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The Forum Sidebar
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DeviantART is dedicated to protecting our artists, and in an effort to be able to more quickly handle complaints by deviants who have had their rights infringed on, we have changed the way we receive complaints from the artist or the copyright holder.
In the past, we took reports by the copyright holder in two different ways: An informal report via the Report Violation tool and a formal complaint via contacting the Help Desk. While both of these methods were effective, they presented many setbacks.

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Change to Literature Preview Images
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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.

What's New

Update to deviantART Mobile

In October, we launched the new mobile site to everyone, and while we stand by its design and functionality, we received valid statements regarding older devices not being compatible with the new layout. With this in mind, we've brought back the old mobile site for older devices, with the option to switch to one or the other depending on your preference.

For said devices, a banner will appear on the main deviantART page that says, "Touch here to switch to deviantART's legacy mobile site," which will reload the page with the old mobile layout if tapped. If you would like to return to the new mobile layout, you can do so by tapping the Menu button and selecting "Switch to New Mobile Layout" from there.

Please note: while we are bringing the old mobile site back for these devices, it is a legacy version of the mobile site, meaning that we will not provide updates to this layout, and technical support will be limited.

Proposed Changes to the Anthro Gallery

^KovoWolf is heading up potential changes to the category structure of the Anthro gallery, and your feedback would help shape changes made in the future.

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Change Log

A horizontal scrollbar was present in Firefox for some users at a narrow browser resolution. Fixed by $yury-n
There were some errors encountered when purchasing discounted items with deviantART Points, if the buyer didn't have enough Points before the discount was applied to the total. Fixed by $yury-n
There were some delays in processing thumbnails for newly submitted deviations, as well as sending deviantWATCH messages. The backlog was quickly processed. Fixed by $chris
More Like This was briefly unavailable. Fixed by $chris

Sta.sh / New Submit

Some deviations stated they were submitted from Sta.sh when they weren't. Fixed by $samshull
Items in Sta.sh now display which app they were submitted from. Fixed by $adahacker
Logging into Sta.sh in Safari would sometimes fail and display an incorrect error message. Fixed by $adahacker
Pressing escape would exit both the deviation and the stack, for fast browsers. Fixed by $kouiskas
The description box wouldn't expand when content was pasted in. Fixed by $samshull
When submitting a deviation to both Scraps and Groups, the deviation would go to the Groups but not to Scraps. Fixed by $kouiskas
Deviants were unable to set preview images for ZIP files. Fixed by $adahacker
When submitting text, the page would always trigger a "Mature Content not selected" error, even if it was selected. Fixed by $adahacker
When adding text, the text preview wouldn't reflect the text's actual spacing. Fixed by $kouiskas
When changing files, the new image would take the place of the category examples. Fixed by $kouiskas
There was a javascript error when categorizing items written in Sta.sh Writer as Journals. Fixed by $adahacker
Some deviation types were displaying an incorrect image preview during upload. Fixed by $samshull
New deviants were being asked to agree to the Terms of Service with no way to actually do so. Fixed by $kouiskas
Category errors wouldn't display properly when updating an already published deviation. Fixed by $adahacker

Sta.sh Writer

Some Literature categories were displaying entries as Journals. Fixed by $kemayo
The Google Webfonts list was out of date. Fixed by $kemayo
Using "Edit with deviantART muro" would sometimes save slowly, and could get stuck on the "saving..." overlay. Fixed by $kemayo
Sta.sh comments showed raw HTML when you restored a page after restarting your browser. Fixed by $inazar
When leaving comments in Sta.sh, the comment field would not be blank after posting. Fixed by $inazar
The "Show More" button in the sidebar was misaligned in IE8/9. Fixed by $Alisey
Long titles in the sidebar would overlap. Fixed by $Alisey
Thumbnails were not evenly spaced in the sidebar in Firefox. Fixed by $Alisey
In Firefox, when copy and pasting content from a web page, hidden HTML code would sometimes become visible. Fixed by $Alisey

Your Feedback

Thanks for the feedback left on last week's update! Here's some of what you had to say.

Deviants were pleased with the new tool to improve More Like This results. =Nippey suggested that it would be helpful for the original deviation to scroll, so that members can have an easier time comparing the results to the starting deviation.
~SougonNaTakumi mentioned that it would also be useful to mark particular deviations as good or bad matches for the source deviation.
Some deviants would like to be able to go directly to their Profile from Sta.sh. Suggested by =Autumnstarr
Deviants would like the option for endless scrolling on deviations in their Message Centers. Suggested by =Yamitora1
Members would like to be able to change permissions for a Group Gallery Folder from that folder's page, rather than having to go to the Manage Members section of that Group's admin area. Suggested by *IceWolf762
Some deviants would like to be notified if they are logged in for two or more sessions at once. Suggested by ~Bemari

Discuss!

deviantART muro for Critique

Some deviants have suggested using deviantART muro as a tool for critique. When giving critique, do you find it helpful to be able to leave a visual representation of what you mean, such as by redlining the work? (Redlining is when an artist draws a sketch over another artist's work to help find flaws in the original art.) As an artist, would you find it helpful if other artists could leave redlines as part of a critique on your art by using deviantART muro?

deviantART muro critique as mocked up by =Kxhara

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~SayuriChou May 11, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Is there any way to disable the legacy website? I keep accidentally clicking the banner and have to close it out whenever I reload the page. The newer mobile interface works much better, so I want the banner to stop popping up. Is this possible?

~Hesperie May 10, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

I accidentally hit the link to switch back to the legacy site. Opera Mobile won't let me press the Menu button there (the page just reloads), so I'm unable to switch back.

Is anyone else having this problem and did you find a way to fix it?

~alexblue0 Feb 16, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

custom background for deviantart page or custom color

~Ashes-and-Snowflakes Feb 3, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

It'd be great if people could submit art with their smartphones. It's really convenient. I actually wrecked my laptop screen, and though it still works, half is out and I usually use my phone. This leads to months without updates or journal entries, and it's disappointing to me and my watchers. I'm not the only one with this problem either, so I'm just making a suggestion. I'd greatly appreciate it if you took it into consideration

Thank you!<3

$wreckling Feb 4, 2013 Writer

Hey there! If your phone has the most recent Android or iOS release, you should be able to submit from it

~Ashes-and-Snowflakes Mar 29, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

I have the new iOS release, and I can submit from it, it just takes a long time and crashes a lot. I have the patience though. ^^

~cutipie411 Jan 11, 2013 Hobbyist Artist

I have a Nokia lumia 710
accidentally pressed legacy mobile banner and I can't access the menu in legacy site

~Rotoxys Jan 31, 2013

I have the same problem, it sucks.

~cutipie411 Jan 31, 2013 Hobbyist Artist

Well its fixed now

~Rotoxys Feb 1, 2013

It's still like that for me, I can't search for art at all >>;

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