Site Update: Unread Message Counts, Sta.sh UpdatesIn 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
Unread Counts in Message Center Sidebar
The sidebar in the Message Center now displays an unread count next to each type of message to allow you to easily identify and sort your messages.

File and Edit Menus in Sta.sh
A couple weeks ago, we launched the File and Edit menus in Sta.sh to Beta Testers, making it easier to manage your Sta.sh. Today, we're rolling out the feature to everyone. These menus make it easier to organize your files, and adds the ability to

Site Update: Thumbs, dA Muro, Sta.shIn 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 that have been made, including new features and bug fixes. In the "Your Feedback" section, you'll find suggestions and known issues that were brought up by members in the last Site Update.
What's New
Comment Counts Under Thumbnail Images
Two weeks ago, we released comment counts under thumbnail images to Beta Testers. Today, the feature has been rolled out to everyone. We believe that this feature adds more context to the experience of viewing artwork on deviantART. You'll now find comment counts underneath the thumbnails of deviations -- they can be seen when browsing or searching art, and also display in your Message Center. We hope this feature will help bring to light the fact

Site Update: New Thumbs, Comment Business CardsIn 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
A Preview of deviantART's New Thumbnails
The current deviantART thumbnails (the smaller versions of deviations) have served the community well for years; however, there's always room for improvement. We've created a new style of thumbnail, which hopes to solve the problems with the current thumbnails.
Read more about the new thumbnails and find out how you can preview them.

Comment Business Cards
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Site Update: Message Center JournalsIn 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
Browse Through Journals in Your Message Center
When browsing through deviations in your Message Center, you can use the "Next" and "Previous" buttons to flip through artwork and use the "Remove From Messages" button to remove each of those deviations. Many people have been requesting that this feature be extended to Journals as well. We're happy to tell you that we just added this functionality!

Pages on the "Journal History" Widget
Many members have requested that "Next" and "Previous" buttons be added to the "Journal History" widget to allow you

Site Update: March 1, 2012In 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
View Note After Sending
Sometimes when we send Notes on deviantART, we want to reread what we just sent or confirm that it was formatted properly. Now, after sending a Note, you'll be able to view the message that was just sent.

General
What's New
We've added a Stereoscopy category under Digital Art. Learn more about this new category.
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Site Update: February 9, 2012In 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 that have been made, including new features and bug fixes. In the "Your Feedback" section, you'll find suggestions and known issues that were brought up by members in the last Site Update.
Change Log
General
Bug Fixes
Fixed a problem where some would be redirected to their Sta.sh when editing an old Journal. - Fixed by $kemayo
When viewing Journals on member profiles and Group profiles, the "More Entries" button sends you to the next entries rather than the ones you just saw. - Fixed by $Nodren
On the Groups Portal

Site Update: Deviation Titles, Shopping, and More!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 that have been made, including new features and bug fixes. In the "Your Feedback" section, you'll find suggestions and known issues that were brought up by members in the last Site Update.
What's New
More Characters in Deviation Titles
By popular demand, the following characters are now allowed in titles of deviations: =~`@#%^*[]()/{}\|

Sleek, New Prints Pages
We've heard feedback that some members wanted a simpler and clearer interface when ordering prints. This week, we enhanced the modules on the Prints pages to simplify the process of configuring a Print and made the options more clear. These changes have been rolled out to a number of us

Site Update: January 20, 2012Last week, we posted the first site update of 2012, which brought in over 2,500 comments. In this update, you'll find all the feedback from those comments gathered into the Your Feedback section below, just after the Change Log, which will tell you about some brand new updates we just launched, as well as all the bugs fixed since the last update.
Last week's most popular update: You can now put exclamation marks in deviation titles! - Added by $allixsenos
Change Log
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What's New

"My Tagline" is no longer a required item when filling out your profile. - Added by $Nodren
Implemented support for "Free Premium Memberships Day." - Added by

Site Update: Sta.sh Titles, Bug FixesIn 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
Sta.sh Titles Always Display
Titles on Sta.sh items will now always display. Previously, titles only displayed while hovering your cursor over the items. This simple change makes the interface clearer and makes it easier to identify your items.

Bug Fixes

General
DeviantART was invaded by FUR. After FUR's article received over 500,000 pageviews and 50,000 comments in one day, the felines

New deviantART ThumbnailsIn the weekly Site Updates, we've been telling you all about the changes that have been launched to deviantART, getting your feedback, and reporting all the bugs that have been fixed.
This change is a little different, since it involves a feature that has been in place for a long time. We think it deserves an announcement of its own, ahead of time.
The current deviantART thumbnails (the smaller versions of deviations) have served the community well for years; however, there's always room for improvement.
Some of the problems with existing thumbnails are: they leave a lot of blank space around them, there isn't a lot of room for text for literature deviations, and the thumbnails don't present very tall/wide images well.
The New Thumbnails
Now, we've created a new style of thumbnail, which hopes to solve a lot of these problems.
We've made all thumbnails bigger!We're showing them in tidier row

Site Update: April 20, 2012In 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
More Updates to the New Thumbnails Preview

Several weeks ago, we released a sneak peek of deviantART's new thumbnails. We've been making changes based on community responses, and today we've implemented a few more. In this updated version, the font, spacing, and colors of the text under the thumbs have been adjusted. Also, several members had concerns about the "frames" that were put around thumbs that were either extra tall, extra wide, or small images (such as emoticons and avatars). We've adjusted the visual display of these frames to make them less distracti

Site Update: January 27, 2012In this update, you'll find all the feedback from our last site update gathered into the Your Feedback section below, just after the Change Log, which will tell you about some brand new updates we just launched, as well as all the bugs fixed since the last update.
Change Log
General
What's New
You can now share journals in chat by using :thumb: codes. - Added by $knightar
Some changes were made to deviantART's algorithm for Popular browse results (known as "Fair Exposure"). Details about Fair Exposure have been explained in this #hq blog post.
Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug in chat that caused horizontal scrollbars. - Fixed by $

Site Update: Comment Counts on Thumbs & MoreIn this update, you'll find all the feedback from our last Site Update gathered into the Your Feedback section below, just after the Change Log, which will tell you about some brand new updates we just launched, as well as all the bugs fixed since the last update.
Change Log
General
Comment Counts Under Thumbs (Beta Testers Only)
We just released a new feature to Beta Testers that adds more context to the experience of viewing artwork on deviantART. You'll now find comment counts underneath the thumbnails of deviations -- they can be seen when browsing or searching art, and also display in your Message Center. We hope this feature will help bring to light the fact that there is a whole world of activity that takes place behind thumbnails. In some cases, when a thumbnail displays many comments, it can be a trigger to join the discussion. Whi

Site Update: New Sta.sh Submit and Writer ToolbarIn 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 Submit Interface (Beta Testers Only)
Sta.sh, deviantART's upload and publishing platform, has a redesigned submission process! This new version, which is only available to Beta Testers, includes a simplified and tidier interface that makes it easier to understand and use. In addition to the visual changes, we also added the ability to submit to multiple Gallery folders.
Read more

New Ways to Receive Prints Profits!At deviantART, we're all about supporting artists any way we can. We do this is by giving our members a platform for displaying their art, tools to exchange comments and critiques, and avenues for finding new friends and mentors all over the world.
We also want to help artists by providing a place to sell their art, which we've done for years through our Prints program. Because the process of receiving payments from your art sales has been less than ideal, we've worked hard on a new earnings system. We've heard your feedback and suggestions, and want to give you a preview of three ways you will be able to receive profits from the Prints that you've sold. Check out these changes coming soon!
Points, PayPal, and Checks
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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 Look

Sta.sh Writer has a brand new look! In the original design, the look that you were presented with did not match the published version of the Journal. The new look is more consistent and also includes the title field in the default skin allowing you to title your Journal as you write it. Previously, you had to title your Journal after you were done writing it.

HTML Improvements (Beta Testers Only)

Journal writers who use HTML have asked for more control over their layout and the ability to use their own HTML to give their writing that extra bit of flare. Beta Testers are now testing improvements to the way Sta.sh Writer handles HTML, enabling advanced writers to seamlessly use both the live formatting editor and their own custom HTML at the same time. Read more about this feature and leave your feedback on the blog post.

Want to try this feature? Upgrade to a Premium Membership and enable Beta Testing in your Account Settings.

Bug Fixes

General

The "About Us" page on Groups did not properly show literature thumbs. Fixed by $shadowhand
Banned and deactivated users were able to access and post in the Shoutbox. Fixed by $DEVlANT
Small (under 150 pixel) transparent PNG deviation preview images were displaying a shadow. Fixed by $sgrahamUK
The Help Desk's bug report form was updated with more precise instructions on how to properly submit a bug. Fixed by $mpsb
Users had an option to block themselves in the comments dropdown (the option was shown but it did nothing). Fixed by $muteor
A small number of users had issues with authenticating via oAuth API. Fixed by $shadowhand
In some browsers, the "Install" buttons were missing in the list of widgets on profile page's "Edit Page" mode. Fixed by $muteor
When viewing comment replies in the Message Center, the popup that displayed the original comment did not display deviantART muro comments. Fixed by $lendrick
Fixed various display issues with "Slideshow" button. Fixed by $muteor
A bug was fixed that prevented deviations that were in Sta.sh for a long time before being published, from being considered for the front page. Bug pointed out by *Hoshiichan

Sta.sh

Switching between pages on shared stacks was not working when logged out. Fixed by $samshull
In Chrome and Safari, it was not possible to open an image on page 2 or further of a shared stack. Fixed by $samshull
It was difficult to merge very small images because of the small area that you had to drag and drop in. Fixed by $samshull
In IE8, the positioning of hovercards was off by a couple of pixels. Fixed by $samshull
Stack shadows were slightly cut off on selected hovercards. Fixed by $samshull
When drag-selecting or keyboard-selecting a single item, the title wouldn't appear. Fixed by $samshull

Sta.sh Writer

Deviation titles were showing up in the Sta.sh sidebar, and now are not. Fixed by $kemayo
The Writer toolbar was all jumbled up for a short period of time. Fixed by $inazar

Your Feedback

Artists should be able to receive notifications when your work has been featured in a Journal. From *H3llana-mod
When we leave a group we should have an option to take all of our work with us. From =katara-alchemist
Add the ability to watch polls separately from Journals. Right now, they're grouped together. From ~paperandpencil
Some members requested CSS gradient support for Journals. `SanguineEpitaph in the Suggestions Forum
~KogamiNeko24 suggested that members should get a notification when they receive a Daily Deviation. She included ~Esi0n's mockup of the feature.
Longer taglines on profiles. From ~Animefan170
When commenting and interacting with other people in Groups, show their member status (member, contributor, etc...). From =Venomeye
For text deviations such as poetry and prose, the text entry mode and text preview mode displays different fonts and font sizes. This is especially frustrating when writing concrete poetry and other forms of writing that rely on the presentation of the actual text. Thanks for pointing out! We'll look into getting this fixed! From ~Shuriken95

Bugs, issues, and feedback from previous Site Updates

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~AlphaPower Jul 4, 2012 General Artist

~badwolf15 May 15, 2012 Student General Artist

Could all people on deviantART possibly be able to create folders within folders? My favourites and gallery are messy; so an update like this would make it so much easier!

~SunlightSeven May 15, 2012 Student General Artist

I really wish we could change our group's name without having to delete the group.

~Yamitora1 Apr 7, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

You guys need to fix the group permissions settings, they're all wonky and counter intuitive.

When you set a folder to automatically accept submissions from a contributor or admin, it removes their ability to edit said folder

~xXEvilAngelxXx Apr 4, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Here's a suggestion:

Not all people use Sta.sh writer for writing journals. It would be great if there was another setup of Sta.sh writer for other literature besides journals. It just feels so awkward typing on a journal setup when knowing that you aren't writing a journal nor are trying to.

Not trying to overload the system, but it really would help if there was a second setup or skin or whatever for writing.

~notepadgirl Apr 1, 2012

I have a suggestion on suggesting.

What if we could vote on the suggestions you pick, or at least support in a simple way as "liking" the suggestions? I want the community as a whole to be able to say what they think is important.

=missvoxxy Apr 1, 2012 Digital Artist

Doubt I'll get an answer, comment in a sea of others and all, but has there been any more discussion about the ability to change usernames? That's still the one thing I want the most on this site and it was brought up a month or two ago briefly. Really would love to get a complete fresh start like I have on other sites without having to uproot everything.

~GDGraphic Mar 26, 2012

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~TorbenTobi Mar 26, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

i gave my feedback for hiding aktivity and pageviews a few days ago. you told me that this is already possible. In Help chat they told me it is strange that it isnt possible to set both visibilitys seperatly and i should write a support ticket.
I got this Answer:
"Those two go hand in hand, so you can either hide or show both."

pls remove that and make it possible to give both different visibilitys.

I hope you understand my crappy english.

~KeirTanaka Mar 24, 2012

You know how a deviant's art gallery has a search tab so we can isolate their results from the deviations of other deviants! Well what if groups had that search bar in their galleries as well so we don't have to go through page after page to see if we have deviations added to the gallery already!

It would also be great if the pic on the homepage of our groups were set instead of having to be random!

Can anyone tell me why my group's name is always displayed with the avatar above the name wheras everyone else's is displayed with the name beside their avatar?!

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