Soon Jappleng will be seeing major changes, it may be as early
as the end of next week (First week of November) or the second week
at the latest. The changes are significant and are an accumulation
of community feedback and what I believe is going to be real fun.
New Logos
Each section has its own logo and each logo has been revised.
Below is a list of Old logos vs New. Most logos are included.
Entirely New Design
Every nook and cranny of Jappleng has been redesigned which
also provides an entirely new feeling to using the website. The
preview of the new site would require a lot of screenshots and some
portions are still incomplete as of writing this post. However, it
is safe to say that it looks phenomenally much better and refined,
and navigating through the website is no longer a confusing
mess.
Support is included for 4K, 2K, HD, and mobile devices. Non-HD
monitors will default to mobile.
Navigation Bar 2.0
The new navigation bar (found at the top of the site) is
easier to understand, has immediate access to the Chat, search, and
Notifications and there is now a quick slot menu which you can
customize what pages go there (up to 5). You can extend or retract
this and the setting is saved wherever you browse so you can keep
it open or open it whenever you feel like it. Clicking on your
avatar will bring up Dashboard 2.0 which will soon be
explained.
The new search bar contains search suggestions based on what
you are typing and what results may be found. Your level is always
shown next to your avatar as well as your online status around
it.
Dashboard 2.0
The old Dashboard is gone. You won't be able to access it via
the /dashboard url as it has been replaced with a full-screen
overlay. It dramatically changes the feel and usability of the
website. In the new Dashboard you have immediate access to all of
the Jappleng currencies you've collected, your level, XP,
progression and quick links to different sections using a
netflix-style menu.
The new Dashboard also has a TV at the top-right which is
currently using your avatar as a placeholder for future use,
however it is possible to replace it with an embed of a twitch
stream, youtube video, your photo gallery as a slideshow,
etc...
With addition to this, you can change your online status to
Available, Away, Busy (DND), Offline (Invisible). Your friend list
is located on the right panel which gives you quick access to see
who's online and who's not. Being invisible will make you appear
offline to others but you'll still be able to communicate with
people as you would expect. Clicking on a user will permit you to
perform various actions as well including DMing them.
There are embedded features from within the new dashboard such
as the new IMChat is part of this overlay, notifications, the
Calendar and events system, games and possibly more in the
future.
Calendar and Events 2.0
The new calendar and events system is included as part of
Dashboard 2.0. The layout is no longer like Outlook meaning you can
understand what is going on a lot better. The calendar follows you
on the drawer menu (right menu) found on the main site wherever you
go that may require it. Meaning you do not need to open Dashboard
2.0 every time you want to see your calendar.
J-Spot Revised
Every part of J-Spot has been revised which means it looks
better, feels better and works better. The bugs that plagued it is
gone including the oddities of posts loading incorrectly. It has
been polished to where it works the way it should.
- All J-Spot features that were labeled as "Coming soon" has been
completed.
- All issues relating to the user gallery has been resolved
- All issues regarding posting and replying to threads has been
resolved
- All view count, reply count, etc... has been resolved
- All issues relating to posts not loading or infinitely loading
incorrectly has been resolved
- All display related issues has been resolved
- New features added which will soon be explained.
Jappleng Editor 2.0
The visual editor has been remade from scratch and is now a
beautifully functioning editor. Presently I have not encountered
any publishing bugs unlike the current editor. The new editor also
allows embedding Twitch streams, youtube videos, images and
converts them automatically form the URL.
The parser works as it should and no longer displays broken
HTML under certain conditions. Tagging people has been removed to
prevent abuse and topic tags are no longer a thing because the
Jappleng search engine figures it all out on its own. A bigger list
of Kaomoji has been added.
Embedding stickers is now a thing too!
New Feature: Stickers
Currently, the sticker album is just for collection but what
if I were to say you could use those stickers in your posts? Yes,
in this update you will be able to use the stickers you unlock in
new threads, replies, and in the Chat. Once you unlock a sticker,
you can keep using it forever!
To unlock new stickers you will either need to purchase them
in the [Market · Unlockables] or complete an achievement task. Some
stickers are event-specific. Make sure you collect your J-Coins by
posting around the site and being active. Some stickers use
J-Coins, some use event specific currency.
What do they do other than look nice? When you embed a
sticker, it will randomize what happens when you click on it. Each
sticker does something different. Some are just quotes, but others
serve a more practical purpose like the magic 8-ball or dice. The
result is always the same after publishing and is randomized once
published.
New Feature: Avatar Covers
Avatar covers are glamour for your avatar. They are a border
of different colors or animations. They are available in the
[Market · Unlockables], event rewards and by completing Achievement
tasks.
New Feature: Banner Covers
Banner covers are meant to be used for the friend list and
participant lists. They are backgrounds where your username is
displayed and your online status if available. They may be unlocked
by the typical methods.
New Feature: Items & Boosters
Unique items and boosters will soon be a thing and is already
completed in the Beta build. They provide users with temporary or
permanent abilities to gain XP, Coins etc... More information about
these will be made available later.
The New IMChat
Jappleng Chat, also known as IMChat will now be available in
Dashboard 2.0. Everything about it has been improved and the
missing / incomplete features have been implemented.
Because it is now part of Dashboard 2.0, you can have access
to your friends list to send them whispers, DMs and a chat invite
to the channel you are in, if you have permission to do so.
Stickers, stream embedding and other new features have been added.
Additionally, chat themes have been added.
New Feature: Chat Themes
You will be able to unlock chat themes where you can change
how you view the chat or host the chat by default. For example, a
club can unlock a chat theme for their club. Chat themes contain a
background which may or may not be animated such as the night sky
Chat theme. More details will be revealed at a later time.
New Feature: Block User
You will be able to block certain users from posting on your
threads or sending you chat invites. Blocked users also will not be
able to bypass any feature and send you e-mail notifications if you
have those enabled. Presently blocked users can still have their
posts shown, however this will change in the future.
New Feature: Anti-Spam Measures
Jappleng 2.0 has anti-spam features that will reduce or
completely eliminate spam in its tracks. It first blocks bad actors
from a publicly managed database. If they pass that and they aren't
already banned from our system, then there are anti-bot measures
put in place in the software itself. Registering an account remains
easy but there will be a need to verify the e-mail address.
Additionally, all users are limited to how fast they can post new
threads and replies. This limit changes based on their reputation
level over time. Users that trigger this enough times will
automatically be reported to the moderator team for review. Further
improvements will be made in the future, however there shouldn't
much of an issue.
