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02.22 | Development Update
🕑 Added 2022-02-02 03:34:09 +0000 UTCWelcome to the new year! With January already flown by I think it's about time to talk what's next for Backloggd.
So if you read the last post you may remember I promised to release 1.10 by December but that only ended up being half-true. The badges did get released which was the main goal but instead under a minor update of 1.9.7. This was mainly due to just not having too much else to package in with it. So with that said, 1.10 is back to being the redesign update plenty of content to go with it. Let's get a better look into what the next release will contain.
1.10
This update will be a big one, acting as sort of a refresh for the site in a few ways. Let's explore each one of them with a bit more detail.
Redesign
This likely isn't much of a surprise by now as I've stated it before but I'm going through the entire site and tightening the UI so that everything is a bit more consistent. Overall the goal of this one is to make the site more accessible, functional, and visually pleasing to look at.
New Home Page
The home page will be rebuilt from the ground up with a new focus on your friends! The current home page suffers from showing the same (mostly)static content at the very top of the page, so I'm hoping to improve that by emphasizing more of what your friends are up to instead.
Don't worry, the usual sections such as news, most popular, recent reviews and a few more will also be present just a bit further down on the page. Overall the goal with this is to make it a more engaging landing spot.
Be on the look out for some beta screenshots within the coming weeks as I'll be looking for early feedback!
Journal 3.0
The 1.3 release brought the Journal 2.0 update which added many requested features that make the journal what it is today. The core systems haven't been touched too much since then and it's starting to show. With this I'm going to be redesigning the journal while keeping in mind many of the pain points that have been brought up over time. Specifically removing confusion around the game statuses between the Log and Playthroughs, which fields are connected to what, how replays work, and a bit on the calendar itself.
Don't fret avid data enthusiasts, my goal is not to strip all the features we gained in order to simplify logging but instead to better present it so if all goes well we shouldn't be losing any fields or features. May actually gain a few ;)
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All three of these pillars are going to take some time to get right so I'm still a bit off before showing off anything concrete but I'm really excited about this update so I'm hoping my motivation will bring something to show soon!
Thanks for reading and see you on the site!
Comments
Robert Jewell
Moderation is wrapping up and is beginning to roll-out! The tools will always be updating but the foundation is there and pretty much ready. So next step will be to review the mod applications again and find some help!
François Declercq
Hey, this all sounds good 😊 Any updates on the moderation front?
Alvaro Espinosa
Thank you!
