6 March, 2003: Changes to h2g2 (DNA 2.0 ?)

We're adding a handful of new features to the site today. These changes aren't major ones and you might be relieved to know there won't be any server downtime! Many of these are relatively minor tweaks to the skins (eg a logout confirmation box, the introduction of Logout buttons to Classic and Alabaster skins and the addition of all of the volunteer badges to all of the skins), but here are the main changes you may notice:

Tree Views for Categorisation

The categorisation context for each Entry is now shown, in a series of links directly above each article. For example, if you look at the top of the Entry on County Durham, you can see that it belongs to: The Universe/The Earth/Europe/United Kingdom/England/Durham and you can now access these categories by clicking on them. If the Entry belongs to more than one category then both are shown.

Online status on Personal Spaces

A Researcher's online status is given - indicated by the 'eyes' icon next to the Researcher's name in the 'User Data' margin on the right.

Last Time Researcher Posted Information

The last time a researcher posted to the site has been added to all of the skins on the Personal Space pages.

'Unread Conversations' Indicator in Brunel skin

An asterisk in the blue bar at the top of the 'My Conversations' window enables the user to see if there are any unread conversations without maximising the screen.

If you spot any bugs in the new features, please post them to the Bugs Feedback Forum and we'll see what we can do.