Changelog
This is the detailed changelog for Arsenal Report since the launch in its current format (as Dial Square in December 2014).
v3.62 (19 Mar 2017)
- Removed the AAS due to low figures
- Some refactoring and code cleanup across the board
- Finally fixed the reset password system
- Removed all non-HTTPS links to avoid cross-region errors
- "Expected return" added to the Injury API
- Prediction performance and stats added to user profiles
v3.61 (28 Jan 2017)
- Code refactoring started, site should become faster over the next few weeks
- Complete revamp of the mobile site nav + mobile optimisations
- Style tweaks all over
v3.6 (26 Jan 2017)
- Small style tweaks and bug fixes all over
- Arsenal Report API v1 released!
v3.5 (25 Jan 2017)
- New branding for 2017, across all platforms
- New notifications style
- Small visual tweaks to match threads
v3.4 (19 Jan 2017)
- New feature: The Arsenal Apparel Society, a t-shirt subscription service with original and exclusive Arsenal artwork at your door every month. If you're an artist who want to be featured let me know. We offer 100% of the profits to the artist.
v3.3 (19 Jan 2017)
- Arsenal Report is now fully served over HTTPS
- League History added, with St Totteringham's Day throughout history
- Stream links have been added to match threads, will be updated before kickoff every game
v3.2 (4 Jan 2017)
- Small colour palette changes to freshen up the site
- Fixtures & Results page updated with updated points and form stats
- More minor fixes across the board
v3.1 (3 Jan 2017)
- Password updates finally work, from resetting to updating
- Minor fixes
- Recaptcha fixed for new registrations
- Match threads now show who predicted what outcome
- Predictions have been cleaned up, summer time removed
- New Fixtures & Results page
v3.0 (14 Aug 2016)
- Huge: Brand new player stats on the players page, with performance data you can both sort and filter however you want
- Huge: Following the players page, all individual player pages also have stats now, including things like days lost to injury and performance over last three games
- Huge: Fixtures and results now in the database, with TV channel listings and dedicated match threads on the home page
- Huge: Predict-A-Tron! Predict the outcome of a game and climb the prediction leaderboard to win prizes
- New A-Z directory of every single player at Arsenal under Wenger
- Improved transfer and injury notification email copy
- Javascript fixes across the site
- Transfer history now breaks down expenditure/income by both primary and specific player positions
- Small fix for U21 players being included in the non-HG count
- Visual tweaks, including a new header font
- Small fixes to the OTD section
- Numerous bug fixes, including comment editing issue
v2.9 (24 Apr 2016)
- Email notifications for Injury Room and Transfer Centre, activated from your account settings
- Major aesthetic improvements to sections with forms (account settings, registration, login, new post, etc)
- Password no longer needed to update account settings
- 'Join The Team' updated with breaking news curator position
- Style tweaks to the Transfer Centre
- Style tweaks to blog posts
- Tooltips for source information added to the Transfer Centre
v2.82 (7 Feb 2016)
- Aesthetic tweaks all over
- New join the team page for positions open at Arsenal Report
- Extended event details on the forum overview
- You can now attach an emoji sticker to your comments
v2.81 (10 Jan 2016)
- Minor bug fixes all over
- Posts that are longer than 500 words now automatically get a blog style layout
- History page is up, but is in alpha stage - timeline not 100% working, and lots of events missing (especially after 1940)
v2.8 (31 Dec 2015)
- Prediction league table added, based mainly on the expected goals (xG) method but also on other prediction models. You can discuss the methods and how to improve them here
- Transfer Centre has been updated with player images and summer/winter indication
v2.7 (3 Dec 2015)
- 'Unknown' state added for injuries
- 'Recently updated' feature on Injury Room to indicate freshness of data
- 'On this day' section moved to forum
- Highest rated comment now shown underneath original post
v2.66 (27 Oct 2015)
- Added fallback fonts for weird characters
- Added detailed tooltips to the top lists for more info about numbers displayed
v2.65 (26 Oct 2015)
v2.64 (25 Oct 2015)
- Re-calculated injury room to include overlapping injuries from previous season
v2.63 (21 Oct 2015)
- Added comparison percentages to Injury Room
v2.62 (17 Oct 2015)
- Removed match prediction and match day threads (too much work)
- Better Injury Room maths and presentation
v2.61 (30 Sep 2015)
- Tweaks to the Injury Room for better overview
v2.6 (22 Sep 2015)
- New matchday threads, with match prediction system
- Slight tweaks to Injury Room look and feel
v2.56 (28 Aug 2015)
- Created transfer frequency together with Bootifulgame
v2.55 (1 Aug 2015)
- Dedicated changelog page as this post was getting quite large
- Post links improved to not go to last comment unless stated
- URLs now wrap correctly in posts and comments
- Polls can now be locked and edited properly by the poll creator
v2.54 (30 Jul 2015)
- Added video posts
v2.53 (14 Jul 2015)
- More performance improvements
- Brand new upvoting system to help with performance
v2.52 (13 Jul 2015)
- Massive speed improvements
- Slight style tweaks all over
- Pagination added to polls page
- Bug fix where editing your own poll caused an error
v2.51 (12 Jul 2015)
- Further tweaks to the new AMA system
- Fixed a bug in Injury Room that didn't calculate ETA correctly
- Performance tweaks
- Only logged in users can see poll results
- Logged out users now see a registration prompt on the forum
- New player and user badges
v2.5 (10 Jul 2015)
- Fancy tooltips for user and player badges
- Further improvements to site performance
- Small tweaks to +1 and flag system
- Numerous bug fixes
- Improved system for going to last unread comment
- Re-added comment link so you can directly to a comment (small hash symbol)
- Completely revamped AMA system based on feedback from the Karbassiyoon AMA - see detailed comment
v2.4 (6 Jul 2015)
- Completely revamped unread/subscriptions system
- Threads now subscribed through posting comment, upvoting or clicking bookmark in top right
- Threads can be unsubscribed by clicking the bookmark icon again
- Clicking a post title now brings you to the last unread comment
- Better separation between read and unread posts
- Performance tweaks and code cleanup
- AMA functionality tweaked and improved so we can start AMAs soon
- Improved moderation controls
- Added 'other articles' to end of blog article pages
- Small change to post upvoting to see if we can get more people using it
- Player arrival fix so site won't break in between adding new player and his arrival transfer
v2.32 (1 Jul 2015)
- Favourite Wenger XI feature added! Go to your profile page to check it out
- When logged out, the landing page is the forum (not /news)
- Various bug fixes
v2.31 (30 Jun 2015)
- Improved News section
- Friendly URLs for polls and players
- Threads can now be locked, if necessary
v2.3 (26 Jun 2015)
- Simplified the community into News/Discussions/Polls/Articles
- Added success message to polls
- General tweaks here and there
v2.2 (25 Jun 2015)
- Added user polls! To create one, click 'New post' and then select poll
- Added a terminology page - this will be continuously updated
- Events have been added as well, will appear in 'on this day' box on home page
v2.1 (25 Jun 2015)
- Small tweaks to nav bar, home page, sidebar, etc
v2.04 (24 Jun 2015)
- Added captain badges to players
- New header images in rotation
- Brand new home page with 'on this day' feature
v2.03 (24 Jun 2015)
- Bug fixes all around
- Added player badges for invincibles, legends and £10m+
- Added trophy counts to seasons
v2.02 (22 Jun 2015)
- New system for tracking unread posts
v2.01 (21 Jun 2015)
- Fixed a few new user bugs
- Moved all static images to Cloudfront, should speed up the site a bit
- SEO bullshit to please the Google gods
- Added monthly breakdowns to the Injury Room
v2.0 (20 Jun 2015)
- Arsenal Report merge completed
v1.95 (18 Jun 2015)
- Massive updates to all sections
- Database cleaned up
- More preparations for Arsenal Report merge
v1.9 (16 Jun 2015)
- Arsenal Report merge initiated
- Transfer Centre now live
- Injury Room now live
- Players page now live
v1.83 (10 Jun 2015)
- Sidebar RSS performance tweaks
- Overall performance tweaks
- Removed ability for comment authors to +1 themselves
- Improved 'add to home screen' web app on iPhones
- Added fancy user box in sidebar
- Mobile nav tweaks
v1.82 (9 Jun 2015)
- Revamped mobile experience
- Added new 'Articles' section showcasing all posts marked as blog posts
- More tweaks to homepage sorting
v1.81 (8 Jun 2015)
- Indicators for blog posts
- Blog post layout tweaks
v1.8 (7 Jun 2015)
- Changed sorting on homepage, priority for latest updated
- Added BBC Arsenal news RSS to sidebar
- Wreaths now showing everywhere
- Sidebar tweaked a bit
- Blog posts added (any thread can now become a blog post on request)
v1.7 (6 Jun 2015)
- New homepage with RSS feeds from Arseblog News + Reddit
- Some bug fixes
- New snazzy random header images from Arsenal history
- Improved some widths for desktop and tablets
v1.6 (3 Jun 2015)
- Updated profile image wreath levels
- Moved all image assets to S3, should speed up the site drastically
v1.521 (31 May 2015)
- Added mandatory FA Cup final random images
v1.52 (27 Apr 2015)
- SEO bullshit to please the Google gods
v1.51 (26 Apr 2015)
- Minor change to the order of which posts are shown in 'popular' tab
- Fixed a bug where posts started by now deleted users didn't show
v1.50 (25 Apr 2015)
- New site logo and nav bar
- Minor styling tweaks in post threads
- Static pages now working on mobile screens
- Added new achievement badges for membership length
v1.38 (24 Apr 2015)
- Improved leaderboard styling
- Improved karma wreaths
- Brand new profile pages!
- Cover images added (unlocks once you hit karma 200)
- Link to your own profile in nav bar
v1.37 (23 Apr 2015)
- Made pretty URLs for posts
- Updated community guidelines
- Added leaderboards
- Moved this thread into submenu
- Optimised images
v1.36 (22 Apr 2015)
- Added pagination for comments
- Cleaned up forum thread styling
- Removed AJAX comments due to pagination bug
- Added user karma points with portrait frames
v1.35 (11 Mar 2015)
- Added 'last post by' on homepage
v1.34 (5 Mar 2015)
- Added moderation tools to allow admins and mods to hide, unhide and unflag comments and users
- Added +1 buttons
v1.33 (4 Mar 2015)
- Added community guidelines
v1.321 (28 Feb 2015)
- Added achievement tooltips
v1.32 (26 Feb 2015)
- Added badges of doom™
- Minor tweaks
v1.31 (25 Feb 2015)
- Minor bug fixes (pagination, user titles, etc)
- Performance improvement
- Tweaks to 'Popular' algorithm
v1.3 (4 Jan 2015)
- Posts updated less than 12 hours ago now marked with icon
- 'Mark all as read' implemented
- Fixed post counts bug on user account settings
- User profiles added
v1.24 (3 Jan 2015)
- Added the ability to flag comments
v1.23 (31 Dec 2014)
- Fixed a few bugs with AMA responses
- New posts truly sorted by creation date
- Added 'unread posts' tab
v1.22 (30 Dec 2014)
- Added proper 'unread threads' functionality
v1.21 (28 Dec 2014)
- AMA functionality
- Fixed a bug with the reCaptcha code on registration
v1.2 (26 Dec 2014)
- You can now see what you have voted up/down for
- Only users with 50+ posts can have custom titles
- Lazy loading profile images
- Minor bug fixes
- Added indicator for new activity on posts
v1.1 (25 Dec 2014)
- You can now add a URL to a post to trigger source links
- Added a unique link to every comment so you can link directly to it
- Comments are now AJAX so page won't reload
- Changed roles: only authors can edit, only admins can delete
- Added quoting functionality for comments
- Added more user info to account settings
- Put measures in place to prevent errors when people delete accounts
- Cleaned up the design a bit
- Added pagination to the home page
- Had some whiskey
v1.0 (23 Dec 2014)
- Release!