I can't say I'm a huge fan of the font. I like what's been done with my profile page though. (I would like to see 1v1 games as their own separate category as well, just because they are a completely different type of game from 3+ player Dip.

I did a rather large merge with the webdip-code.
Expect some color-adjustments the next few days...
It's always perfered to keep our code-base in sync, and they did a lot of style-changes the last few weeks...

Please no. I really don't like the font or the buttons. Or the home page. I nearly left WebDip because of it. Can we not have it here?

But the homepage stuff is great. Keep that.

I'm not sure about the buttons too.. :-) They look really big, but it helps on mobile....
It was really important to get the code in sync, now I can adjust our css-files.

Of note, the rank displayed in your profile appears to be based on the WebDip ranking system rather than vDip's.

Personally I LOVE the change. So much added value, lovely crisp font & much easier on the phone.

Haven’t submitted orders using the interactive map yet, but keen to try it next set of orders to see if the issue raised is still happening.

Great job Oli, very progressive thinking in keeping the code base working more in-tune with webDip.

I see the interactive map issue now with what sky hopper brought up.

It used to when going into the interactive map grey out all territories you don’t have units in which made it easier to see and plan your moves.

I would generally prefer to have that back. My two cents.

Actually the grey out feature works once you start putting in orders, so maybe no
Big deal except for the very first unit you input orders for.

Personally, the buttons are great for me, but these text boxes that you type forum posts into are still using Arial, which is slightly annoying.
@Mr. Finkelmuiyer: Totally! I'd love to see a nice 1v1 section.
@Technostar: To add onto the ranking part... can we implement a way to show the vDip rankings for all players, not just the ones above 1000?

Just to give an update on some of the functionality changes for those who don't follow webdip forum.

All games will now show the following for the next process time instead of a limited date/time display.

Day of Week, hh:mm PM/AM, Day# MM
or if the date is more then 30 days in the past or future
Day of Week, hh:mm PM/AM, Day# MM YYYY

This will do the following:
1. Show the real start time of live games setup days in advance so people know what time to be online
2. Show the exact time a game finished
3. Show at what time in the past a stuck Wait-for-orders game should have processed.

Other changes:
1. Add Classic and Variant stats to the profile page.
2. Fix username to be above left section of profile for small phone displays.
3. Restyle FAQ to allow more then 1 open question
4. Updated settings page to be restyled, prevented browsers from auto populating password into the password field and not the password confirmation field, and added a link to the new forum settings if you have a new forum account.
5.Restyled the datc tests page (a lot better for phones)
6.Add table styling to RR profile page
7.Add comma separation to long numbers on profile page.
8.Move Existing Profile Stats to clickable elements
9. Add 3 more profile stat sections
10. Search page "Search Games by User" section now allows search by username or userID thanks to Squigs44. Thank you for your first site contribution Squigs44!
11.Search page "Search Games by User" section now runs faster for people who have hundreds of games (my bad on the initial slow query). From 3.4 seconds to .04 seconds.
12. Games page is no longer a guess. The ~ is removed and the numbers are actually right.
13. Add hover over that explains what the different "ranks" mean on profile page.
14. Fixed the bug that made the join button vanish on live games that had the last person leave/get banned
15. Split up home page to show Defeated games in their own section and give you the option to hide the notifications from those games so they stop taking up space in the center column.

Note, Oli may have to clean up some of the style changes or other small issues. Please don't get frustrated with him, it's far more my fault then his.

Sweet! When will this be implemented on vDip?
Also, I love the new "Contact the mods" section in "Help".

Most of that stuff came along already with the font changes. I think items 10 and 11 which I did today got missed, but they'll come next time Oli does a code merge. I just want everyone to know it's not just styles you're getting when Oli does these code pulls, there's other improvements too.

I totally love #12. I remember the old days when I clicked to Joinable (~12) and got 0 games.

Oh... okay. Apparently in the pregame chat, an anonymous message doesn't have the "Anonymous" tag. So if I post "Hello!", it will render as

Hello!

and not

(Anonymous): Hello!

Reliability in profile has also disappeared.

I just noticed that the interactive map and drop down menu order interfaces have been merged. I love this.

I'd like to repeat a theme often heard on the podcast; can we get a hall of fame that only has active players in it?

Some of the added functionality and bug fixes are nice, but not a fan of the font size, the Home and Profile page stylings, and the lost functionality (noted above). Overall, everything is less clear and harder to read.

Funny, the font size looked perfect on iPhone, looks ok in the forum thread on PC, but vDip homepage on PC it looks too teeny tiny.

Don't want to sound like I'm bitching, just trying to help with the fine-tuning of the changes.

+1 to Mr F re: rating system that degrades non-active players' rank (mutual admiration society going on here!)

Add me to the list of those not happy with the new font. Maybe it's just discomfort with change, but it seems like another not broken, don't fix it issue to me. What value was gained by this change?

I think the main thing here is keeping up with WebDip to make future functional improvements easier to execute. While I agree with Ruff and don't like the font and buttons I am willing to sacrifice some aesthetic appeal for greater functionality, but only if it is absolutely necessary.

My $0.02 -

- Adding stats to the profile to show differences -> Nice! But there's such a huge range in "variants" that it means almost nothing. From 1v1 to 50 player games, it doesn't really show you anything significant. And considering this is "variant" Dip, most of the games on here will be variants. Is there anyway to modify this to better show distinction in variants? If not, I think this doesn't really add much.

- Advanced search by user -> pretty cool feature, especially to quickly list the games you've played against the person instead of manually scrolling through your profile. Not sure how often it will get used, but pretty cool.

- Games page being accurate with number of games -> This is awesome! It's bugged me for YEARS that it always shows an approximate like 12 games when it's really 0!

- Buttons and font -> I could take it or leave it. I'm sure I'll get used to it, but it's not a deal-breaker.

I like the idea of a Hall of Fame that only includes current players, but I don't like the idea of taking points away from players who haven't played lately. After all, sooner or later, the reason someone stops playing might be because they have died, and why should their legacy suffer? I would like us to have two Hall of Fame listings: an All-Time one which is the same as the listing as it works now; and a Current Players Hall of Fame, which deletes all players who have not been in an active game in a year.

I have reverted the font and some of the buttons.
Might take some time, but slowly I will improve on this...

+1 King of Swords

And a great big thanks to Oli for refining.

Yay! The old font is back. Thanks Oli!

Oh man! I love the new fact that you can see dislodge explosions on the small map!

@Oli: For me, the "Save" button is now Arial while the "Not ready" button is Trebuchet MS. *runs away screaming*

Nice! "Disable notices" button has appeared on the home page.

On the page for each individual variant, the buttons (such as the one for statistics) are hard to read. The text is too light.

I really like the old home/games/new game/search/setting/help/mod forum bar better than this recent change. I feel like the style of this page is very bubbly- not exactly the aesthetic suited for Diplomacy.

I agree with you 100%, Mr. Finkelmuiyer.

Whoah! Funky new nav bar!

And under games > ghost ratings I started getting majorly excited, but heads up Oli, it’s linking to webDip stats not vDip.

One other quick thing, variants is buried under Help. As this site is all about variants I feel this should stay in the top level of the menu.

I'm not really sure if I should add variants back on a separate top-level-menue.
It's not that important, takes some space there and usually every player knows how to access this document.
Maybe I move this to the 1st entry in the Help-menue.

Development is really fast on the webdip-software at the moment, so it might take some time to make all needed adjustments. But the conservative way I made changes to the code pays off, as most of the changes are a matter of minutes to merge with our code.

Thanks Oli, but I personally feel people only know how to get to the variants as it’s always been at the top level of the nav. Remove it & folks will find it harder. Don’t forget that’s what sets vDip apart, so don’t sacrifice access to your main feature & what brings people here. My two cents.

We also need to get rid of the Ghost Rating and tournaments tabs under games.

Talking ratings, any chance Oli we can get a rating system that automatically excludes players being ranked if they haven’t played a game in say 6 months? Then if they return & join a game their rating is renewed.

PlayDip uses this system & it makes so much sense. Otherwise we have our current situation where cypeg is number 1 after scooping the pool in a few games but hasn’t played anything at vDip since June 2015!

Seconding Amby's call for Variants to be a top level tab. It's possibly the most important page for a new user - as the primary distinguisher of the site from other options, checking what maps are available is likely to be the first action taken, before even considering signing up. Hiding it away in an options menu can only inhibit the ability of the site to fulfil it's stated objective (of being a variant hub).

I found a way to add this back to the top-level menue.
It's a bit crowded there if you can see the mod-tools and the dev-tools available.
I made the link show to all "normal" players and hide it for mods and devs.

Also there is a new HoF on webdip with some new serach-features. I think I can adjust the page for our vDip-scores. (one of the many benefits if we keep the code similar)

Integrated the new Hall of Fame in our site.
Yuu can find it in the search menue.

I love it soooo much!!!!!!!

Thanks Oki! You're my hero!

Great work on everything! I haven't seen any donation button around, where can I go?

Great job on the Hall(s) of Fame! That's exactly what I was hoping to see!

There is no way to donate... :-) German law is complicated, and I really don't need any financal-support running the site.

Great work Oli, thanks so much again!

+1 Oli HOF! Also like the variant link at the top of the main menu.

Just want to give a quick shout out to Squigs44 on webdip for making the recent HOF change, and to Oli for adapting it to vDip! Looks great!