Website Changelog

[mandrill]

Instead of spamming announcements, I'll just post here whenever I deploy updates to the site. If you are interested, just subscribe to this thread.
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[mandrill]

2016 Apr 03

• tweaked server config and improved general memory usage; site should be much more stable now
  
• fixed playtime sync for games without achievements
  
• added playtime column to table view (it's a little verbose, I'm not yet sure if I like that; maybe I'll change it later, maybe I won't)
  
• added column sorting to table view
  
• added Steam store link to game thumbnail
  
• added "new list" action to "list of lists" on profile
  
• added footer links to "bug / feature" subforum and "getting started"
  
• minor layout / style improvements (blockquotes, textareas)

[mandrill]

Oh, I forgot something in that last post ...

• "games by progress" lists now have "list" and "thumbnails" views

[mandrill]

2016 Apr 16

• added progress summary bar to custom lists
  
• click on progress summary bar filters by progress (yeah I know, not very discoverable, sorry :P)
  
• added link to Steam profile to user profile
  
• fixed switching views on progress lists
  
• modal dialogs (e.g. "edit game") are no longer closed by clicking the backdrop
  
• fixed some minor bugs with table sorting
  
• renamed footer link "bug reports" to "bugs & suggestions"
  
• adapted to a change on SG that broke the sync

I also prepared an admin interface to "curate" the games list (hide non-games, fix weird name spelling, stuff like that). Would have liked to finish that for this update, but then the SG sync error happened ...

[mandrill]

2016 Apr 23

• fixed the SG sync -- again ...
  
• fixed a bug with the game tags when a non-empty list was deleted
  
• "edit profile" and "create/edit post" dialogs are now resizable, can be dragged and have a maximize button

[mandrill]

2016 May 3

• overhauled the way huge games libraries (2000+ games) are handled; should make the site somewhat more smooth for some members
  
• switched site logo to the new group logo (finally)
  
• games no longer in the Steam library can now be removed on the site, too
  
• tweaked Steam library sync to be less resource hungry; should also fix a minor sync bug
  
• made feed endless scrolling more robust against malformed html from posts
  
• minor style/layout improvements

That first item should barely be noticeable for most, but for me (and the poor souls with the huge libraries) it was a major blocker -- so I hope I can now address some of the more "visible" issues ;)

[mandrill]

2016 May 10

• very mysterious and powerful admin stuff (and its mysteriousness is only exceeded by its power)

[mandrill]

2016 May 26

• fixed a minor bug in the delayed loading for huge lists
  
• added a spinner to indicate when huge lists are still loading
  
• minor tweaks to the Steam group sync
  
• link to the "uncategorized games" view will no longer appear in the "my games" menu, but as a note above the "all games" list instead -- hopefully that's more visible
  
• more mysterious and powerful admin stuff -- Operation Zeitfürst

[mandrill]

2016 June 4
Nothing really exciting this time, sorry.

• made the playtime / achievement sync a little more robust against the recent Steam hiccups
  
• changed the favicon to the "new" group logo (finally ... forgot to do that more than once)
  
• minor layout fixes and performance tweaks

[mandrill]

2016 June 5

• fixed a minor bug with the delayed list loading
  
• some tweaks to the admin interface so I can finally begin blacklisting software and DLC (... so don't be surprised if those start disappearing :P)

[mandrill]

2016 June 12

• tweaked the various sync jobs to reduce and spread load
  
• more robustness against Steam API failures (... I hope that's enough for summer sale)
  
• changed the "avatar menu" so you can reach your own profile with 50% less clicks ;)
  
• SG link on member profiles

[mandrill]

2016 June 15

• added a preliminary "theme" menu with links to the various posts for the June theme

[mandrill]

2016 June 23

• some smaller tweaks to sync performance
  
• fixed a sync regression (unplayed games with achievements)
  
• fixed a list view regression (list doesn't need to show its own tag)

[mandrill]

2016 July 31

• nicer list of past themes (more theme stuff coming soon)
  
• monthly playtime tracking (not visible anywhere yet, but starts now so August will be "complete")
  
• sortable position column for custom lists, "date won" column for SteamGifts list
  
• HTML element ids in posts are now automatically prefixed -- no need to think about making them unique anymore
  
• markup parsing reworked, new features will follow soon
  
• profile feeds now have endless scrolling
  
• dismissal of notices and alerts will be remembered for the rest of the browser session
  
• fixed: spoiler tag now hides link texts, too
  
• fixed: posting a new comment doesn't go to the top of the post page anymore
  
• fixed: opening dialogs for new/edit in new tabs/windows is now (mostly) usable
  
• fixed: initial sorting for custom lists is now indicated correctly
  
• fixed: progress lists are viewable for visitors (that was always the intention)

[mandrill]

2016 Aug 1

• fix redirect after creating "direct" comment
  
• make theme posts redirect to theme page
  
• improve HTML id prefixing: only prefix hrefs when the corresponding id was prefixed, too
  
• add some more secret stuff for revil's scripts

[mandrill]

2016 Aug 5
mini update ...

• fixed the spurious bugs with endless scrolling on empty profiles
  
• fixed layout error after editing comments
  
• added error checks in some places to gracefully respond with 404 instead of 503
  
• some fixes to the as-of-yet secret stuff that's coming up next