You asked for it, so we did it, mostly. Lots of users have given feedback on what they would like to see on the site, and where, and so on. We’ve been able to incorporate most of the ideas… so here’s what is in the latest Kollecta release. As well as listing all the cool new features, I ‘ve noted all the previous releases and what went into those. To make it all a bit more fun, I wanted to give each release a name, rather than 1.01, 1.02, etc.
Suggestions I had from various sources:
- Letters A, B, C… (c’mon guys, this is serious…),
- Names of the various actors who have played Doctor Who,
- Order and names of the States in which Obama has beaten Hilary,
- Bob Dylan records, as they were released,
- Prime numbers,
- Adjective-animal à la Ubuntu (Feisty Fawn and so on).
Well, I decided to go with naming them after the elements in the Periodic Table (see my earlier blog about Collecting Chemicals). To save you having to Google a Periodic Table, I’ll also number and date them. I’m still open to better suggestions. Honest.
19.2.2008 – Nitrogen release
No jokes here about releasing gas.
Featured in this release:
- Added option to allow members to select 10, 20, 40 item-display on their profile. So, whenever you log in and view a list of items, groups, members, search results… whatever – Kollecta remembers your choice.
- Added a Bookmarks button in the blue bar at the top of every page.If you Digg, Del.ic.ious, Facebook, MySpace, whatever it – please do. Hover over the button to see about a dozen of the common ones, or click the >>more link to see more again.
- Important! Moved members’ profile actions to the left green side tab. Now, when you’re signed in you can add a collection, edit your profile, see your items, exchanges, My Talks… they’re just one click away!
- Added more ‘top members’, ‘largest collections’, ‘most wanted items’ etc to the homepage.
- Simplified the searching on all pages. Just type some words, click Search. Couldn’t be simpler. Really.
- Added Group browsing. Click on the red Groups tab at the top right. You can now see the busiest groups, the latest groups, or browse the whole lot if you want.
- Added Member browsing. Click on the green Members tab at the top right. You can now see the members with the most points, largest collections, or just check out the latest folks to join up.
- Added Item browsing. Click on the blue Members tab at the top right. Each time you visit this page, Kollecta ‘gives you five’. That is, it pulls five random items out of our community’s database for you to check out. Give it a go!
- Also under Item browsing – Most wanted items, Latest items added, and Items for Sale (improved page being worked on as we speak!)
- Adding a new item to the community – the previous page wasn’t as clear as it could have been, so we’ve cleaned it up. Coming soon: the ability to add the new item straight into one of your collections.
- Username – previously limited to 8 characters. Now 16. Who knows – maybe in 6 weeks’ time it’ll be 32, 64, 128, 256, …
- Password – eight is too long! For some, at least. The minimum password length is 6 characters. Remember though, you still need to keep it safe.
- Welcome page when you log in. We made it more welcoming. Aww.
- Group Profile – just like we did with the Member Profile, we added important actions to the left side bar.
I think that’s about it. But wait, there’s more! Watch this space over the next week.
We’re going to inject a bit more fun into the site……
Kollectamaniac 