From 1c9dc9507a9b1cbbe50c8c308c7f8f51049368d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joost De Cock Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 18:12:00 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update source file en.md skip-build --- markdown/org/blog/roundup-2017-11/en.md | 164 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 164 insertions(+) create mode 100644 markdown/org/blog/roundup-2017-11/en.md diff --git a/markdown/org/blog/roundup-2017-11/en.md b/markdown/org/blog/roundup-2017-11/en.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..1f4dbe186e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/markdown/org/blog/roundup-2017-11/en.md @@ -0,0 +1,164 @@ +--- +author: "joostdecock" +caption: "Your new login background for the month of December" +date: "2017-11-30" +image: "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/hl5bw8cj/site-content/c9c5c5e10d2ed6e9f2935b047afa76c1ddd7c834-2000x1333.jpg" +intro: "This is your monthly roundup of the freesewing news of the last four weeks, and a look at what lies ahead in the next month." +title: "Monthly roundup - November 2017: Benjamin, on-boarding, showcases, and our on-demand tiler" +--- + + +This is your monthly roundup of the freesewing news of the last four weeks, and a look at what lies ahead in the next month. + +## Looking back at November +November has been busy around here. While lot of the work has been happening behind the scenes +-- more on that in December -- there's also a list of things that are already rolled out. + +Here's the most important changes: + +### Meet Benjamin +![Wouter showing off Benjamin](https://posts.freesewing.org/uploads/benjamin_fc9844f4bd.jpg) +First up: a new pattern. The Benjamin Bow tie is [now available](/patterns/benjamin) in beta. + +![More bow ties from Wouter's personal stash](https://posts.freesewing.org/uploads/bowties_4f3e05ec53.jpg) + +Benjamin is a bow tie, and as I explained in [the announcement blog post](/en/blog/benjamin-bow-tie-beta/) +this release is kind of a big deal. + +That's because it's the first ever pattern to have been contributed by the community. +More specifically, it was [Wouter](/users/xdpug) who designed and programmed the pattern. + +So shout-out to him for being the first person to contribute a pattern. And if you +[hang around in the freesewing chat room](https://discord.freesewing.org/), +you know that he's already started working on his next pattern. + + +### Better user on-boarding + +I've changed the sign-up flow a bit to help people discover all the options they can set in their account. + +![The welcome page guides you through your account setup](https://posts.freesewing.org/uploads/welcome_e02a39ca3b.png) + +The change is two-fold. First you are now auto-magically logged in +when you click the email confirmation link for your account. + +Second, we send you to the welcome page and guide you +through a few steps to finalize your account setup. Specifically: + + - Configure your units + - Configure your username + - Configure your profile picture + - Configure your social media accounts + +(More on that last one later in this post) + +All of these settings are available in [your account](/account), but people +frequently don't realize that. +With the new sign-up flow, that should no longer be the case. + +> ##### Hey, I never got a handy welcome page like that +> At any time, you can go to [the welcome page](/welcome) +> to check or update your account settings. + +### Mixed units warning + +One of the issues that drove the changes to the on-boarding of new users was the +issue of mixed units. + +Mixed units is when your account is configured in metric, but your model is set +to imperial (or vice-versa). + +![An example warning when units are mixed between your account and your model](https://posts.freesewing.org/uploads/units_mismatch_warning_058d7de9b4.png) + +This is supported. If you make things for other people in other parts of the world, +this flexibility is handy. + +But it's a rather niche scenario, and more often than not it's due to the user not +realizing their units are set as they are. + +So now, when you draft a pattern with mixed units, we'll show you a warning box to make +sure that you do actually intend to use mixed units. + +### Per-pattern default seam allowance +The roll-out of Benjamin raised another issue: standard seam allowance. + +For a bow tie, the current standard seam allowance (1cm for metric, 5/8" for imperial) +is too large. So Wouter wanted some way to change the standard seam allowance. + +![Here too, we've added a little notification to make sure you are aware](https://posts.freesewing.org/uploads/non_standard_sa_warning_e5046e98a7.png) + +So, that's what we implemented. Going forward, patterns can set the standard seam allowance +(for both metric and imperial). If they don't, we revert to 1cm|5/8" as before. + +Note that this is only the default seam allowance. When you draft a pattern you can still +set the seam allowance to whatever you like. + +### Social media accounts + +If you clicked the link to the welcome page, or if you check out the +settings in [your profile](/profile) you'll see that you can now enter your +username for a few other sites: + + - Twitter + - Instagram + - GitHub + +No need to worry, [your privacy is in good hands here](/blog/privacy-choices/). +I am not interested in collecting your data, and the only reason +this is here is because people [asked for it](https://github.com/freesewing/site/issues/184). + +![After Quentin added his Instagram and GitHub accounts to his settings, his comment now have links to those accounts])comments-social.png) + +Links to your social media accounts will appear on your profile page and along your comments. + +### More showcases + +We've added a bunch of new [showcases](/showcase) this month. +Every maker that has one or more showcases here on the site has their own page +that lists all their showcases. + +![An example of links on a maker page. In this case, Anneke](https://posts.freesewing.org/uploads/maker_links_8504a1b00d.png) + +This month, we've updated those pages with links to the blog and/or social media +accounts of these makers. +The idea is that people who feel you've made a cool thing can find out a bit more about you. + +### Referrer policy, or why you never get any visitors from freesewing.org + +We've rolled out the strictest referral policy: `no-referrer`. It blocks all referrer information. + +This means that if you run Google analytics -- or some other website statistics tool -- +on your blog or website, you won't see traffic from freesewing.org. + +![Our referrer policy: No](https://posts.freesewing.org/uploads/no_13049a23c3.gif) + +That doesn't mean that people aren't clicking links to your blog, but we simply +block the referrer header from being set, so Google has no idea where people come from. + +Why you ask? Because privacy. + +### On-demand tiler +When you draft a pattern here, you can download it in a number of formats, all neatly tiled +so you can print them. + +You can also download the SVG source code to make further changes to the patterns. +But once you have made those changes, there's no easy way for you to get it as a printable PDF. + +![The on-demand tiler does what you'd expect](tiler.svg) + +Well now there is. We've added [an on-demand tiler](/tools/tiler) to the site that does just that. +Upload your SVG, pick the format of your choice, and we'll tile it for you. + +## Looking ahead to December + +I had hoped to release my winter coat pattern during November, but alas that didn't work out. +I'm actually still making it, and when it's ready there will be a few tweaks required to the pattern +before I can release it. + +But that news will have to play second fiddle to our wrap up of the year +(traditionally on December 10th here). It's not just about what happened over the last 12 months, +we'll also be rolling out some changes to safeguard the future of this project. + +10 more sleeps :) + +