Otaku.fmUPDATE: This post is outdated - please go to here for details and request. Requests left in this post will be ignored. Announcing the launch of the first site to join the DC Network - Otaku.fm. The DC Network will comprise of sites that use the dann...
ForumsThere have been some great conversations of late (yesterdays Loli Culture was a great one in particular) and I see many requests for a forum.
I have a general idea of what you want but I need your feedback to make it into what you would like it to...
Otaku NewsYou may have noticed a new feature that I rolled out yesterday tentatively called "News items."
I have much otaku and Japan related news that I want to share but preparing a full blog post can take time. I wanted way to bring you updates within...
DiscoverabilityJust wanted to run through a few new features recently added to the site and talk about how "discoverability" is just as important as "userbility" when it comes down to web design.
Many talk about userbility for humans and end up with a site th...
Featured Feeds EXAnnouncing Featured Feeds EX - a program that is aimed at growing the online Otaku Sphere.
As you can see from the above screenshot, the average unique users for July so far has been 52,133 per day and I have already served over 2.5 million page...
Profile Page EXPushed out the code for Profile Page EX (EXtended). You can click through to your profile page by clicking on your nick name anywhere on the site (non members can have a look at my profile page).
You will see that your Otaku Videos, Otaku Links, RD...
DC Rewards (adsense)I have developed a new feature to thank the many blog/site owners who are linking to dannychoo.com. The feature is called DCRewards (Adsense). In a nutshell... <ul> <li>You link to dannychoo.com - links have your DCTag embedded (DCTag=DannyChooTag)</...
Ranking ChartsI've had this feature on the site for a while but spent some time beefing it up quite a bit - the Ranking Charts.
The purpose of these charts is to help you keep in the loop with whats hot n selling in Japan. The figures, anime, gundams, eroge etc...
Release Date CalendarAny budding Otaku has the same problem - keeping track of all the release dates of figures, gundams, eroge, anime, music etc that they are interested in.
Introducing a new acronym for the site - RDC (Release Date Calendar). Members can now create t...
Nav2.0Took me longer than I thought but Nav2.0 is now live. Took into account much of the feedback you gave me and will be implementing more of your requests over time.
So why the radical change? The main reason was that the old UI was not scaling toget...
Site RedesignWanted to show you the progress of the top page redesign which you can find here. The current UI cant scale anymore to support the amount of new community features that I am planning to launch this year and thus need to revamp the whole top page and...
Wallpaper ToolThe wallpaper tool is ready! Originally didnt have plans to make one but you asked for it so here it is ^^. Thanks for the feedback on how the tool should behave.
The tool lives here and is linked to from the navbar in the header. When you visit th...
OtavidsJust rolled out the code for the next community feature - Otavids! You've guessed it - OTAku VIDeoS! Browse around on YouTube and submit cool stuff that you find. As with Otakurls, you need to be a member to submit stuff.
So what should you submit?...
Member Profile PageJust rolled out the Profile pages for members which are linked to from wherever your nick name is displayed on the site - for now that means next to any Otakurls or comments. Your profile will also be linked to from up n coming features like the foru...
OtakurlsEnded up staying at home for most of the holidays to bring you a new feature - <a href="/otakurl/eng/">Otakurls</a>. Took me three days longer than expected but managed to beef up my programming skills a wee bit in the process.
Otakurls is a place...
