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3.4.0 - End-of-2021 release

30 Dec 21:21
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Full Changelog: v3.3.0...v3.4.0

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3.3.0 - Autosaves & Customization

25 May 03:58
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3.3.0 - Autosaves & Customization

Added

  • Added autosave to all worldbuilding pages
  • Added PageReference system and automatic mentions/links
  • Added an API for fetching worldbuilding page names post-page-load (.autoload-name)
  • Added styling for linking/mentioning documents and timelines
  • Added the ability to link and view timelines in the document editor
  • Added a "pick up where you left off" list to the dashboard
  • PMs are now hidden by default from blocked users
  • Added quick reference to serendipitous prompts
  • Added image previews on page link dropdowns
  • Added the ability to change what page types links link to
  • Added the ability to add custom link fields
  • Added the ability to link to multiple kinds of pages
  • Enabled admin access by default in RAILS_ENV=development mode
  • Added rel=nofollow on all document and stream comment links
  • Lots of DB/query optimizations + new DB indexes
  • Added deleted_at to thredded models to make data recovery easier
  • Added a field_options system to fields
  • Added more april fools word replacements
  • Added a proper PageCollection authorizer

Changed

  • Rewrote the entire page-linking system
  • Reworked content#new flow to create-and-redirect to #edit
  • Reworked content .constantize system around the site
  • Contributing universes/pages are now included in @-mention/link lists
  • Upgraded Ruby from 2.6.3 to 2.7.2
  • Upgraded production form heroku-18 stack to heroku-20
  • Upgraded mimemagic and many other gems
  • Redesigned dashboard and universe picker
  • Redesigned recent content page
  • Redesigned content#show and content#edit pages
  • Reworked NoticeDismissal view guards
  • Improved data vault design
  • Improved billing page design
  • Improved data caching around the site
  • Improved recent content data + UI
  • Fixed several bugs in @-mentioning pages in documents
  • Fixed print styling
  • Links are now stripped out of plaintext document views
  • Improved attribute editor design/features
  • Fixed some javascript errors in the document editor
  • Fixed several dark mode UI bugs
  • General polish/improvements/bug fixes around the site
  • Fixed a bug that would allow anyone to add pages to everyone's @-mention dropdowns
  • Changed application name in New Relic

Removed

  • Removed unused code, partials, and javascript
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3.2.0 - 2019's changes (oops!)

28 Mar 16:44
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Added

  • Added a Data Vault for users to view information about their Notebook.ai content and usage
  • Added webpacker and React
  • Added prepaid Premium Codes with Paypal for users who don't want recurring subscriptions
  • Added a feature flipper and promo service for managing feature rollouts
  • Added Continent, School, Food, and Sport pages
  • Added more fields to all existing content pages
  • Added document sharing with privacy settings
  • Added the ability to @mention any page from any other page or document
  • Added a "smart sidebar" to documents that auto-links mentioned pages and shows their full details without leaving the document editor
  • Added the ability to report posts on the forums
  • Added tags to content pages
  • Added opt-in document analysis to documents with a full report
  • Added the ability to favorite pages
  • Added the ability to filter pages by favorite, tag, name, and universe
  • Added the ability for users to upload avatars directly instead of using Gravatar
  • Added a recycle bin and archive manager for un-deleting and un-archiving pages

Changed

  • Large redesign around the entire site
  • Upgraded to Rails 6 and Ruby to 2.6.x
  • Redesigned and rebuilt the referral program
  • Massive code cleanup / tree shaking / refactoring push
  • Categories and fields can now be reordered from the template editor
  • Users can now turn keyboard shortcuts on or off
  • Improved much of the site for mobile and tablet views

Fixed

  • More bugs than you can shake a stick at
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3.1.0 - Template editor sorting

04 Feb 20:54
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3.1.0 - Template editor sorting

Added

  • Users can now reorder categories for their pages
  • Users can now reorder fields within their categories
  • Users can now delete entire categories (and their fields/answers) at once
  • Users can now rename categories and fields
  • Added a script for migrating content between users in script/

Changed

  • Darkened the system color for Races to make large amounts of the color easier on the eyes
  • Upgraded several backend gems

Fixed

  • Fixed a few minor errors resulting in some 500s for some users
  • Added a reference to billing_plans:initialize_defaults to the README setup instructions
  • The recent content page now looks at recent attribute changes rather than page model changes
  • Fixed a bug linking "General Worldbuilding" in the forums to Languages
  • Restored checkbox visibility on the forums

Removed

  • Removed Skylight monitoring
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3.0.0 - A UI foundation for our future

06 Jan 07:51
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Changed

  • Redesigned almost the entire site with a focus on mobile/tablet accessibility and addressing common UX complaints
  • Content pages are now entwined with their related discussion boards, making it easy to flip between e.g. characters and discussions about characters.
  • Recolored Religions from yellow to indigo to make all religion-related things easier to read.
  • Changelogs have been moved to a separate tab that doesn't expand when clicking the "expand all" button on content pages.
  • Document editor has been redesigned.
  • Toasts are now temporarily shown (instead of permanent on the page) and many actions have had toast messages improved/added.
  • Rather than picking 5 random fields to show in the quick reference tab of prompts, all fields with a value are now shown in an accordion view.

Fixed

  • The sidebar can now be toggled visible or not on mobile and tablet devices.
  • Uploaded images are no longer weirdly squished when shown on the dashboard.
  • Icons should no longer overlap in the navbar on mobile.
  • Fixed and re-enabled the quick-reference tab on the serendipitous content prompts.
  • The page to toggle content pages on/off has been redesigned and now works in Internet Explorer.
  • The sidebar now properly scrolls in Internet Explorer on small screens.
  • Focusing/scoping to a universe now properly automatically suggests all new content be added to that universe.

Added

  • Added a half-dozen profile fields.
  • Documents can now be viewed also (instead of always just edited).
  • Added quick-access links to documents, discussions, prompts, and your profile from the dashboard.
  • Pages can now dictate their own colors and actions, making each section of the site feel like its own product to be improved.
  • Enabled the quick-create FAB on the forums (and moved the Currently Online list to accommodate).

Removed

  • Cleaned up and removed a lot of now-redundant code/views.
  • Optimized away a few more database calls.
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2.10.0 - Documents, search, pages, and more

04 Dec 21:41
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2.10.0 - Documents, search, pages, and more

Changed

  • Replaced the scratchpad with a new feature: Documents
  • Redesigned and reimplemented the search feature.
  • Replaced delayed_job with Sidekiq, which relies on redis.
  • Cleaned up code around changing billing plans.
  • Users must now be logged in to view session-specific pages like recently-edited content and the page template wizards.
  • Added router-based authentication to the admin pages (using the site_administrator flag).
  • Upgraded a ton of gems for security and other updates.
  • Tons and tons of database/query optimizations around the site.
  • Re-enabled serendipitous prompts for all users.
  • Changed puma concurrency limit to 1 worker.
  • Account deletion is now done asynchronously.
  • Updated copy on the "For Writers" page. Need to do "For Roleplayers" and "For Artists" still.
  • Replaced all newline characters in existing scratchpad documents with <br />, since documents are now HTML.
  • Changelogs now also link to pages when using the [[type-id]] link bar format.
  • The field migration service no longer runs for pages updated after Sept 1, 2018.
  • Upgraded thredded and customized views.
  • Replaced therubyracer with mini_racer.

Added

  • Added 5 page types: Vehicle, Tradition, Building, Condition, and Job.
  • Added additional fields to existing page types for the new page types (e.g. "Job" on characters).
  • Added a link to profiles to send private messages to other users. Users no longer need usernames to send messages.
  • Added a new ContentSerializer PORO for caching attribute categories/fields/values once per page load.
  • Added skylight for performance monitoring.
  • Added additional error reporting for users attempting to upgrade to nonexistent billing plans.
  • Added documents to the undeletion flow. Users can now un-delete documents after deleting them.
  • Added autosaving functionality to documents.
  • Added rails_admin.
  • Added more database indices.
  • Added a JSON endpoint for pages.

Removed

  • Removed rack-timeout customizations.
  • Removed the "5 new" badge in the sidenav.
  • Removed the "new" badge on universe contributor tabs.
  • Removed various unused gems, assets, and code.

Fixed

  • Fixed search.
  • Fixed exporting to txt/outlines.
  • Fixed a bug requiring two presses of "tab" to tab between page fields instead of one.
  • Fixed some static images not loading around the site.
  • Fixed several behind-the-scenes errors throwing when users navigate to nonexistent content. Users are now redirected back to their dashboard instead of seeing a 500.
  • Fixed the recently-deleted page linking to deleted pages (which, obviously, would 404).
  • Fixed several issues around old-style attributes/values in new views.
  • Fixed a bug around storage space when downgrading from premium.
  • Fixed a layout bug on some screen sizes on the home landing page.
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2.9.3 - Optimizations pass

18 Oct 18:02
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2.9.3 - Optimizations pass

Changed

  • Changed many of the queries around multi-table user content to optimize on number of requests to the database, reducing queries by 12x in many places
  • Fixed an issue that could show incorrect names on content in rare cases on the Recent Activity page
  • Improved code readability

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue that would sometimes show an error page after successfully adding a card on file, without specifying a plan to change to
  • Fixed a potential bug that showed a 500 when generating a writing prompt for a universe
  • Fixed the styling and clickability of checkboxes on login and around the site (thanks @euank)
  • Fixed a bug that could show a 500 on the dashboard after successfully deleting a page

Added

  • Added Barnes for Ruby language metrics & reporting
  • Added a generic ContentPage model for polymorphically grouping content pages in a single AR relation

Removed

  • Removed Raygun
  • Removed some dead/outdated code
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2.9.2 - Inline page linking & page un-deleting

02 Oct 02:48
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2.9.2 - Inline page linking & page un-deleting

Added

  • Added a page that lists recently-deleted pages and allows users to undelete them for a limited time
  • Added inline linking to content pages to all text fields
  • Added a per-page cache for frequently-used page data

Changed

  • Upgraded to the heroku-18 stack
  • Optimized a ton of queries around the site, bringing page load speeds significantly down
  • Page text fields now are full-width and expand when focused

Fixed

  • Fixed contributor invitations sometimes not sending
  • Fixed a bug preventing some users from viewing a universe's dedicated content list pages
  • Fixed a bug preventing some users from viewing their recently-edited content list
  • Fixed a bug that resulted in user profiles throwing 404 errors after deleting a page
  • Fixed field placeholder text
  • Fixed a few 500 errors in niche situations
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2.9.1 - Stability & optimization improvements

17 Sep 19:42
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2.9.1 - Stability & optimization improvements

Fixed

  • Fixed static images not loading around the site
  • Fixed several 500 errors around route generation
  • Fixed a bug in migrating existing users' fields
  • Fixed a bug preventing some users from changing the name of their content pages
  • Fixed a bug preventing some people who had downgraded from Premium from editing the universe on their Premium pages
  • Improved logic around when to save attributes (e.g. when they don't have changes)
  • Fixed a couple N+1 queries
  • Fixed serendipitous prompts not always finding a field to ask about

Added

  • Added bullet and similar optimization-finding gems to development
  • Added a link to the forums to the dashboard for mobile devices
  • Added a masquerade admin endpoint for bug debugging
  • Added an API key model for potential app / website / program usage
  • Added an initial API controller for returning user content with a valid API key

Changed

  • Viewing a deleted user's old content URL now redirects to the main page
  • Tons of queries have been optimized to make fewer database calls and/or reuse data from prior results
  • Changed serendipitous cards to look at AttributeField/Attribute values instead of model columns
  • Whitelisted a few potential security vectors
  • Moved more inline javascript to end-of-page to speed up page rendering
  • Moved changelogs to attributes instead of content pages

Removed

  • Cleaned up several instances of redundant or defunct code
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2.9.0 - Template Editor

09 Sep 05:02
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2.9.0 - Template Editor

Added

  • Added a separate page for customizing a page type's categories and attributes.
    • Reworked pretty much everywhere in the code to read from AttributeCategory/AttributeField/Attribute models instead of raw database rows on pages.
  • Added an extra call-to-action at the bottom of the dashboard for people who've activated premium but haven't activated any premium pages.
  • Added an "Appearance" default category to Landmarks with "Size", "Materials", and "Colors" prompts.
  • Added additional metadata for the code to consume for all AttributeFields.
  • Added links from the content customization page to customize individual page types, as well as the content#index pages.
  • Users can now preview premium pages without needing the permissions to create one.
  • Any custom field starting with the word "Private" is now treated as a private field.
  • Added name and universe_id caches on content models that pull from field changes.

Changed

  • Normalized the spacing between cards on the dashboard to make it look more even.
  • Returned the navbar to its original blue color.
  • Refactored the quick-add form to reuse field partials from the normal content forms.
  • Pages are no longer required to have a name upon creation. If they are not named, their name will appear as "Untitled" around the site, but still be blank in the form.
  • All existing text-based fields have transitioned into being custom attributes behind-the-scenes.
  • Field autocomplete is now per-label (instead of per-name) and has been enabled for all page types that match specific labels.
  • Instead of redirect :back, we now use Rails 5's redirect_back.
  • Tabbing through content fields no longer tabs to attribute dropdowns.

Fixed

  • Fixed a bug that raised a 500 error after (successfully) creating a new custom attribute.
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes showed sidelinks on content to tabs that were entirely empty.
  • Fixed a bug keeping some edits from appearing in the changelog.
  • Fixed a bug preventing some contributor emails from sending.
  • Fixed broken header images around the site.

Removed

  • Removed unnecessary code for old serendipitous card generation.
  • Removed some duplicate is_public scopes.
  • Removed some deprecated code in tests.
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