This week was BUSY! Exhausting, and a little stressful in terms of making sure that everything was completed on time. But, the team made it happen! Check out the latest and greatest from the week ⬇️
This Month’s Challenge - February Photo Contest Wrap Up
First up on the list, Sarah and I have announced the latest winner of our monthly photo contest — called This Month’s Challenge. This month, Donny O’Neill took home the prize of $100!
Also, March’s contest is now LIVE as well! See it on the site above to enter
Check it out!! ➡️ SEE THE WINNING PHOTO
This Month’s Anthology - Latest Issue of Our Digital Photo Magazine
Today we released the latest copy of our digital photo magazine!
Sarah and I focused a lot this month on studying design concepts in order to upgrade the overall look of the mag, bring more attention to the photos, and includes new sections that are fun and engaging.
Get the latest copy for free!! ➡️ READ THE MAGAZINE
*we kindly ask that you share the above link with your family & friends to support the free project so that Sarah and I can continue creating these each month
Website Update
In the spirit of design updates, check out the latest website updates over on Anthology
App Update
Work this week was completed as it relates entirely to the Portfolios feature (which is one of, if not THE biggest feature set on the app). We’ll be testing & confirming below internally before moving on to the next feature set.
Work has already started on the Search functionality. Search will include User Search (which was in the legacy beta app…) AND we’ll be including support to search for Portfolios as they relate to things like Categories, Keywords, Portfolio Names, etc. Later Search will also be enhanced with ability to search for Points of Interest locations through the Explore feature
Next week we will start working on Notifications + Flash Challenges. Two features that relate to the Gamification tenet of the application.
Current Timeline - Build Statuses
#build-4 | development / internal testing | Mar. 3, 2023
completed design + functionality of Settings Screen and all user routes
functionality to contact us from the app
v2 of optimizing image loading and resolution on all screens
squash user interface bugs
added default cover image on new Portfolio + added support in the case a cover image is deleted by the user
fixed backend issues related to uploading images from the app
added support & functionality for editing existing Portfolios
functionality to change password
functionality to delete Anthology account (requirement to be on the Apple App Store)
Previous Builds
#build-1 | development / internal testing | Feb. 10, 2023
setup new technology stacks for backend and databases
completed user authentication screens & functionality
migrated data from previous system into new system associated with user Profile page
#build-2 | development / internal testing | Feb. 17, 2023
completed first edition of user Profile page using migrated data
migrated images uploaded in previous system into new system and connected them with our new tech architecture
completed first edition of Social page using migrated image data
migrated Followers and Following data from prev. build
completed showing Followers/Following page access when on a user Profile
#build-3 | development / internal testing | Feb. 24, 2023
completed all profile data migration
added new functionality on Social page to route the viewer to Portfolios
added a new 'detailed view' of an image on Social Feed - showing a list of those who liked the image
Added 'Create New Portfolio' functionality on Profile page
migrated existing data for Portfolio categories
Created and completed screens for listing Portfolio Categories
Added 'Create New Category' functionality with new animations
I’ll be creating a video of the current application and test it live with you on social media. Make sure to follow me on IG!!
FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM TO SEE THE LIVE TEST
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