Change log recap

3 min readNov 30, 2019

Update, November 30

Hi again!

While everyone is eagerly awaiting the next big update, let us recap the last few change logs. They address bug fixes mainly around the rough edges. The improvements might be of interest to you, so without further ado, here we go:

Release Version: B0.1 Revision: 0.023 (November 21th 2019)

Added new languages to site: Danish, Persian, Portuguese, Serbian and Swedish.
The translation files are open for community input in github.com/ipbc-dev/bittubers-translate
Enhanced moderator functionality in mobile version.
Several Layout tweaks adjusting to language translations generated sizing issues (specially in mobile version).
Enhanced mobile layout functionality in chats.
Enhanced mobile posts loading while swiping.
Continued reviewing and fixing all translation texts (ongoing).
Resolved 12 reported issues.

Release Version: B0.1 Revision: 0.024 (November 28th 2019)

Added new languages to site: Greek, Estonian, Croatian, Hungarian and Lithuanian.
The translation files are open for community input in github.com/ipbc-dev/bittubers-translate
Several Layout tweaks adjusting to language translations generated sizing issues (specially in mobile version).
Enhanced mobile layout functionality on groups, subscriptions, topics…
Enhanced posts loading and scroll in Homepage.
Continued reviewing and fixing all translation texts (ongoing).
Resolved 13 reported issues.

Release Version: B0.1 Revision: 0.025 (December 5th 2019) — Latest (beta.bittubers.com)

Added new languages to site: Latvian, Dutch, Norwegian, Slovak, Slovenian.
The translation files are open for community input in github.com/ipbc-dev/bittubers-translate
Enhanced profile groups layout to make it more understandable.
Enhanced sort topics menu functionality.
Enhanced playing playlist layout (added links and user cards).
Enhanced playlists URLs navigation in mobile.
Enhanced image galleries to show full size images and show thumbnails while it’s loading.
Several Layout tweaks adjusting to language translations generated sizing issues (specially in mobile version).
Continued reviewing and fixing all translation texts (ongoing).
Resolved 15 reported issues.

Summarized

We’ve improved the Home page loading times, which is a work in progress. Due to overall performance optimizations, the performance of the site should feel snappy again. We’ve fixed several issues related to creating, viewing and navigating playlists. We fixed a bug where the image gallery would show low-res instead of full-sized images when opened. We’ve also been working on the mobile experience more, which had been running behind. Switching between pages should be easier now and the navigation menu has been tweaked.

Translation work has been ongoing. If you’d like to propose changes to the translation files:

On GitHub: make an account, find the frontend.json in the language folder of choice, click edit, make changes, add comment under propose file change and submit.
On BitTubers, propose changes using the #translatefix topic here.

What’s next

First and foremost, the next update will most likely be about the referral system release. More on that here.

Secondly, a much requested feature is more publishing options besides public (private, unlisted, password, Premium). We’ll be introducing those one at a time in the next few updates.

We’re also working to introduce clear content guidelines before the end of the year. Importantly, we’d like to talk about how those guidelines will be enforced, both in the short term and once the Community Moderation System is place, where users themselves get voting power to process reports. A point of contention has been some users receiving temporary bans as a result of mass copyright uploads, where perhaps a ‘restricted publishing’ mode would have been more appropriate. We’re working on a solution where the user can keep full control over their account and communicate with the moderators inside the platform instead of by email. More on that in the future.

Lastly, if you haven’t already, check out the Upcoming Features sticky on our subreddit here.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and go get all those Black Friday sales!

Your BitTube Team