Blog > Special announcement - New features released today at Working With Rails
Posted: over 5 years ago, by Martin
Today we are pleased to announce a set of major new enhancements to Working With Rails.
1. Enhanced recommendation system |
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The system has gone through somewhat of an overhaul and this by far is the largest update. We were keen to increase the value and overall worth of the recommendations.
We achieved this by giving context and further meaning to each.
When a recommendation is now placed you are taken to an intermediary screen where you may attach a comment and give various details as to why it is you are recommending that individual. So for instance if you use their code library, have seen them speak at an event or have received training by them this is the place to tick the boxes. By doing so they will climb up the popularity charts for that category.
So what does this mean for those of you who have made recommendations previously?
Your recommendations remain unchanged but you may update them if you wish. In doing so you will help that person move up the charts in each respective category but it will not effect their overall ranking – unless of course you remove the recommendation!
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2. Popularity charts upgraded |
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As a direct result of the improvements to the recommendation system we were able to give the popularity charts a face-lift and much more meaning.
They are now generated daily, broken down into categories and you can see both the top placements and those with greatest amount of change (movers and shakers).
In addition charts are also available in both XML and RSS formats for syndication.
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3. Improved search |
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A much asked for piece of functionality was the ability to search by city/place.
Now you can easily find fellow Railers in your area just by typing the location…London, Paris, New York,Tokyo, and so forth!
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4. Support for profile privacy, ownership, and reporting
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Being an open database it’s important to make sure records can be reported when they are spam, duplicates or need to be removed. There have been several changes to the profile pages to support this. Ownership is now made clearer and you may report a record for moderation directly from that page. You may also opt of the index through your account if so required.
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5. My Account – new additions
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The account page now forms a central part of the system. From here you can access your profile directly, reset your password, get tools to help promote your page as well as access to various email and privacy settings.
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6. New F.A.Q section
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To help answer some of the many queries and questions we get there is now a new F.A.Q section. We hope this helps and if you have any more questions let us know and we’ll add them.
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Summary
There have been many more minor updates, enhancements, and tweaks – too many to mention here. Several worth a note are the refreshed logo and the updated company browse (numerically) functionality. Under the hood we have moved the database to a new server. This gives somewhat of a speed boost – and rest assured we are working on further optimisations all the time.
All in all we have listened to what has been said through feedback and blogs and taken action. We hope these improvements address many of your points. Those that haven’t been implemented this time round are more than likely marked for the next phase.
A big thank you to everyone who has got in touch to show their support and make suggestion over the past few weeks. The growth has been phenomenal so far. We are really pleased to be involved in this project and be able to help spread the word about Rails.
Thank you for your continued support and involvement. We hope you enjoy this new set of updates.
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I updated my profile and checked “Has a Rails plugin published.” But my profile now states “Has published a Ruby gem,” which I didn’t check. Thought you might like to know.
Thanks Scott. That one slipped through the net. It’s now fixed.
But the “Has published a Ruby gem” still doesn’t show on the public profile when it is checked.
Another re-deploy and we should be there.