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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: New Writer Look and HTML ChangesIn 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 abi

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: 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: 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: 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
General

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: 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: 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: 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: 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

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: December 10, 2011A little while ago, we released the first Sta.sh Updates article. The response was amazing.
We've fixed some of the issues you brought up last time, but there's still plenty to do. We've also been working on a lot of details that didn't come up in the feedback. It's a big list, so get ready!

Change Log

Sta.sh now supports keyboard shortcuts! Hit up, down, left, right, and hit the Delete/Backspace key to remove any selected items. Hold the Shift key as you move around with the arrow-keys to select a bunch of files at once! - Added by $kouiskas

We've brought back the full word "Comments" instead of using the small speech bubble icon on the Journals in deviantART's footer, and the journals in the Journal Portal, making it a little easier on our newer community members - Added by $kemayo
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All deviants can now write Critiques

Be a giver!
Sometimes you come across a deviation that deserves special attention. It catches your eye in such a way that you're compelled to craft a response that goes above and beyond a normal comment. Or perhaps a fellow deviant is having a tough time with a particular aspect of their work, and you know just what they need to take their art to the next level. As a good Internet citizen and art enthusiast, you want to help them out, but a normal comment doesn't quite suit your purpose.
For these situations and more, we've given everyone the ability to write a Critique.

What is Critique?
DeviantART's Critique system is designed to help artists get in-depth, critical feedback and commentary on their work. Valued feedback through Critique promotes creative growth as an artist and draws special attention to work. Critiques are also a way for committed art enthusiasts, connoisseurs, and fans to publish real criticism,

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

Site Update: January 12, 2012It's 2012, and it's time for the first Site Update of the year!
Just a little while ago, we posted the latest Sta.sh updates and asked you for more feedback. Now, in this update, you'll find all the feedback from those 500+ comments gathered into the Known Issues section below, just after the Change Log, which will tell you about some brand new features launching today, as well as all the bugs fixed since the last update.
The last update was all about Sta.sh, and there are some pretty big Sta.sh announcements this time too, but this update features any changes that have been made to deviantART, Profiles, Messages, Sta.sh, everything!
Get ready!
Change Log

Many have asked for the ability to share a whole stack of Sta.sh files, as well as just one at a time. Well now you can! In any stack on your Sta

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Site Update: Thumbs, dA Muro, Sta.sh

Thu Feb 23, 2012, 6:16 PM

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

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 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. While in other cases, if a deviation is in need of comments, it can be a call to action for a viewer to provide feedback or encouragement.

Gallery Folders Under Thumbnail Images

When browsing an artist's gallery, the folders that their deviations are categorized under are now listed under the thumbnails, giving viewers more context to their artwork.

"Flip Canvas" Tools in deviantART muro

In deviantART muro, we've added the ability to flip your canvas horizontally or vertically. These two options are located in the "Edit" menu.

Requested by ^alicexz , added by $mudimba

File and Edit Menus in Sta.sh (Beta Testers Only)

To make managing your Sta.sh easier we've added File and Edit menus into the header of Sta.sh. This feature is currently available to Beta Testers. If you have feedback on the feature, please leave it on the #devbug blog.

Premium Members, if you'd like to test this new feature, you can enable Beta Testing in your Settings.

File and Edit Menus in Sta.sh by $danlev

Stack Descriptions

In Sta.sh, all members now have the ability to add descriptions to stacks. Write some notes for yourself or write an introductory description before you share a stack with your friends.

General

What's New

With its new home right in the top-level Customizations category, the Emoticons category has a brand new structure!

Bug Fixes

Non-Premium Members can now comment on Critiques. Thanks for pointing that out, *Wraithldr! Fixed by $mpsb
When you preview comments, Notes, or deviation descriptions, links were not underlined, which made it difficult to distinguish from regular text. Fixed by $mpsb
A few members pointed out that the "Recent Activity" dropdown on profiles was not displaying properly in the newest version of Chrome. This has been fixed. Fixed by $mpsb
Dates were wrong on some affiliation messages in the group message log, which was pointed out by a few members in recent Site Updates. Fixed by $lendrick
Gifting prints through Wishlists was broken for short period. Fixed by $ZombieCoder
Changes were made to category structure of emoticons. Fixed by $lendrick
The Poll widget had layout issues when configuring it. Fixed by $ZombieCoder
The "give" menu button on profile page was not responding to clicks in the newest versions of Chrome. Fixed by $lendrick
The highlight feature went awol from the Shoutbox, but now it's back! Fixed by $mpsb
Over a period of several hours, some deviations' full views were not always loading. Fixed by $allixsenos
Fixed a Fair Exposure bug with the order of results for all-time popular browse results when viewing a single category. Based on a comment by ^pica-ae and *Joe-Roberts, fixed by $raincoastchris

Sta.sh

Bug Fixes

When selecting items with the keyboard, the browser wouldn't scroll to follow the selection. Fixed by $kouiskas
When selecting items with using the keyboard, pressing enter now allows you to open the stack or the item. Fixed by $kouiskas
The page could break when clicking "Back to Sta.sh" quickly before the stack had enough time to load. Fixed by $adahacker
Improved the behavior of the Files tab in Sta.sh. Fixed by $adahacker
The top menu used to flicker in IE8. Fixed by $adahacker
An image in the top menu was causing a mixed HTTP/HTTPS warning when the page was loaded in IE. Fixed by $adahacker
Under some circumstances, cancelling the renaming of a stack would have caused an false error message. Fixed by $adahacker
The Sta.sh login form was unexpectedly switching background colors throughout the login process. Fixed by $adahacker
The short URL fields displayed on thumbs for copy and pasting purposes no longer allow you to accidentally type text into them. Fixed by $adahacker
Fixed some display issues when uploading a stack in Chrome and Safari. Fixed by $kouiskas

Sta.sh Writer

Bug Fixes

Fixed an IE8 bug that occurred when hovering over the header. Fixed by $Alisey
Safari and IE weren't stripping out hidden data when copy and pasting from Microsoft Word. Fixed by $Alisey
When pasting markup, it will no longer wrap every single line in a div tag (hopefully!). Fixed by $Alisey
Undo didn't work after adding an image. Fixed by $Alisey
The Pencil menu on draft thumbs will now give an "edit draft" option. Fixed by $inazar
There was a brief Firefox bug when editing old documents. Fixed by $kemayo

Your Feedback

Add pagination to the Journal History widget. From ~Mauser712
Ability to search artwork by color. From *Nightphoenix2
Thumbs of tall or wide deviations do not display the artwork well. (We have a surprise coming that should make this a lot better!) From *Talty
An analytics tool that can give you more detailed information such as traffic to your deviations and profile, daily stats, and tools to analyze your audience. From =Mary-Jane-Stokely and `TimberClipse
Journals in Sta.sh Writer can be labeled as "mature content." Some deviants would like to do the same with Journals submitted outside of Sta.sh Writer. From `vsconcepts
Publicly display keywords on deviations. This could encourage artist to be smarter with the keywords they add. It would also allow members to click the keywords and explore similar deviations. From ~EnlightenU in the Suggestions Forum
Add page numbers to Scraps and Galleries. From ~Mauser712 and ~panictowel
When using Sta.sh Writer to compose a Journal, your work is automatically saved to Sta.sh. Deviants would like this functionality on Journals submitted outside of Sta.sh, since sometimes it's easy to accidentally leave the page and possibly lose your progress. From `TimberClipse

Bugs, issues, and feedback from previous Site Updates

Discuss These Ideas!

Profile URLs becoming deviantart.com/username. We're discussing the possibility of changing profile URLs from the username.deviantart.com format to deviantart.com/username. Of course the old addresses would automatically send you to the new addresses. There are several technical advantages to making this switch which would speed up browsing and make the site more stable. This would also make it easier for us to offer a "HTTPS Everywhere" security mode. How do you feel about this change?
Username changes. We've discussed username changes in our past Site Updates and if you're someone who is interested in the username changes topic, then don't forget to vote on the current deviantART poll: If given the opportunity, would you change your deviantART username?

Last Week's Discussion

Last week, we asked for people's feedback on the new Artist Types listed in the new deviantID widget. We'd like to thank you all for providing your feedback and contributing to the conversation. We are taking all the information into account and we are still discussing this matter internally. Thanks!

Have a suggestion, idea, or feedback? Leave a comment on this article!
Find a bug? Report it to the Help Desk! (Be as detailed as possible!)

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Site Update: Thumbs, dA Muro, Sta.shby $danlev

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~ngangabu Feb 29, 2012 Professional Artist

its good....nice upgrade

~Labratoria Feb 26, 2012

I like a lot of ideas changing profile URL and username changes (although I no longer have to change the name, but everyone else who has a terrible name)!

!ringtossed Feb 26, 2012

"Comment Counts Under Thumbnail Images"
I initially thought this was a cool idea, but didn't really think about it. After the past days since this was released, I have to say that I am absolutely in love with this. It's such a small change but my god I am loving it!
Thank you thank you thank you for making this!

I could go on and on about the other updates, but, for now, this one I just wanna gush about.
deviantART muro drawing Comment Drawing

~Dark-Vision-Design Feb 26, 2012 Professional General Artist

DA = new Facebook?

~Natka-1 Feb 26, 2012

kool ^^

*Aegean-Prince Feb 25, 2012

_{YES ! ... I MISS THIS TREATMENT QUITE A BIT.
I USE THE DROP DOWN MENU(s) TO BROWSE DEVIANT FAV'S
MORESO THAN THE FOLDERS THAT LINE DOWN THE SIDE'S OF A "FAVORITE" PAGE.

SO HAPPY YOU'RE MY GALLERY DIRECTOR
ALWAYS,
A. PRINCE}

~Alvel Feb 24, 2012

One thing that I would like to see on deviant art is a feature making it available for two or more to work on the same muro....

~ritsu--chan Feb 24, 2012

I think that would be a great idea. to be able to change it for free once and then for a few points, so 15 year olds base-makers could suffer a little more.