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Site Changes
We made some changes to TL. Here is a list of the changes we made.
Filters
We decided to make it easier to filter games. Now you can click one button to remove or add SC2, BW, Dota 2 and other games. Clicking it will enable/disable news, forums, events, and streams. Alongside the game filters is the "Filters" button. Clicking on that brings up more advanced options for further customization.
Login and Personal Profile
The login bar on the top left will drop down (click the arrow). There's an icon for PMs, an icon for subscribed threads (mostly equivalent to the old "My Posts"), and an icon for streaming. Once you've logged in, clicking the arrow will drop down links to your blog, profile, Liquibet, fantasy, and "my tournaments." If you have an open Liquibet it will show a visual indicator on the arrow. Having your stream on will make your stream icon blink green.
Menu bar
We re-positioned and removed and a lot of buttons in the menu bar. It's cleaner and more useful now. We removed some rarely clicked VOD links and moved events and barcrafts under "Features." Streams now has its own button.
Frontpage
Our middle section below the four news boxes will no longer be a list of all TL articles. It will now display four additional boxes of content. In general the top four news boxes will have more time sensitive articles while the middle section boxes will have more editorial and longer, TLFE-like content. We have also rearranged some of the boxes, moving spotlight up and putting featured video on the left.
Calendar
To save vertical space, calendar only shows the seven days. Events generally aren't added weeks in advance and very few users used our calendar to look ahead more than a week.
Streams
Our streams list is now sorted by game type and then viewers. Race icons are now always on for SC2.
Full Patch Notes
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Menu Bar
- Menu bar art re-skinned.
- "Filter" button replaces "Home" button. Home button moved to center bar area.
- Filter buttons added for SC2, BW, and Dota 2. Clicking toggles news, forum, events, streams, TLPD, and Liquipedia.
- Clicking "Filter" button itself will pop up advanced sidebar options.
- "Forum" button is no longer a drop down.
- "Video" button dropdown changed to "Streams" button.
- "Features" button is now clickable and takes you to a page that explains all TL features.
- "Events" moved to "Features" dropdown.
- "My Tournaments" moved to top left login bar dropdown."
- "BarCrafts" button moved to "Features" dropdown.
- "Store" button re-positioned.
Login bar
- Login bar is now drop down menu (clickable arrow)
- Once logged in, new bar displays useful icons.
- Envelope icon is for PMs and will light up when a new PM is received
- Folder icon is for subscribed threads, replaces the old "Posts" link.
- Tower icon is for streaming and will blink green when your stream is online.
- Once logged in, clicking the arrow will show additional links: FPL / FGSTL, Liquibet, Profile, and My Tournaments.
- The arrow icon will also light up for open Liquibets.
Frontpage
- Removed game filter under frontpage news boxes (use the menu filter buttons).
- Added four center content boxes to focus on editorial and TLFE-style content articles.
- Moved News Archive box from center to left.
- Moved Store and Featured Video boxes to the left.
- Moved Spotlight box to the right.
- Moved Sponsored Threads box from center to the left.
- Added banner advertisement under middle articles section.
Calendar
- Updated "Calendar" sidebar art to "Events".
- Calendar now shows only the next seven days.
Streams
- Updated sidebar art.
- Streams now always sort by game type.
- Race icons are now always on for SC2.
- Total stream viewers removed.
Miscellaneous
- Liquipedia sidebar moved above TLPD due to higher usage.
- Time (EST CEST KST) display adjusted.
- Active users moved from top right to center bottom.
- Menu bar art re-skinned.
- "Filter" button replaces "Home" button. Home button moved to center bar area.
- Filter buttons added for SC2, BW, and Dota 2. Clicking toggles news, forum, events, streams, TLPD, and Liquipedia.
- Clicking "Filter" button itself will pop up advanced sidebar options.
- "Forum" button is no longer a drop down.
- "Video" button dropdown changed to "Streams" button.
- "Features" button is now clickable and takes you to a page that explains all TL features.
- "Events" moved to "Features" dropdown.
- "My Tournaments" moved to top left login bar dropdown."
- "BarCrafts" button moved to "Features" dropdown.
- "Store" button re-positioned.
Login bar
- Login bar is now drop down menu (clickable arrow)
- Once logged in, new bar displays useful icons.
- Envelope icon is for PMs and will light up when a new PM is received
- Folder icon is for subscribed threads, replaces the old "Posts" link.
- Tower icon is for streaming and will blink green when your stream is online.
- Once logged in, clicking the arrow will show additional links: FPL / FGSTL, Liquibet, Profile, and My Tournaments.
- The arrow icon will also light up for open Liquibets.
Frontpage
- Removed game filter under frontpage news boxes (use the menu filter buttons).
- Added four center content boxes to focus on editorial and TLFE-style content articles.
- Moved News Archive box from center to left.
- Moved Store and Featured Video boxes to the left.
- Moved Spotlight box to the right.
- Moved Sponsored Threads box from center to the left.
- Added banner advertisement under middle articles section.
Calendar
- Updated "Calendar" sidebar art to "Events".
- Calendar now shows only the next seven days.
Streams
- Updated sidebar art.
- Streams now always sort by game type.
- Race icons are now always on for SC2.
- Total stream viewers removed.
Miscellaneous
- Liquipedia sidebar moved above TLPD due to higher usage.
- Time (EST CEST KST) display adjusted.
- Active users moved from top right to center bottom.
What does the future hold??
Soon, we will be visually updating the calendar and stream sections more too, as well as offering a premium no-ads feature. Hopefully these changes make your TL browsing experience more convenient and enjoyable.
