Version 1.7
Oct 24, 2013
- Feature: Video Theatre
Version 1.6
Aug 1, 2013
- Feature: Redesigned site navigation
Version 1.5.1
June 7, 2013
- Feature: Calendar module for front page and E3 hub, listing all events for week of E3
- Feature: Fancy new way to showcase quality longform content during E3 week
- Feature: Improved hero hover gradients
- Change: Created E3 2013 hub
- Change: Added E3 hub to Polygon dropdown menu
Version 1.5.0
June 5, 2013
- Feature: Brand new hero variations for front page and hubs; more slots to feature more content
Version 1.4.1
May 24, 2013
- Bug: Fixed Windows 8 touch device compatibility issues
- Bug: Completed various bug fixes related to article page deploy yesterday
- Bug: Changed mobile sidebar access from swipe to tap, improving performance
- Bug: Fixed some lingering back-end bugs that Chris Grant really wanted us to fix
- Bug: Pullquotes on mobile weren't looking great, we fixed that
- Change: Created Xbox parent hub, updated Polygon drop-down menu
Version 1.4.0
May 23, 2013
- Feature: A full redesign of the Polygon article page was released
- Feature: Articles from The Verge and SB Nation can be placed on front page in style
Version 1.3.0
March 26, 2013
- Feature: Launched the video browser, viewable on the front page
Version 1.2.1
March 22, 2013
- Bug: Fixed the RSS feed to ensure videos displayed properly
- Bug: Nexus 7 did not have games dropdown menu in portrait mode, added it in
- Bug: Resolved various back-end editorial bugs and minor game page issues
- Bug: Fixed Facebook Connect login issue in comments sections
- Change: Improved curation and focus of news modules on game pages
- Change: Arrows in Table of Contents on Features will only show if necessary
- Change: Added the review score overlay to review thumbnails on mobile and tablet
Version 1.2.0
March 19, 2013
- Feature: Videos can now be played inline on the front page and hubs on desktop
- Feature: Video reviews viewable on game overview pages
- Feature: Search box now offers keyboard navigation
- Feature: Improved loading mechanism for text on front page
- Feature: Twitter cards have been implemented
- Change: Added "Jobs" and "Pitch a story" links to the Polybar
- Change: Show when a forum post was promoted to the front page
Version 1.1.5
February 14, 2013
- Bug: Pagination on news hub and forum pages has been fixed
- Bug: Profile pages are improved, can now use formatting for 'About Me' and your website URL shows up
- Bug: Linkposts can now be placed on Polygon's home page (hello, liveblogs!)
- Bug: Comment badges are now retina
- Change: Polygon diagnostics page now has Polygon logo
- Change: Blockquote button in replies and comments is now easier to recognize
- Change: On game franchise pages, all games (including unreleased ones) now show by default
Version 1.1.4
January 31, 2013
- Feature: Added option for 'Ethics Disclosure' to Polygon staff's profile pages
- Feature: Added badges for Polygon staff to stand out in the comments section
Version 1.1.3
January 23, 2013
- Bug: fixed issue that prevented some new game forums from auto-generating
- Bug: IE9 hero images were distorted, issue resolved
- Change: added "Comments" link in Table of Contents for features and reviews
- Change: clicking "xx comments" link on home page and hub pages takes you directly to article's comments
- Bug: long comment sections now have the same color background, forever
- Bug: removed comment signatures entirely
- Bugs: fixed some back-end Chorus issues
Version 1.1.2
December 12, 2012
- Feature: pretty new features index
- Change: Normalized image ratios across the site
- Bug: fixed audio embeds on firefox, so podcasts should now work
- Bug: Logging in on a Nexus 7 is no longer broken
- Bug: titles in hero should no longer get cut off in some cases
- Change: StoryStreams in hero now show article count
Version 1.1.1
December 3, 2012
- Feature: added the option to create polls in stories and forum posts
- Feature: added new easter egg
- Feature: added author twitter handles to bylines
- Bug: fixed bug with commenting on iOS
- Bug: video and gallery posts are now included in RSS feeds
- Bug: hulu video embeds are now responsive
- Bug: fixed broken touch-swipe elements on game overview page
- Change: updated social sharing button visuals
Version 1.1.0
November 19, 2012
- Feature: created contact form to submit game data errors for correction
- Bug: some back end fixes to ensure reviews stay associated with their game during the editing process
- Bug: solved an issue where drafts were showing up in StoryStreams
- Change: added pagination in Table of Contents for long features
- Change: added "About Reviews" link to the bottom of all Polygon reviews
- Change: added game info module on review intros
Version 1.0.7
November 14, 2012
- Bug: now hiding comment counts for storystreams in hero, since they do not have comments
- Bug: fixed features/reviews presentation in storystreams
- Bug: forum posts placed into layout always show username
- Bug: franchise pages now have proper
- Change: content nav on mobile now only shows 5 entries
Version 1.0.6
November 5, 2012
- Bug: fixed reply, login in comments when not logged in
- Change: removed East Germany, USSR from country list on signup :|
- Bug: couple fixes to help prevent dupe comments on mobile
- Change: default sort for reviews index is by date the review is published, not release date
- Bug: gray on white text in polybar should now be less jagged
- Change: comment count on hero stories moved to a better spot
Version 1.0.5
October 31, 2012
- Feature: clicking your avatar in the polybar now takes you to your profile
- Change: more obvious styling for pinned posts on mobile breakpoints
- Bug: number of recs to your comments now show up on your profile
- Change: show less related stories on mobile
- Feature: now using plgn.co short url in ur tweetz
- Bug: stories in hero on mobile should scroll much more smooth now
- Feature: now associating an emoji with each release ^_^
Version 1.0.4 - October 29, 2012
- Bug: tighten up mobile commenting even more
- Change: Moving the Home link on nav dropdown on mobile
- Bug: forum entries placed on to the front page should look better now across all breakpoints
- Change: Game index sorting now auto-submits when you make a selection
- Bug: entries can now have image sources without breaking
- Bug: cleaned up forum entries on mobile even more
Version 1.0.3 - October 26, 2012
- Addition: link to videos in main navigation
- Bug: fix for table of contents overlapping content after resize
- Bug: fix for comment collapse on mobile
- Bug: fix for main nav dropdown conflict on mobile
- Bug: some improvements for mobile commenting
Version 1.0.2 - October 25, 2012
- Bug: fixed padding on mobile forum entries
- Bug: contact form was not responsive. It is now.
- Bug: make scrolling on mobile smoother
- Bug: fix reply/comment button on mobile to prevent double post
Version 1.0.1 - October 25, 2012
- Bug: fixed live comment notification links
- Bug: better user profile error handling
- Bug: fixed indentation on comments
- Bug: fixed images in comments so they don't all span full width
- Bug: fixed Ooyala video embed on iOS
- Bug: fixed wacky timestamp problems on entries
Version 1.0.0 - October 24, 2012
- Hello world