AniDB:Changelog

This is a changelog of AniDB (newest first):

2005

29.10.2005

newlines allowed in review comments
mod only changes

11.09.2005

mydb entries extended
mod only changes

21.08.2005

different types of specials
option to hide parody eps via profile setting
allow longer search strings
minor changes

17.07.2005

added synonyms to company listing page
made urls & animenfo link clickable in anime creqs
max resolution set to 1920x1080
mod only: blacklist feature
bug fixes

02.07.2005

introduced the concept of "abstract" categories, categories marked as such by mods can no longer be added to animes, i.e. ('Genre' or 'Setting::Place').
file add dialog does no longer load entire group list as dropdown
creq comment box size increased
search field now usable for users searches while userlist is shown
added new aomverified flag for files, set to "yes" once aom creqed the file (i'll work something out with petriw in order to get all the old files updated too)
new anime<->group state finished, if a group subbed the last ep of an anime
latest files and latest animes renamed
mod only: date of last change shown for each creq
mod only: animes with current+ year info are shown seperatly in lame noair/enddate listings
mod only: merging a normal file (slave) into a generic file (master). mylist filestate is set to filler for all affected users
mod only: moving and deleting of generic files possible
minor changes/fixes

30.06.2005

normal users can now add categories to animes
changes are shown under latest files -> categories
mod logging features

26.06.2005

new template xml-xslt added
possible mylist file states changed to unknown/on hdd/on cd/deleted
anime view updated accordingly
in some places this might lead to screwed up stats & co, feel free to report new random features in the forum

12.06.2005

changed a lot of links to point to the wiki instead of the forum
added new mod-only take ownership command

08.05.2005

new mass edit page for anime<->category relations
categories sorted on animecategory page
caching of category names disabled for admin interface

07.05.2005

first version of new category system (will replace genres at some point)
delete all system messages link in my messages
audio/sub language norwegian
more company<->anime relation types

17.04.2005

first version of custom css support

11.04.2005

producers have been generalised to companies
shortname, synonyms and type have been added for companies
a type has been added for anime<->company relations, currently only displayed in a tooltip on the animepage
minor bugfixes

10.04.2005

new producer handling, producers are now handled more like groups/genres. for now the old producer data is still displayed on the anime page in () I'll look into possible ways to convert the existing producer data someday.
a couple of bug fixes

04.04.2005

image on group page
caching on group page
profile option to hide award images on anime page

02.04.2005

.5 anime votes are now possible (enable via profile setting)
lame db entries page split into subpages (mod only)
some bug fixes

09.03.2005

a lot of additional caching added
- notify/message popup only checked once every 60 seconds
- anime titles on animelist page cached
- eps on anime page cached
- new-file status for eps on anime page cached

this has probably introduced new bugs. especially together with chi or the api. (expect to see new types of out of sync issues)

07.03.2005

minor bug fixes
minor changes

11.02.2005

new version of anidb hint by egg
some minor bug fixes

30.01.2005

added aggressive caching to the anime page

29.01.2005

new caching system, this is very likely to cause new random features, so please report any strange changes!
minor changes fixes

23.01.2005

the anime page's group info field now highlights own groups
creq notify messages now contain a link to the full creq
new max length for kanji/romaji ep titles (1000/250 chars)
allow normal users to see old creqs (without userinfo)
better creq navigation for mods
fixed problem with dates <1970 for files and eps
minor fixes

2004

18.12.2004

added unknown/censored/uncensored flag for files
added first version of links page
mylist now allows mass changes of filestate
minor changes

Mod Only:

finished userinfo page
linked to userinfo page from all over anidb
changed creq history view to reuse the normal creq display code

Older Changes:

updated html-anidbstyle theme
updated html-cleancut theme
updated html-lightblue theme

01.12.2004

recent review votes overview on myreviews page
own review comments can be viewed
mods can manually add generic files to eps
some mylist reports do no longer list generic files
minor stuff

28.11.2004

first version of new review voting system
more mylist reports
minor bug fixes

26.11.2004

updated the anidb forum to phpbb 2.0.11

21.11.2004

new dedicated login page (via * link in the login area) where the keep cookie option can be selected
disabling the notify popup in the profile section now only disabled the popup and leaves notifications and the link in the login area enabled.
new mod only creq features
some internal changes

14.11.2004

ed2k_dump now has an identify only mode
ed2k_dump now shows anidb filenames
file edit notifications are no longer send to users who only changed a file via AoM auto-creqs
file edit notifications can now be enabled/disabled seperatly for files one owns and files one editied.
more info in edit notification messages

12.11.2004

mylist does now use the prefered language for episode titles
mylist does now show the aired date of eps, if available
rss feed contains more info, more files and is linked in the anidb header
users are now notified about changes to files they own or edited in the past
internal creq changes

19.10.2004

added new "length" data value for files (aom 0.6 will auto creq those)
some modifications to the notification history
fixed two bugs introduced with the last update which made adding files or registering as a new user impossibe in some cases

18.10.2004

first version of notification history: myplace -> mynotifies -> show history
internal db-related changes (might cause new random features)

15.10.2004

a currently pending creq is now displayed together with an error message if you try to edit an entry which has a creq pending
new mod only bulk message feature
new versions of the html-anidbstyle and html-cleancut export template

13.10.2004

new version of anime hint feature
first version of mylist report page
some internal changes

older but not yet listed here:

some generic files fixes
new versions of mylist export themes html-anidbstyle, html-cleancut, html-lightblue
new audio and sub languages
mylist filestate icons added
some minor changes

25.08.2004

performance improvements for anime hint (by egg)
whishlist/blacklist integration for anime hint (by egg)
new filestate for mylist entries (options depend on type of file normal/generic)
language for ep titles choosable via profile settings
xkeepoldcookie option to prevent the remember password option from invalidating all other autologin cookies, see: http://www.anidb.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2316
first implementation of generic files, for now they are added only for new eps, once all bugs have been taken out they will automatically be added to all already existing eps too. generic files are shown on a white background and have a size of 0 bytes. it's very likely that they break some parts of anidb, so happy bug hunting :P
profile option to hide generic files on anime view
temp. voting is now only allowed if the anime has already started airing (only if an airdate is added though)
it's now possible to unhide pending, autogenerated creqs and to revoke them
some minor changes

11.08.2004

lowlevel db changes
"minor changes only" is now checked by default when editing a review
an anime can now directly be added to a specific whislist category from the anime page
new wishlist category "blacklist" added, it has no special meaning yet, however someday animes on ones blacklist will be hidden in some views (i.e. anime hint)
access to ones wishlist can now be granted to other users
end date added for animes (date the anime finished airing)
perm. voting for an anime is now only possible if an end date has been added for the anime
new user signup/password reminder handling
autologin cookie no longer stores plaintext password
file comments are now included as image tooltips on the anime page
file extension is now by default automatically extracted from the ed2k link when adding a file to anidb
it is now possible to add english, romaji and kanji titles for episodes
max. char count for animegroup comments changed from 500 to 1000
groups which added a file within the last 24h are now always unhidden in the group info box
one can now choose to recieve notifications if a group drops an anime one is collecting in the profile settings
new latest animes page
only the owner of an anime or mods may add genres to an anime
first version of UDP API (notifications), first client will follow soon
minor changes
lots of new bugs :)

16.05.2004

ann links added for animes
warning page @ file add added if no ed2k link is given or another file with the same size is already added @ ep
note @ signup to not use hotmail or yahoo addresses as their spamfilters seem to eat a lot of anidb signup emails lately x_X
minor bug fixes

11.05.2004

it's now possible to add first aired/released dates to animes
perm. voting will revoke ones temp. vote
minor fixes

14.04.2004

files which are <=48h old will not be marked deprecated
files which are <=7d old will not be hidden even if deprecated

12.04.2004

new template SDK added
new templates added
new temporary voting added
episode based voting added
new animevotes overview page for each anime added ([graph] link @ rating)
new chii commands: !votetmp, !voteep
mayor internal changes to the voting system, might have introduced new random features, please keep your eyes open.

11.04.2004

bug fixes
add file should now always use the size from an ed2k link if one is provided.
the deprecated files handling has been changed, these files will no be automatically unidden, they're still marked as being deprecated though:
- files in mylist.
- all files with more than 50 users.
- if hiding deprecated files would only leave <= 1 files left all files will be unhidden.

27.03.2004

anime awards are now activated (not all are added yet though)
first version of mylist compare is online

25.03.2004

new profile option to hide other titles in anime list
new profile option to select prefered title type in mylist
first version of "deprecated files" feature: files which match the following criteria are marked deprecated and will be displayed in grey (or even hidden if the profile option is set).
- the ep has >=50 users and the file has <=3 and is not marked crc checked
- the file is marked as crc incorrect
- the quality of the file is < low
- another file by the same group and in the same version exists and is crc verified while this file is not (this more or less implies that this file has a broken crc after all)
- another file by the same group and in a higher version exists and is crc verified.* minor bug fixes and changes

24.03.2004

anime awards are implemented but disabled as they cause some problems atm
there is a profile option to hide kanji titles on the animelist page (not very usefull untill all titles have been updated though)

23.03.2004

hentai warning (disable via profile setting)
raw stats updated to give an error message if queried while a stats update is in progress. (see: http://www.anidb.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=933)
new title types now also shown on anime page
more q&d workarounds to lower server load on up2date and anime hint
additional filters for anime hint
myreview page now lists own review votes when reviews of other users are displayed

17.03.2004

anime hint now only takes votes from users into account who have at least 100 files in their mylist and voted for at least 50 animes.

14.03.2004

more titles types added
strict enforcement of character encoding for anime titles

08.03.2004

it's now possible to see the status of sent anidb messages.

06.03.2004

complete rewrite of the creq code this has probably introduced many new random features.

02.03.2004

Lafiel[AR] shows more events now (#anidb-log @ irc.chatsociety.net)
the search box now searches for groups if used while on the grouplist page

01.03.2004

polish language support added
cliffhanger tag for eps removed (it was to unclear)
anime hint Q&D fixed

26.02.2004

there are now graphs for anime relations. they can be reached via the [graph] link on the anime page. see also: http://www.anidb.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6436#6436

22.02.2004

more relations (anime<->anime) added

21.02.2004

"hide unviewed" mylist filter added (requested by SilverWordz)
"hide own reviews" filter on latest reviews page
ed2kdump now lists crc info

20.02.2004

some little changes and bug fixes

30.01.2004

add/edit file and mass add now have 3 group dropdowns. one is ordered by group name, one by group short name and one lists all groups which already subbed a file for the anime.
it's now possible to revoke anime/group votes. see: anime/group vote popup
it's now possible to add comments to each anime/group entry. see: anime page
it's now possible to vote for each release by a group. meaning you can vote for each anime/group combination. the links are located on the anime page
it's now possible to add relations between groups. i.e. for a group [A&B] the groups A and B can be added as "parent" groups. see: group page

2003

0.0.58dev - 12.06.2003

anime page now also shows mylist state of files (on hdd, ...)
advanced search allows searches by ranking/reviews
mylist action dropdown has new option update which copies the selected files into the mass update form
it's now possible to see a list of reviews by a given user (via userlist or at the right side of each review)
it's now possible to see a list of all votes by a given user if he has allowed this
new profile option to allow other ppl to see your votes list (disabled for old accounts, defaults to enabled for new accounts)
new voting info/naming scheme added
bug fixes
minor changes

0.0.57dev - 07.06.2003

it's now possible to send all selected files in the anime view to an ed2k client via javascript (thanks go to PetriW for his support)
episodes now have additional flag recap (more might be added later)
reviews can now be edited by the author
old anidb links (anidb.net) are now correctly forwarded to the new server
some bug fixes
some minor changes

0.0.54dev - 01.04.2003

searches using the quick search field will now directly bring you to the anime page if only one anime matched your search
mylist entries can be changed on a per anime basis using the new checkboxes displayed when no mylist entry is expanded.
new myreleases page on the mypage

0.0.53dev - 31.03.2003

new mylist states which can be selected for every file in mylist

(unknown, on hdd, on cd, deleted, shared, release)

mylist states can be set on every page where this is usefull (mylist edit, mass add to mylist, ed2kdump, ...)
mass update/mass change allows to change the infos of a bunch of files in mylist via their ed2k links (much like ed2kdump does)
mylist data is now heavily cached, this could lead to some wrong eps/totaleps and seen/eps values from time to time but it will generally improve the performance of the mylist page greatly.

0.0.52dev - 21.03.2003

mylist now supports removal of entire animes with one click
bug fixes
minor changes

0.0.51dev - 12.03.2003

new myplace page which now lists all the links to the personal pages
new myreviews page
new notification function (atm only available for anidb/ar staff)
bug fixes
minor changes

0.0.50dev - 15.02.2003

ed2kdump allows to specify additional mylist data
up2date allows group filtering
creq page allows user to clear own creq history
minor changes

0.0.49dev - 12.02.2003

db change request handling changed
db change request stats
db change request messaging
minor changes

0.0.47dev - 07.02.2003

min file size is now 512bytes (was 1MB)
myvote page is colored
ed2kwatch supports mass ignore
massadd allows adding to mylist as watched/unwatched
all anidb pages have specific page titles
new stats:
- % viewed of total eps in anidb
- % in mylist of total eps in anidb
- % viewed of eps in mylist
- top10: most viewed eps
password reminder function (on login failed error page) allows users to request temporary passwords
included reminder to hassle /me if the passwd email doesn't arrive within 15mins
minor changes

0.0.46dev - 06.02.2003

fixed bug in massadd if special eps are present
added crc/md5 to massadd page

0.0.45dev - 08.01.2003

new url to access the file info page by file size + ed2k hash: http://www.anidb.net/cgi-bin/animedb.pl?show=file&size=247822336&hash=7762543636deed33bba0b09a7d74551c
new url to access the anime info page by animenfo id: http://www.anidb.net/cgi-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&anfoid=340
some minor changes

2002

0.0.44dev - 23.12.2002

group page now lists all subbed animes
genre search is much faster
genre search can be initiated by clicking [more] behind the genre listing on the anime page
new mod feature "lame db entries" (anidb mods only)
other little changes

0.0.43dev - 16.12.2002

extra language and fileversion data is now also shown in mylist
more info in ed2k link file names
option to display all ed2k links for an anime as a text listing "Export ED2K Links"

0.0.42dev - 14.12.2002

it's now possible to add special/extra eps to an anime

0.0.41dev - 07.12.2002

crc can be marked as unchecked/checked/missmatch
file version v1-v5 can be selected

0.0.40dev - 27.11.2002

myvotes allows to display and revoke own votes
!vote and !voteg cmd of chii have allow revoting too

0.0.39dev - 22.11.2002

new "Request Edit" function to request db changes for anime/ep/file/group.
some minor changes

0.0.38dev - 17.11.2002

Added new ed2kdump feature
Some minor changes

0.0.37dev - 18.10.2002

added v0.01 of the review feature

0.0.36dev - 10.10.2002

fixed ed2kwatch
fixed title/genre/sequel adding to animes owned by other ppl
fixed case sensitive ed2k links bug