Changelog

The experimental landing page now lets you explore album artwork along an interactive figure-eight path.

The artwork path now follows the landing page theme instead of forcing a separate white canvas.

The artwork path now leaves less empty space before the archive statistics section.

The archive statistics panel now starts closer to the artwork path.

The catalogue decade artwork section no longer reports duplicate React keys when two tiles use the same artwork URL.

The experimental landing page now opens with an illustrated landscape of Malaysian music and direct paths to songs, artists, and genres.

The experimental landing page now presents selected Malaysian music publishers in a clear logo grid.

Admins can now add a published song to a curated list from the song page.

Admins can now add a song to a curated list from its artwork in the Songs grid.

The curated-list artwork helper now matches the release-date hover animation and uses a smaller round button.

Curated-list choices now show which lists already contain the song and disable those choices.

Curated-list editors can now use artwork from a song already in the list as the list artwork.

Admins can now open the curated-list helper from song cards across catalogue, artist, profile, and related-song pages.

Song page action buttons now use a smaller, more compact size.

The Songs filter bar is simpler. It now shows the genre selector without the fixed operator label.

Links now preload one shared page shell, so browsing the catalogue uses less repeated work while pages still open immediately.

The credit claim form now uses the faster song search from curated-list editing. Search results show artwork and artist names.

The homepage now appears immediately when you open it or return to it from another page.

Related song grids now have clear spacing between rows on larger screens.

Picking a section in the song edit drawer no longer pulls the top divider downward. The section panel now only slides in from the side.

The song edit drawer's section list now shows the same top divider as an open section, so nothing moves when you pick a section.

The song edit drawer's save button and confirmation now animate open and closed with the section, instead of popping in and out.

The claim credit drawer no longer offers to change the song when you opened it from a specific song's page.

Song credits now stay in two columns on mobile screens.

Related songs on mobile now scroll horizontally and snap each artwork into place.

Artist profile pages now use one consistent discography heading style.

Song credit names (Writers, Production, etc.) now stay readable next to the "Listen" panel instead of cramming into narrow, truncated columns.

Song pages have a more compact header: smaller title, artist names, and streaming buttons.

Opening a claimed artist profile from the artist list now starts at the top of the page on mobile.

Search now ranks artists with more songs and credits closer to the top when several artists match equally well.

Search now ranks songs with more YouTube views, or more views per day, closer to the top when several songs match equally well.

Search now finds songs by an artist's alias too, for example searching "Tokti" finds Siti Nurhaliza's songs.

Song search keywords like `artist:` now accept a quoted, multi-word value, for example `artist:"siti nurhaliza"`.

Song activity columns now show a compact relative time. Hover or focus it to see the full date and the responsible username.

Contribution song filters now use a compact status dropdown instead of a multi-step filter builder.

Song data completeness now uses a warning ring for unfinished data and a green ring with a checkmark when all fields are complete. The indicator now sits beside each song's publish status in Backstage and on contribution lists, and incomplete indicators list the missing fields on hover or keyboard focus.

The account menu now gives direct access to profile editing, contribution management, and artist works reports.

Artist works reports now show the recording label for each work.

Artist profile owners and site administrators can open a private works report with year and role filters, ordered credits, and pagination.

Artist profile actions now use “Claim your credit” and place Manage contributions in the sidebar.

Genre pills now use a clean borderless treatment.

Song genre pills now use a neutral, professional style instead of bright genre colors.

The song page now aligns the Writers and Listen sections on wide screens.

Long song titles now wrap safely, and long primary-artist lists can expand in the song hero.

Song page hero actions now use a more compact size on mobile.

Related songs now use three columns on mobile for a denser catalogue view.

Song page hero details now align with the artwork on mobile.

Profile stat numbers are now smaller to keep the stat grid compact.

Profile stat numbers now use tighter letter spacing for a more compact read.

Profile stat numbers now use the site’s sans-serif typeface for faster scanning.

The site now uses Open Runde as its main interface font, with Inter and Geist as fallbacks.

New members now get an email the day after they join. If you finished setting up your account it welcomes you and points you at the catalogue; if you stopped part-way it reminds you what is left — a username, a display name, and whether you are an artist or a fan — and links straight back to the setup page.

Song titles containing characters like `<`, `>` or `"` no longer break the layout of the "your songs are live" email.

Every email now carries a plain-text version alongside the formatted one, so it reads properly in mail apps that do not show HTML and is less likely to be treated as spam.

When several of your songs are approved at once, the email no longer ends with a "View your songs" button that opened just one of them. Each song in the list is its own link.

Setting up a new account no longer gets stuck on the username field. Usernames are lowercase only, but the field accepted capital letters and then rejected them with a message that never said why — and phone keyboards capitalise the first letter automatically. The field now lowercases as you type, and the wording says "lowercase letters".

Real name is now optional when you set up a new account. You can add it later from your profile.

The username field now tells you whether a name is free while you type it, instead of only when you save. It shows the exact address you are claiming, like "diskograf.com/yourname is yours."

The save button now stays off until everything required is filled in, and the bar beside it lists what is still missing.

Choosing "Artist" without confirming which artist you are now flags the field straight away and keeps the save button off until you pick one. Before, saving appeared to do nothing at all.

Song data completeness now appears as a circular progress indicator in Contributions and Backstage song lists.

Filter controls now use the Tabler filter-2 icon throughout the site.

Profile tab counts now appear in compact pills for easier scanning.

The Under Review profile tab is now hidden when you have no songs awaiting review.

Profile tab counts now use comma separators for large numbers.

Profile tabs are renamed for clarity. The tab listing songs you added or helped update is now called Contributions, and the list of edits and additions over time is now called Activity. The sidebar count matches the Activity tab.

Profile tabs now use separate routes and matching loading layouts, and each tab loads only its own content.

Your profile now has a Contributions tab where you can search, filter, sort, and edit songs you added or helped update.

Navigating to a new page now starts at the top instead of carrying over the previous page's scroll position.

The account menu now closes when you follow a profile or backstage link.

Song page hero actions now wrap cleanly on mobile, and the duplicate “Suggest an edit” action is removed from the hero.

Profile sidebar statistics now use comma separators for large numbers.

The public REST API now includes song contributors, profile contributions, namesake hints, catalogue statistics, and contributor overview data.

Artist, genre, label, and user song endpoints now support the same search, filter, sort, and pagination options as the web app.

Song pages now show all song credits without requiring an extra click, with a responsive five-column layout on large screens.

Song credits now appear in the order Writers, Production, Musicians, then other categories.

Credit roles within each group now follow the configured role order.

Related song sections now show six cards per row on large screens and load up to 12 songs per section.

The song edit page now shows a loading skeleton that matches the form layout while song data loads.

The “Suggest an edit” drawer now clearly says that changes are saved when you press Save.

Claiming a credit (via the claim drawer or the claim page) now shows up in the song's edit history, like any other change.

Profile pages no longer flash a mismatched loading skeleton before settling on the real layout.

The claim-credit drawer no longer overflows horizontally when a song has long artist or credit lists.

Song pages now have a "Suggest an edit" drawer: pick one section (YouTube, title, credits, streaming links, artwork, release date, genres, record label, or lyrics & notes) and edit just that, then save it.

The full song editor page is now admin-only; everyone else uses the new suggest-edit drawer.

Claiming credit or suggesting an edit now updates the song page right away instead of needing a reload to see the change.

Removed the decorative color line above song detail heroes.

Search results now show Browse before Actions.

Signed-in users can now open Edit profile from the search command.

On a song page, the search command now offers “Claim your credit for this song” and opens the claim drawer in place.

The claim action now detects localized song URLs with title slugs correctly.

Song pages now open the claim-credit form in a drawer with the current song selected, while the full claim page remains available.

Song editor history now uses the same floating drawer surface as other side drawers.

Reordering loved songs now saves successfully.

The guided song wizard now keeps Continue disabled until the YouTube field contains a valid video ID or URL.

Song editor sections can now be collapsed and expanded.

Adding a genre no longer scrolls the song editor to the top.

Song editing now uses a compact genre picker with a searchable catalogue and an ordered selection shelf.

The song duration field moved to the Lyrics & Notes section.

The song editor's Artwork checklist badge now correctly names Spotify or Apple Music as the source even when a custom artwork URL is also set on the song.

The credit claim page's confirmation box now matches the Music Information Truthfulness pledge used elsewhere, and sits as its own step between the claim form and the submit button.

Non-admin users must now agree to a Music Information Truthfulness pledge before adding a song or editing one someone else added, in both the classic editor and the guided wizard.

Any signed-in visitor can now edit a song, not just admins and the person who added it. Every edit is tracked and can be reverted from a song's history.

A Record Labels page now lists every label in the catalogue, searchable and sortable by name or song count.

A "More" menu in the main navigation groups Record Labels and Contributors.

The footer copyright now shows a space between © and the year.

The footer now includes quick controls for light, dark, system, and language settings below the site tagline.

Shared interface controls and surfaces now use the neutral Zinc palette.

Artist role filters now stay in sync with song credits, including credits created or edited through the older app.

Song results in the search palette now show each song's release year.

The homepage hero now uses the Malaysian flag in its title, with the blue and yellow canton in focus and stronger contrast across themes.

Bahasa Malaysia now has its own URLs (e.g. `/ms/songs`), so Malay pages can be shared, bookmarked, and indexed by search engines on their own — switching languages no longer relies on a cookie that blocked pages from being cached.

Songs, artists, contributors, and public profile pages load faster on repeat visits — their data is now cached instead of re-querying the database on every request.

The homepage artwork strip no longer reshuffles on every visit — it now stays fixed until the next update to the site.

Navigating to the homepage, songs, genres, or contributors now shows instant loading feedback instead of a pause with no response.

The homepage now loads section by section instead of waiting for everything at once, so parts of it can appear sooner.

The genres page loading state now keeps the page header and search and sort controls visible while genre cards load.

The footer's Contribute column now links to Contributors.

Actions in the search palette no longer show directional arrows.

The search palette is now narrower on larger screens.

The search palette now offers Light theme, Dark theme, and Match system theme as separate actions, with a checkmark beside the current theme.

The song editor's credit search now shows each artist's main role and best-known song, so several artists sharing a name are no longer identical rows. Artists with no credits yet are labelled as such.

When adding an artist whose name already exists, the song editor now shows who is already there and asks which person the new one is, instead of quietly creating another identical name.

Artists who share a name now say which one they are. Where several artists have the same name, a short line appears next to the name — their main role and best-known song — on the artist page, the artists grid, song credits, and search results. Artists with a unique name are unchanged.

The onboarding decorative photo now matches the fan/artist choice as it's made, before the profile is even saved.

The onboarding artist-name field is now labeled "Your name as an artist" instead of "Artist / stage name".

The site header no longer mismatches between server and client rendering for a signed-in account without a username yet.

Signed-in accounts that haven't finished onboarding no longer get their static assets (images, etc.) redirected to the onboarding page.

The site interface now uses the warmer Stone neutral palette for shadcn surfaces, text, borders, and controls.

Profile pages now keep their translations available during client rendering.

The old `next.diskograf.com` host now redirects to `diskograf.com`, so search engines see one canonical site.

Claimed artist links now redirect directly to public profiles, and the sitemap no longer lists both artist and profile URLs.

The homepage browser title no longer repeats “Diskograf”.

Sign-in pages are now excluded from search results.

The 500 error page now keeps the Diskograf interface font instead of falling back to Times New Roman.

The search palette now includes “Add a song” (opens the chooser) and “Claim your credit”.

The search palette can switch between English and Bahasa Malaysia.

The search palette can toggle dark and light mode.

The search palette theme action now cycles light, dark, and system colors.

Theme preference now stays in sync across the search palette, account menu, and mobile menu.

The mobile menu catalogue links now use large medium-weight labels, without the old card, dividers, or counts.

Admins see Backstage links with counts in the mobile menu, between the catalogue list and Add Song.

The mobile menu no longer duplicates the header search field.

The mobile menu now has a Claim credit button under Add Song.

The mobile menu now slides up from the bottom.

The search palette now lists browse pages when empty, and Backstage pages for admins.

Browse and Backstage pages in the search palette stay filterable while you type.

Empty search-palette rows (browse, Backstage, tips) now use the denser default text size.

The home closing CTA no longer shows a bright fringe around its rounded corners on iOS Safari.

The home “Latest songs” section now has a soft brand wash that bleeds slightly into the section above.

The home closing CTA now uses a late-night emerald stage background with tungsten and teal light washes.

The home “Create account” button no longer causes a hydration mismatch for signed-in visitors.

The home archive-stats card now has a subtle top-left background wash for depth.

Home archive stats now use two columns on mobile.

Home archive stats now keep a shared left edge on small screens instead of staggered padding.

The three home hero buttons now size to their labels on mobile instead of stretching to the same width.

The home “Contribute a song” and closing “Add a song” buttons now ask unsigned visitors to sign in before opening the add-song chooser.

The sign-in page edge fade now matches the page background in dark mode.

The home hero now has a “Claim your work” button that opens the credit-claim page.

The language selector is now available in the site header for anonymous visitors and all signed-in users.

The credit-claim confirmation card is now clickable across its full area.

The selected-role summary on the credit-claim page now keeps a space after the middot separator.

Selected roles on the credit-claim page now use a thinner highlight ring.

Song-page metadata now uses a smaller type size so the row is more compact.

Song-page metadata now uses consistent spacing and type size across the New badge, duration, YouTube metrics, and love count.

Song duration now appears as plain metadata instead of a rounded badge.

YouTube totals on song pages now include the “views” label, and the total, daily rate, and love count use the same text color.

Profile stat rows now have more balanced spacing around labels, numbers, and dividers.

Profile stat cards now use open spacing without internal divider lines.

Song pages now show the linked YouTube video's average views per day beside its total views.

Artist profile sidebars now combine song, credit, contribution, and loved-song counts in one two-row stats card.

User profile statistics now match artist statistics, with smaller eyebrow labels above the numbers.

User and artist page sidebars now stay in the normal page scroll instead of using a separate scrollbar.

The profile avatar upload button now uses the primary button style.

The account menu now labels the profile link “Edit profile” so its purpose is clearer.

[Backstage] The local database option in Mirror DB now uses a card-style checkbox with consistent spacing, corner radius, and selected-state feedback.

[Backstage] The Mirror DB progress dialog is now wider, so PostgreSQL logs are easier to read.

Artist and user profile sidebars now show larger song and credit counts with smaller labels.

Artist and user profile sidebars now use the same corner radius for all action buttons, including “Check OG”.

The genre breakdown bar on artist and user profile pages now separates the genre segments with small gaps so each genre is easier to read.

The genre breakdown list on artist and user profile pages no longer shows divider lines between genres.

The genre breakdown list on artist and user profile pages now uses even vertical and horizontal spacing around each genre row.

The genre breakdown rows on artist and user profile pages now use fully rounded corners.

The genre breakdown rows on artist and user profile pages now use the standard app button styling (ghost variant), with the same hover, focus, and press behavior as other buttons.

The colored dots in the genre breakdown list are now larger and fully round.

The genre breakdown bar on artist and user profile pages no longer shows a muted background track or border behind the segments.

The genre breakdown list on artist and user profile pages no longer shows a border around the colored dots next to each genre.

Browser-tab titles and search descriptions now follow the selected language across the homepage, browse pages, song, artist, label, and profile pages, plus the add-song and edit-song screens.

The credit claim page (claiming credit on a song you worked on) now uses Bahasa Malaysia in Malay mode.

Artist cards now show status badges, verified-artist tooltips, and view/impersonate labels in the selected language.

Screen-reader strings across the song editor, wizard, players, theme toggle, and homepage now follow the selected language.

Country names in the profile forms now follow the selected language (Bahasa Malaysia in Malay mode) instead of always showing English.

The song editor and guided wizard now show field validation messages and save/delete/publish status toasts in Bahasa Malaysia in Malay mode.

The country picker in the edit-artist dialog no longer opens hidden behind the dialog window.

The contributors page now switches to Bahasa Malaysia in Malay mode, including the archive summary, active contributors, all-time leaders, and the people directory.

The onboarding screen (first-time profile setup) now uses Bahasa Malaysia in Malay mode.

The maintenance page now uses Bahasa Malaysia in Malay mode, including the tribute captions.

The song editor screens (add and edit pages, plus their loading states) now use Bahasa Malaysia in Malay mode.

The edit-artist dialog now uses Bahasa Malaysia in Malay mode, including field labels, hints, and save status.

Search on the songs, artist, and label pages now shows a Bahasa Malaysia cheatsheet and validation hints in Malay mode.

Screen-reader strings (dialog/sheet close labels, breadcrumb and pagination labels, country picker) now follow the selected language.

Server-side error messages, such as claim, stage-name, and profile-save failures, now appear in Bahasa Malaysia in Malay mode.