Changelog

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed 500 Server Error when attempting to sign up with an existing usernam.
• Fixed message counter so it decrements in real time while reading DMs.
• Fixed the notifications counter so it decrements in real time as notifications are seen.
• Notification panel no longer scrolls with the screen.
• Notification panel no longer closes automatically after clearing a notification.
• Favorites count on content pages now increments and decrements in real time now.

New Features:

• Added Tutorials.
• User who are blocked can no longer @ mention their blockers, and blockers cannot @ mention those they block.
• Additional anti-spam precautions are now in place on the Contact Us form.
• Added a quick reference link to share so earn S7 Credits when you get friends to sign up.

Bug Fixes:

• Blocked Users list no longer displays current date instead of date blocked.
• Replying to multiple DMs in a row now properly loads the editor each time.
• Fixed field length limits on fields in character edit forms to prevent values that are too long.
• Fixed URL truncation issue when posting links in forums posts.
• Adjusted the menu settings in the editor for mobile use. Please note: due to browser security, access to the device's clipboard for copy/paste options is restricted. This is outside of Side 7's control.
• To help with confusion when using the spoiler tags, the spoiler tags have been changed to using either square brackets ([ ]) or angle brackets (< >).

New Features:

• Various new administrative tools and quality of living updates.
• Updated the share buttons on submissions to bring them more up-to-date.
• Users with Show Online Status set to "No" now show "Unknown" on their profile for online status and Last Seen.
• When a user's account deletion flag is set, a reminder warning will display at the top of the User Dashboard.
• Journal entries can now be marked as hide from front page.
• Journal entries now have view counters.
• Journal entries now have ratings and content warnings fields.
• Mature and Adult Only thumbnails, when blocked, now show the original thumbnail blurred, and rating details overlaid on the thumbnail.
• Added new age 18+ forums groups for conversations that are more mature in nature.
• Cleaned up the forums search to highlight matched terms, not display restricted access posts, etc.
• Comments on content and journal entries are now editable by their authors.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed forum post publishing so the date is in line with when the post is published.
• Fixed a bug causing animated .gifs using partial frame saves to have scrambled thumbnails. Thumbnails now are viewable as expected. Refreshing your thumbnails may be necessary.
• Fixed an issue causing forum posts, threads, content comments, and journal comments to be deleted when the associated user account was deleted.
• Fixed a bug where messages were marked 'read' if the sender looked at it in the Sent box.
• Fixed a bug preventing messages that were replied to from being marked as replied to.

New Features:

• Updated site text editor. More consistent text rendering, new editor features, and better formatting.
• Added the new text editor to Forums posting.
• Made some back-end improvements on trouble-ticket handling.
• Added view count to news items.
• Visibility on earned S7 Credits has been improved. You will now be notified when you earn them.
• New submissions can now be directly added to Portfolios and Groups upon upload.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug preventing audio uploads from being edited because Audio Rating was not populating properly.

New Features:

• Updated the audio file player to a more modern one, with a fallback to the older player for non-MP3/OGG format files.

Bug Fixes:

• Cleaned up presentation of Public Names across the site.
• Fixed and future-proofed Javascript calls to not break on apostrophes.
• Fixed date/time display in news articles showing in wrong timezone.
• Fixed IP Address tracking on content and journal comments.
• Fixed a bug that prevented members who opted into hiding from the user directory from being hidden from search.
• Fixed a bug that allowed direct messages to be sent from the Contact page even when DMs were disallowed.
• Fixed portfolios so that emojis can be used in the biography text.
• Fixed a bug preventing characters without tags from being updated and saved.
• Fixed a bug preventing user blocks from hiding journal posts from the blocked user.

New Features:

• Added birthday and cakeday celebration messages and gifts.
• Added listing of portfolios an upload belongs to, if any, on the content page.
• Added links to the latest journal entries.
• Added <div> as an accepted HTML tag.
• Added height restriction to Forum Signature images.
• Added ability to add a text signature to Forum Signatures.
• Added ability to adjust justification of Forum Signature image.
• Added setting to be able to hide signatures in forum posts.
• Changed muting threads to subscribing to threads. Users are no longer automatically subscribed to threads they post in. Subscriptions for notifications are now opt-in.
• Added a Subscribed Threads management page where users can manage the threads they are subscribed to from one place.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug notifications for new forum posts weren't going out.
• Fixed a bug posting inappropriate posts to the Latest Active Threads on the main page.
• Fixed a bug preventing List view of Portfolios.
• Fixed a bug preventing the use of UTF8 characters in upload titles.

New Features:

• Updated the ratings rules to clarify how the depiction of weapons in uploads should be rated.
• Added a link to the index page to show more of the newest members to join Side 7.
• Updated all member references to emphasize the username over the public name.
• Updated content tooltips to display the date the content posted on rather than the date it was submitted on.
• Updated the main menu to include a universal Submit prompt, and reorganized other menu options.
• Improved the Queued Posts experience to have them post when expected, and to notify friends and followers when queued posts are published.
• Added the ability to send S7 Credits to another site member.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug where users could submit an art piece to a Group folder multiple times.
• Fixed a bug where users could block themselves.
• Fixed a bug where search results from a tag search were cut off after 48 results.

New Features:

• Compressed the characters listing in the User's Profile, and added a Characters page.
• Added the ability to add additional images to a character profile.
• Added the ability to delete images from a character profile.
• Added the ability to sort the order of images on a character profile.
• Added the ability to flag a character profile as containing Mature content so others are forewarned.
• Added additional informational fields to the character profile.
• Added custom sorting to characters.
• Added character tagging. Define a unique tag for a character, and then use %<tag> to automatically create a link to that character.
• Reformatted the character pages to account for the additional images and informational fields.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug displaying the incorrect times on private messages.
• Fixed a bug causing a 500 Server Error when marking all threads in a forum group read.

New Features:

• Refactored the queries that filter content so they take into account blocking, rather than blocking being handled after-the-fact leaving big blocks of thumbnails missing.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug causing comments by defunct accounts to not display correctly, making the thread look empty.
• Fixed a group icon thumbnail CSS error.
• Fixed user avatar not showing up on new comments for journals and uploads.
• Fixed a bug that would create an empty forum thread if the post failed to save.
• Fixed a bug that was showing filtered categories and ratings as unfiltered, and vice versa.
• Fixed a bug that was causing the Recent Submissions displayed on a user's profile or journal pages to be unfiltered.
• Fixed a bug that had the Contact button in the user header only show when the user was blocked, rather than unblocked.
• Fixed the Block function so that it completely hides the blocked person.
• Adjusted type spacing in various locations.

New Features:

• Updated the Newest Journals on the main page to show the latest journal entry for up to 6 different members, rather than having the Newest Journals having only entries from one or two members.
• Allowlisted the HTML tags <details> and <summary> for user data entry.
• Added Browse By Category, just by clicking on the category name of an upload.
• Added a warning if leaving the publish forums post page before publishing.
• Added new Account Privacy settings, restricting an account's visibility, as well as being able to set your account to being intended for 18+ yo audiences.
• Added Group affiliation to content pages.
• Added Group affiliation to user profile pages.
• Overhauled the notification system to introduce notification stacking and better notification controls in settings.
• Added more visibility to those with Admin and Moderator roles.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug causing a delay in displaying new uploads from showing up on the Profile page.
• Fixed a bug causing groups to be displayed in a random order by default.
• Fixed a bug causing some forms of literature to not completely process user data, preventing commenting and appearing to log the user out.
• Fixed a bug preventing groups search from searching descriptions properly.
• Fixed a bug preventing a new forums post from submitting if "Show Graphical Signature" was deactivated.
• Fixed a bug preventing file replacement when the original file is missing.

New Features:

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that would allow Adult Only content to show up in a person's public favorites listing in their profile.
• Fixed a bug that linked to the wrong page on multi-page forum threads in new post notifications.
• Fixed a bug preventing serials and portfolios from having only one item in them.
• Fixed a bug allowing under 18yo members to view AO content and receive upload notifications of AO content.
• Fixed a bug causing an intermitten 500 Server Error in the forums when posting a new reply.
• Fixed a bug allowing users to be contacted by DM even when the person sending the message is blocking or is blocked by the recipient.

New Features:

• Removed the lazy loading of the user avatar in the menu.
• Added a Mute/Unmute Thread button to the top right of the forums thread page. Using this will silence or re-enable the notifications of new posts to that particular thread.
• Adjusted the contrast in the main menu so it is easier to read.
• Added the ability to directly type in literature content as an alternative to uploading a file.
• Added file replacement tools for images, audio, and literature, and their respective cover images.
• Added forums search ability to the forums.
• Added a confirmation interstitial for viewing Mature content when M-rated thumbnails are blocked.
• Added a Follow button to the User Header Bar.
• Added Groups to the site, available under the Browse menu.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug displaying the Adult Only rating on content edit pages while Adult Only wasn't opted into.

New Features:

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that caused elements like greater-than signs, ampersands, and such to not show up in the forums.

New Features:

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that caused edited uploads to move back to the top of the timeline.

New Features:

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug where on certain errors comment threads would end up orphaned.
• Fixed a bug where notifications being attempted on defunct accounts would error out and stop publication of forum posts.

New Features:

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug causing multiple copies of comments to be posted at once.
• Fixed a bug preventing the upload submit buttons from disabling upon submission.
• Fixed a bug causing login cookies to expire immediately.

New Features:

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug preventing avatar shape to be updated.
• Fixed a bug preventing HTML img tags from being used.
• Fixed a bug preventing some pieces from being Favorited.
• Fixed a bug where certain notifications and descriptions were displaying a blank title rather than 'Untitled'.
• Updated credit allotments so that caps measure from midnight of the current day instead of from 24 hours prior to now.
• Fixed the User Header bug showing all variable items all the time.
• Fixed a bug preventing .WAV files from playing properly.
• Fixed a bug where file cache wasn't expiring and was filling the disk.

New Features:

• Added new forum post notifications for new posts in threads a user is participating in.
• Added in unpublished forum post management screen.
• Added custom pronoun options in the user profile.
• Added Recent Submissions and Random Favorites to the user's profile.
• Added Portfolio listing at the top of the user's gallery.
• Added new art post submission notifications for Friends and Followers.
• Added blocking and unblocking to the Settings page under "Manage Blocked Users".
• Modified the cookie code to extend the life of the login session to one week.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug preventing the link to a user's journal from showing if they only had one entry.
• Fixed a bug that caused tooltips to sometimes appear in the wrong dimensions.

New Features:

• Added tag filtering preferences to the feeds on the main page.
• Added journal link to forums posts.
• Added link to Manage Journals on profile page.
• Added Journal and Write Journal links in account menu.
• Added Recent Journal Entries to the main page.
• Added measures to strip out potentially harmful HTML tags and arguments from user-input fields.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that prevented new forum threads from being properly created, with the post never being marked as published.

New Features:

Bug Fixes:

New Features:

• Added content type filtering on the recent uploads page.
• Updated the tag entry fields on the new content and editing content fields so they show the tags as they're entered, in a clearer way.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug preventing preview images from showing up on links to the site.
• Fixed a bug preventing linking to the proper "latest post" from the forums group listing page.

New Features:

• Added user journaling to the site.
• Added caps-lock detection to the login screen.
• Added Facebook button to main menu that leads to the S7 FB page.
• Added more apparent links to the Friend Management page.
• Added permalinks to forums posts.
• Added permalinks to user uploaded content comments.
• Added permalinks to user journal comments.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug preventing user-owned perk upgrades from being listed properly.
• Fixed a bug preventing the purchase of perk upgrades if a user had subscriber access.
• Fixed a bug preventing the use of periods and parentheses in a user's First/Last names in the edit profile page.
• Fixed a bug preventing OG thumbnails from linking properly.
• Fixed a bug causing OG descripions to display across the top of content pages.
• Fixed pagination on search and tag search pages.

New Features:

• Added the ability to purchase Side 7 Credits via Paypal.

Bug Fixes:

New Features:

• Added ability to sort Museum, Friends Feed, and Favorites Feed by submission date, title, or artist.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed bug where content view count went up when the content owner viewed the content.
• Fixed bug where the setting to not show social sharing links on content was being ignored.

New Features:

• Increased the allowed filesize for audio files from 10MB to 25MB.
• Expanded the base and perk storage limits from 250MB to 1GB, and from 1GB to 5GB, respectively.
• Added "Previous Posts" listing in the create forum post page.
• Added a new forum post preview page

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed advanced search options so that they filter correctly.

New Features:

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug where content marked as Everyone couldn't be upgraded to a higher rating in the content edit screen.

New Features:

• Added a new page explaining acceptable and not acceptable Adult Only content.

Bug Fixes:

New Features:

• Added editing of a parsed document for literature content.

Bug Fixes:

New Features:

• Added a 'Mark All Seen' button to the notifications screen to work-around the Firefox bug that makes prevents click events from firing.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug whereby filenames containing unicode characters resulted in a file that couldn't be added to the site.

New Features:

• Added the Oekaki board to the site.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed several display bugs regarding friend and favorite counts on the Manage Gallary screen.
• Fixed a bug that didn't completely remove friend relationships when removing an account.

New Features:

• Added Favorites Received stat data to the Manage Gallery dashboard.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug causing the Unfavorite button to vanish.

New Features:

• Added the use of username to upload tooltips when full name is blank.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug preventing standalone URIs from being parsed correctly in descriptions, posts, etc.
• Fixed a bug causing a random logout when clicking on a bell notification.

New Features:

• Added Markdown parsing to the forums. So, now forums posts can be formatted in BBCode or Markdown.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed bug preventing documents with multi-byte characters from saving to the database properly.
• Fixed bug preventing character descriptions with multi-byte characters from saving to the database properly.

New Features:

• Added support for emojis and multi-byte characters to content descriptions, literature uploads, character descriptions, and forums. More updates to other areas of the site to come.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed bug where Next on a content page showed the user's most recent post, rather than the next post.

New Features:

Bug Fixes:

• Updated thumbnail generation code to account for most cases of portrait orientation photos being auto-rotated to landscape.

New Features:

• Added Queued Posts account perk. Users can now upload content and set it to post at a future date and time.
• Added Gallery Backup account perk. Users can now download a backup of all of their uploaded works.
• Added Ko-Fi link.
• Added Recent Submissions link to the main page.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug where titles with double-quotes caused audio rendering to fail.
• Fixed a bug preventing thumbnails from showing when the filename has an apostrophe in it.
• Fixed a minor copyright statement issue in the site footer.

New Features:

• Contact link for users now works.
• Added Top 20 Tags cloud to the Main Page.
• Added Profile and Gallery links to forum posts for post authors.
• Added new stat: 7-Day Top Commenter
• Newest Members now only shows active accounts.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug preventing UTF-8 characters from displaying and saving properly.
• Fixed a bug where reciprocal friend requests weren't both being accepted when one user accepted the request.

New Features:

• Serial Art is now searchable in the site content search.
• Added content thumbnail refreshing to the user dashboard.

Bug Fixes:

New Features:

• Added new Serial Art feature, where art can be grouped and viewed like a webcomic.
• Re-added the user referrals.
• Re-added user account deletion flags.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that sent the user to the first post of a thread in the forums after making a new post, rather than sending the user to their new post.
• Fixed a bug in the admin side that used a malformed anonymous array in a user account lookup.
• Fixed a bug preventing the Friends Feed page from infinitely scrolling.

New Features:

• Updated site rules to include commercial advertisement as a restricted practice on the site.
• Re-added the Contact Us page.
• Re-added forum post deletion back into the forums.
• Added an enhancement to the user dashboard UI, so that the signature preview automatically and dynamically updates when a new signature graphic is uploaded.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug where the person favoriting an upload received the notification of it being favorited, rather than the upload's owner being notified.

New Features:

• Added reCaptcha to the signup page to combat spam bots.
• Added more stats to the index page.

Bug Fixes:

• Deactivated lazyload to prevent double-loading of pages, which caused problems with pages that track views and other counts..
• Fixed a bug preventing an upload from being deleted if a user favorited the upload.

New Features:

• Added reCaptcha to the Report A Problem page to combat spam bots.
• Updated comments so that the Reply button reflects to whom a reply is being made. Quote Replies now lists the username as whom the quote is from. Replies to a comment now mention the user being replied to.
• The author of a comment being replied to is now informed of the reply via notifications and email.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed more bugs with the text translation from native doc format to web-safe formatting.

New Features:

• Added the S7 Credits store.
• Added account upgrades: Hide from User Directory, Larger Storage, Unbranded Portfolio

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug wherein if email notifications were set in a user's settings, it wouldn't send an e-mail.
• Fixed a bug with tag filtering that caused the filter to still bring up blocked content for every non-filter-matching tag it had.
• Adjusted text translation in an attempt to handle "smart-punctuation".

New Features:

• Reintroduced character references/biographies.
• Added thumbnail ribbons detailing what kind of upload the thumbnail belongs to.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug preventing uploaded content class from being recorded.
• Fixed a display bug markdown blockquotes from appearing correctly in content descriptions.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a layout bug with audio content display.
• Fixed various display filtering bugs with AO content.
• Fixed display bug preventing Announcements with no expiration dates from showing.
• Fixed several FKC bugs when deleting a user account.

New Features:

• Added content tagging and tag searching. Users can now tag their content for more organization, filtering, and searchability.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed Reset My Password to accept usernames with non-alphanumerical characters.
• Fixed issues with account status checks for feature availability.
• Fixed an issue where the Friend Feed was showing the Museum Feed, instead.
• Fixed an issue where a commenter's rating was not being displayed, nor counted in the content's average rating.
• Fixed an issue where new sign-up form fields weren't being double-checked appropriately on server-side.

New Features:

• Reimplemented user bio images.
• Re-added the Email Address field to the profile edit page in the User Dashboard.
• Added the changelog.

Initial v5 launch. Full re-write of the entire site from scratch.