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Hey tropers, we are working hard on making consistent progress with the wiki and being better about updating everyone with what we are doing. Updates are listed under each staff member that worked on them. Expect to see more frequent updates on this thread moving forward. Please comment below if something was not fixed properly.

Note: Use Query Wishlist and Query Bugs for requesting new features and reporting new bugs, thank you!

Updates are also listed here in the actual Changelog.

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     Release: Mar 21, 2024 
Kory:

     Release: Mar 19, 2024 
Kory:
  • Single word links now properly have {{}} for visual editor
  • Main/ removed in links for visual editor
  • Made cultist reason mandatory
  • Uploading thumbnails for videos fixed
  • Renamed "Wishlist" to "Tech Wishlist" everywhere
  • Renamed "You Know That Show" to "Media Finder" per crowner on this thread
  • Youtube embedded videos fixed

     Release: Mar 15, 2024 
Kory:

     Release: Dec 21, 2023 
Kory:
  • Capitalized all common edit reasons
  • Added pagination to article history pages (old links should still work based on #edit in url)
  • Removed link to reddit (not associated with TV Tropes)
  • Fixed spelling error on profile page. bug
  • Added titles to individual queries. wish

     Release: Dec 14, 2023 
Kory:
  • Search by troper with auto-complete and search by content added to article history pages
    • (NOTE: auto-complete only pulls last 2 years of tropers)
  • Added Show and hide buttons on edits for easy viewing
  • Added edit reason hover tooltip for easy reading when collapsed
  • Added estimated number for Added, Changed and Deleted text for each edit.
  • Page title visible when editing a page
  • Edit timer duplicated on bottom of edit pages
  • Checkbox system added of common edit reasons that auto populate input field
  • Editor character length counter added to edit pages
  • Markup help dropdown added to edit pages
  • Fixed edit links not properly linking beyond the first 15 edits
  • Edit reason box is now expandable

     Release: Nov 7, 2023 
Kory:
  • Fixed PM notifications from blocked tropers still showing up
  • Fixed pagination icons showing up when there was no results in your inbox and followed pages
  • Added filter options for PMs to sort by sent, received, discussions or pings
  • Added checkbox system to select and delete PMs individually or all at once
  • Added the ability to preview PMs on hover
  • Added search bar with filter to search by troper or by content
  • Added mod and engineering icons next to troper names
  • Added notification icon next to ping and discussion notifiers

     Release: Oct 24, 2023 
Kory:
  • User queries page is now properly sorted by the latest reply
    • Added drop-down menu for each query type
    • Added extra "status" column
  • Adds status drop-down to Trope Finder, You Know That Show… and Ask The Tropers useable by the original poster and moderators.
    • when set to “resolved” it will lock the query automatically.
    • Added ability to sort by Open and Resolved queries
  • Added a report button for queries and their replies.
  • Added a report button for the TLP drafts and comments.
  • You can now view others query activity through your own queries page after you've edited the URL. user_queries.php?for=TroperName. This will be made into a button on the troper page in a future update
  • Adds the ability to ping other users in Query Forums, Trope Launch Pad, Reviews and Discussions on trope/media pages when you're posting a new comment.

     Release: Sep 12, 2023 
Kory:
  • Added WarJay77 & Amonimus to the new engineer role
  • Added Mrph1 as a new moderator
  • Removed MacronNotes as a moderator per their request

     Release: Aug 13, 2023 
Kory:
  • Adds separate follow functionality for discussion pages. Wish
  • Makes discussion button bold if discussions exist for that page and the user hasn't seen it yet. Wish
  • Pulls discussion button outside of the “more” dropdown by increasing buttons by 1
  • Sends the author a PM when someone responds to their discussion
  • Discussion pages are now sorted by latest reply and then latest discussion posted
  • Added mobile menu to recent videos pages
  • Adds "mine" and "replies" filters to query pages that work with current filters for extra sorting options.
  • Adds the user join date and signature line to query forums, Trope launch pad, Discussions and reviews as well as their replies.
  • Adds text option for user join date chosen in your profile. add more options here
  • Sets the relationship status to "NULL" for the "-not set" option so it actually stops it from showing in the forums
  • You can no longer like your own queries
  • Fixed delete button being covered in avatar gallery

     Release: July 17, 2023 
Kory:
  • For Edit History, edit reasons on the bottom will only show when the edit is greater than 600 pixels
  • Removed duplicate Report Bug button in mobile dropdown
  • Fixed unsaved changes warning popping up for TLP, Query and Discussion edit screens.
  • Removed 3 bulletin limit

     Release: July 5, 2023 

Kory:

  • increases upload image size to 5mb and max-width to 1000px
  • Edit reason on edit history duplicated on the top for convenience. I will make only one edit reason appear for smaller edits in a future update. Wish, Wish, Wish
  • Fixes missing buttons on mobile dropdown. Buttons that were in the "more" dropdown weren't being pushed to mobile dropdowns. Wish, Wish
  • Adds “Mod tools” “page type tool” and “bulletins” from sidebar to bottom of page in mobile view.  Wish
  • Adds post number back to just the main forums. Wish
  • Changes the TLP flag icon to a bookmark + adds tooltips of "Show bookmarks" and "bookmark”. Wish
  • Adds unsaved changes warning to various input fields when leaving the page (editing a page, sending pm, new discussions, new trope drafts, forum posts, editing a trope draft, posting a to do list, editing a to do, posting a new query and their replies).
  • adds "back to profile" button on avatar page.
  • adds title tooltips to the upload image and view avatar gallery buttons on your profile.
  • Adds link to directory thread on Ask The Tropers.
  • Removes synopsis page type. Wish
  • Added all “moments” as options in “Create New" dropdown. Wish
  • Fixes wording mistake in wishlist header.
  • Adds link to Reviews to mobile menu.
  • Put Administrivia and FAQ links on side bar under “tips” dropdown.
  • Put “tips” drop-down from sidebar under main mobile drop-down menu.
  • Fixes CSS for "posts" on the main forums. the 's' and 'ts' were being pushed to a separate line when you shrank the page and sometimes even when full screen. Wish
  • Moves changelog link in side bar and adds it to mobile menu.
  • Minor changes to Changelog page.
  • Inserts previous updates from Wiki Talk thread into changelog.
  • Fixes duplicate rows in the troper table + adds default creation date to prevent further “0000-00-00” creation dates.

     Release: May 24, 2023 
Kory:
  • Fixed wishlist and bugs pages not showing results when their statuses are set to "working" or "closed"
  • Added Link to wiki tools in sidebar under "tools" dropdown
  • Changed flagging icon of thumbs up back to flag for TLP and made button highlight when you click on it.
  • Adds wishlist to sidebar

     Release: Apr 28, 2023 
Kory:
  • Added link to your troper page through the dropdown menu.
  • The descriptions for "on the rocks" and "on the tropes" in the community showcase were swapped.
  • For IP threads that start with the Just A Face And A Caption, Suggestion, Does Not Illustrate, Duplicate Image, Changed w/o discussion, and NSFW/Image Macro thread reasons, the "save draft" button now works.
  • Allowed PM banned users to view their PM
  • The issue helper now displays previews of the notifier messages properly.
  • Added transparent backgrounds to the [tup] and [tdown] forum icons.
  • Allowed multiple cut requests to be accepted/declined at once.
  • For regular users, now the launch button on a draft appears only when it has five MORE hats than bombs (before it showed up when a draft had five or more hats).
  • Prevented edit-banned users from launching TLP drafts.
  • Wicks for disambig pages now have green text.
  • Content Violations will prompt non-logged-in users to do so.
  • CV and FAQ forums now have morgues, and locked non-stickied threads are now morgued.
  • Deleted button has been removed from crowners.
  • Disambig redirects fixed and also made green.
  • Folders in the forums that wouldn't open/close properly now fixed.

     Releases from: 2020 
  • We recently discovered that a non-US IP address was hitting us with thousands of SQL injection attempts, none of which succeeded. They did, however, put additional load on the database. This wasn't intended as a DDoS attack per se but rather an attempt to take control of the site.

  • The administrators activated additional security measures on our Cloudflare firewall that have had the unintended side-effect of causing frequent ReCAPTCHA prompts for users. We are aware of this problem and working on a resolution.

     Releases from: 2019 
Apr 10th:
  • Improvements to new user registrations and the user experience when suspended or banned. See this post for details.

Mar 21th:

  • The adblocker bug (popup message) will now appear for logged-in users after a certain threshold of page views has occurred while blocking ads.
    • You may snooze the bug for up to 7 days at a time if you have contributed to the wiki (by editing articles) recently.
  • There is now a subscription option to use TV Tropes ad-free for certain periods (monthly, yearly).
    • You can use this link to access the subscription system.
    • Subscriptions use a third-party payment facilitator called Stripe. TV Tropes does not collect or store any of your payment information. You will be rebilled at the indicated interval unless you cancel.
    • Subscriptions are linked to your account. If you change accounts, or are banned, you will lose your subscription.
    • Additional subscription options are being considered or are in development.
    • The badge advertised as a reward for subscribing appears not to be working currently.
    • To unsubscribe, send a message to "The Staff" via our contact form. Additional cancellation options are forthcoming.
  • Users who received one year of ad-free usage as a perk for contributing to the Kickstarter campaign at the 25 USD tier or higher will no longer have that perk. (The 95+ USD lifetime perk is not affected.)

Jan 25th:

  1. Fix Podcast query so newest episode appear on home page
  2. Add save option for users to select which search users want (ours or google’s)
  3. Remove backslashes from crowner descriptions
  4. Change account confirmation process so users get verification email right away then can wait for mod approval if needed
  5. Fix bomb message bug
  6. Speed up javascript even more (cuts size of code in half, adds http/2 headers to load asynchronously)
  7. If a guest hits login-protected page redirect to login form instead of giving an error
  8. Further improve new search results for articles and forum posts

Jan 10th:

  • Forum crowner styles and layouts should be back to normal, mostly.
  • Crowner voting doesn't change the icon to a weird swirly-eyed face when you click on the arrows.
  • Moderators can edit locked articles again.
  • The edit lock icon now appears and performs correctly on all views of an article, not just the primary one.
  • namespace_index.php pagination now works as expected.
  • [Moderation] Moderators can now view substantially more accounts queued for approval, so we shouldn't lose them any more.

Jan 8th:

  1. Added pagination to all namespaces.
  2. Bug fixes and messaging around editing locked pages.
  3. Title link edit bug fix in TRS/IP threads fixed.
  4. Crowner bug fixes (partial fixes deployed, additional fixes in progress)
  5. GDPR Integration.
  6. Image Pickin' typos
  7. Links at bottom of mobile page for "back" and "top"

     Releases from: 2018 

== KLINT ==
1. Fixed article image max-widths for good this time, hopefully (350px max width)
2. Passwords are no longer displayed in plain text, after successfully being changed from profile page
3. Fixed username links on Cut Requests page
4. Users can now delete liveblog comments
5. Starting a new forum thread will now apply forum markup correctly
6. Fixed word-wrapping for long text links (no longer break to a new line)
7. Fixed edit functionality for posts in discussion threads
8. Fixed double posting issue on query pages for certain tropers (shoutout to instanityprelude)
9. Fixed “save draft” functionality in forums (now saves the whole post, instead of up to the first line-break) (also will now delete the saved post after successfully posting)
10. Fixed spacing around featured trope images on homepage
11. Tuned up WMG Headings style
== END: KLINT ==

== KLAYTEN ==
1. The "Alternate Title(s)" section on the individual trope page no longer touches the ad on mobile.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou
2. The infinite scroll feature on the browse page is active again.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/browse.php
3. There is now a space between "On Topic Conversations." and "You".
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/createconversation.php?topic=85yve01xv34d73ppv15ghva4
4. Small typo of "Ineligable" instead of "Ineligible".
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/mods.php?a=Main.YesPrettyCure5
5. "Television" link under "Media" tab on side bar now links to "https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Television" instead of "https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Television". https://tvtropes.org/
6. Font size for "Latest Trope Edits", "Latest Forum Activity", and "Launch Pad Activity" is now larger on the home page for mobile.
https://tvtropes.org/
7. We hid the comic viewer on the main page until we finish the replacement.
https://tvtropes.org/
8. Now only Tropes will appear on the home page under "Newest Trope".
https://tvtropes.org/
9. For Google Analytics, we split the categories for guests versus members so we can track who visits our site the most.
No Link.
== END: KLAYTEN ==

== RICHARD ==
1. Fixed last modified date that was previously showing much longer times than there actually was since the last time an article was modified. Previously said, "11 years ago" as the last modified date : https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OutOfFocus
2. Got rid of bloated 3rd party adblock message and created our own to alert non-members when their adblock is on. To test, visit any two pages, while not logged in with your adblocker on.
== END: RICHARD ==

== CHRIS ==
1. Enable caching system for server - If you are NOT logged-in you'll receive a cached page from the server which can be as old as 3 minutes old. Unless you submit a form then it will bypass the caching system. This should greatly reduce the server load so it doesn't have to dynamically build the page for every pageview millions of times per day. The future versions should cache trope/forum pages for everyone and then rebuild it only when something changes.
2. Remove unused pixels (ie: comscore, retargeting, etc.)
== END: CHRIS ==

== TOM ==
1. Fixed 'Avatar sharing bug' where users were able to share avatars with other users that did not have the 'avatar sharing' feature enabled in their account.
2. Re-enabled the 'Main' namespace in https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php and paginated the results.
3. Redirect pages can now be edited without an error being displayed.
4. Protection against cross-site scripting like this: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/%22%3E%3Cbody_____onload_=___alert%28%27xss%27%29%3E
5. Setup new email account to contact Moderators and made changes to the 'Contact Us' form to support it. 6. Cutting a page no longer deletes links to it's related pages.
7. Fixed errors in the error log and slow query log.
8. removal of all anti-vandalism page-locking code.
== END TOM ==

     Current & Future Dev Projects: 
Kory: Complete (awaiting review)

  • Added the Preview button, image upload button, Markup Help and emoji bar to the TLP, Discussion pages, Query forums, and Reviews. Also fixed the folders not opening in previews. Wish 1, Wish 2, Wish 3, Wish 4
  • Badge shop redesign and making all badges except awards free to add. Wish
  • Your Badges, signature line and account join date will appear on all comments in the TLP, Query forums, Discussion pages and Reviews. Signatures will be able to use markup and emojis.
  • Revamped the Troper page to show your badges, avatar, title, signature, site usage stats and adding an activity drop-down with links from wiki tools.
In Development:

Edited by kory on Mar 21st 2024 at 1:11:16 AM

itcdr Since: Aug, 2014
#1: Sep 20th 2018 at 4:36:26 PM

Hey tropers, we are working hard on making consistent progress with the wiki and being better about updating everyone with what we are doing. Updates are listed under each staff member that worked on them. Expect to see more frequent updates on this thread moving forward. Please comment below if something was not fixed properly.

Note: Use Query Wishlist and Query Bugs for requesting new features and reporting new bugs, thank you!

Updates are also listed here in the actual Changelog.

    open/close all folders 

     Release: Mar 21, 2024 
Kory:

     Release: Mar 19, 2024 
Kory:
  • Single word links now properly have {{}} for visual editor
  • Main/ removed in links for visual editor
  • Made cultist reason mandatory
  • Uploading thumbnails for videos fixed
  • Renamed "Wishlist" to "Tech Wishlist" everywhere
  • Renamed "You Know That Show" to "Media Finder" per crowner on this thread
  • Youtube embedded videos fixed

     Release: Mar 15, 2024 
Kory:

     Release: Dec 21, 2023 
Kory:
  • Capitalized all common edit reasons
  • Added pagination to article history pages (old links should still work based on #edit in url)
  • Removed link to reddit (not associated with TV Tropes)
  • Fixed spelling error on profile page. bug
  • Added titles to individual queries. wish

     Release: Dec 14, 2023 
Kory:
  • Search by troper with auto-complete and search by content added to article history pages
    • (NOTE: auto-complete only pulls last 2 years of tropers)
  • Added Show and hide buttons on edits for easy viewing
  • Added edit reason hover tooltip for easy reading when collapsed
  • Added estimated number for Added, Changed and Deleted text for each edit.
  • Page title visible when editing a page
  • Edit timer duplicated on bottom of edit pages
  • Checkbox system added of common edit reasons that auto populate input field
  • Editor character length counter added to edit pages
  • Markup help dropdown added to edit pages
  • Fixed edit links not properly linking beyond the first 15 edits
  • Edit reason box is now expandable

     Release: Nov 7, 2023 
Kory:
  • Fixed PM notifications from blocked tropers still showing up
  • Fixed pagination icons showing up when there was no results in your inbox and followed pages
  • Added filter options for PMs to sort by sent, received, discussions or pings
  • Added checkbox system to select and delete PMs individually or all at once
  • Added the ability to preview PMs on hover
  • Added search bar with filter to search by troper or by content
  • Added mod and engineering icons next to troper names
  • Added notification icon next to ping and discussion notifiers

     Release: Oct 24, 2023 
Kory:
  • User queries page is now properly sorted by the latest reply
    • Added drop-down menu for each query type
    • Added extra "status" column
  • Adds status drop-down to Trope Finder, You Know That Show… and Ask The Tropers useable by the original poster and moderators.
    • when set to “resolved” it will lock the query automatically.
    • Added ability to sort by Open and Resolved queries
  • Added a report button for queries and their replies.
  • Added a report button for the TLP drafts and comments.
  • You can now view others query activity through your own queries page after you've edited the URL. user_queries.php?for=TroperName. This will be made into a button on the troper page in a future update
  • Adds the ability to ping other users in Query Forums, Trope Launch Pad, Reviews and Discussions on trope/media pages when you're posting a new comment.

     Release: Sep 12, 2023 
Kory:
  • Added WarJay77 & Amonimus to the new engineer role
  • Added Mrph1 as a new moderator
  • Removed MacronNotes as a moderator per their request

     Release: Aug 13, 2023 
Kory:
  • Adds separate follow functionality for discussion pages. Wish
  • Makes discussion button bold if discussions exist for that page and the user hasn't seen it yet. Wish
  • Pulls discussion button outside of the “more” dropdown by increasing buttons by 1
  • Sends the author a PM when someone responds to their discussion
  • Discussion pages are now sorted by latest reply and then latest discussion posted
  • Added mobile menu to recent videos pages
  • Adds "mine" and "replies" filters to query pages that work with current filters for extra sorting options.
  • Adds the user join date and signature line to query forums, Trope launch pad, Discussions and reviews as well as their replies.
  • Adds text option for user join date chosen in your profile. add more options here
  • Sets the relationship status to "NULL" for the "-not set" option so it actually stops it from showing in the forums
  • You can no longer like your own queries
  • Fixed delete button being covered in avatar gallery

     Release: July 17, 2023 
Kory:
  • For Edit History, edit reasons on the bottom will only show when the edit is greater than 600 pixels
  • Removed duplicate Report Bug button in mobile dropdown
  • Fixed unsaved changes warning popping up for TLP, Query and Discussion edit screens.
  • Removed 3 bulletin limit

     Release: July 5, 2023 

Kory:

  • increases upload image size to 5mb and max-width to 1000px
  • Edit reason on edit history duplicated on the top for convenience. I will make only one edit reason appear for smaller edits in a future update. Wish, Wish, Wish
  • Fixes missing buttons on mobile dropdown. Buttons that were in the "more" dropdown weren't being pushed to mobile dropdowns. Wish, Wish
  • Adds “Mod tools” “page type tool” and “bulletins” from sidebar to bottom of page in mobile view.  Wish
  • Adds post number back to just the main forums. Wish
  • Changes the TLP flag icon to a bookmark + adds tooltips of "Show bookmarks" and "bookmark”. Wish
  • Adds unsaved changes warning to various input fields when leaving the page (editing a page, sending pm, new discussions, new trope drafts, forum posts, editing a trope draft, posting a to do list, editing a to do, posting a new query and their replies).
  • adds "back to profile" button on avatar page.
  • adds title tooltips to the upload image and view avatar gallery buttons on your profile.
  • Adds link to directory thread on Ask The Tropers.
  • Removes synopsis page type. Wish
  • Added all “moments” as options in “Create New" dropdown. Wish
  • Fixes wording mistake in wishlist header.
  • Adds link to Reviews to mobile menu.
  • Put Administrivia and FAQ links on side bar under “tips” dropdown.
  • Put “tips” drop-down from sidebar under main mobile drop-down menu.
  • Fixes CSS for "posts" on the main forums. the 's' and 'ts' were being pushed to a separate line when you shrank the page and sometimes even when full screen. Wish
  • Moves changelog link in side bar and adds it to mobile menu.
  • Minor changes to Changelog page.
  • Inserts previous updates from Wiki Talk thread into changelog.
  • Fixes duplicate rows in the troper table + adds default creation date to prevent further “0000-00-00” creation dates.

     Release: May 24, 2023 
Kory:
  • Fixed wishlist and bugs pages not showing results when their statuses are set to "working" or "closed"
  • Added Link to wiki tools in sidebar under "tools" dropdown
  • Changed flagging icon of thumbs up back to flag for TLP and made button highlight when you click on it.
  • Adds wishlist to sidebar

     Release: Apr 28, 2023 
Kory:
  • Added link to your troper page through the dropdown menu.
  • The descriptions for "on the rocks" and "on the tropes" in the community showcase were swapped.
  • For IP threads that start with the Just A Face And A Caption, Suggestion, Does Not Illustrate, Duplicate Image, Changed w/o discussion, and NSFW/Image Macro thread reasons, the "save draft" button now works.
  • Allowed PM banned users to view their PM
  • The issue helper now displays previews of the notifier messages properly.
  • Added transparent backgrounds to the [tup] and [tdown] forum icons.
  • Allowed multiple cut requests to be accepted/declined at once.
  • For regular users, now the launch button on a draft appears only when it has five MORE hats than bombs (before it showed up when a draft had five or more hats).
  • Prevented edit-banned users from launching TLP drafts.
  • Wicks for disambig pages now have green text.
  • Content Violations will prompt non-logged-in users to do so.
  • CV and FAQ forums now have morgues, and locked non-stickied threads are now morgued.
  • Deleted button has been removed from crowners.
  • Disambig redirects fixed and also made green.
  • Folders in the forums that wouldn't open/close properly now fixed.

     Releases from: 2020 
  • We recently discovered that a non-US IP address was hitting us with thousands of SQL injection attempts, none of which succeeded. They did, however, put additional load on the database. This wasn't intended as a DDoS attack per se but rather an attempt to take control of the site.

  • The administrators activated additional security measures on our Cloudflare firewall that have had the unintended side-effect of causing frequent ReCAPTCHA prompts for users. We are aware of this problem and working on a resolution.

     Releases from: 2019 
Apr 10th:
  • Improvements to new user registrations and the user experience when suspended or banned. See this post for details.

Mar 21th:

  • The adblocker bug (popup message) will now appear for logged-in users after a certain threshold of page views has occurred while blocking ads.
    • You may snooze the bug for up to 7 days at a time if you have contributed to the wiki (by editing articles) recently.
  • There is now a subscription option to use TV Tropes ad-free for certain periods (monthly, yearly).
    • You can use this link to access the subscription system.
    • Subscriptions use a third-party payment facilitator called Stripe. TV Tropes does not collect or store any of your payment information. You will be rebilled at the indicated interval unless you cancel.
    • Subscriptions are linked to your account. If you change accounts, or are banned, you will lose your subscription.
    • Additional subscription options are being considered or are in development.
    • The badge advertised as a reward for subscribing appears not to be working currently.
    • To unsubscribe, send a message to "The Staff" via our contact form. Additional cancellation options are forthcoming.
  • Users who received one year of ad-free usage as a perk for contributing to the Kickstarter campaign at the 25 USD tier or higher will no longer have that perk. (The 95+ USD lifetime perk is not affected.)

Jan 25th:

  1. Fix Podcast query so newest episode appear on home page
  2. Add save option for users to select which search users want (ours or google’s)
  3. Remove backslashes from crowner descriptions
  4. Change account confirmation process so users get verification email right away then can wait for mod approval if needed
  5. Fix bomb message bug
  6. Speed up javascript even more (cuts size of code in half, adds http/2 headers to load asynchronously)
  7. If a guest hits login-protected page redirect to login form instead of giving an error
  8. Further improve new search results for articles and forum posts

Jan 10th:

  • Forum crowner styles and layouts should be back to normal, mostly.
  • Crowner voting doesn't change the icon to a weird swirly-eyed face when you click on the arrows.
  • Moderators can edit locked articles again.
  • The edit lock icon now appears and performs correctly on all views of an article, not just the primary one.
  • namespace_index.php pagination now works as expected.
  • [Moderation] Moderators can now view substantially more accounts queued for approval, so we shouldn't lose them any more.

Jan 8th:

  1. Added pagination to all namespaces.
  2. Bug fixes and messaging around editing locked pages.
  3. Title link edit bug fix in TRS/IP threads fixed.
  4. Crowner bug fixes (partial fixes deployed, additional fixes in progress)
  5. GDPR Integration.
  6. Image Pickin' typos
  7. Links at bottom of mobile page for "back" and "top"

     Releases from: 2018 

== KLINT ==
1. Fixed article image max-widths for good this time, hopefully (350px max width)
2. Passwords are no longer displayed in plain text, after successfully being changed from profile page
3. Fixed username links on Cut Requests page
4. Users can now delete liveblog comments
5. Starting a new forum thread will now apply forum markup correctly
6. Fixed word-wrapping for long text links (no longer break to a new line)
7. Fixed edit functionality for posts in discussion threads
8. Fixed double posting issue on query pages for certain tropers (shoutout to instanityprelude)
9. Fixed “save draft” functionality in forums (now saves the whole post, instead of up to the first line-break) (also will now delete the saved post after successfully posting)
10. Fixed spacing around featured trope images on homepage
11. Tuned up WMG Headings style
== END: KLINT ==

== KLAYTEN ==
1. The "Alternate Title(s)" section on the individual trope page no longer touches the ad on mobile.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou
2. The infinite scroll feature on the browse page is active again.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/browse.php
3. There is now a space between "On Topic Conversations." and "You".
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/createconversation.php?topic=85yve01xv34d73ppv15ghva4
4. Small typo of "Ineligable" instead of "Ineligible".
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/mods.php?a=Main.YesPrettyCure5
5. "Television" link under "Media" tab on side bar now links to "https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Television" instead of "https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Television". https://tvtropes.org/
6. Font size for "Latest Trope Edits", "Latest Forum Activity", and "Launch Pad Activity" is now larger on the home page for mobile.
https://tvtropes.org/
7. We hid the comic viewer on the main page until we finish the replacement.
https://tvtropes.org/
8. Now only Tropes will appear on the home page under "Newest Trope".
https://tvtropes.org/
9. For Google Analytics, we split the categories for guests versus members so we can track who visits our site the most.
No Link.
== END: KLAYTEN ==

== RICHARD ==
1. Fixed last modified date that was previously showing much longer times than there actually was since the last time an article was modified. Previously said, "11 years ago" as the last modified date : https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OutOfFocus
2. Got rid of bloated 3rd party adblock message and created our own to alert non-members when their adblock is on. To test, visit any two pages, while not logged in with your adblocker on.
== END: RICHARD ==

== CHRIS ==
1. Enable caching system for server - If you are NOT logged-in you'll receive a cached page from the server which can be as old as 3 minutes old. Unless you submit a form then it will bypass the caching system. This should greatly reduce the server load so it doesn't have to dynamically build the page for every pageview millions of times per day. The future versions should cache trope/forum pages for everyone and then rebuild it only when something changes.
2. Remove unused pixels (ie: comscore, retargeting, etc.)
== END: CHRIS ==

== TOM ==
1. Fixed 'Avatar sharing bug' where users were able to share avatars with other users that did not have the 'avatar sharing' feature enabled in their account.
2. Re-enabled the 'Main' namespace in https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php and paginated the results.
3. Redirect pages can now be edited without an error being displayed.
4. Protection against cross-site scripting like this: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/%22%3E%3Cbody_____onload_=___alert%28%27xss%27%29%3E
5. Setup new email account to contact Moderators and made changes to the 'Contact Us' form to support it. 6. Cutting a page no longer deletes links to it's related pages.
7. Fixed errors in the error log and slow query log.
8. removal of all anti-vandalism page-locking code.
== END TOM ==

     Current & Future Dev Projects: 
Kory: Complete (awaiting review)

  • Added the Preview button, image upload button, Markup Help and emoji bar to the TLP, Discussion pages, Query forums, and Reviews. Also fixed the folders not opening in previews. Wish 1, Wish 2, Wish 3, Wish 4
  • Badge shop redesign and making all badges except awards free to add. Wish
  • Your Badges, signature line and account join date will appear on all comments in the TLP, Query forums, Discussion pages and Reviews. Signatures will be able to use markup and emojis.
  • Revamped the Troper page to show your badges, avatar, title, signature, site usage stats and adding an activity drop-down with links from wiki tools.
In Development:

Edited by kory on Mar 21st 2024 at 1:11:16 AM

WolfThunder Before the storm closes in, the wolf howls at th Since: Jun, 2013
Before the storm closes in, the wolf howls at th
#2: Sep 20th 2018 at 7:20:41 PM

I want to report to bugs I'm experiencing;

  1. ) Two forums on my Followed Threads list have disappeared after I clicked on them, and now I'm afraid to click on anymore of the threads there on the chance that they'll disappear.

  2. ) The forums themselves don't change when I put a new post in them. They won't shift to higher up on their respective Forum list, and they won't even change from grey to blue.

The storm has now resided, the wolf now rests.
GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#3: Sep 20th 2018 at 7:35:14 PM

I am having the same problems as WolfThunder above me. Clearly, something is wrong with how the forums are working at the moment.

Edited by GameGuruGG on Sep 20th 2018 at 9:35:02 AM

Wizard Needs Food Badly
HeraldAlberich from Ohio (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#4: Sep 20th 2018 at 7:36:32 PM

Thank you for this thread. Having this will be very helpful, I'm sure. I recommend it be stickied.

Fighteer MOD Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#5: Sep 20th 2018 at 7:38:17 PM

Thread is pinned. We've seen the issues with forum threads and will get them fixed as soon as possible.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
NesClassic Inheritor of the Wing from Flyover Country Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: In another castle
Inheritor of the Wing
#6: Sep 20th 2018 at 7:48:49 PM

I'm sure this has been noticed by y'all but it's probably worth noting anyways- Night Mode's borked for the forum now, showing dark grey text on a darker grey background for posts (and highlighted posts aren't visible in the slightest.)

🏳️‍⚧️she/her | Vio Rhyse Alberia
Silentedge89 Optimistic Cynic Since: Apr, 2012
Optimistic Cynic
#7: Sep 20th 2018 at 10:09:23 PM

I'm having the same problem as Nes Classic is. I also wanted to take the time to screen cap it because I know the staff like having visuals to corroborate with bug reports.

https://gyazo.com/d82aed6fd6146e78a1c75075feeed610

Edited by Silentedge89 on Sep 20th 2018 at 12:11:47 PM

WarJay77 Bonnie's Artistic Cousin from The Void (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Bonnie's Artistic Cousin
#8: Sep 20th 2018 at 10:42:50 PM

^ ^^ Same problem, also on the Query pages and the Launch pad.

Current Project: The Team
SeptimusHeap MOD from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
ElfenLiedFan90 Me in a nutshell (Coping with Depression) from Jakarta,Indonesia Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Me in a nutshell (Coping with Depression)
#10: Sep 20th 2018 at 11:28:29 PM

Alright. So since one of the mods ask me to use this thread to report some bugs. I want to say this:

Is it me or is the threads in Projects Long Term Prepetual kind of glitching? Case in point: I can't see Complete Monster Cleanup or Magnificent Bastard Cleanup thread in the Followed Thread Section despite being pinned by me and the number of posts stay dormant despite new posts from some users?

Edited by ElfenLiedFan90 on Sep 21st 2018 at 1:31:59 AM

"Making screw-ups and mistakes was I ever really good at. Because everything I touch went to hell."
Piterpicher Veteran Editor IV from Poland, for real (Series 2) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Veteran Editor IV
#11: Sep 21st 2018 at 12:45:11 AM

Alright. I very much appreciate the fixing and paginating of the Main namespace index (located at https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Main). However, there are some things I'd like to point out.

First, the Main namespace index isn't the only one that should get paginated. The YMMV namespace index, for example, also has over 40000 pages and weighs around 8 MB according to a page size checker, which is a lot. And if you looked at the article count you'd see there are at least 23 namespaces with over 5000 pages, also pretty uncomfortable. Really, all namespace indexes should have pagination now.

Second, the new Main namespace index doesn't work too well either. The amount of pages seems to be odd. The list of articles ends on page 43, then there's a bunch of empty pages. The button that goes to the last page takes you to the ridiculous page 58787 (maybe even farther, I'm not sure if more articles were created that would let you go to an even bigger number).

Finally, going to the next pages of the Main namespace index is really uncomfortable. See the links on Trivia.Wiki Sandbox. You can't really click on a link to it or next pages (or the last page button on it), otherwise it just gives you the old "The Main namespace is too big to display." message, but if you type out the URL manually it'll let you go there normally. Clicking buttons to go the next page works, but if you type out the URL manually to a next page, https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Main&page=20 for example, you'll once again get the "The Main namespace is too big to display." message and after doing that, even manually typing the URL of https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Main will give you the "too big" message. You need to start a new browsing session to be able to read the Main namespace index again.

I'm using a 2017 Lenovo laptop with Windows 10 as the operating system and Microsoft Edge as the browser, but I don't think this glitch is specific to my device. I hope that these bugs are fixed, and I thank you for all the continued work you do.

Edited by Piterpicher on Sep 21st 2018 at 10:40:58 AM

Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods of Incremental)
alnair20aug93 🍊orange fursona🧡 from Furrypines (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
🍊orange fursona🧡
#12: Sep 21st 2018 at 7:36:07 AM

I'm leaving this query on whether the TLP History be fixed, specifically the "Replies to Active YKTTW's"? We couldn't find and/or remember any drafts that we participated in.

ᜇᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔|I DO COMMISSIONS|ᜇᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔
JRads47 Me Listening to You RN from Emperor Palpatine Surgical Reconstruction Center Since: Dec, 2014
Me Listening to You RN
#13: Sep 21st 2018 at 10:11:27 AM

My thread post history seems to be locked, ie it stopped updating since yesterday.

LizardOfAus Toa of Anarchy from an Island Kingdom Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
Toa of Anarchy
#14: Sep 21st 2018 at 12:41:30 PM

Posting here to second Game Guru's concern. The same thread he follows has vanished from my watchlist, and won't reappear even after unfollowing and following again.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#15: Sep 21st 2018 at 1:26:37 PM

A new glitch I just encountered, is the system skipping whole pages of post when I go back a page or make a post myself.

TairaMai rollin' on dubs from El Paso Tx Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Mu
rollin' on dubs
#16: Sep 21st 2018 at 1:44:58 PM

W Hat happened to the Night Vision mode? The text is a dark gray on black now, almost unreadable.

All night at the computer, cuz people ain't that great. I keep to myself so I won't be a case on The First 48
Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#17: Sep 21st 2018 at 1:53:57 PM

Would like to confirm my posts are being eaten and trapped on nonexistent pages

Edited by Raidouthe21st on Sep 21st 2018 at 4:53:41 AM

We Are Our Avatars Forever (Now on Discord by invitation, PM)
Demetrios Lord of the Jungle from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
Lord of the Jungle
#18: Sep 21st 2018 at 2:24:53 PM

So are mine. So far, the only thread that's still working right for me is the Trash Heap.

Heaven is a tropical rainforest.
itcdr Since: Aug, 2014
#19: Sep 21st 2018 at 2:52:40 PM

Thanks for reporting the bugs. We just pushed a hotfix release live for the following:

Release: Sep 21st, 2018 5:44pm EST
== KLINT ==
1. Repaired a few night vision issues in the forums (text was illegible, visited thread links would stay blue)
2. Removed the mysterious number showing up at the end of query page replies
== END: KLINT ==

== TOM ==
1.Fix for thread bugs (thread watchlist not updating, watched threads disappearing and threads not bumping).
2.Pagination of threads fixed. (if a thread is missing the "next" button on the 2nd to the last page adding a new post will fix it now)
== END TOM == \\

rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (USA) (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#20: Sep 21st 2018 at 3:39:35 PM

It seems like for some threads they'll only appear on the watched thread list again if someone posts in them.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
Beed28 Since: Dec, 2011
#22: Sep 21st 2018 at 4:37:45 PM

Spoiler text seems to be broken for me; potholes are now showing up through them regardless.

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WarJay77 Bonnie's Artistic Cousin from The Void (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Bonnie's Artistic Cousin
#23: Sep 21st 2018 at 5:11:16 PM

Night vision is looking better, but TLP drafts are still in gray text.

Current Project: The Team
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (USA) (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#24: Sep 21st 2018 at 6:41:33 PM

It seems like that's fixed now.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
TairaMai rollin' on dubs from El Paso Tx Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Mu
rollin' on dubs
#25: Sep 21st 2018 at 9:01:02 PM

Thank you your fixing the night vision bug.

I'm sorry but black text on a white background hurts from a monitor.

All night at the computer, cuz people ain't that great. I keep to myself so I won't be a case on The First 48

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