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First order of business is cleaning up and polishing some minor details left over from previous patches; namely some unused data from the old media system, improving meta data integration and adding currently missing features from the new admin tools. Plus any other bugs that were leftover from the major refactor.

At the same time I really need to look into improving my work flow/server setup so I can easily deploy changes to the site with less risk of the site having downtime. It will also make the process 10x easier (currently a lot of it is server commands, meaning deploying a small change takes way too long). 

Then again I will finally get back to the backlog of stuff I have been promising to add for a while now. It wouldn't hurt to also improve the SEO along the way.

As usual, stay safe and thanks for being patient.

First order of business is cleaning up and polishing some minor details left over from previous patches; namely some unused data from the old media system, improving meta data integration and adding currently missing features from the new admin tools. Plus any other bugs that were leftover from the major refactor.

At the same time I really need to look into improving my work flow/server setup so I can easily deploy changes to the site with less risk of the site having downtime. It will also make the process 10x easier (currently a lot of it is server commands, meaning deploying a small change takes way too long). 

Then again I will finally get back to the backlog of stuff I have been promising to add for a while now. It wouldn't hurt to also improve the SEO along the way.

As usual, stay safe and thanks for being patient.

Uploads:

• Drag & Drop zones added to all uploads across the site, let me know if you encounter any bugs or think some of the styling could be more clear

Embeds:

• Improvements made to meta data so embeds will now be appropriate to the content type i.e. text posts will display a block of the text in the description

Text Editor:

• The formatting in the text editor should now be in-line with the text that displays on the post
• In the text editor using enter will now create a break rather than a paragraph, meaning the spacing will be less severe. You can use shift-enter to create a paragraph. May reverse this if it becomes a nuisance.
• Empty paragraph tags created in the text editor will now be stripped, so no more extra lines at the end of posts
• The text editor for posts has been expanded: added bullet/number lists & emoticon buttons
• Links pasted into the text editor should now auto-link on the press of enter/space

Posts:

• Reduced paragraph spacing by a marginal amount

Major Changes:

- Replaced current archaic way of loading and storing media with a powerful media library which can handles the conversions and managment of media

- All dynamically media on the website has been moved to this library

- Greatly reduced filesize of all images across the website including a thumb and full sized image (at a lower file size)

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed a typo in an email
- Increased number of notifications, followers and following that show on the dashboard per new set (and by default)

The library should allow for some nifty new features in the future!