It’s been a hot minute since there was a patch, but we have had an expansion launch. I initially started this just before Midnight dropped, then benched it for my panic about the Crafter’s Directory which led to the great and hasty “API switch-over”. However, finally, it’s here!
New Features
Event Calendar
(All in-game events will still be on the in-game calendar. This is to augment, not replace)
- View all scheduled guild events whenever, and wherever. No longer limited by the availability of a PC to login to game. [Unfortunately blizz don’t offer the calendar in their API so if you sign in-game that won’t show 🙁 ]
- No more mental calculations needed. [Or mistakes made by the event leader /cough . . .] The calendar will adjust to show events in your local time.
- Signup and be able to give additional information like ability to switch roles if needed, your preferred key level, and even leave notes for the event leader.
- Like the housing map. You don’t need to be logged in to view the calendar. You can also signup for events.
- If you are logged in, then events will show whether you have signed up or not, you can edit/remove your signup, and you can see at a glance your list of upcoming events.
- As a bonus, from signing up for events, you’ll maybe even unlock some fun cosmetics for your profile [When I eventually stop pushing that down the priority list /cough . . .]
Native Dark Mode
- Find the OG cream style of the site harsh on your eyes? There is now a toggle to choose a ‘dark mode’ style. This currently just works for the members section [I had hoped for the entire site but wordpress hates me 🙁 Working on it! ] and for users whether they are logged in, or not.
- Signed in members can save their preference for either the dark, or the light, style and the site should remember it always.
Bug Fixes
Mobile Improvements
[Please let me know if you have any problems!]
- I couldn’t make the big draw of the Event Calendar be access “wherever and whenever” and not work on the mobile site. I have completely rebuilt the mobile version of the members only area, to try and make the experience as smooth and enjoyable as possible.
- Because I’d pushed the API switchover so fast, the character section didn’t work on mobile at all, but it now will and all future features will be fully tested (best as I am able), to work on mobile immediately.
- For android users the dropdown menus should now hopefully behave themselves.
Miscellaneous
- If you make a mistake in a form, and it bounces you back with an error message, the information you entered should now persist.
- Not exactly a bug fix, but it’s not a feature either. I have added a sub-page under the Changelog for ‘features under development’. At the moment it’s just a brain dump but I hope to turn it into a proper ‘roadmap’ next patch. Remember you can REQUEST FEATURES! I’m building what I hope will be useful and fun for you guys. If I’m not hitting the mark, and I’m just screaming into the void here, then please help me out. Let me know what you do want.
Known Bugs
- The wordpress part of the site doesn’t work off the style switcher 🙁
- Worse the fixes I had made on the navigation for android users also don’t work. I hate wordpress, I really do.
