Over the past few months we've been quietly adding and improving features on the site. We thought it was time to share some of the new additions. If there is anything else you would like to see added, please post a comment below.
We've made it a bit easier to find us on our Social media pages. Every page now has links back to our Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn and RSS feeds.
You can now update your profile on CGarchitect to include links to your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ accounts. These can be for your own personal accounts or for your company. Once you update your profile, buttons to each site will appear below your name on all of your posts and in your portfolio profile.
A number of people were asking for the ability to refine their gallery searches to only show images or videos. Two new buttons have been added to the main sorting bar that now allow you to do this.
Another member request was to add a dedicated icon when our site is bookmarked on iOS platforms or on Android devices. If you have book marked us in the past, you can delete the bookmark and recreate it to get the more visually appealing CGarchitect icon.
If a user has more than one image in their portfolio we attach a small preview bar below their images to let you know there is more to see. By default we show the last nine additions, but if there are more than that to see, you can click the "View Profile" link to the top right of the preview bar where you can see the entire gallery in full size.
We upgraded the Articles module of the site so that large images now pop up in a cleaner looking lightbox, rather than a new window. The larger your browser size the larger the lightbox image. If you still want to open it in a new window however, just right click on the Lightbox image and click "View Image".
We've added more RSS feeds to the site based on your demand. Click here to view them all.
While this feature is not directly accessible to visitors to the site, it is used in conjunction with end user feedback about spam posts, comments or inappropriate content. If you see a comment or post that you think should be flagged, use the drop down next to the comment or the "Report Inappropriate Content" section in the right margin of a post and report it. We review these reports regularly and if necessary we use the new "Super Ban" feature to permanently wipe every trace of that user from the site. We appreciate your help to keep CGarchitect free of clutter.
Sometimes it's the little things that make a big difference. For those of you used to clicking a site logo to get you back to the home page, we've hooked you up. Yeah, we know it probably should have been done in the first place, but a few of your pointed it out, so we fixed it.
Please be sure to post any ideas you'd like to see implemented on the site using the comments section below. The most requested new feature currently is adding the ability to upload multiple images from a single project to one gallery post. We do have this on our list for future consideration, but require an almost complete re-write of the core functionality of the site. It's a HUGE expense, so it's not likely to happen right away, but stay tuned!
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9 Comments
Alex Abarca
said 30 July 2012 9:32 amJeff Mottle
said 30 July 2012 9:41 amRon H
said 31 July 2012 11:08 amJeff Mottle
said 31 July 2012 11:17 amYes this is a byproduct of AJAX the technology used to serve the images on the homepage. To avoid this, rather than left clicking the image, right click and open the image in a new tab or window. The other option is to click the "Gallery", "News" etc sections from the main menu. The other sections do not use AJAX and therefore allow you to click the back button without losing your place. We use AJAX on the homepage to increase the page load speed.
Ron H
said 31 July 2012 9:56 pmThank you so much for this info......good stuff....look forward to more exploring.
Also thank you so much for this great site....such a contribution.
ron
Jeff Mottle
said 1 August 2012 1:23 amLet me know if that does not work for you. Thanks for the kind words.
daniel sosa
said 2 August 2012 1:42 pmwould be very nice!
Jeff Mottle
said 2 August 2012 2:31 pmdaniel sosa
said 2 August 2012 7:08 pmthankyou