DevLog

This is a (sort of) active log of the development changes to this website.

SITE REBUILD!

Digi-Battle.com has been completely rebuilt. The old ASP.NET + Bootstrap site has been replaced with a static Jekyll site.

This was a major project with a few key goals in mind:

  • Improve the user experience
  • Make it easier to update and add new content
  • Open-source the project

The site is now more responsive, easier to navigate and generally nicer to use. The cumbersome .NET stack and MSSQL database have been replaced with YAML data files and Markdown, so adding new pages or updating card data is a simple text change instead of a manual redeployment. And now anyone can contribute to the site on GitHub.

In the redesign and removal of the back-end, some features have been lost:

  • Contact Form (replaced by GitHub repo)
  • Page hit analytics
  • Card Compare Page (will be recreated soon!)
  • Original language text for French cards
  • “Ranks” on card pages (data is still available in this article)

Almost every aspect of the site has been improved and it’s now in a much better position to continue growing.

Please feel free to leave feedback via GitHub.

Thank you for using Digi-Battle.com. There’s more cool stuff to come!

Site is currently being redesigned and I’ve just recreated this DevLog page.

Next post should be V2 go-live!

I always say that I’ll update this site more often this year but time always slips away from me… Another little lot of updates:

  • Created an article about the Bandai release of Digi-Battle and why the cards aren’t on this site
  • Rearranged the footer navigation items
  • Added more DW-01 MetalGreymon’s to the archive. There’s more than 400 now!
  • Minor fixes throughout

A little batch of recent updates:

  • Major homepage redesign
  • Added the French Mega Pack structure decks to the Decks section
  • Added Card of the Year article
  • Added Card Oddities to specific card pages
  • Added more DW-01 MetalGreymon’s to the archive
  • Links to Ebay are now affiliate links

WE HIT 1 MILLION PAGE VIEWS!

It’s been a little bit since I last updated this so here’s what’s been happening. There’s been pretty regular small changes but the more substantial changes are:

  • New features to the DW-01 record section including the PSA Page and the Missing Numbers Page
  • Deck List section created
  • Seasonal banner added to homepage, will be displayed at set time throughout the year
  • Battle Type icons made nicer
  • Site hit count added to the homepage

Plenty more in the works so stay posted!

Digi-Battle.com is now 1 year old!

The DW-01 MetalGreymon Record Section has been added. If you own one of these cards then please submit it :)

Error fixes: Changed Battles Types to the correct ones for Kokuwamon (MP-64), Brachiomon (MP-106), Preciomon (BO-135) and WaruSeadramon (BO-132).

MAJOR UPDATE TIME! I’ve been busy making a number of changes to the site. I’ll try and keep this short and sweet, changes are as follows:

  • Ads have been removed
  • French Mega Pack cards have been added (with translations)
  • French Booster 3 cards have been added (with translations)
  • Starter Set Holo Chase cards have been added, meaning that EVERY original Digi-Battle cards has been added to the site
  • Logo font has been changed
  • The Gallery section has been renamed to Sets and sub-pages have been added for each different card set
  • Too many other layout and styling changes to mention

The bulk of this work was around scanning, writing up and translating all of the French cards but I’m super happy with how this has turned out. Enjoy :)

I’m experimenting with adding adverts to the site. The last thing I want to do is take away from the overall ease of use and design of the site, but if I can serve some unintrusive ads then I’d like to give it a shot. I’m hoping that this will cover the hosting and domain costs of running this website.

This is experimental and will be under regular review and tweeking. If I decide that it’s taking away more from the site than it’s adding then they will be removed.

If you’re not happy about this then let me know through the Contact Form. In worst case I have no problem with anyone using an ad-blocker.

Improved search results page. Added “Random” button to card details page body on mobile so you don’t have to open the hamburger menu to go to another random page.

Added ebay search buttons to Card Details page.

On the Card Details page when viewing a Digimon card, you can now see a list of the previous Digivolutions (Digimon that can Digivolve into that card) and next Digivolutions (Digimon that card can Digivolve into) for that Digimon.

Contact form added to site.

Added “Digimon Level” filter to Card Index and made a number of mobile layout changes.

Digi-Battle.com is now live!

This page has been created. The site is still in active development, it’s coming along nicely but there’s still a lot to do. Hopefully the next post will be about go-live. Stay tuned :)