What's New

What's New from 2014
See Development/Recent Patches for a complete list of software changes implemented in 2014.

What's New from 2013
See Development/Archive/2013 for a complete list of software changes implemented in 2013.

What's New from 2012
See Development/Archive/2012 for a complete list of software changes implemented in 2012.

What's New from 2011
See Development/Archive/2011 for a complete list of software changes implemented in 2011.

What's New from 2010
See Development/Archive/2010 for a complete list of software changes implemented in 2010.

What's New - 16 May 2010

 * Added the ability to view magazine series as grids

What's New from 2009
See Development/Archive/2009 for a complete list of software changes implemented in 2009.

What's New - 31 December 2009

 * Highlights of patches r2009-23 through r2009-75 implemented between September 8 and December 31:
 * You can now remove invalid pseudonyms
 * You can now delete empty Series
 * You can now dissociate Series from their parent Super-series
 * Automated the addition of cover scans to publications
 * Edit Pub no longer allows editors to change constituent Titles if they also appear in other Pubs
 * Remove Title lets you remove all Titles, including duplicates and container titles
 * CHAPTERBOOKs have been re-enabled at the Title level to allow documenting standalone appearances of Shortfiction and Essays
 * Editors can cancel their submissions before they are approved/rejected
 * Magazine pubs now link to their parent Series (or to the EDITOR Title if it's not in a Series)
 * You can now search magazine titles from the main search box.
 * The Forthcoming Books page has been redone.

What's New - 8 September 2009

 * Highlights of patches r2009-14 through r2009-22 implemented between July 29 and September 8:
 * Serials are no longer matched to their parent Novels/Shorfiction lexically. They now use the regular Variant Title logic. This eliminates many cases of incorrect behavior, e.g. when Hubbard's "To the Stars" was appearing on Heinlein's and Harrison's pages.
 * Split the "Title" search option into "Fiction Titles" and "All Titles".

What's New - 29 July 2009

 * Highlights of patches r2009-07 through r2009-13 implemented between July 1 and July 28:
 * Implemented Advanced Publication Searches by Publisher, Price and Page Count
 * Implemented Advanced Title Searches by Reviewed Author
 * Editors now see a "My Messages (new)" in the navigation bar when they have new messages in the ISFDB Wiki

What's New - 30 June 2009

 * Patches r2009-04, r2009-05 and r2009-06 were installed on 20 June, 27 June, and 30 June respectively. Highlights include:
 * Pseudonym Search fixed;
 * Reviews where the reviewer or reviewee are using pseudonyms or non-canonical names are handled better;
 * Submitting editors can see if their submissions are being held, and if so, by which moderator;
 * Errors in Advanced Author search have been fixed;
 * Additional verification sources, including OCLC/Worldcat and multiple primary verifications are now supported;
 * Support for creating and editing "Chapterbook" (chapbook) titles has been restored and improved;
 * Display of series pages has been improved.

What's New - 14 June 2009

 * Development resumed as of May 2009. 4 developers are currently implementing minor changes while we are debating more far reaching proposals.
 * Patches r2009-01, r2009-02 and r2009-03 installed on June 4, June7 and June 14 respectively. Highlights include:
 * Empty Series eliminated; Short Fiction Series and Non-genre Series implemented
 * ISBN linking to Amazon, B&N and other stores fixed
 * Links to the sites hosting images that we have permission to link to added
 * All bugs and feature requests have been moved to Sourceforge Ahasuerus 21:44, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

History

 * What's New from 2008
 * What's New from 2007
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 * What's New from 1995