[NEW] Article Author Names will now appear on new articles as they come in on the popups. Existing articles will not have them on.
[NEW] Labels/Categories will now appear on article popups.
[NEW] Date and Timestamps will now appear on article popups.
We have just released the latest version of STVPlus which now Version 2.
Big thanks again to our fantastic developer Tharshan who does all this in his spare time.
Note: We strongly recommend that you take a look through the detailed help file here which explains all these features and more along with screenshots.
The new release has a number of changes which you can see below in the Full Changelog. Two of the larger changes that we'd like to highlight here in this post are
Article and Information Popups
All the article links in the dashbard will now load the underlying article in a new popup. This new popup will show you the article and the comments without you having to leave the dashboard. The popups allow you to read and add comments that will appear on the corresponding article on the main SpoilerTV.com site.
Also, when you click on any of the Episode specific information such as Sneak Peeks, Promos, Press Releases and/or Promotional Photos, these will also load in the new popups.
Here are some screenshots to give you an idea. As you can see the comments appear to the right of the content to make it easier to comment what you are reading/watching.
Exclusion Filters
One of the most requested features was the ability to exclude certain article types from being displayed on the STVPlus Dashboard. For example some people may not be interested in Casting News, or Ratings etc
You now have the ability from your settings page to exclude the types or articles you don't want to see.
Full Changelog
[NEW] New faster loading popup screens have been added to the system
[NEW] All Article Links now load in new popup
[NEW] Exclusion Filters have been added to the system
[NEW] Ads added to support system costs. Ads are not displayed for logged in Users
[NEW] Calendar Episode Links open in Popup
{NEW] Article comments loaded in popup next to the article content
[NEW] Articles on Network and Show Pages all open in Popups links
[NEW} You can read and add comments directly from the Dashboard for Press Releases, Promos, Sneak Peeks and Promotional Photos
[NEW] Shows which have Facebook Pages are indicated with a new Facebook Icon
[NEW] Network pages now show a Network Logo
[NEW] Press Releases, Sneak Peek, Promos and Promotional Photo Episode Icons now open in the new style popups
[CHANGE] Updated lots of UI elements to be more consistent
[CHANGE] Logged in Users no longer see basic help texts
[CHANGE] User Settings Page has been tidied
[UPDATE] Popup boxes are now using the new Fancybox2 Library
[UPDATE] Help Documentation has been updated to include all the recent new screenshots and features
[FIX] Fixed issue with duplicate articles appearing on Dashboard
[FIX] Various minor bug fixes
[FIX] IE10 users should now be able to load the various popups
We hope you enjoy these new changes, and if you have any comments/feedback etc please either use the Feedback link on the STVPlus site or leave a comment below.
Access the new version here http://www.stvplus.com
Best Update Ever :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Tharshan and Andy for your hard work.. m going to enjoy this one :)
Thanks, glad you like it ;)
ReplyDeleteReally cool update! Thanks Andy for all your work! It's great!
ReplyDeleteI really like it too... and can you fix Da Vinci's Demons? Nothing appears about this show
ReplyDeleteI noticed a couple of things.
ReplyDelete1) An indented post is displayed without the indent in the pop-up.
2)The poster's name does not appear. I know this is not such a big thing, but I like seeing who posted the article. Also, I am sure, recappers/reviewers want their readers to see who posted the recap/review.
Thanks, we'll take a look
ReplyDeleteThanks ;)
ReplyDeleteCool.
ReplyDelete1) Yes it just displays the raw text currently
2) We'll look at adding that in the next version
And roughly, when will the next version be out, with the posters name included in the pop-up?
ReplyDeleteNo idea sorry, we normally collate a load of feedback and release it in a batch. We have a number of other task to do before then.
ReplyDeleteReally depends on how much free time our developer gets.
I don't want to commit to a date and then can;t keep it.
if you feel that you the new popups are not your thing, you can turn them off in your settings.
ReplyDeleteI quite like it however I think the homepage is too cluttered. There needs to be more space between the articles. Even when you set a low number of articles per page, they're still too closely packed.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, I noticed one more thing: The tags do not appear in the pop-up. This doesn't really matter for posts about a single, but for news regarding various shows, this helped see which shows the post is about.
ReplyDeleteI hope I am not annoying you guys (Andy and Tharshan) by pointing these things out.
Thanks for the feedback
ReplyDeleteNot at all, we love all feedback :)
ReplyDeleteHi @DarkUFO from the notification centre it's still doing the same thing for example with Vampire Diaries which has 2 sneak peeks when i click on the link from the notification centre they both link to Sneak Peek 1 even the one above it same thing with Beauty and the beast
ReplyDeleteThanks @smallville944:disqus I;ve logged it. Seems it's not fully fixed
ReplyDeleteIf the notification you are looking at is older than this release, then it will not be fixed. The issue is fixed from notifications created from this release onwards.
ReplyDeleteYes, that's true. I'd forgotten to explicitly mention that.
ReplyDeleteokay thanks i wasn't sure
ReplyDeleteI prefer to open the articles in new tabs (which is generally faster when you read a lot), so it's very inconvenient for me, that I can't do this by clicking the scroll... ;)
ReplyDeleteYou can turn off the popups in your settings.
ReplyDelete@Babar_Suhail:disqus Tags/labels should now be added
ReplyDelete@Babar_Suhail:disqus Authors name should now appear.
ReplyDeleteI see that you the poster's name is now present in the pop-ups. However, there is a problem with this; in some posts the poster's name is visible, while on others, it is just "By" followed by the date the post was made.
ReplyDeleteYes, as mentioned in the Article, only new articles since the update will have the author name populated. Older articles won't ;)
ReplyDeleteSorry, I didn't read that.
ReplyDeleteoh, thanks :)
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