Wednesday, February 5, 2014

User Images and Page Changes + Other Fixes

User Images

We made a change to user images (venue and band images, too) to include an icon as well as a cover photo (formerly known as the hero). We did our best to migrate the default image that had been showing as the user icon for Tastemaker votes across the site to the icon space. If you notice any differences with icon images, this update would be the cause, but you can re-upload the appropriate icon in your "Manage photos" modal.

We also made a fix so that when users on the front-end of the site update their image, it updates as their cover photo.

User Pages

You can now page through your followed artists without seeing dupes. And you won't see a "Follow" button for your artists because you are already following them!

Other Fixes


  • *Merging events no longer risks creating broken links but forwards the merged event to the proper event page.
  • *We were automatically optimizing photos, but this made graphic images look not great. So we removed this feature and images that you upload will appear on the site exactly the same as the original image.
  • *We reduced the font size of event cards in map view because, as we've learned, bigger is not always better.
  • *The end date for events that end on the start date do not show. End times DO!



Wednesday, February 5, 2014

User Images and Page Changes + Other Fixes

User Images

We made a change to user images (venue and band images, too) to include an icon as well as a cover photo (formerly known as the hero). We did our best to migrate the default image that had been showing as the user icon for Tastemaker votes across the site to the icon space. If you notice any differences with icon images, this update would be the cause, but you can re-upload the appropriate icon in your "Manage photos" modal.

We also made a fix so that when users on the front-end of the site update their image, it updates as their cover photo.

User Pages

You can now page through your followed artists without seeing dupes. And you won't see a "Follow" button for your artists because you are already following them!

Other Fixes


  • *Merging events no longer risks creating broken links but forwards the merged event to the proper event page.
  • *We were automatically optimizing photos, but this made graphic images look not great. So we removed this feature and images that you upload will appear on the site exactly the same as the original image.
  • *We reduced the font size of event cards in map view because, as we've learned, bigger is not always better.
  • *The end date for events that end on the start date do not show. End times DO!