Howdy! I hope everyone’s having a great start to 2025. I just wrapped up a huge project to roll out the new Patina Project website at patinaproject.com. This is our first big step towards supporting web browsers as a first-class platform. A key improvement to the new website is that it is now discoverable by search engines, so Patina Project will now be able to help answer your questions in Google Search and Images.
✨ Simpler domain name
app.patinaproject.com has been moved to patinaproject.com.
✨ Descriptive Photo, Review, and Item links
Fun fact
: The "viberg-service-boot-gallun-moose-viking-calf" segment actually doesn't matter—it's just there to help you know what the link is for. This also ensures links don’t break if you update your specs. The ID at the end is what uniquely identifies the item. See this in action here: https://www.patinaproject.com/photos/whatever/igeiLuuAlso, all existing app.patinaproject.com links will continue to function and redirect to their patinaproject.com counterparts.
✨ Pretty Profile URLs
We’ve overhauled profile links to be shorter and more descriptive. No more gnarly slug strings—your profile now lives at patinaproject.com/your-username. For a peek at how it looks, here's my own profile at patinaproject.com/tlmader.
Want to show off your collection? Here are some great places to feature your new and improved profile link:
Instagram Bio
Discord About Me
Reddit Social Links
✨ Improved browser navigation
We’ve enhanced the browser navigation experience, making it more desktop-friendly with a sidebar and search bar:
✨ More improvements
- Redesigned tabs and filters and made them more visually consistent.
- Background section is now collapsed by default when viewing photos.
- Added explanations for how photos and camera permissions are used.
🛠️ Bug fixes
- Temporarily disabled Size Guides due to crashes, but they’ll be back soon.
- Special characters are now handled correctly in URLs.
- Save counts on items are now correctly shown when not signed in.
- Removed the incorrect "Finisher" badges being displayed on Thunderdome 1 pairs.
- Pinning photos no longer breaks the order of photos when viewing in full-screen mode.
- Owned for X is now calculated correctly.
- Photos downloaded from WhatsApp now have their dates defaulted correctly.
🚀 What's next?
We’re starting a major project to create dedicated pages for makers, models, leathers, and lasts on Patina Project. Read more about it here.
We’d love to hear your thoughts, so don’t hesitate to reach out or drop feedback in the Patina Project Discord. Thank you for being part of this journey—we’re just getting started!
-Ted