Aug
01

July product update

Bug fixes galore, as we have two big releases next week that we can’t wait to talk to you about.

Sports Content

  • We have added over 449 regular content sources and 2,250 verified Twitter sources, giving us over 14,000 sports sources total.

Homepage

  • Fixed “Recent Stories” on the homepage so it says “Recent Headlines” instead of “Top Headlines”
  • Fixed the animation on the homepage so that photographs properly animate
  • Changed the look of the search button on the homepage so that it looks like a search field, not a button

Team pages

Social media

  • Fixed all of our soccer Facebook and Twitter accounts so that they publish scores when the season starts

Mobile

API

  • We migrated all of our users to our free API

Thanks, as always, FanFeedr.

Apr
04

March 30th site release: better sharing

Folks,

This past software development sprint had some minor UX improvements and bug fixes.

Content

  • Photos are now fully published to both Facebook and Twitter. They were only publishing intermittently before.
  • Scores from completed games were occasionally not showing the final score. That has been fixed.
  • Scores in La Liga and Serie A are also correct at all times.

User Experience

Bug fixes

  • We fixed our Facebook embeds to show up better in Facebook.
  • Scores in the Game Center were oddly stuck at the beginning of March. They now reflect the current day.
  • We have fully rolled out cache-busting, so that all of you will see improvements as they happen, without having to flush your cache, which we can all agree is a silly system.
  • The search box that is on every page was “acting flaky” to use the technical term of art. That has been resolved.

Thanks for using the service, and feedback appreciated, FanFeedr

Mar
13

March 13 site launch

Folks,

We made some recent site improvements that we wanted to pass along.

  • SEO enhancements
  • Added team logos to our social media page
  • Fixed color errors on the team pages
  • Fixed the Like/Share buttons on the photo pages
  • Fixed the missing logos on Game Center items for team pages
  • Improved the Fanatics widget on the team pages

Thank you as always for using the site, and we look forward to your feedback.

Thanks, FanFeedr

 

Mar
22

Sprint 18 released: March Madness Video on Demand and iPhone/iPad updates

Improvements

Mobile hotness

Bug fixes

  • We fixed a login issue in our Chrome application for Facebook
  • Fixed an issue whereby scores were being replicated multiple times via the API
  • Fixed the way that photo embeds from FanFeedr into Facebook display (they work now)
  • Inline commenting on the home page was fixed
  • Fixed “Hotness” on the site that so that it works immediately for new items on the site
  • Fixed a bug whereby our Chrome app displaying the same favicon for all sources.

Cool? Cool.

 

Mar
09

Sprint 16 and 17 released

We had several updates for you, primarily in the realm of getting bigger boxes for everything from game recap, boxscore and photo processing, to updating our database servers to make them distributed.

The detailed breakdown.

Epic

Bugs

  • Removed tweets from the Chrome application
  • Gaming updates sent via email now have the up-to-date player rank
  • Amended photo publishing to Facebook and Twitter to provide more value by actually publishing photos

That’s it. The current sprint is all about bug fixes, so we will have more for you next week.

Thanks, as always, FanFeedr

Feb
04

Sprint 15: Gaming, Chrome application improvements

Gaming

  • Relaunch of FanFeedr Pick’Em on Facebook
  • Better badges
  • Faster response time
  • Revamped User Experience
  • If you . . .
    • like to show off, and
    • have a mild inclination for betting,
    • then this game is for you

FanFeedr Chrome Application

  • The Chrome App store launched on Feb. 1st
  • We made several changes to improve your user experience, based on your feedback
    • Box scores open directly in the interface
    • Photos open directly in the interface
    • Recaps open directly in the interface
    • Made it easier to get to your fanned items

Twitter

  • We put tighter restrictions on what gets published to Twitter so that you get more value, less noise, for each of the team and player accounts.

Celery

  • More than just a good source of fiber
  • It is a “Celery is an asynchronous task queue/job queue based on distributed message passing. It is focused on real-time operation, but supports scheduling as well.”
  • Allows for a more stable FanFeedr so that you will see even better uptime

Minor bugs

  • We had both “Yahoo” and “Yahoo Sports” listed. There is now just “Yahoo Sports.”

Thanks again, and we hope you try out the new stuff, FanFeedr

Dec
28

Sprint 12: Upgrades on the backend

On the front end, first, however.

  • Made sure that photos publish to Facebook. They were performing erratically before.
  • Major League Soccer team twitter accounts are now appearing on the FanFeedr service
  • We had an issue in NCAA Basketball where Div 1 teams playing non-Div 1 teams would generate schedule errors. That is fixed.

We have spent a lot of time working on our backend this last Sprint, including

  • Upgrades to our ORM, SQL Alchemy
  • Upgrades to our Mako templates
  • Publishing scores and the like directly out of Solr

That is it. We hope that you are having a fantastic holiday season.

Happy holidays, and best wishes in the New Year, FanFeedr

Sep
14

New features, new bug fixes: Sprint 5

Over the last two weeks, we have had a slate of good news:

Additionally, the developers have worked hard (and over weekends) to improve the user experience on FanFeedr, Facebook and Twitter for you, our users.

Improvements to FanFeedr.com

  • The Associated Press accidentally cut off our photo feed, and that has been restored. Top photos on the site in the last hour are here.
  • European football and US football scores, schedules and rosters have been updated
  • We made it easier to login and sign-up for the site by creating a new first-time user experience
  • We added navigation to the sports in the search bar at the top of every page to make it easier to go to scores, photos and the Hot News

On our Facebook Pick’Em application

  • We made it easier and clearer to invite friends to the game
  • Fixed some bugs when we published the results of scores
  • Added in options with our partner, gWallet, to allow you to get points for free

As always, we appreciate your business, and your feedback, and please let us know if you are missing anything important in the FanFeedr Feedback area.

Thanks, FanFeedr

Aug
30

New toys for the end of summer | Sprint 4 (old R70)

A bunch of fixes and improvements . . .

iPad/iPhone users

Facebook Pick’Em game

  • First, do you know that we have a killer Facebook Pick’Em game? You can predict the outcome of English Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga and Serie A games, directly on Facebook, with your friends.
  • We are using Facebook Credits directly, and you don’t have to go hunting for currency to play the game
  • We added live scores to the game, so you can check your scores as the games take place

First-time user experience

  • We deleted the welcome pop-up screen, because many of you complained about it. She’sa gone.

There were other bug fixes. We hope that you are enjoying your Summer, and remember, if you like the website, you can also get FanFeedr for your iPhone, iPad, and Android.
Thanks, FanFeedr

Aug
20

European Football Pick’Em directly on Facebook

Folks,

We have been working on this for most of the summer, so we are quite excited about the opportunity around being able to play Pick’Em directly on Facebook. We are launching with European soccer, so that you can predict the outcomes of games against your friends or everyone on Facebook, all for the opportunity to be the commissioner for the Premiership, La Liga, Serie A or the Bundesliga.

We simplified the interface, and we use Facebook Credits directly to make it easier for you to continue playing the game if your luck leaves you for a short bit.

We hope you enjoy playing and look forward to your feedback about the game, as we will roll out improvements every week.

Please share it with your friends as well.

Remember, you can pick your favorite Premiership, La Liga, Bundesliga, and Serie A teams right here, and you can compete against your friends on Facebook.

Thanks, FanFeedr