John is going to take the site down at approximately 5AM on 1/29. The whole thing should take around 3 hours.
When the site comes back, there will be a new front page (which still needs work) and a host of other improvements.
There will be new features and improvements added more frequently once this update hits. We the know the last update was disastrously bad and will do our best to make sure that doesn't happen again.
Some stuff that will be available with this update (or soon after):
Site-wide
- New ajax search system with content filters and integrated collection/list support
- Automatic style switching between mobile and responsive style
- Typekit fonts, color changes, general CSS improvements
- CAGcast “new!” notification in nav when a new episode is posted
- new/better region detection code
Forums
- New post avatar area with collection/list stats, trader stats.
- Displays the last game a user added to their “Now Playing” list in their post.
- Changed platform tag to remove distracting colours
- De-greened and de-purpled text in text editor
- Hovering over a user’s user title displays additional info. (Post count, years since joined.)
- CSS improvements to the text editor to match it to the dark style.
Front page
- Responsive mobile support
- Members belonging to specific usergroups can supply a headline/description/image for a deal, which appears at the top of the front page in the feature area.
- Images uploaded in the feature section are used in the recent/popular deals areas on the front page.
- List mode for displaying features without all the images
- Hide collection stats panel for site guests
- “CAG now streaming on Twitch” panel
Collections, Wish Lists, and Custom Lists
- Responsive mobile support
- Layout improvements
A lot of changes making it more obvious when you’re viewing another user’s list/collection, default table view, better indication when you’re editing settings for a specific entry, new navigation for switching between lists, etc.
- Improved list filtering with keyword searching, sort ordering, additional fields.
Wiki Posts
- Wiki post content now appears as a second post instead of taking over the thread’s first post. Currently, only OP can make wikis, but that will be changed shortly.
Product Pages
- Responsive mobile support
- Will now list threads where the product has been tagged in posts.
- coming soon: new user review/award system
Contests
- Responsive mobile support
Code Giveaways
- Responsive mobile support
Reviews
- Responsive mobile support
- Tagged threads now appear in the product sidebar
- coming soon: importing old Shipwreck reviews
- coming soon: new reviews home page, integrates the new user review system with stats
Price Tracker
- coming soon: working price tracker with responsive mobile support
Here are some screencaps at 1440p which will probably look shitty:
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