Updates! Feb 13th, 2015

speakvisually

Hey everyone! We have a big batch of updates for you all :]

Email Confirmation
We're now requesting user's confirm their email address when creating a new Scratch account. Confirming your email address will enable your account to leave comments, share projects, and create studios. We will send you an email after registration with a link to confirm your account. All you need to do is click that link. Pretty simple, eh?

You're not required to confirm your email address. However, unconfirmed accounts will only be able to make and save unshared projects.

All accounts made before this update do not need to confirm their email address to leave comments, share projects, and create studios, etc.

Why do this? A couple reasons! 1) We're planning to release Scratch email updates soon! So, we want to make sure we're sending updates to working email addresses. 2) We've seen a lot trouble around password reseting and incorrect and / or fake email addresses. It's important the email is working to make this process work smoothly.

Customizable Featured Project Panel
We now have the ability to customize our “Featured Project” panel on our profile page. You can select from 6 presets:

- Featured Project
- Featured Tutorial
- Work In Progress
- Remix This!
- My Favorite Things
- Why I Scratch

To do this: Go to Featured Project panel on your profile. Hover over your featured project, and then click “Change Featured Project.” Then simply pick one of the presets from the drop-down menu on that page.

Design a Valentine
Look for the new heart sprites and “Design a Valentine” tutorial in the Tips Window.

Password Protecting Empty Trash
You'll now need to enter your password to “Empty Trash” aka permanently delete your projects.

Last edited by speakvisually (Feb. 13, 2015 22:18:31)

The_Grits

Sweet! Sounds like a great update!

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BookOwl

Cool update. Second Post!

Last edited by BookOwl (Feb. 13, 2015 19:39:44)

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jdfr03

I first noticed the Customizable Featured Project Panel before you made the annoucement.

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xXRamenMasterXx

Sounds like some great additions! By the way, I can't share one of my projects even though it says I am…so uh…yeah.

i'm ramen and i do stuff.

fudge25

KJEKJE

Sound like awesome updates! ^-^ Can't wait for the next one! X=P

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aidanmoo16

no cached variables? meh still a good update!

xXRamenMasterXx

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mundofinkyenglish

yayyyyy

ianhe21

why are there so many new updates… there's one like every week

Click here

-PatchSun-

Exciting

Zro716

speakvisually wrote:
Email Confirmation
We're now requesting user's confirm their email address when creating a new Scratch account. Confirming your email address will enable your account to leave comments, share projects, and create studios. We will send you an email after registration with a link to confirm your account. All you need to do is click that link. Pretty simple, eh?

You're not required to confirm you email address. However, unconfirmed accounts will only be able to make and save unshared projects.

All accounts made before this update do not need to confirm their email address to leave comments, share projects, and create studios, etc. It's as if nothing changed.

Why do this? A couple reasons! 1) We're planning to release Scratch email updates soon! So, we want to make sure we're sending updates to working email addresses. 2) We've seen a lot trouble around password reseting and incorrect and / or fake email addresses. It's important the email is working to make this process work smoothly.

ooh, you're making great progress! I'd just wish I could learn more about these email updates. is there a possibility of also using these confirmed email addresses to subscribe to our messages while we're offline?

edit: I like the orange color to the “Send” button in the email settings page. nice to see something different than the mundane blue button.

edit2: okay I have now confirmed my email address and absolutely love the page for it. although the search bar is squished upward, and the button does nothing at that point (does it?)

Customizable Featured Project Panel
We now have the ability to customize our “Featured Project” panel on our profile page. You can select from 6 presets:

- Featured Project
- Featured Tutorial
- Work In Progress
- Remix This!
- My Favorite Things
- Why I Scratch

To do this: Go to Featured Project panel on your profile. Hover over your featured project, and then click “Change Featured Project.” Then simply pick one of the presets from the drop-down menu on that page.

THANK YOU!!!!!! but I feel the work-in-progress option might encourage users to share their works early and cause them to lose motivation in working on them… but I like this update!

Design a Valentine
Look for the new heart sprites and “Design a Valentine” tutorial in the Tips Window.

okay!

Password Protecting Empty Trash
You'll now need to enter your password to “Empty Trash” aka permanently deleting your projects.

okay then

thank you very much for the updates.

Last edited by Zro716 (Feb. 13, 2015 20:18:27)

As a long time Scratcher, I have found new meaning to the name “Scratch”: for me, it means to “scratch that itch”, to come back again and again to realize new ideas in this toy language, even when I'm capable of creating my projects in real programming languages years later. It's a friend that helped me to pursue programming and get me to enjoy its fruit. I'm certain many others who have walked this path as well have grown fond of its importance in their life.

Lilry1

Ok, but if I use a parent's email, it would be kind of annoying to get them to log onto their email and except the confirmation.

Last edited by Lilry1 (Feb. 13, 2015 19:55:22)

TheJokerOfSpades

Great! Big step towards preventing identity theft!

enderjake1

The scratch site hardly works on IE 11 is it that you guys added so much stuff that the servers are slowing down even though I have a 50MBPS connection or is it that a lot of people are online.

The site is getting a little faster but the trash isn't working even after I type in my password it refreshes and the project is still there sitting there waiting to be deleted.

Last edited by enderjake1 (Feb. 13, 2015 19:58:48)

ONevarez00

speakvisually wrote:
Hey everyone! We have a big batch of updates for you all :]

Email Confirmation
We're now requesting user's confirm their email address when creating a new Scratch account. Confirming your email address will enable your account to leave comments, share projects, and create studios. We will send you an email after registration with a link to confirm your account. All you need to do is click that link. Pretty simple, eh?

You're not required to confirm you email address. However, unconfirmed accounts will only be able to make and save unshared projects.

All accounts made before this update do not need to confirm their email address to leave comments, share projects, and create studios, etc. It's as if nothing changed.

Why do this? A couple reasons! 1) We're planning to release Scratch email updates soon! So, we want to make sure we're sending updates to working email addresses. 2) We've seen a lot trouble around password reseting and incorrect and / or fake email addresses. It's important the email is working to make this process work smoothly.

Customizable Featured Project Panel
We now have the ability to customize our “Featured Project” panel on our profile page. You can select from 6 presets:

- Featured Project
- Featured Tutorial
- Work In Progress
- Remix This!
- My Favorite Things
- Why I Scratch

To do this: Go to Featured Project panel on your profile. Hover over your featured project, and then click “Change Featured Project.” Then simply pick one of the presets from the drop-down menu on that page.

Design a Valentine
Look for the new heart sprites and “Design a Valentine” tutorial in the Tips Window.

So basically like every website ever? Ok, that's cool. lol

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says “I'm possible!” -Audrey Hepburn

ziadmario54321

Awesome Updates!

lol and 21th post.

Last edited by ziadmario54321 (Feb. 13, 2015 20:01:14)

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MLPFAN8

wow! can i do a confirm email even tho i already made my account? and ru real

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I better protect Cool Cube just in case CHOMP …… Nevermind

TheGamingStar

speakvisually wrote:
Hey everyone! We have a big batch of updates for you all :]

Email Confirmation
We're now requesting user's confirm their email address when creating a new Scratch account. Confirming your email address will enable your account to leave comments, share projects, and create studios. We will send you an email after registration with a link to confirm your account. All you need to do is click that link. Pretty simple, eh?

ARGGGGGG!!!!!!I'm not going to making anymore accounts for a while, my iPod is broken and thats the only place where I have my email.

Yo, I'm Noelle!

I'm a 19 year old trans girl (she/her) who doesn't use Scratch much anymore.
Still pop in from time to time though, so don't be scared to say hi!

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