Hello everyone! This is Ted Mader, the maker of Patina Project.
Thank you so much for being a part of the Patina Project community.
In this message, I'd like to take a moment to run through some of our recent changes based on your feedback, including a few areas that have already been in the works.
Improved display for multi-photo posts
When multi-photo posts have mixed orientations (portrait and landscape), we no longer crop the edges of photos. Instead, we now show blurred edges so you can see the full photos.
New: Search 2.0
What problem are we solving?
The first version of Patina Project's search only showed you the latest photo of each pair. When we were getting started, this was much easier to build than letting you search through every single photo. However, it meant a lot of awesome pairs get missed unless you take the time to go in-and-out of each album. We want to start surfacing the best and most helpful photos, so this new version brings all photos to your search results.
Key changes in Search 2.0
- All photos now appear in search results—no need to enter albums to find the best photos. Once you stumble on an interesting pair, you can drill down into the album to see more photos of that pair.
- In addition to photos, you can now search for reviews.
- You can now select more than one filter of the same type. Try searching for more than one leather at a time.
- Search results are more accurate, which should reduce the need for filtering.
You can still search the old way using the "Items" filter:
Here is the brand-new review search in action:
In future updates, we'll continue to improve the quality of search results, including adding a methodology to prioritize the "top" photos while respecting your search keywords. Your feedback will help us shape search on Patina Project to be as useful as possible!
Your feeback is needed!
Let us know how your search experience goes in the Patina Project Discord. We want to keep improving search to be simple to use and get you to the footwear information you need.
Preview: Maker/model pages
We're bringing dedicated pages for makers and models to Patina Project. These pages contain everything you need to know about a maker/model: what it looks like, what owners are saying, and where to buy it. We'll be slowly rolling these out for every brand and model. You can view previews of the new maker and model pages here:
Fixes & improvements
- Fixed Sign in with Facebook.
- Fixed a bug causing the "who reacted" list to be empty.
- Added "Read More" button to make it more clear when text is expandable.
- Improved contrast of buttons and text.
- Removed Google Ads and removed tracking permission request.
- To reserve room for maker/model/leather pages, user profile pages are now officially at patinaproject.com/users/<username>, but patinaproject.com/<username> links will continue to work.
Thank you for your continued support for Patina Project.
Enjoy the boots!
Ted Mader, Co-Founder & Maker of Patina Project