We've just released a huge new batch of bug fixes and enhancements to Criticker! Lists of full reviews, streaming options from the filmmaker detail page, and a new type of title-specific chart for Criticker Sponsors are just some of the novelties in this batch of code changes!
Enhancements
Chart for average rating over time - A sponsor-only feature which shows off the average rating of a particular title over the years. Did this film get better reviews when it just came out, but now the sentiment has cooled? Vice-versa? Criticker Sponsors can now see this for valid titles (nothing too new, nothing with too few ratings).
List of Full Reviews - A new page which lists full reviews, defaulting to most-recent first, with a way to filter just your kumpels and search for particular titles or authors. Check out here: https://www.criticker.com/reviews/
Show your rating on others' ratings - Previously, if you were looking at someone else's ratings, you could see which of the titles you had rated, but you couldn't see the rating you had given it. We've added that information to the modal.
New Justwatch Integrations - Criticker now shows a title's Justwatch Streaming Chart Position right beneath the poster on the information page. This helps you see at a glance the rough popularity of whatever film or TV show you're interested in!
We've also added Justwatch streaming information to the list of titles found on the filmmaker information page. So if you're really in the mood to see a Kar-Wai Wong film, for example, it's easier than ever to do so!
Improvements to the News Page - We made the list of news articles way more dynamic and attractive by including a featured image, and separating the list into cards.
Landing Page: Why Use Criticker? - If you're reading this, you probably know exactly why you should be using Criticker! But we're starting to release new landing pages, and this one introduces the site and provides a list of reasons for people to check it out. https://www.criticker.com/why-use-criticker/
Update Sponsor Features - Similar to the landing page above, we've totally revamped the page that encourages people to become a sponsor, giving it a much more visual and appealing style. If you've been on the fence, check out this updated page, and you'll be unable to resist! Bwah-ha-ha!
Bug Fixes
Order by PSI not working - This was a problem happening for most users, due to a really dumb mistake in our code. From now on, you should be able to easily sort the database by your best PSIs. In fact, here's a link to help you do so: https://www.criticker.com/films/?orderby=pti
Notification bell issue - There was an issue where adding to your own collaborative collection also alerted you that a title had been added. That's no longer the case.
IMDB importer: incorrect missing IDs - A mistake which led to data inconsistency in the reporting following an import from IMDB. Basically, if it couldn't find TITLE Y, it reported that it couldn't find TITLE X (the previous one in the list, which had probably imported fine).
Bug note email refers to wrong user name - Whoops. We were defaulting to the name of the reporter, not to the person who was following it.
Missing type select from Posters edit - Minor issue, where you couldn't select a different update type, once you had selected poster. Now you can!
Bug report search page 2 is broken - If you searched on a word within the bug list, then page 2 and so on didn't retain the search.
That's all for now! Thanks again to everyone who's been reporting issues and helping to make Criticker a better site, one fix at a time!