For some reason when we imported the 41K posts from G+, about 10K of them did not have their featured image set. This makes the posts look broken in the activity feeds. I’ve added a piece of code that will fix the image AFTER it has been viewed.

Update:
I viewed all of the pages and it generated a bunch of featured images. I ended up deleting ~4,500, so out new total is something like 36,726 rescued posts!

There are now social sharing buttons on the post detail page and also with the comment area of the activity feed items. Help promote Fantasy Art Village by sharing your favorite posts on your other social networks! Let us know if there’s a missing network you would like added.

Instead of stars or pluses, we now have “reactions” (like Facebook). It was difficult to get the plugin working, so we’re going to call this finished. I can change the graphics at anytime.

The neat thing is that it counts all “reactions” together. So, it’s like a “plus” no matter which emoji you choose.

Another built-in feature of the software is “Favorites.” It was a little confusing because they were using a heart icon and that could easily be confused with the “love” emoji. I changed it to a star. This can be used for something like “Community Favorites” when a lot of members mark it as their favorite. This can also be used to find that post again later. There will be a link to show all of the posts you have selected as a favorite. Fun stuff!

HIDDEN TRICK: If you click on the bubble which shows the number of reactions, it will open a floating window that shows which reaction each person picked.

It is a very complicated thing we have making all the image-cards slide around. I have not seen another community or group that has anything like this. I like it. Fun!

This was a huge task to get this implemented and working correctly. I hope it is sliding and sorting for everyone.

Click the “Ban” icon if you think something is not appropriate for our community. You will no longer see the item (but others still will). If enough members click the ban icon, the item will no longer be seen by anyone and it will be submitted for admin review.

Good job everyone. The site looks really good with new posts in it!!

Sorry it’s taking me so long to finish the site. It’s hard. I thought it would be worth the effort to make all of the images slide around. I had some success. Each time I add something it breaks. I’m sure that eventually I can get it working on all pages. This will make it easy to view our amazing archive of 40,000 posts (5+ years).

Make the site work well for all devices is another thing I’m working on. It’s mostly phones, tablets, and laptops now. The menu will be the same for all. It can be opened and closed by clicking on the tab or on the button at the top. We don’t want to use up space for a navbar that we only use once in awhile?? I wan the homepage to have as much action as possible.

The new layout is “responsive” which means it will change size depending upon the resolution of your device. On small devices there will be only two columns but on much larger screens, there are up to 7 columns!! This should make it easier to enjoy all the art.

How many images are shown on the homepage makes a big difference on how fast the site will load. Right now, I have it set to display 40 images. I tested it with 80 and it was awesome! For now it needs to be lower while I test stuff.

Let me know what you like or don’t like about the new website. Opinions welcome.