Technical Updates: November 4, 2022
Hey everyone!
Check out the latest Technical Updates since October 28, 2022. We’ll continue to update the editor community on bug fixes and product development updates on a bi-weekly basis!
- 1 Notable Changes:
- 2 Known Issues:
- 2.1 Interactive Maps
- 2.2 Mobile Editor
- 3 Development Updates:
- 3.1 Mobile Theming
- 3.2 Discussions Moderation
- 3.3 Mobile Editing
- We’ve improved the 2017 source editor so it doesn't scroll as you add lines. The scrollbar will stay fixed at the bottom when you add content at the end of the editor. For the 2010 editor, the fix is in code review and should be released soon.
- We’re launching something special next week! This feature will be an opportunity for fans to enjoy their favorite fandoms. Stay tuned for updates!
The following are known …
Special Technical Updates: October 28, 2022
Happy Friday!
I know, I know - Technical Updates are supposed to be every other Friday, and we just did one a week ago, so what gives? Well, we decided to do one today because earlier this week, mobile theming became available to admins to begin opting in to. That means that they can now apply their wiki’s desktop theme to mobile. That’s a big deal! We promised we’d build mobile theming capabilities at Community Connect back in May, and we’re thrilled to make good on that and provide that option.
So the bug-related section of this blog will be specifically about mobile theming, what the community caught as bugs, and what we’ve been fixing and will be fixing. We’ll have our regular, broader bug updates next week, but this week we’ll also give…
Technical Updates: October 21, 2022
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Check out the latest Technical Updates since October 7, 2022. We’ll continue to update the editor community on bug fixes and product development updates on a bi-weekly basis!
- 1 Notable Changes:
- 1.1 Link Suggest
- 1.2 Other
- 2 Known Issues:
- 2.1 Interactive Maps
- 2.2 Mobile Editor
- 3 Development Updates:
- 3.1 Mobile Theming
- 3.2 Mobile Editing
- 3.3 Discussions AbuseFilter
- 3.4 Discussions Moderation
- We received reports of the link suggest dropdown showing an empty link suggestions box when scrolling down the editor. That issue is now resolved and you can seamlessly scroll without a blank box being left behind after selecting a suggestion and when scrolling outside the editor.
- We also resolved the dropdown menu positioning in Link Suggest to ensure seamless scro…
Technical Updates: October 7, 2022
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Check out the latest Technical Updates since September 23, 2022. We’ll continue to update the editor community on bug fixes and product development updates on a bi-weekly basis!
- 1 Notable Changes:
- 2 Known Issues:
- 3 Development Updates:
- 3.1 Mobile Theming
- 3.2 Discussions AbuseFilter
- 3.3 Discussions Moderation
- The ability to partially block users - including blocking users just from posting on Discussions, which has been a long-term request - is live.
- Cases of newly created wikis were throwing 503 errors and loading blank pages. That issue has been resolved.
- Although not a bug, the current 20 character limit for Discussions categories is too low to support all naming use cases, particularly on international Discussions. Admins can now set Disc…
Technical Updates: September 23, 2022
Two weeks ago, on September 9th, you may have seen that we rebooted our Technical Update posts that contain updates on recent bug fixes and, for this new series, updates on product development initiatives like Mobile Theme Designer and Discussions moderation improvements. This is so we can consistently deliver news about improvements to the platform so our editor community remains up to date.
Check out the latest Technical Updates, below, since September 9th. We’ll continue to update you on bug fixes on a bi-weekly basis!
- 1 Notable Fixes
- 1.1 FandomMobile
- 1.2 Interactive Maps
- 1.3 Discussions AbuseFilter
- 1.4 Discussions Moderation
- In some cases on the Fandom app, and even rarer cases on mobile web, the mobile dark theme was unreadable after the introduc…
Technical Updates: September 9, 2022
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If you’ve been searching for tech updates on the blog, look no further! We’ll share notable changes on the site every other Friday. This update is meant to keep the community informed of changes from our Creator Tools team that could potentially affect you and to ensure you are aware of what’s happening on the platform. If you have questions or need any support, reach out to our help desk or send any updates you have on the respective Discord channels.
That’s right! We wanted to make sure as many editors on the platform as possible could see that we’ve relaunched our Technical Updates series. We won’t send something like this every time we post a Technical Update, but we wanted to get this one in front of as many eyes as possib…
Technical Update: October 18, 2017
Here are the latest technical updates on FANDOM. Keep in mind that our system updates happen every Tuesday and Thursday - today's notes are for tomorrow's site update. Also note that we change hundreds of tiny details every week, so these are just the highlights.
As we announced on our Monday Technical Update post, FANDOM is shifting to a four-times-a-week release strategy. This change will begin next Monday, October 23rd. Releases will now occur on: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. FANDOM does not schedule code releases on Friday to prevent any bugged releases that might affect the site over the weekend.
As a result, this blog will be discontinued. This is the final Technical Updates blog. Technical Updates will now be posted on thi…
Technical Update: October 16, 2017
Here are the latest technical updates on FANDOM. Keep in mind that our system updates happen every Tuesday and Thursday - today's notes are for tomorrow's site update. Also note that we change hundreds of tiny details every week, so these are just the highlights.
First, we'd like to announce that code releases on FANDOM will now regularly occur four times a week. This change will begin next Monday, October 23rd. This is a direct result of our experiment back in August. Internally, the experiment found we had the capacity to release code additional times per week without impacting the QA process or causing additional bugs.
Releases will now occur on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. FANDOM does not schedule code releases on Friday to …
Technical Update: October 9, 2017
Here are the latest technical updates on FANDOM. Keep in mind that our system updates happen every Tuesday and Thursday - today's notes are for tomorrow's site update. Also note that we change hundreds of tiny details every week, so these are just the highlights.
- We will fix an issue where Theme Designer incorrectly changes certain symbols in wiki names (e.g. apostrophes and ampersands).
Recent mobile app updates are listed on Apps Technical Updates, and detailed site CSS-related updates can be found at http://report.wikia.net
- Tabber will be added to Special:TagsReport. Note: tabber will only be detected on pages edited after this change goes live.
Questions? Comments? Feel free to leave them below. And if you have additional bugs to report, pl…
Technical Update: October 4, 2017
Here are the latest technical updates on FANDOM. Keep in mind that our system updates happen every Tuesday and Thursday - today's notes are for tomorrow's site update. Also note that we change hundreds of tiny details every week, so these are just the highlights.
To offer a complete mobile fan experience for FANDOM, we released the FANDOM app. It is available for iOS and Android and allows you to follow the latest news on your favorite entertainment fandoms. Wiki content and Discussions remain available via our Community apps.
Recent mobile app updates are listed on Apps Technical Updates, and detailed site CSS-related updates can be found at http://report.wikia.net
- We will fix an issue that caused Theme Designer's middle background color to …