New Site Theme

Crumpet 5/31/2015 02:30 pm 42827

Hi everyone,

I am in the process of switching the site over to a new theme which is designed to be easier to use and mobile-friendly. I also made some improvements to the site features.

At the time I am posting this I have not yet made the theme live, but I will be making it live within an hour or two (the time now is May 31st, 2:30pm PST).

Major Site Changes:

Search: You can now use checkboxes to filter by multiple pattern types, meaning you can choose to see both perler and mask patterns
Pattern categories: Although I don't yet have the same filtering set up for categories, the pattern types you can choose are more specific. You can choose to see things like masks and bikinis instead of just "multi" and "peyote."
Many of the text fields around the site have a new text editor, and in some areas the text editor has an image icon which lets you insert an image directly into the body of your text.
There are lots of new emoticons!

Pattern Maker:

The pattern maker is still not mobile-friendly but I am working on that and that will be coming next!

Attention mobile users:

If you would prefer to see a desktop-style version of the site, scroll to the bottom of the site and there is a link in the footer which lets you switch to desktop mode.

Have you found a problem or bug?

Look in the site footer. There is a link for Report a bug / problem with the site where you can report it to me.

Is there something from the old theme that you really miss?

I will miss certain things about it too, but unfortunately the design did not lend itself to a mobile friendly design so I had to redesign everything. But if it's a feature or simple style change that I could possibly add into the new theme, I might be able to do it for you! Just comment on this thread.

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Crumpet
Site Owner

Jun 1, 2015 3:35 pm

@tsixxx: if you look underneath the pattern image when on a pattern page there should be a blue button which says "Copy to Pattern Maker." It will say this for MOST patterns but not all, some older patterns cannot be copied (it has always been that way). Is there a specific pattern you were trying to copy and couldn't?

The link to "Your Stuff" has moved to the top left blue bar at the very top of the site. The reason I moved it is that it was not working very well to just show small previews of all your stuff on one page. I wanted each piece of content (photos, patterns, etc) to have its own page so you could see everything more easily.

haseokite
Member

Jun 1, 2015 6:20 pm

I was so confuzed when I logged on lol! I liked the old site too, but the update is nicer looking. Good job

BaileyBayLeef
Member

Jun 1, 2015 11:35 pm

So, I had a friend request and accepted it, but now the little 1 friend request icon thingy won't go away, even though it says no new friend requests ;o Will it go away on it's own?

zamilove16
Member

Jun 2, 2015 12:09 am

I had a bunch of specially made patterns that I wasn't willing to share and since the change, I can't find them. Please tell me they are still there somewhere... Loving the new look by the way, just worried about my patterns

krisface21
Member

Jun 2, 2015 12:42 am

@Crumpet: Yes it is touch screen, well the "touch" doesn't work anymore, but touch screen laptop nonetheless, Thank you!

Crumpet
Site Owner

Jun 2, 2015 3:27 am

@BaileyBayLeef: yeah, I've just got some of the counters cached but I'm going to have to remove them because that happened to me too

Crumpet
Site Owner

Jun 2, 2015 5:33 am

@zamilove16: I haven't removed or hidden any patterns, they should all be there if you go to My Stuff > All Patterns from the blue bar along the top of the site. I've got to pop out to a dentist appointment but when I get back I will simulate logging in as you and see if all your patterns are there, and if they're not I'll make them show again. But they are not deleted, I promise!

Also to help with any confusion I will add a link to the sidebar for "All My Patterns" or something similar.