Site Update: deviantART's 13th Birthday, Keywords

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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


Celebrate deviantART's 13th Birthday!

Yesterday was deviantART's 13th Birthday, and while the day itself has passed, there are still several events going on for you to enjoy! You can earn the 13th Birthday Badge by taking part in the "What is your favorite deviantART memory?" prompt on the birthday article, Journal Skins are free for all deviants to use for 13 days, and more! 



Coming Soon: Public Deviation Keywords

Coming soon, deviation keywords will be publicly displayed on deviation pages. Until now, keywords have had no functionality other than to serve deviantART's Search.

Making keywords public will give deviants more accountability when submitting a deviation by encouraging them to add accurate keywords to describe the artwork -- ultimately improving the quality of search results. Displaying keywords will also allow members to create common terms around a specific topic or event (for example SharkWeek or ComicCon2013). We also want to give viewers a way to discover more artwork around a common topic.

An added benefit of this change is that it will make search engines (such as Google and Bing) aware of the keywords on deviantART, bringing more traffic to your artwork.

Change Log

  • Various tools were implemented for the 13th Birthday events. Added by fartprincess, kemayo, and DEVlANT
  • When on a deviant's Profile Page, their real name will now display in the browser's page title if they have provided it. Added by adahacker
  • Several visual and functional improvements were made to the uplift to the Profile Tabs currently in beta testing. Fixed by shadowhand
  • Critiques could not be left on Film deviations. Fixed by DEVlANT
  • Editing individual Profile Page widgets did not work when editing the full Profile Page. Fixed by fartprincess
  • Some links to the Forum were briefly broken. Fixed by helloandre
  • There was no "Processing" notification for embedded Film deviations. Fixed by yury-n
  • The Critique modal did not give a warning before closing if the Escape key was pressed while text was entered. Fixed by fartprincess
  • Hitting "Reply" in the Forums did not open a text box on the mobile website. Fixed by fartprincess
  • Browsing deviations by using the "Next" and "Previous" buttons would not work properly if a user logged in or out from another browser tab while doing so. Fixed by yury-n
  • Critiques would not break up super long words, leading to display issues. Fixed by fartprincess
  • Errors would occur when trying to name or change the title of a Gallery subfolder. Fixed by yury-n
  • Small layout and wording changes were made to the deviantID and User Info widgets. Fixed by adahacker
  • When an error page was reached from a fav.me URL, the site header would not appear. Fixed by fartprincess
  • There would be no spacing between links included in one's Poll widget. Fixed by shadowhand
  • When viewing a Print being sold in Calendar format, the preview images for individual months were missing. Fixed by helloandre

Sta.sh / Submit


  • In Safari 5.1.7 for Windows, nothing would happen when trying to select an option from the pencil menu on the Edit page. Fixed by kouiskas
  • Scheduled submissions that failed to submit properly would become active again after refreshing the page. Fixed by drommk
  • Unnecessary ellipses would appear within titles of Sta.sh files. Fixed by drommk
  • Long titles could not be correctly edited after having been truncated. Fixed by drommk
  • Ending a Sta.sh item's title with a space would cause an error. Fixed by kouiskas

Sta.sh Writer


  • The Write a Journal Entry page will now retain your Rich-Text or HTML Mode setting. Fixed by kemayo
  • Sta.sh Writer would not always load properly, when editing Journals submitted with the old Journal editor. Fixed by inazar
  • Some issues with loading speed were fixed. Fixed by inazar
  • Putting specific search queries into the emoticon sidebar search (such as "favby:username") would produce broken results. Fixed by kemayo

Your Feedback


Thank you for the feedback left on last week's Site Update! Here's some of what you had to say:
  • Feedback regarding the Profile Tab uplift currently in beta testing was mixed. Several deviants mentioned a dislike for the "Submit" buttons on the Gallery and Journal tabs.
  • Deviants generally liked the idea of being able to add skins to their Portfolio.
  • Some deviants mentioned wanting to add Film deviations to their Portfolio.

Discuss!

Drawing in the Forum
One of the areas offered in our Forums is the DrawPLZ Forum, where you can take part in art challenges and collaborations! What do you think of the DrawPLZ Forum? Have you taken part in it? Do you find it easy to take part in? How could it be improved? Are there specific threads that you've enjoyed in particular?


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