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
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