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As many of you may have noticed, ForgeHub received quite a substantial site update when the New Year arrived. Everything was overhauled regarding visuals and backend performance. If you haven't experienced the new site on a mobile device, we strongly encourage you to test it out as this was one of the most requested feedback items we addressed. When the ForgeHub v3 site update first launched, things may have looked out of place. Over the course of this past month we've spent the time to address many of the migration issues and will refine the site further over time. ForgeHub is dedicated to bring you more updates in the future to create a more feature rich environment. For now, please read through some of our accomplishments from January.

JANUARY SITE UPDATES

1. 'Featured Maps' section moved below 'News' section on homepage.
2. 'Events Calendar' added to homepage
3. 'Twitter Feed' sidebar added to homepage
4. 'Enhanced Search' and 'Elastic Search' installed to improve search functionality.
5. Default game set to Halo 5 when submitting map
6. Improved image carousel functionality on map page.
7. Image stretching for thumbnail images shown on 'Maps' page are fixed. All thumbnail images for maps posted before today will still appear stretched or constrained. All images for maps submitted from today on will appear with correct proportions.
8. Formatting: Automatically capitalize map titles when shown on in the horizontal map list. This is the 'search map page'.
9. Bug Fix: 'Trending Maps' sidebar now displays and updates information. All data fields previously showed up as zero. This area displays maps with most comments for the last 30 days.
10. Co-Forger author name is now displayed in the horizontal map list next to the primary author. Now reads: "author and co-forger, time".
11. 'Comments' and 'Views' are now visible on the search map page. Values were previously set at zero per map and did not update. This is the small image icon that shows up with a number next to it for each map in the horizontal map listing.
12. 'Top Maps' sidebar now display ratings for each map.
    Removal of Scrolling bars for featured maps section on homepage and map page.
13. All map titles capitalized when listed in 'Top Maps' sidebar. Color set to blue for mouse over effect.
14. Map titles displayed in the 'Trending' sidebar are now clickable and interactive.
15. 'Short description' character allowance increased to display full text on maps page.
16. Star rating color changed from yellow to electric blue for thematic consistency.
17. When clicking on map filter tabs such as 'Newest, Featured, Top Maps' on the map page the 3 featured maps at the top would disappear. This has been fixed, the featured maps remain on the page when filtering through content.
18. Halo 5 gametypes Strongholds and Breakout removed from Halo 2 map submission options.
19. Star color for unrated maps changed from bright white to dark grey. This helps makes relevant content stand out more prominently.
20. 'Featured Maps' section displays most recently featured maps at the top of the page. This was previously set to random and would often times display maps from MCC and Halo 4.
21. New 'Grifball' game type selection available for Halo 5 map submissions.
22. Map titles listed in the 'Trending' maps sidebar auto capitalized.
23. Forge Canvas selection now saves when submitting a map. This would disappear when editing a map post.
24. Updated weapon selection list for Halo 5 - now includes all weapons separated by faction: UNSC, Covenant, Forerunner.
25. Included new 'Vehicle' selection for map submissions.
26. OBJECTS map category added in preparation for forge prefab saving and sharing.

PLEASE PROVIDE FEEDBACK
ForgeHub is dedicated to deliver the best experience possible for sharing the content you are creating in Halo 5 forge. To help make your experience here more enjoyable, please share your thoughts, concerns and feature requests below.

<3 - The ForgeHub Team