KPv5 Phase 1 has officially launched! A massive thank you to everyone in the community for your continued support, feedback, and patience as I worked on these updates.
This Phase 1 update brings a fresh new look to the site, huge performance upgrades, and the beginning to what are lots of highly requested features for profiles, galleries, and the forums.
See the KPv5 Roadmap for complete information.
Check out the full changelog below for everything included in this update:
Site-Wide & Performance Updates
Overall site redesign for a fresher, more modern (but still fun!) look.
Massive backend updates to significantly improve page load speeds and content delivery.
New Site Theme: Added a third site theme, "Electric Midnight." Theme switching is now seamless and no longer requires a page reload.
Galleries & Patterns
New Default Gallery View: You can now view patterns of all types (fuse bead and pony bead) in the main gallery, while retaining the ability to filter by a specific type.
Improved Search & "Best Match": Site search has been improved, and a new "Best Match" gallery option has been added for the most relevant pattern searches.
Pattern Stats: Gallery patterns now display the number of times they have been collected and remixed, along with the option to click and view the associated collections and remixes.
Bulk Export: Added the ability to export bulk pattern data as .csv file(s) via your user settings.
Bug Fixes: Resolved various minor gallery bugs.
Profiles & Accounts
Profile Layout Update: Refreshed the profile layout and introduced compact profile cards (which will play an even bigger role in the future).
Bio Expansion: Increased the profile bio character limit to 2000 characters.
Pronouns: Added an option to easily include pronouns on user profiles.
Dynamic Profile Galleries: You can now search and sort within dynamic profile galleries (Gallery, Favorites, Likes).
Username Changes: Lowered the username change limit from once every 6 months down to once every 3 months.
Social Links: Added Tumblr and Bluesky to the available social links on your profile.
Forums & Community
Category & Topic Restructure: Restructured forum categories and topics for better organization.
New Creation Flow: Added the ability to create new forum threads directly from the forum home page and select your forum topic during the new thread creation process.
Content Ratings: Introduced a new content rating system for forum threads. This rating system will expand to the pattern gallery as well in the next update or two.
Spam Prevention: Implemented new forum access and spam rules, including a 4-post-per-hour limit for most users.
Topic Removals & Archival: Removed the Events & Meetups category, as well as the Organize a Meetup, Venting & Drama, School, and Food topics. Existing posts in these removed topics have been archived. (Note: Please email [email protected] if you would like a copy of your archived posts).
Moderation Updates (PQCs)
Moderators are now PQCs: Rebranded current "Moderator" roles as "Pattern Quality Controllers" (PQCs).
Upgraded Cosmetics & Integrations: Rebranded and expanded PQC profile frames, and added new PQC-connected Discord Roles.
KP Pro Requirement Change: Important note for current PQCs who earned free KP Pro by reaching level 10: The new level to reach for free KP Pro through being a PQC is now level 12.
If you have earned free KP Pro but have not yet hit level 12, you can maintain your KP Pro status by continuing your moderation streak.
If your streak falls and you lose your free KP Pro, you will have to wait until you regain it at level 12.
Enjoy exploring Phase 1! And as always, I love feedback. So let me know what you think so far!
❤️ Derek