October Changelogs!
This release is BIG. We've got a lot of new features, heaps of bug fixes, and bunches of changes to go through. Here's the changelog written by CJ for Build 63 and API release d-1VBE8A1X7 (October 29th).
New Features:
We've been getting SO MUCH prepared for our 30K in 30 Days challenge!
Nooks are now available! You can create or join a writing Nook to participate in our writing challenge. You may only be apart of ONE Nook. In order to create or join a Nook, you need to set a writing goal via your profile! In order to be eligible for the prizes involved, you need to have at least a 30,000 writing goal set. You can still join or create a Nook if your goal is under 30k, but be aware that all members in a Nook need to have that 30k writing goal for all members to receive the relevant prizes. That being said, writing goals are editable and will continue to be editable throughout the challenge. Note: there is relevant UI warnings for these scenarios, so you will be reminded when trying to join or create a Nook.
Messages and leaderboards will be coming soon along with a few other features.
A banner has appeared on the read page reminding you to set a writing goal! When you set a writing goal, the banner will go away.
You can now view other people's profiles! Check it out by clicking on people's usernames throughout the site!!
We added a link to a YouTube playlist for our platform walkthrough videos! You can view it in the support dropdown. (The little question mark at the top right!)
There are now buttons inside the ad theater for navigating through the videos!
There are now more story related notifications. You can specify if you would like to receive notifications for comments, replies, or reactions!
We added a strikethrough button to the editor bar in the write page's text editor!
Perched avatars exist now!!! I'll leave that to all of you to figure out what that is, but if you select an avatar that isn't default Draft, you should notice something...
Side note: Not every avatar has a perched avatar, and will be assigned to default Draft.
Changes:
You can now see the users who have left inline feedback inside their respective feedback box.
Changed the amount of poll options from 4 to 10! You can now be way more indecisive!
Stories now open up into a new tab! This should fit the flow of the app a little more.
Changed circles so that viewing a circle opens in the same tab instead of a new tab.
Avatars now display their cost in the shop!
Deleted comments will no longer count towards the comment total on stories.
You can now display unlimited comments and messages in threads. Don't go too crazy, you'll still hit a limit it's just nicer.
Cursed Rock has now made herself home in the Not Found and Unauthorized pages. Please give her some respect and avoid these pages, her new home.
Bug Fixes:
Notifications will now show a pip for unread notifications instead of for all available notifications.
The avatar shop will now properly scale for smaller screens!
Updated the circle manage members dropdown positioning.
Fixed a bug where some manuscripts didn't display the correct page number or chapter header.
Fixed a bug where aesthetics needed 1 extra quill than their cost to purchase.
Fixed a bug that only allowed users to equip purchased avatars if they have the amount of quills they needed to purchase it originally.
Fixed a bug where the circle application wouldn't reset to an empty string when pressing cancel.
Fixed a bug where dismissing the "Get Started" box on the inline feedback switches out of inline feedback mode.
Fixed a loading bug with avatars on the discovery page. They should load faster!
Fixed a bug when uploading manuscripts to circles they would un-upload.
Fixed a typo in the content warnings pop-up.
Fixed grammar in the polls view.
Updated wording in the asks container.
Updated wording in the create circle pop-up.
Updated wording in the reactions toggle.
Notes:
Badges are currently not showing up on the notification icon on the navigation bar.
Security:
We've updated our API engine to Node 20 and performed some security patching.
We've also updated our deployment process to automatically sync database changes.
The amount of thanks I have for the entire development team cannot be understated. Everyone did so amazingly this past month. As StoryForge continues to grow, I hope that we can continue to get your support so we can create more features and continue together.
