ZooBerry Platform Upgrades Megathread

OpenZT Team Projects ZooBerry
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This thread will be used to communicate new features implemented on the mod database. Here’s the inaugural post:

ZooBerry v0.3.0

  • Adds OpenGraph protocol support. Example, ZooBerry links when posted on social media platforms and some forums will convert to a preview card like this:
  • Browser tabs should now display the page title (mod name) instead of just “ZooBerry”.
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ZooBerry v0.4.1

Updates

  • File count now showing on category cards
  • The Zoo Tycoon 1/2 titles on the side nav bar now link to their respective categories


Bug Fixes/Optimization

  • Pagination now correctly sorts in ascending order. Previously mods would paginate in the wrong pages.
  • All pages now minified, faster loading.

Known Bugs

  • I uh…broke the author list …don’t know how but will fix and finally make it look good by next update.

Check the Trello for ZooBerry dev roadmap before v1.0.0: Trello

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ZooBerry v0.4.6

Updates:

  • Minor redesign for the mod page tables. Visual below.

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed information table on a mod page from breaking on mobile. Visual below.
  • Fixed horizontal scroll issue on mobile. (should now fit screen)
  • Fixed a visual bug from last update that broke the spacing between cards on the home page
  • Fixed the author list from disappearing


Known Bugs:

  • Author list is visible again, but pagination is off
  • Individual author pages (mods by author) are currently visually broken, but functional. Still working on redesigning these two features.
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Getting rid of the “patch” component of the ZooBerry versioning system and just sticking with major.minor.

ZooBerry Beta-v.0.5

Updates

  • Latest mods on sidebar now have dates.
  • Increased number of latest mods listed on sidebar.
  • Author List has been redesigned.
  • Author list now has a link on the side bar
  • Mods by author now displaying as a list. (just while I work on redesigning author pages)
  • Packs are now listed under appropriate category if (for example) the pack only contains mods of one type. If pack has mixed content, it’s under ‘Packs’.

Bug Fixes

  • Author list and mods by author pagination now lists in ascending order correctly.

Known Issues

  • The new author list and mods by author tables have empty columns “categories” and “files”. Working on it.
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Not really an underlying change to the backend logic this time to warrant a version increase. I’ve added sub-categories under the Zoo Tycoon 2 section so that they’re easier to filter. They now work like this:

Zoo Tycoon 2

  • Animals
    • Animal Bundles (packs with more than one animal)
    • Ambients (can’t be adopted, just spawn)
    • Extinct
    • Fictional
    • Living
  • Expansive Packs (big packs with items from different categories)
  • Hacks
  • Maps
  • Objects
    • Animal enrichment, food, shelters
    • Arches, fences, and viewing canopies
    • Buildings
    • Foliage
    • Paths
    • Scenery
    • Theme Packs
    • Zootilities
  • Texture Mods
    • Animal Variants
    • Animal Reskins
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ZooBerry Beta v0.6

Updates

  • You can now filter by archived websites
    • Also serves as a comprehensive list of websites represented on the database at the moment
    • As we add more mods from other databases, we’ll see mods overlap. You’ll now see some mods share origin websites depending on where all they were published.
    • Shen’s Den as an example
  • You can view a full list of all mods by their ZooBerry publish date.
    • The side navigation ‘latest mods’ now has a ‘more’ link that leads to this list
  • Both new lists can be accessed in the side bar.
  • Mods now show icons instead abbreviations for expansions required. (ZT2 only)
  • Languages supported is now a field on all mods; no longer in description.

Known Issues

  • Many of the lists have empty columns. Still need:
    • Author file counts and categories published
    • Categories published for website lists
    • Categories published for latest mods list

Features In-Progress

  • Filter by language
  • Filter by expansion pack required (or none required)

ZooBerry is getting close to getting out of beta (as soon as the To Do and Doing lists are cleared!)