I’ve just completed the upgrade of the Discogs search engine. The most important improvement is that it now handles unicode characters correctly. For example, you can search for [url=http://www.discogs.com/search?type=all&q=Bj%C3%B6rk&btn=Search]Björk[/url] without errors. And searches for [url=http://www.discogs.com/search?type=all&q=bjork&btn=Search]bjork[/url] will also find Björk. Catalog number searches are also improved (using the “Catalog#” dropdown). For example, a release with catalog […]

[b]Image guidelines improved.[/b] The [url=http://help.discogs.com/wiki/SubmissionGuidelinesImages]image guidelines[/url] now include visual examples and explanation, provided by [u=DJ_Purity_Control] I have started three new tickets. They should all be done sometime next month. Please check then through for any potential problems: http://help.discogs.com/ticket/1709 [b]Roll overs on artist links[/b] By rolling over an artist link, a box will appear giving short […]

There have been some delays with Discogs sending out mails over the past few days (sometimes delaying up to a few hours). This was caused by spammers trying to use our server to send spam. Even though they are blocked their constant attempts slow things down. Today I set up a separate mail server dedicated […]

Some people have recently voiced valid concerns and complaints about how improvements are managed, organized, and discussed here on Discogs (http://www.discogs.com/forums/topic?topic_id=101510#1337462 , http://help.discogs.com/ticket/1672 , http://www.discogs.com/forums/topic?topic_id=101510#1337622 ) . Since Teo and myself have been discussing almost exactly the same things earlier this month, and have made some progress with the management of these aspects, it is […]

Now in addition to 3 rank points for a release submission, you get one additional point per image. so.. a release with 1 image = 4 rank points release with 2 images = 5 rank points etc We’ve done this since images are very helpful in getting a release approved. And some users hold off […]

There are two new forum functions introduced today. 1) Quoting. See the [url=http://help.discogs.com/wiki/Forums]Forum Codes[/url] link for details. You can enter the code manually or quote another user by selecting text from their message and clicking “quote selection”. 2) Added an Expand/Shrink option to the reply box. This is useful when composing large posts.

I’ve just changed two of the options in My Discogs to streamline things and make the options a bit less complicated. 1) “Submitting: Always notify me after items have been processed” has been changed to [b]”Email me after activity on my pending submissions”[/b]. I’ve also removed the notify option on all update forms since this […]

I have updated the forum rules at http://help.discogs.com/wiki/Forums in order to clarify some points.

I have just been chatting at length with Kevin about this… we are planning to do an AKA version 2 based on some of the solutions that have been put forward, and will fold the existing AKA version 1 into this. This will hopefully happen in July or maybe a little later. Up until then, […]

Thanks for all the [url=http://www.discogs.com/forums/topic?topic_id=88650]testing[/url] and [url=http://www.discogs.com/forums/topic?topic_id=95519]feedback[/url]. The new form is now live for all to use. Quick recap of the major changes: This new form makes extensive use of Javascript and required a MODERN WEB BROWSER, specifically Internet Explorer 6.0 or greater, Firefox, or Safari. Other browsers might work but are not officially supported. […]