Site Update: Category Changes, Bug Fixes

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.

• The Community Relations Newsletter for May and June is out! From moonbeam13
  
• Editing a Portfolio briefly resulted in a redirect to an error page. Fixed by ZombieCoder
• In Chat, the emoticons link was not opening the emoticon window. Fixed by DEVlANT
• There was an increase of spam in the Forums which bypassed existing spam controls. Measures were put in place to better fight spam. Fixed by ZombieCoder
  
• Quotes in deviation titles were breaking literature thumbnail previews. Fixed by ZombieCoder
  
• The deviantMEET widget initial month dropdown was one day short. Fixed by kemayo
  
• The Help Desk contact form did not accept some characters, resulting in silent error. Fixed by DEVlANT
• The "Give Points" modal layout was broken when used after Points were given. Fixed by ZombieCoder
• Some typos were fixed on the My Earnings page and Gallery Stats. Fixed by DEVlANT
  
• Voting directly on the site Poll page resulted in an error. Fixed by ZombieCoder
  
• The "share deviation" button set was due for an update. Some logos and share scripts were out of date, in addition to Google+ and Pinterest being added a few weeks ago. Fixed by muteor
• Bugs in CSS parser allowed images to float outside custom boxes on profile pages. Fixed by kemayo
• The "preview" button for Groups Notes was not working properly. Fixed by DEVlANT
  
• Badly formed URLs to comment thread pages were causing an excessive server load. Fixed by ZombieCoder
• Logged out members who visited the Support page had no easy way to sign in to post their reports. Fixed by shadowhand
  
• The wrong date range would get selected when using the "Wayback Browse" calendar picker. Fixed by banks
• A "Group Name is already taken" error message somehow was translated into just "-1". Fixed by muteor

Journals

• Some links to deviations from within Journals were not working properly and instead linked to the Journal entry itself. Fixed by kemayo
  
• Delete button in Journal entry edit mode was not functional. Fixed by ZombieCoder
  
• Command-click on Journal titles in stacks did not open them in a new window as expected. Fixed by kemayo
  
• :dev: codes for changed usernames did not work in Journals under some conditions when both old and new usernames were present. Fixed by ZombieCoder
  
• In Journals, embedded YouTube videos did not load or play for some period of time. Fixed by kemayo
• Using the "next" and "previous" buttons while browsing through journals caused some minor visual issues on the page. Fixed by kemayo
  
• The Journal widget's "short entries" option showed full and not short entries. Fixed by ZombieCoder

deviantART Muro

• The signup modal used on deviantART Muro and other places sometimes failed to display proper error messages, resulting in generic error. Fixed by ZombieCoder
  
• There was an issue when you used the "undo" function immediately after deselecting content. Fixed by mudimba

Sta.sh

• Indentation on comment replies went missing for a period of time. Fixed by samshull
  
• An unintentional border would appear on the full view of Sta.sh images. Fixed by samshull
  
• Sta.sh would previously autoscroll from the category selector to the title box after selecting a category when submitting a deviation; the autoscroll has been removed. Fixed by aMoniker
  
• Some folders could be dragged on Windows Chrome, creating broken items. Fixed by kouiskas
  
• Previewing a literature item would give a "forbidden" error page. Fixed by adahacker
  
• When copied and pasted directly into title, description or keywords, the text wouldn't save. Fixed by adahacker
  
• The file and edit toolbar mistakenly appeared for viewers. Fixed by adahacker
  
• Editing the title and description inline didn't work on public URLs. Fixed by aMoniker

Sta.sh Writer

• "Smart embeds" wasn't providing a pencil menu for deviations. Fixed by inazar
  
• Writer was saving immediately after loading a draft. Fixed by inazar
  
• Hovering over journalskin thumbs in the Journal/Writer sidebar made the thumbs jump around. Fixed by inazar
• Choosing "no skin" in Writer displayed the wrong preview. Fixed by kemayo
  
• Dragging stacks from the sta.sh sidebar in Writer is now properly disabled. Fixed by Alisey
  
• The Resources > Tutorials category was missing from the category menu in Writer. Fixed by moonbeam13

 

• Many users organize collections based on subject matter, while others organize based on the medium used. 
• Users would like a search function within favourites, which unfortunately is not something we can implement without upgrading our search engine first. However, this is a common suggestion we receive, and it has been noted!
• We also mentioned one of Katy-L-Wood's visual suggestions, the response to which was quite positive!
• Users would like notification that a deviation is already in a collection when trying to add it to their favourites or another collection. From KSXZT