
- Jerek Dain (Wowhead: Jerek) - Designer / Developer[4]
- Former
- Guillaume (Wowhead: Skosiris) - Co-founder; part of Blizzard's web team[6]
- Joshua Coussard (Wowhead: Mystadio) - Co-founder (Software Developer?)[4]
- Shaun (Wowhead: TheOnyx, Wowhead News: TheOnyx) - Site Director; web director for En Masse Entertainment (TERA Online)[6]
- Casey (Wowhead: Malgayne, Wowhead News: Malgayne) - Head of Community/Content; Community Analyst at Zynga[6]
- Brielle (Miyari) - Sr. Content Manager; social media at BioWare[6]
- Andreas (Wowhead: Koper) - Software Developer; went to Curse[6]
- Alayton (Wowhead: alayton) - Software Developer, still helps with model viewer[5]
- Claire (Wowhead: PoeticDragon) - Software Developer
- Dan (Wowhead: fewyn, Wowhead News: fewyn) - Now Torhead Content Manager, but still helps with Wowhead from time to time[5]
- SpiffyJr (Wowhead: SpiffyJr) - Developer[4][5]
- Rhea Monique (Wowhead: Ashelia, Wowhead News: Ashelia) - Site Director[4] (of Twitter @wowhead also), content producer[5]
- Victor Mazzia (Wowhead: Aryu) - Developer[5]
- Erorus - Developer[4]
- Shelbi Roach (Wowhead: Lilith) - Web Designer[4]
- Sarah Schnau (Wowhead: Noxychu) - Artist[4]
- Claire (Wowhead: PoeticDragon) - Software Developer[4]
Ownership[]
Wowhead was originally a privately owned site, owned by its founders, Joshua and Guillaume. During June 2007, Wowhead was sold to ZAM Network, a wholly owned subsidiary of Affinity Media, after several management and hosting changes.
Downloads[]
Wowhead Client[]
An application (Windows and Mac OS X) that checks for data to upload, uploads data, installs the client AddOn, and checks for updates.[7] Requires a Wowhead account to upload data.
MMOUI Minion[]
An upcoming AddOn manager that will work in cooperation with WoWInterface.com.[8]
News[]
A separate domain of http://www.wowheadnews.com was introduced for an official news blog on April 26th, 2011 by Site Director, Ashelia.[9] On June 7th, 2012, the news portion of the site is now also accessible from http://www.wowhead.com/news and the redirect http://news.wowhead.com.
See also[]
- Web API - Blizzard web based API information and documentation
References[]
- ^ As of 9-Nov-2015.
- ^ Skosiris 2007-09-24. I might be one of Wowheads first members... Wowhead Forums > WoW General.
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20060710074323/www.wowhead.com/?news
- ^ a b c d e f g h i More > About Us & Contact. Wowhead. Retrieved on 2013-12-02.
- ^ a b c d e f fewyn 2012-10-09. Wowhead AMA comment (fewyn). Reddit.com.
- ^ a b c d e Malgayne 2012-10-09. Wowhead AMA comment (Malgayne). Reddit.com.
- ^ http://www.wowhead.com/client
- ^ Malgayne 2009-05-06. Introducing MMOUI Minion!. Wowhead News.
- ^ Ashelia 2011-04-26. Introducing Wowhead News. Wowhead WoW General forums.
External links[]
- News
Wowhead News New Site Feature: Warlords of Draenor Garrison Calculator by perculia 2014/04/24 3:19 PM Wowhead News Garrisons: Buildings in Warlords Database, New Images, Maps, and Abilities by perculia 2014/04/17 11:54 AM Wowhead News Warlords of Draenor Modelviewer: Images and Video of New Character Models by perculia 2014/04/16 3:21 PM Wowhead News Warlords of Draenor Modelviewer: New 3D Models and Warlords Character Models by perculia 2014/04/15 9:42 PM Wowhead News How to get the most out of Wowhead's Warlords of Draenor Talent Calculator by oliviadgrace 2014/04/10 2:44 PM
Wowhead News New Site Features: Item Finder, Improved Search Results, More Maps and Fishing Pools by perculia 2014/02/07 12:36 PM Wowhead News Site Improvements: Zones, Image Sorting, Item Enhancements, Page Browsing by perculia 2014/01/10 12:07 PM Wowhead News New Site Features: Quest Tracking, New Sounds and Music, Guide Improvements by perculia 2013/11/27 11:28 AM Wowhead News 5.4 PTR: New Mounts, Pet Limit Increased and Pet Ability Scaling on Wowhead by perculia 2013/08/09 1:07 PM Wowhead News Site Updates: Image Search Results, Loot Specialization Filters, and More by perculia 2013/08/01 11:12 AM Wowhead News New Year's Eve in Azeroth, Wowhead's 2012 Year In Review by perculia 2012/12/31 11:08 AM
Wowhead News New Site Feature: 3D Modelviewer Redone and Pandaren Added! by Ashelia 2012-04-11 9:06 PM- Related
- Reviews
- API
http://api.wowguild.co/api/doc/ - Rich Spell API, a public WoWHead backed item API used by wowguild.co.