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In our continuous effort to improve the deviantART experience, we're publishing 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

New Sta.sh Writer Toolbar

Formatting in Sta.sh Writer just got easier! Check out the brand new Writer toolbar, which includes new functionality such as adding lists, links, and text alignment! Though these formatting styles worked in the previous version of Writer, they could only be used if you manually typed in the HTML or copy and pasted from another application.

Screen Shot 2012 04 04 At 11 37 43 Am By Dan14lev by $danlev

Oh, and we have an exciting new feature coming next week!

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General

There was brief nightly site outage that occurred several nights in a row that was caused by a technical issue. Fixed by $chris
Paging on comment threads pages was briefly broken. Fixed by $muteor
Some portions of submission process such as group and folder selection was misbehaving for short period of time. Fixed by $kemayo and $allixsenos
The Groups affiliates widget in the "random" sort mode did not properly support paging. Fixed by `mpsb
The "Add to Wishlist" behavior on Prints pages was inconsistent. Fixed by `mpsb
Editing journals from the deviation page was unavailable for some time. Fixed by $kemayo
Selection or editing of journal skins which resulted in inability to submit journals was briefly broken. Fixed by $allixsenos

Sta.sh

Watchers were being notified on all updates regardless of whether "Notify your deviantWATCHers" was selected or not. Fixed by $adahacker
The ability to submit to your gallery without submitting to a folder (including "Featured") was missing. Fixed by $adahacker
The "Disable & Members Only" sharing option wasn't selectable. Fixed by $adahacker
The current state of the license options wouldn't be restored properly when editing. Fixed by $adahacker
Submitting to a new gallery was always triggering notifications to be sent to deviantWATCHers. Fixed by $adahacker
Gallery folders were incorrectly displayed as valid options on journals. Fixed by `aMoniker
A writer thumbnail on top of a stack would the stack's name instead of the top-most item's title. Fixed by $adahacker
New submission wasn't working on oauth app deviations. Fixed by `aMoniker
Legacy journal and news couldn't be edited with the new UI. Fixed by `aMoniker
Writer items including images wouldn't be submittable through the new UI. Fixed by `aMoniker
The license drop-down overflowed in Windows Chrome. Fixed by `aMoniker
Emote codes wouldn't work right when editing a deviation's description inline. Fixed by `aMoniker

Sta.sh Writer

Emotes now have a proper "alt" HTML attribute. Fixed by $inazar
Searches in the sidebar are now sorted by popularity instead of newest. Fixed by $inazar
Writer UI elements have a higher Z-index, so skin CSS can't possibly obscure them. Fixed by $inazar
Link tool url field autofocuses. Fixed by $inazar
Sidebar thumb spacing adjusted to look cooler. Fixed by $inazar
The "preview" icon was updated. Fixed by $inazar
On the "Edit" menu, the wording was change from on "insert big thumbs" to "always add full size images" for clarity. Fixed by $kemayo
When opening a Writer document, the loading is now smoother. Fixed by $kemayo

Your Feedback

Once a deviation has been submitted to a Group's gallery folder, admins should be able to redirect the deviation to another folder rather than rejecting it and asking them to submit to the appropriate category. From =The--Last--Hope

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Last week we received some great feedback from members about Group Messages. We'd like to hear more about Groups!

Groups profile widget: Currently, in the Groups profile widget, we display the Groups you're an admin or member of. How would you feel if Groups you are watching were also listed on this widget?
Stacks in message counts: In the messages menu, the number of deviantWATCH messages you have refers to individual messages. If you have stacks enabled, would you prefer it if this number counted stacks rather than individual messages?
Splinter menu vs. unsplintered menu: In the top navigation of deviantART, do you use the "splinter" version of the messages dropdown (where each message type gets its own link in the header), or do you use the "unsplintered" version of the menu (where all messages are consolidated under the messages dropdown)? Why do you prefer that version over the other?
Group messages and notes: Currently, on the splinter version of the messages menu, Group messages and notes are listed under the dropdown. Would you prefer it if Group messages and notes were splintered out as well and not hidden under the dropdown? Suggestions originally from =XxMasquradexX and ~Ni3nk3

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~MysticalAngel101 May 25, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

I prefer the unsplintered menu, as I only get on dA for a few minutes every other week at the moment, I like being able to know at a glance whether I have any 'personal' messages (such as comments or replies), which I try to reply to promptly, or whether it's just deviations, which I can come back to at a later date.

~MysticalAngel101 May 25, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

As an amendment, I didn't actually notice the principal difference between the two menus, I didn't actually know that was an option. Looking at the pic above, I would most likely prefer the splintered menu.

*caper-dj May 21, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I've noticed that when using the Sta.sh writer that it crowds the paragraphs together after I preview...

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I end up
with paragraphs
looking like this!

Is there something I'm missing? I've tried the text alignment options but it doesn't fix it. It's annoying, anybody know how to fix this? I'll be avoiding Sta.sh because of this. It makes it impossible to read prose.

~kcm199527 May 17, 2012 Student Writer

has anyone else had the problem when you try to submit something you wrote, it defaults to journal and doesn't give you a choice to get out of it?? i'm seriously getting frustrated with it...also, is there a way to have the preview be a picture instead of the actual writing?

*meryvamp May 24, 2012 Professional Writer

YES!! I second this!! I want to have my thumbnail be a picture of a commission I had done instead of the actual writing. Why isn't there an option for this in Sta.sh writer?

~kcm199527 May 24, 2012 Student Writer

DX i don't know!! but you can put a picture into the actual writing part...but when you try and upload it, it only gives you the choice of being a journal...

*meryvamp May 24, 2012 Professional Writer

Yes, I've tried that. You can put pictures in the actual text, but the problem with that is that no one sees it in the thumbnail previews, which is kinda the whole point because most of my readers see my stuff via group icons. So I'd want them to click on it when they saw it posted in a group. If you put the artwork in your actual writing, people would still see it, but they'd have to click on the thumbnail before they'd be able to view it.

I don't know why it is so complicated for Sta.sh Writer to have this feature if the old system was able to have it.

~kcm199527 May 24, 2012 Student Writer

i get what you're saying...i'd have thought you'd be able to put one on through editing like you can with a regular upload, but you can't...

*meryvamp May 24, 2012 Professional Writer

Lol.*runs over to the new status update to whine some more*

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