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Today, the XNA Creators Club Online web site was updated, exposing new features and responding to feedback from our community based on our release in May. Here’s a list of changes that have been made:

• Forum Changes
  • Updated look, tighter feel, easier to read.
  • Forums searching now use the built-in forums search. Much faster, much more up to date and exposes additional functionality.
  • You can now press Enter to execute your search.
  • Cross-referencing forum URL links in forum posts now works.
  • My Discussions, Active Topics, Topics Not Read are exposed.
  • Additional older forum URL formats should now be redirected correctly.
  • Previous/Next thread buttons are available at the bottom of the post list, not just the top now.
  • The correct Post Read icon is now shown instead of a folder with a musical note ;)
  • Working better in Opera now.
  • Email notifications have the quote icon appearing.
  • Thread rating is available again

 

• Game Submission and Review
  • Game Upload - there were numerous errors that may have occurred during upload and submission of games to the web site, unfortunately a creator was notified about none of them. Now they are.
  • You can now delete screenshots instead of just replacing them.
  • ‘In Process’ after a game has completed review is now shown as ‘Review Closed’ while it's being prepared for Live marketplace.
  • ‘In Review’ filter no longer shows ‘In Process’ games.
  • You can now view the game details page at any time unless the game is rejected or taken down.
  • The maximum amount of games allowed per creator is now 8, up from 5.
  • The review process has been tweaked based on feedback from the first month of the beta.
  • Project name & description along with game review and report abuse fields now allow more punctuation.
  • A user is now informed if a review closes mid-review instead of being randomly thrown back to the games catalog.

 

• Other fixes
  • Download size is shown in the download section AND in the download dialog of the browser.
  • Getting started (Beginners guide), academics and an asset catalog have been added to the education menu. These pages will open up new areas of our site in the coming weeks.
  • IE 6 & Opera & FF 3 browser fixes. We know there is still more work to do here but the major issues should be fixed now.
  • Creators born on a leap day can now actually register with the site.
  • You can now redeem subscription codes on Xbox.com in situations where you didn’t previously have an address stored at Xbox.com