Changelog

Artist SEO + Anonymous Layouts

🆕 Features

• Added public artist pages optimized for LLM and search engine visibility.
• Introduced canonical URLs and robots meta tags for improved SEO.
• Integrated structured data into artist profiles to enhance discoverability.
• Dynamic sitemap support for artists added to improve search indexing.

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

• Updated layouts to differentiate views for anonymous and authenticated users.
• Refreshed artist pages with improved spacing, responsive design, and simplified headers.
• Streamlined component structure across artist-related pages for visual consistency.

🛠️ Fixes & Adjustments

• Removed unused visual elements and layout wrappers for leaner rendering.
• Improved metadata fallback handling for incomplete content.
• Minor refinements to spacing and section layout across pages.

Landing Refresh, Structured Data & SEO Enhancements

🆕 Features

• Added structured data for artists, podcasts, events, festivals, venues, and more to enhance search engine visibility.
• Enabled sitemap and SEO metadata support across key pages.
• Watchlist now includes podcast frequency for improved tracking.

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

• Refreshed landing page with updated layout, responsive images, and clearer marketing text.
• Improved visual consistency across sections, buttons, and navigation.
• Enhanced accessibility with better semantic structure and keyboard navigation.
• Applied visual cleanups by removing unused visuals and outdated elements.

🛠️ Fixes & Adjustments

• Improved handling of missing or incomplete content.
• Removed unused sections from navigation.
• General visual polish and responsiveness updates.

Feed Enhancements + Responsiveness

🆕 Features

• Added location-based filtering to personalized feeds.
• Introduced infinite scroll for the feed with cleaner logic.
• Enabled avatar upload and session sync in account and onboarding flows.
• Added AdminEditButton for quick content editing across multiple entity types.

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

• Refined feed card layout with better truncation and responsiveness.
• Updated feed header and settings styling for mobile usability.
• Enhanced Card components with responsive borderRadius and improved spacing.
• Refactored side navigation with better styling and MUI List usage.
• Switched episodes route to card-based layout with pagination.

🛠️ Fixes & Optimizations

• Modularized feed components and extracted type definitions.
• Optimized podcast filtering by excluding entries without images or episodes.
• Simplified updateUserProfile with cleaner session handling.
• Made OAuth debug logging configurable via AUTH_DEBUG environment variable.
• Refactored SoundCloud/Spotify/Mixcloud OAuth link process.

User Feed Settings + UI Optimizations

🆕 Features

• Added user feed settings with modal UI and customizable filters.
• Introduced language selection dropdown in account settings.
• Added support for user-specific preferences via new settings schema.

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

• Improved loading states across feed and settings views.
• Standardized spelling in UI (e.g., “favourites” → “favorites”).
• Enhanced layout and modularization of feed components.
• Minor layout adjustments for responsiveness and consistency.

🛠️ Fixes & Optimizations

• Refactored feed queries and caching logic for better performance.
• Optimized location-based logic with caching and cleaner data access.
• Improved error handling for auth redirects and fallback routes.

Feedback Safari + Mobile

🆕 Features

• Added calendar page with filters, events, and layout.
• Introduced recently viewed section with slider/list.
• Implemented genre and artist filters for podcasts, artists, and venues.
• Added watchlist module for editions and festivals with toggles and empty states.
• Introduced "See all" buttons and improved slider navigation.
• Integrated metadata and SEO improvements across pages.

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

• Replaced inline alerts with reusable Empty components.
• Improved empty/no results states across lists.
• Enhanced mobile styles, spacing, and hiding of unused elements.
• Added loading components and better list rendering optimizations.
• Updated various icons, menu items, and layout responsiveness.
• Added pagination and styling updates to sliders and tabs.

🛠️ Fixes & Optimizations

• Fixed mobile rendering issues, padding, and responsive visibility.
• Resolved follow button loading state and updated type="search" for inputs.

Initial Release

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