Hello Tapastic!
You may have noticed some "new" changes to your reading list notifications. Well, you’d be right. We just updated Tapastic's notification system! Below are the details:
The “New” Indicator
Similar to the previous Reading List notifications, the “new” system will notify you whenever a series has new episodes via your Reading List. Rather than showing the number of episodes added, it now simply indicates whether or not there are new episodes for you to read. Plus, when you visit the series page the episode list on the sidebar will specifically mark which episodes were added since your last visit!
Reading List Notifications for Unlocked Episodes
This update also allows a better means of notifying non-supporting subscribers when episodes are first unlocked. Supporters will still receive a Reading List update when a locked episode is initially published, but now non-supporters will also see a "new" mark on their Reading List once the episode is unlocked.
In other words, if you have a Support Program and upload a locked episode ONLY supporters will be notified, but if/when you unlock it (or it auto-unlocks, if you scheduled that), regular subscribers will be notified. In either case, it will just look like a new episode was added to their Reading List, rather than the Activity Notification they used to get in the past.
Read and Unread Tracking
You can now see which episodes you've read on Tapastic, to better track where you left off and make sure you don't miss a comic. You’ll notice unread (fully bright/opaque) and read (semi-transparent/faded) episodes are distinguishable now, just like on the mobile apps.
The current episode is also more clearly highlighted in the episode list, whether the sidebar is expanded or collapsed.
Pro tip: press the F key to see how this works when the sidebar is collapsed on web.
Thanks everyone for your continued support of Tapastic! Please give us your feedback below. Also, stay tuned this Friday for another big update: The Ad Revenue Program!