Change Log
This is where you can find a list of most of the changes I've made to the website! These changes are based on feedback I get from people and what I feel needs to be done better or simply isn't working. Hopefully everyone sees these as improvements!
Sunday, May 24th 2015
- COMPLETE REDESIGN
- Added Submission System Back
- Added Facebook Page Embed Back
- Added Sidebar Back
- Added Statistics Back
- Removed Junk
- Removed Reddit Button
- Removed Pintrest
- Removed Ajax Pagination
- Even More Responsive
- Backend Changes
- Fixed Errors
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Friday, October 10th 2014
- COMPLETE REDESIGN
- Removed Favorites
- Removed Ranks
- Removed User System
- Removed Night Mode (For Now)
- Added Nav Links Back In
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Sunday, August 18th 2013
- COMPLETE REDESIGN
- Attempted to comply with responsive design - Site optimized for 1280 x 768 and up
- Re-indexed the database - Removed a lot of junk from spam bots but also meant IDs were regenerated which forced me to change links from hey-look to omg-squee. Old links will still work but they will get a 301 redirect message!
- Removed Twitter Button - This wasn't really used.
- Removed Stumbleupon Button - This wasn't really used.
- Removed Facebook Feed - Took up too much room.
- Fixed Facebook Buttons - Apparently they've been broke this WHOLE time.
- Fixed Backend Issues
- Fixed Admin Panel Issues
- Fixed Registration Page
- Re-worked Upload/Submissions
- Re-added tagging
- Added Tag Search
- Added New Camera Shy Image
- Added Up/Down Vote Buttons
- Added Favorite Button - To keep track of posts you like
- Added Night Mode
Using jQuery probably would have made things sooooo much easier. Still a ton more work to do but so little time!
Tuesday, May 29th 2012
- Redesigned Submission Roll - Added back in the description but only shown via click down instead of mouse-over
- Redesigned Viewing Page - Wider is better!
- Rewrote About OMGS Page
- Removed Traces of Comment System
- Removed Unused Social Buttons
- Added Random Link - Pulls random submission.
- Added Submitter Link - Allows you to pull all submissions by that person
- Added Legal Link - I need to write this.
Website is maybe 50% overhauled! A lot of work still needs to be done to the submissions system, members panel and admin panel. I hope these changes make things "simpler" instead of more complicated. Also need to put in the print buying system.
Sunday, April 29th 2012
- Added Facebook News Feed to Sidebar
- Reworked Submissions/Uploads - Still Undergoing
- Removed Aww Cute Reddit Button - This wasn't really used.
- Removed Tumblr Button - This wasn't really used.
- Removed Digg Button - This wasn't really used.
- Removed Comments - This wasn't really used. Will probably replace it
- Removed News & Blog - I am too busy to keep it up and using the Facebook wall was easier!
I need to organize myself better. Ideally I want to update daily and at a set time. I was thinking Sunday Squirrel Round-Ups would be every Sunday at 5AM CST.
Sunday, February 26th 2012
- Added News & Blog Page
- Added Social Buttons to Win Something pages
- Changed design a bit
- Changed the side bar to be wider
- Changed the main images to be smaller
- Changed the Facebook buttons in the view pages to the XFBML version
- Changed a ton of things in the admin panel
- Changed the "Winning" to Win Something and the way it works
- Moved the logo from floating over things to be in the side bar
- Moved the majority of links/embed codes to view page for each submission
- Removed Facebook Video embed - No one was using it and it was creating a headache
- Removed all the social links and description from the front page to make things load faster and make the pictures/videos more prominent
I'm unsure if the javascript that displays the title and info will work in mobile devices which means I'll eventually need to re-make the mobile version of the website! I should also get to making that RSS feed. I have most of it done but meh.
Thursday, January 19th 2012
- Added Digg Button
- Added r/Squirrels Reddit button
- Added Pintrest Button
- Added Tumblr Button
- Re-designed Button Placement
- Removed "shield" so photos/video can be scrapped easier
- Switched YouTube Embed to Apple friendly!
- Fixed a bug where pages left were miscalulated! Thank you ceil();!
- Put a temporary fix for detecting onkeydown in FF9 which is broke but will be fixed in FF10.
As much as I hate Apple I'll probably need to seriously look at making things Apple happy. Sigh.
Wednesday, December 28th 2011
- Added Stumble Upon button back
- Added Reddit button
- Added Large Size embed code
- Added "Winning" GFX
- Placed embed codes in pop-up box
- Re-designed Bottom Bar
- Re-designed Maintenance Page
Thanks to the people who helped fix the Facebook like confirmation fiasco! Hopefully I can increase activity on the website with my latest efforts!
Thursday, December 15th 2011
- MAJOR over-haul of design to be more blog-like
- Made it so each approved submissions DOES NOT automatically get tweeted
- Moved facebook/twitter buttons back underneath each submission
- Moved social links back from the top to the new side bar
- Added new side bar that displays latest Flickr submissions, the latest Sunday Squirrel Round-Up top pick and ad space, will probably display more when I think it up.
- Added the "Winning" page for giveaways/contests/ads etc.
- Added the BBCode/HTML code boxes back in
- Added a new "medium" size to fit the smaller front roll while the view pages maintain the large 900px wide image
- Added a traditional registration page instead of the drop down lightbox crap
- Changed the front roll significantly and added user avatars to each submission info
- Changed the top navigation and removed the filter drop down
- Changed the way submissions worked
- Changed the submissions system's code to make it work better
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Changed the URL for the viewing pages
(which broke Facebook likes because I forgot to change the opengraph tags when testing them out, which means people have to CONFIRM their likes for now until Facebook deems I'm not some "Like Jacker" WTF, ugh) - Changed the way photos can be embedded externally
- Removed Stumble Upon badge for each submission
- Removed a lot of dumb code
- Removed mobile website, for now. Will probably overhaul when I find time.
- Removed info page and moved most of the stuff in there to the side bar
- Updated About OMGS page
- Updated the Admin page to actually be functional
I need to learn how to twitter more efficiently! Also hopefully Facebook figures out I'm not "ClickJacking", of course it wouldn't have happened if I had not changed the URLs for the view pages but I needed to make them more friendly!
Friday, November 4th 2011
- Made this page
- Made it so each approved submissions automatically get tweeted
- Made a website down/construction landing page so I can do work without people seeing a broken website
- Moved social links to the top navigation from the right hand side of the front roll
- Changed the filter links to a filter drop down to accommodate the social links in the top navigation
- Changed the way submissions worked instead of being in a drop down lightbox, it is now a page
- Changed the submissions system to allow people to submit anonymously which will then be attributed to "Random Stranger"
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Changed the Sunday Squirrel Submission/Top Picks to
Top Flickr SubmissionsSunday Squirrel Round-Up - Added the Facebook & Twitter buttons to the right hand side of each submission on the front roll
- Added Stumble Upon badge for each submission
- Added a favicon for the website
- Moved the discuss/source/edit buttons to the right hand side menu
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Stopped being lazyFixed the code where users were forced to only upload .jpgs. Now all image types may be uploaded including transparent pngs. -
Stopped being lazyFixed the code where video submissions did not have Facebook like buttons -
Stopped being lazyFixed the CSS of the top navigation which made the mini-info bar push down the page elements and was too small to display info.
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