Latest site updates

[Dark0ne]

We've made lots of updates to the sites recently. Because quite a few of the changes we make these days are subtle, rather than obvious, here's a run-down.

 

 

Notifications

 

This is the least subtle of the changes we've made recently. We've completely revamped the notifications system on the sites to be much more powerful and useful, especially for mod authors. Notifications are still located in the top bar of the site. If you have notifications you will see a globe symbol with a number next to it which indicates how many new notifications you have.

 

The new notification system follows a similar style and system more in-line with the way Facebook notifications work, so users of Facebook should recognise the changes easily.

 

Your site preferences page now contains options that will allow you to customise exactly what you'd like the site to notify you about, or even if you'd like to have the system on at all. These options include:

 

• Game specific notifications - whether you'd like notifications to only show for the game you're looking at, or whether you'd like to, for example, receive notifications for updates made to Fallout 3 files while you're browsing the Skyrim Nexus section.
  
• The ability to track and receive notifications when other users of the site upload new files or images.
  
• Notifications for comments on your files, images and videos.
  
• Notifications for files you're tracking, including a separate option to enable or disable notifications for comments made on tracked files.
  
• Notifications for new images or videos that people add for your files.
  
• Notifications of changes made to your files by other members of your team, or by members of staff
  

 

If you would like to track a user you like then there is a new option to do that on user profile pages.

 

Notifications will now remain on your account even after you've viewed them (new or unread notifications have a lighter grey background to indicate their unread status). They can be removed by clicking the red cross symbol. You can have a maximum of 50 read notifications at any one time, and new notifications will delete the oldest read notifications in the list if you go over 50.

 

We are open to hearing feedback and ways we can improve this new system, including if there should be any more options to track other sorts of things you could be notified about on the site. What we won't be doing is going back to the old system or running both systems side-by-side so if you're resilient to change I'd save yourself the typing time if you want to suggest that.

 

 

 

Specify your main NMM file

 

You've probably noticed during your time using a site that has NMM support that some files have a green "Download (NMM)" button in the top section of the file page while some don't have that button and only have the green "Download (Manual)" button. This doesn't necessarily mean that the file doesn't support NMM, more often than not it means that the author has uploaded more than one "main file" and so the option to download through NMM isn't presented as we don't know which file is the main file NMM is supposed to download, and authors often provide multiple main file options (e.g. texture replacers of varying sizes).

 

We've added a new option for mod authors when managing their uploaded files labelled "Set as main NMM file". If you click this NMM will now know which is the main (MAIN!) file and will show the "Download (NMM)" button on your file page.

 

 

 

VirusTotal improvements

 

Over the past couple of months we've had a few glitches with the automated VirusTotal virus scanning system. If it took too long or VirusTotal were doing some maintenance then newly uploaded files wouldn't be downloadable until the issue was resolved.

 

We've now changed the system so that you can download all new files straight away, before the virus scan is complete, but you do so completely at your own risk and the system tells you as such.

 

 

 

Arrow keys on Images

 

We've update the image gallery on file pages so you can use the arrow keys again.

 

We are currently rolling out 8 new static content servers to try and resolve the issues with images loading slowly for people.

 

 

 

Spoiler tags in file comments

 

A long requested feature, the spoiler bbcode tag will now work like it does in the forums. These tags can be used in file/image descriptions as well as file comments.

 

 

 

Action log shows user

 

File pages contain two action logs. One is a tab, which shows all the actions performed on a file, including things like endorsements. The other is accessible by clicking the little cog icon in the actions bar labelled "logs". This will tell you all the actions performed by just the authors on the file page.

 

We've made a slight update to this second log that will also tell you who made this edit. This might be helpful for mod teams who all have access to the same file page. If you don't like an edit or want to keep track of the edits being made you can now see exactly who has edited what and when.

 

 

 

Bug fixes

 

We've also fixed some minor bugs on the site. These include:

 

• Fixed several issues with the "Manage other files" system, including the sorting system on that page, issues when you hide the mod, and uploaded images going to the "From users" tab rather than the "From author" tab. Also added a link to "Manage other files" to the "Files" drop-down on the main site navigation.
  
• Fixed the pagination on the news archive page and added pagination to the top as well as the bottom of the page.
  
• Fixed a few bugs with donating Premium Membership to other users as a gift.
  
• Fixed an issue with ordering files by "file size, descending" not working properly.
  
• Fixed an issue with certain search terms not returning the correct results when searching in the "mod description" search field e.g. searching for skyrim.ini.
  

 

 

 

Current To-Do List

 

Work we've earmarked for the immediate future:

 

• Roll out 8 new static content servers (mainly images) to replace the 4 current static content servers. Links should be preserved so if you directly link to one of the current static servers they should still work after this change.
  
• The ability to block files/images added by specific authors. If there's an author whose work you're really not a fan of and would rather not see, you can block their work from showing while you browse the site, like tag blocking.
  
• The ability to disable emoticons from showing in file comments, for those times when you're referencing code or file paths and emoticons annoyingly replace what you've written.
  
• A "remove all" option in the notifications drop-down.
  
• A complex bug reporting system for file pages to make use of.
  

 

[Elgar82]

Thank you, I love these changes ! Especially the tracking author feature.

 

Nexus is really a great site. Keep up your excellent work.

[pStyl3]

 

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Greatly appreciated, thanks!

Edited February 4, 2015 by pStyl3

[MiniMageSammy]

will the static content servers effect the performance of the site in general? i noticed the site in general runs very slow for me. sometimes the pages will stop responding.

[Arthmoor]

A complex bug reporting system for file pages to make use of.

This sounds interesting. Any details to share yet?

[Dark0ne]

In response to post #22352484.

None yet. We'll ensure it has similar functionality to our bug tracker on the forums, but it'll be custom made to work with and on the sites. Opt-in for mod authors who want to use it.

[Blitz54]

Thanks for the update people! I noticed the Notification globe looked different than before, pretty sure it used to have a number beside it all the time. Been waiting for Notifications to be worked on for a while now, so I am very happy with this. :)

[xacto14]

Good update. Keep up your good work.

[hbkmog]

Still notification for reply to your own comment?

[Balx2]

 

Current To-Do List

 

Work we've earmarked for the immediate future:

 

 

• The ability to block files/images added by specific authors. If there's an author whose work you're really not a fan of and would rather not see, you can block their work from showing while you browse the site, like tag blocking.

 

Can't wait for that feature to be added in. There are some authors I'd like to never see mods / posts / anything, from again.

I am curious how extensive the user while logged in will be able to block another uses content, are we talking I have to visit "Another dumb mod" page and click block or can I just go to the authors profile and click on a big "Never loss IQ again" button.