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Site Update, February 28

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 6:50 PM


In our continuous effort to improve the deviantART experience, we're publishing weekly Site Updates to keep members informed and to gather feedback. Below is a list of recent changes to the site, bug fixes, and feedback that was brought up by members in the last Site Update.

Change Log

  • Documents on the Developers page have been updated and visually improved. Fixed by `aMoniker
  • Selecting Notes from the Message Center would take deviants to the Notes page, but would not open the selected Note. Fixed by $shadowhand
  • The legacy Journal editor was not functional on mobile devices. Fixed by `aMoniker
  • For a very short period, an error would display upon sending a Note from a deviant's Profile, even though the Note would still send. Fixed by $chris
  • Thumbnails were not rendering when previewing a comment in the ThumbShare Forum. Fixed by $shadowhand
  • A number of dropdown menus around the site were briefly not selectable. Fixed by $shadowhand
  • Installable Journal Skins were not working in Firefox for a short time. Fixed by $shahyarg
  • For a short period, the Install button for Installable Journal Skins was missing. Fixed by $randomduck
  • Thumbnails on the Daily Deviations page were not properly centered. Fixed by $shadowhand
  • The "Previous", "Next", and "All" buttons did not appear when viewing Daily Deviations. Fixed by $shadowhand
  • A small number of deviation pages would display slightly incorrectly on first loading, and then would jump into proper position once the page was completely loaded. Fixed by $shadowhand
  • Error pages were not displaying properly on mobile devices. Fixed by $shahyarg
  • For a brief period,  trying to open a chatroom would load a blank page. Fixed by $shadowhand
  • Scrolling was broken in Group lists for users with many matching Group names in the "Submit to a Group" display. Fixed by `aMoniker
  • "Featured" and "Browse" links on a deviant's Journal were not displaying correctly. Fixed by $shadowhand
  • Adding the Journal widget to one's Profile via drag and drop did not work. Fixed by `aMoniker
  • Small deviation images would still display with a magnifying glass cursor as though they were larger. Fixed by $shadowhand
  • Sales data for Prints was briefly not available. Fixed by $yury-n
  • The Poll widget would display oddly when editing on a small-width browser. Fixed by $shadowhand
  • If every widget on a Profile page was removed, they couldn't be re-installed. Fixed by `aMoniker
  • The BlackBerry badge was not being given out correctly. Fixed by $kemayo
  • The color of the Chat page colors was incorrect. Fixed by $muteor
  • The +Watch button would disappear from the Artists view of More Like This after the second page of results. Fixed by $yury-n

Sta.sh / Submit


  • The "Upload", "Compose in Sta.sh Writer" and "Draw with deviantART muro" buttons weren't clickable in Chrome on Windows. Fixed by $drommk
  • The category selector broke for a short period. Fixed by $samshull
  • An error would occur when canceling the selection of a file from Sta.sh in Internet Explorer. Fixed by $drommk
  • Quotation marks wouldn't work in the category search. Fixed by $kouiskas
  • The list of suggested categories wasn't updating. Fixed by $kouiskas
  • The Submit page would display a category error for .doc files without explaining that the selected category did not accept .doc files. Fixed by $drommk
  • Uploading files would trigger a "Do you want to open or save this file?" prompt for some IE8 users. Fixed by $kouiskas
  • The progress bar was misplaced when writing a text deviation. Fixed by $drommk
  • If an image was uploaded and then canceled prior to it finishing, the thumbnail would remain. Fixed by $kouiskas
  • When a validation error occurs, the screen now scrolls to the offending area. Fixed by $kouiskas
  • The "Edit Print" button disappeared from deviation pages for a short time. Fixed by $samshull
  • The Submit page wouldn't work on Android 4.1.1. Fixed by $kouiskas
  • Resetting a submission would cause an unnecessary fade in and fade out. Fixed by $drommk

Sta.sh Writer


  • Gallery subfolders were not supported in the Writer sidebar. Fixed by $inazar
  • The sidebar had some visual display issues in Firefox. Fixed by $inazar
  • The toolbar was too tall, which was causing overflow issues. Fixed by $inazar
  • The sidebar would remain open when navigating from one deviation to another using the "Previous" and "Next" buttons after leaving a comment in Sta.sh. Fixed by $inazar
  • Duplicate entries would appear in the Conversation tab of the sidebar, when leaving comments in Sta.sh. Fixed by $inazar
  • Disconnecting from the Internet would make Writer stop auto-saving, even after you returned. Fixed by $Alisey
  • Including literature thumbs inside a paragraph HTML tag in journal entries would break the thumbnail formatting. Fixed by $Alisey

Your Feedback


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*stardrifting Mar 12, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Thanks for the Acceptance!
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:icondemonicbarneyplz:
:iconburningplz:PLEASE RESTORE ONLINE/OFFLINE STATUS INDICATOR FUNCTIONING BECAUSE NOW WE CAN'T TURN INVISIBLE:iconburningplz:
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*SnapShot120 Mar 6, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
You know how there's a 'featured deviation' widget for the profile page? There should be a featured favorite deviation widget, 'cause there have been multiple instances where I like someone else's deviation enough to want to just post a pic of it on my main page.
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*robinski Mar 6, 2013  Professional Digital Artist
Stash is not working.. it needs to be fixed
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:iconandy-15:
Mood: Sadness ~Andy-15 Mar 6, 2013  Hobbyist Artist
Hey I have a question, I tried making a group it said it was accepted but encountered errors during conversion :tears:
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~satocchi Mar 6, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I neglected to put this in the survey feedback, and I apologize if there is an official reason why DA can't implement this, but I'd love to be able to input symbols and other languages in submission titles. I think it'd be great for non-English speakers as well as allow for more creativity in naming. I think I read that there are safety issues wish this, but since many other sites allow this I think DA should as well. Anyway, cheers!
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:iconhoshigetsu:
when I try to upload to my Stash by email it doesn't show up 9/10 times. I have to keep resending.
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:iconaltergromit:
=altergromit Mar 6, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Everytime I write a note I have automatically a "copy" of it in the drafts folder, even if I didn't "ask" for that... :roll:
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*Starlene Mar 5, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
I don't know if someone has talked about this bug already, but here's what I've noticed: when I go to my group's gallery ([link]), I can no longer sort at to folders by hovering over the thumbnails and clicking the little pencil icon. The pencil icon doesn't appear. Instead, I have to go to the Featured folder ([link]) and do the sorting there. Annoying. :/
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Mood: Anger *gorocile Mar 4, 2013  Student Digital Artist
Loading problem for me is that it says the "entity is too large" and I wont be able to load my files at all without it being 700 x 700 =.=...seriously instead of not ignoring people who says they don't like this layout, why not change it back and listen to us. Aren't our opinion still mean something to you? You guys are starting to be like YouTube where there layout gets worse every year just like this but only this has bug problems
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