Changelog

This page shows the changes we made in the Taskbarter.com website.

Alpha v0.1.3 (May 16, 2020)

Fixed

• Messages

  • Toaster notification was shown every time a new message was received. It now only shows when user is outside Messages route.

  • Multiple messages were sent when 'send' was clicked on Messages page. Now the button gets disabled until the message is sent.

  • Proposal card in Messages is now clickable and takes the user to Task page. A few styling changes are made.

• Meta Tags

  • Users can now view Page Title of the current route on browser's tab.

• Proposals

  • Proposals now sendable from My Tasks page.

• Add Task

  • Special Characters now allowed in task headline.

• Profile Name

  • Profile First name and Last name can now include 64 characters including spaces.

Alpha v0.1.2 (May 15, 2020)

Added

• Email Notifications

  • Users will now get email notification on new activity.

• Loader

  • Show a loader on top of the site indicating "Site Loading"

Changed

• Message Notification

  • Red dot shown on message icon if any one message is unseen.

  • On new messages, a toaster will be shown even when the user is on another page.

• Add Task

  • Users can now see their added task at the end of the "Add Task" process.

Fixed

• Sharing Option

  • Share option wasn't working on Recommended Tasks.

  • Share text is now customized for the shared task.

• Styling

  • Number of styling improvements in header, messages and notifications.

Alpha v0.1.1 (May 13, 2020)

Added

• Social Media Sharing

  • Users can now share the tasks.

  • Meta tags for SEO and social media handles is now added.

  • Users can share on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Whatsapp or via Email.

Changed

• Users can no longer send more than one proposals to tasks.

• Users will be able to view the tasks they applied to using the 'Applied' indicator.

• Add Task is now more smooth.

Fixed

• Styling fixed on Apple Safari on Mac.

Alpha v0.1.0 (May 05, 2020)

Added

• Landing Page

  • New landing page design with new vectors and graphics.

  • Added Animations using JQuery Easing plugin

• Feedback Option

  • Users can now add feedback to completed tasks. On viewing a Completed task, both the users will get a popup on which they can rate stars out of 5 and write feedback for the other user.

  • Accumulated rating stats are displayed on the workspace for each user.

• View Task History

  • My Tasks

    • Users can view tasks they added in a table format.

    • Users can edit tasks from the task options.

    • Users can view proposals, points and headline related to their tasks.

    • Users can filter their tasks depending on their status using Tabs.

  • My Work

    • Users can view the tasks they work on or are currently working on in a table format.

    • Users can filter the tasks by status tabs.

• Privacy Policy

• Auth Options

  • Users can now:

    • Login/Register using Facebook

    • Login/Register using Google

• Guided Steps

  • Users can view 3 steps on the dashboard showing what to do on the site.

Fixed

• Email Confirmation

  • Email confirmation now sent using SendGrid API.

• Styling

  • Styling added for Dark mode on Messages, Proposals and Forms.

• Navigation

  • Navigation is more smooth now on Mobile screens. Users can click on any part of the screen other than the menu to close the menu.

• Infinite Scrolling on Explore Page

  • Filtering and Searching is now fixed for infinite scrolling on explore page

Alpha v0.0.3 (May 02, 2020)

Added

• DARK MODE

  • User can toggle dark mode by going to profile card on top bar (or on hamburger menu on phones) and then Settings page.

  • The dark mode will remain consistent on the device even after page reload.

• Explore Tasks

  • Users can search tasks by Categories or Skills.

  • Users can now remove/reset filters by clicking on 'Clear Filters'

Changed

• Changed loader stylings on all pages.

• Separate styling for darktheme update.

Fixed

• Explore page now has consistent UI. Equal height of footer and Points.

• UI fix for lists such as Notifications. Now they are separated by some margin.

• Added privacy measures in the backend. APIs now have limited objects (only relevant) in return.

Alpha v0.0.2 (May 01, 2020)

Added

• Task View

  • Allow users to view tasks even without authentication.

  • Display task state (Completed, Assigned, Paused etc.) on top of the task.

• Edit Task

  • Allow task owner to edit task. Headlines and Task points cannot be changed as some people would have engaged with task already.

  • Change task visibility.

    • Pause Task: Hide it from public feed. No user can view it except the task owner.

    • Remove Task: Mark the task as Archived and refund the task owner.

    • Unpause Task: Display it on public feed and allow users to send proposals.

  • Add helper buttons on task points for mobile users.

• User Profile

  • Users can view other profiles by visiting '/u/:id/' route.

Fixed

• Task View

  • Do not allow users to view 'Paused, Archived or Completed' tasks except the task owner.

• Proposals

  • Do not allow users to send proposals to tasks except for 'Pending Proposals' ones. Add backend as well as frontend validation.

Changed

• Add Task

  • Skills have new UI. Multiple skills can be selected and at max 3 are allowed to be selected. Users can also search skills in real-time.

Alpha v0.0.1 (April 27, 2020)

Added

• Authentication

  • Login

  • Register (with confirmation)

• Explore Tasks

  • Search Tasks

  • View task details in popup

  • Infinite Scroll

• Add Tasks

  • Define Points

  • Add rich text for description

  • Add a headline

  • Search Skills from list

  • Realtime Error Logging

• Send Proposals

  • Choose task, then click on 'Send Proposal' and type in the text to send proposal.

  • Send Message with the proposal to the task poster

  • Task poster cannot send proposals to himself

• Messages

  • Implement WebSocket to maintain live connection between the server and the client

  • Load Conversations

  • Load Messages separately and keep them in the view (Redux store).

  • Indicate 'Typing' when user is typing.

  • Proposal message has separate styling.

  • Task owner can accept, reject or negotiate with the proposal sender.

• Notifications

  • Send live notifications to relevant user.

  • Clicking on notification must redirect to related page.

  • Refresh notifications frequently for customer engagement.

• Work on Task

  • Allow users to send updates on task work page.

  • Allow task doer to submit work.

  • Allow task owner to respond to submitted work with either Acceptance or Rejection.

  • Send notification for every update on the work page.

  • On acceptance, both users will no longer be allowed to send updates on the work page.

• Points System

  • On publishing task, task points from the task poster's account must be deducted.

  • On acceptance of the work, the task doer will get decided task points.

  • On task removal, the task owner must be refunded with the task points. Only unstarted tasks are allowed to be removed.

• User Profile

  • Users can view and edit their profiles by using '/me' route.

  • Users can add Experience, Projects, Skills, Mark Availability, Social Links, Date of Birth and Location.

  • Users can update a 'Tagline' about their skills.

  • Users can update Description about who they are.