What we are improving

Clearer merch pages and easier sharing

• Redesigned merch pages with clearer product titles, creator links, prices, and purchase options on desktop and mobile.
• Added a visible Share button for copying a product link, opening supported device sharing menus, and downloading product images. Creator shop links open directly to the Merch tab.
• Added a mobile purchase bar while keeping footer links accessible above it.
• Improved product-card contrast and alignment, added View product links, and made details and reviews easier to browse.
• Cleaned up review forms, share-panel spacing, and gallery captions, with clearer mobile zoom guidance and simpler galleries for single-image products.

A consistent palette across Splot

• Introduced shared neutral page, card, and raised-panel colors across orders, seller payouts, profiles, browsing, navigation, and common forms.
• Standardized primary actions and links around purple. Back and other secondary controls now use neutral outlines instead of unrelated pink fills.
• Removed decorative multicolor panel fills while keeping artwork, product images, and brand marks intact.
• Unified text, hover, and keyboard-focus colors in light and dark themes. Status colors remain reserved for success, warnings, and errors.
• Repaired the existing appearance switch so a chosen light or dark theme survives navigation and reloads.

PayPal setup now saves consistently for sellers

• Fixed a request-routing problem that blocked ordinary sellers from saving payout details or submitting a withdrawal.
• Profile and Settings now share one private PayPal setup form, with the saved email visible to its account owner.
• Previously entered Settings addresses are prefilled for confirmation before they can be used for withdrawals.
• Kept sign-in, request verification, and account ownership checks in place. Saving an address does not send a payout.

Merch fulfillment follows cleared payment

• Merch orders now verify cleared payment before being submitted to Printful for fulfillment.
• Fulfillment continues independently of seller payout setup or withdrawal timing.
• Orders stay in progress until all merch has shipped; a partial shipment does not complete the whole order.
• Added checks around canceled and refunded orders before further fulfillment or seller transfers.

Seller balances and combined PayPal withdrawals

• Eligible USD merch earnings accumulate in a private balance on the seller’s own profile.
• Sellers choose when to withdraw their available earnings to their saved PayPal payout email. One request combines the eligible commissions into one transfer.
• Saving a PayPal email does not send a payout; the seller requests a withdrawal when ready.
• Splot does not deduct a withdrawal fee from seller earnings, and this update adds no new withdrawal minimum.
• Pending withdrawals reserve their earnings, and a transfer is marked paid only after PayPal confirms it.

Private payout setup and reminders for existing sellers

• Added a PayPal payout setup area visible only to the owner of a profile, with an email confirmation field.
• New merch publishing asks sellers to complete their payout setup first.
• Reviewed older merch sales and restored verified unpaid earnings to eligible seller balances without replaying existing withdrawal requests.
• Sent one-time account notifications and setup emails to affected sellers whose PayPal payout details were missing.

My Orders is easier to use on desktop and mobile

• Added product photos, quantities, totals, and clearer order links to My Orders and order details.
• Order labels now distinguish preparing for production, queued for fulfillment, in production, partially shipped, and shipped.
• Removed duplicate seller labels and moved seller receipt references into an expandable breakdown. Seller references follow the main order’s shipping progress.
• Added responsive order cards and readable row highlights in both light and dark themes.
• Added My Orders to the main navigation drawer and aligned its icon, text, and spacing with the other menu items.
• Fixed the order-detail column width and refreshed stylesheet delivery so updated layouts reach existing browsers.

Order alerts and verification status

• Added admin alerts and a dashboard view for fulfillment problems, missing payout setup, and withdrawals needing reconciliation.
• Kept transfer references and withdrawal history so pending, confirmed, and uncertain payments can be distinguished.
• Historical records with unclear fulfillment or withdrawal history remain under review instead of being automatically paid again.

Automated workflow checks are complete. Live PayPal withdrawal verification is still pending a seller completing payout setup and requesting a withdrawal. Some older records still require reconciliation.

Tracking and order details in one place

• Added tracking information to the customer order-details page, including a clear message while an order is being prepared.
• Connected reported Printful shipments with order tracking and shared the main order’s shipment information with seller references.
• Added order and tracking links so customers can return to their receipt and shipping progress.

Removed unsupported discovery badges

• Removed labels such as Fresh, Rising, and Hidden Gem from feed cards until there are clear, meaningful criteria for displaying them.
• Kept the artwork and its recorded details at the center of feed browsing.

More reliable Printful order confirmation

• Added a separate confirmation step after a merch order is created so it can move from a draft into fulfillment.
• Added retries for temporary confirmation problems and checks of the existing order before trying again.
• Added safeguards so a checkout containing multiple sellers does not create separate duplicate fulfillment submissions.

Clearer NFT buying and owner controls

• Made the Buy action available on eligible live-drop NFT pages and added clearer cart navigation.
• Kept single-edition NFT quantities at one.
• Arranged owner actions in consistent responsive rows so controls remain easier to find and use on smaller screens.

Pagado checkout feedback and button fixes

• Fixed the Pagado payment button disappearing after checkout refreshes.
• Preserved explanations for payments awaiting verification when checkout is refreshed.
• Improved dark-mode payment warning contrast and prevented the warning icon from overlapping its text.

Safer single-edition NFT checkout

• Added a reservation before payment to reduce competing purchase attempts for the same NFT.
• Connected confirmed payment and recorded NFT delivery more closely, with safeguards against repeating delivery or seller payouts.
• Kept disputed and uncertain historical purchases separate from normal checkout recovery.

Storefronts and original artist attribution

• Unified public seller links around the profile storefront’s Merch tab.
• Improved profile merch grids and added clearer links to product options.
• Added original artist attribution to individual marketplace NFT cards.
• Adjusted grouped marketplace cards to lead with the artwork before artist details.

Profile, navigation, and site-wide polish

• Preserved avatar proportions, aligned mobile profile spacing, and added a purple-and-blue cover fallback.
• Matched desktop navigation drawer icons and spacing to the mobile menu, with simpler Splot branding.
• Made shared action and link accents more consistent and improved surfaces behind transparent artwork.
• Refreshed footer branding, spacing, and partner links for mobile.
• Simplified homepage copy and refined marketplace filter spacing and dropdown indicators.

SVG artwork imports and export sizes

• Added support for static SVG artwork, retaining the original vector source alongside a transparent PNG working image.
• Added export sizes of 1024, 2048, or 4096 pixels on the longest edge for the current imported SVG.
• Kept the existing editing and minting flow based on the rendered working image. New SVG imports are checked, and unsupported active or external content is excluded.

Grouped artwork browsing

• Grouped successful mints from the same original creator within an hour into one feed card, with artwork previews and a gallery of individual NFTs.
• Added grouped creator listings in the NFT marketplace while keeping an individual-item view available.
• Improved load-more consistency and continued checking visibility so private or unavailable artwork is not exposed by a group.

Combined merch shipping

• Combined eligible Printful merch headed to the same address into one shipping selection, including carts with multiple sellers.
• Kept the delivery address and shipping service selected at checkout when preparing fulfillment.
• Improved shipping quote recovery after temporary failures and avoided silently treating failed quotes as free shipping.
• Kept seller receipt allocations consistent with the total shipping charged to the buyer.

Better feed sorting and merch discovery

• Replaced swipe-only feed modes with explicit sorting controls that apply the chosen order immediately.
• Made Most viewed the default feed sort.
• Added search and load-more controls to merch browsing and refined navigation accents.

Sign-in, offers, sharing, and comments

• Added clearer guest sign-in and signup entry points in the header and mobile drawer.
• Preserved safe return links so signing in from an NFT can bring the visitor back to that artwork.
• Made the offer action easier to identify, including its guest sign-in path.
• Refreshed the standalone login screen, sharing panel, and NFT comment composer to match Splot’s responsive styling.

A refreshed About page

• Clarified Splot’s focus on artwork, creators, minting, and community.
• Updated the About page’s editorial layout and responsive presentation.

More useful NFT and merch product pages

• Added an original-minter card to NFT detail pages and corrected stretched owner portraits.
• Refined merch product presentation and restored visible product actions on mobile.
• Kept merch styling scoped to physical products so it does not interfere with NFT presentation.

Cleaner reactions and cart readability

• Placed a compact reaction strip directly below NFT media, with accessible labels and less visual framing.
• Removed nested reaction boxes and moved to a quieter monochrome presentation.
• Improved cart text and quantity-field contrast and aligned the seller information into one clear line.

A clearer header and artwork discovery ribbon

• Refined the mobile and desktop header with a compact Splot mark, clearer navigation, a labeled Create button, and a slimmer guest signup banner.
• Kept account tools, credits, notifications, and Cart accessible through the mobile menu.
• Added artwork thumbnails to the discovery ribbon. Listings advance every six seconds, with previous, next, and pause controls.
• Kept the ribbon compact and made prices easier to scan, with exact amounts available through accessible labels.
• Automatic cycling pauses on hover or keyboard focus and starts paused for visitors who prefer reduced motion. The ribbon stays off Create and checkout pages.
• Removed the gray pill around the feed loader and gave the Splot loading mark a larger size, stronger pulse, and clearer purple, pink, and cyan transitions.

Notification history and read status

• Notifications are marked read when they become visible in the open panel, instead of clearing the entire unread count when the menu opens.
• Added Older notifications to browse beyond the initial preview, including history previously crowded out by filtered listing notices.
• Replaced Clear All with Mark all read, which preserves notification history.
• Added Refresh, a timeout message, and retry controls when a notification request fails.
• Unread badges refresh once a minute while the page is visible. History follows insertion order consistently.
• Added request verification and account checks, and checked the inbox on desktop and mobile.

Edited images can reach minting correctly

Fixed an older image-editor save issue that could make minting report an image as unavailable even though its library preview still appeared. The editor now stores the correct file reference. We also repaired the affected image reported to us.

Upload and enlarge artwork in Create

• Added direct photo uploads to Create for JPEG, PNG, and WebP images, with file type and size checks.
• Added enlargement up to 2×, with a maximum edge of 2560 pixels, plus Undo upscale to return to the original.
• This enlargement preserves the artwork and does not generate new AI detail.
• Uploaded images can enter the existing editing and minting workflow.
• Minting now gives clearer validation messages for missing images, unreadable files, and images below the minimum dimensions before creating a mint job.

Merch shopping and NFT ownership details

• Added Continue shopping for merch and support for multiple merchandise items in one cart and checkout.
• Merch retains its shipping-address flow; NFT purchases keep their separate digital checkout behavior.
• Refreshed the NFT details modal with current Splot ownership, the previous owner when recorded, minting information, and recorded history.
• Made Millix network details visible by default and improved handling of slow history requests.
• Clarified that Millix uses a DAG and that transfers between Splot accounts may not create a new network transaction. Older history may be incomplete.

Marketplace and post-page polish

• Refined post and category presentation and improved marketplace NFT cards for responsive browsing.
• Corrected the footer overlapping the marketplace's growing artwork grid.
• Removed the unwanted scrollbar treatment around marketplace tabs.
• Stopped loading unused image-editor scripts for guest post readers.
• Introduced the shared Splot loading mark across supported loading states.

Clearer feedback when checkout takes longer

• Added guidance for stalled Pagado checkout responses so customers know not to repeat a payment while its status is uncertain.
• Added recovery paths for a confirmed payment when checkout is reopened with an empty cart or the original response is lost.
• Recovery checks the customer's matching confirmed order and NFT delivery before offering the receipt path.

These changes improve recovery and feedback. Investigation of the original checkout freeze and intermittent slow page loads is still ongoing.

Pagado verification safeguards

• Improved payment-state handling and blocked repeat checkout attempts while an earlier Pagado payment awaits verification.
• Added clearer verification-pending feedback and refreshed payment state after checkout errors.
• Improved order-detail link contrast in dark mode.

Notification and collection browsing fixes

Shipped a feedback pass focused on cleaner alerts, smoother collection browsing, and a few small interaction fixes around creator tools.

• Limited and sorted the notification preview, and filtered old marketplace listing noise from other users.
• Changed NFT listing alerts to say an NFT was put up for sale instead of saying it was sold.
• Reworked collection detail pages so more NFTs load into the same masonry wall as visitors scroll.
• Polished menu, bookmark preview, search overlay, and create-menu formatting behavior.

Profile navigation cleanup

Simplified the profile and account navigation so creators and collectors can find NFTs, storefront tools, collections, credits, and settings with less guesswork.

• Grouped crowded profile links into clearer navigation areas and dropdowns.
• Improved labels around owned, purchased, received, selling, and private activity.
• Fixed dropdown behavior, active highlights, and mobile navigation polish.

Credits dashboard refresh

Reworked the Credits page from a raw transaction table into a clearer account dashboard for checking balance and credit activity.

• Added summary cards for current balance, credits added, credits used, and latest activity.
• Added filters for All, Added, Spent, AI, and Minting activity.
• Improved search, pagination, mobile transaction rows, and plain-language activity labels.

Credits history and admin cleanup

Cleaned up the shared credit-history logic so user-facing and admin-facing credit records speak the same language.

• Normalized labels such as Mint, Neuralumen AI, Credits Purchased, and Credits Received.
• Kept admin-issued credits compatible with the existing wp-admin user workflow.
• Hardened the user-specific credit-history query and verified admin history search and pagination.

Minting flow feedback

Improved the creator minting flow so artists get clearer feedback while images upload and NFTs are being minted.

• Added image upload status messages and a clearer preview handoff before minting.
• Added a step-by-step minting overlay with elapsed time and keep-this-tab-open guidance.
• Reduced accidental duplicate mint attempts while a mint is already in progress.

AI artwork handoff

Made the path from AI-generated artwork into a Splot mint smoother and less repetitive for creators.

• Pre-fills the mint form with the selected generated image when available.
• Brings over suggested title and description copy when the artwork includes it.
• Allows wide or tall artwork to pass the minimum-size check when one side is large enough.

Credit checkout simplification

Cleaned up digital credit purchases so buying Splot credits feels more like a quick account top-up and less like a shipping checkout.

• Credit-only carts no longer ask for shipping details.
• Checkout keeps the essentials needed to complete the purchase.
• Merch and shipped items still keep the full address flow.

Profile, collection, and edit cleanup

Tightened account-area behavior around collection links and post editing so creators land in the right place more consistently.

• Collection links now resolve through the owner profile when possible.
• Private collections stay hidden unless the viewer is allowed to see them.
• Draft and private post edits now return to the editor with a clear updated state.

Lighter page loading

Continued trimming background work from pages that do not need creator, form, or checkout behavior.

• Creator/editor tools load only on the pages that use them.
• Contact-form resources stay off pages that do not render a form.
• Checkout checks are guarded more carefully to avoid unnecessary background notices.

Email verification for new accounts

Added an email verification step to help reduce fake and spam signups before new accounts can log in or start selling.

• New front-end registrations now receive a verification link by email.
• Unverified accounts are held in a limited state until the email address is confirmed.
• Seller access, Dokan selling, and starter credits unlock after verification succeeds.

Sticky feed card spacing

Refined the homepage feed card so it reads as an intentional companion panel instead of crowding the artwork grid.

• Added real desktop spacing between the curated grid and the feed card.
• Made the feed card sticky on desktop while keeping the mobile layout stacked.
• Constrained the card width so the grid keeps enough room to breathe.

Homepage spacing and chat cleanup

Polished a couple of end-of-night details so the homepage feels cleaner while we plan a better native community chat.

• Added more breathing room between the homepage grid area and neighboring cards.
• Hid the unfinished bottom-right chat launcher until the account-based public chat is ready.
• Kept the change lightweight so it does not add extra front-end work.

Homepage curated-grid expansion

Refined the homepage browsing pool so the curated section has enough depth to feel alive instead of ending too quickly.

• Kept the homepage limited to admin-featured Splot posts.
• Removed an extra availability filter that was shrinking the live curated pool too far.
• Refreshed the rotation cache so new curated changes appear cleanly after release.

Homepage browsing depth

Made the homepage feel less abrupt while keeping the first visit fast and focused on curated Splot artwork.

• Doubled the first curated grid load so visitors see more work before reaching the footer.
• Expanded the curated pool to include both Splot feature markers used by admins.
• Added a polished full-feed call to action for visitors who want to keep browsing.

Curated homepage rotation

Made the homepage feel more alive while keeping the displayed work inside the admin-curated Splot collection.

• Rotates the order of featured NFT cards from the curated sale pool.
• Keeps the homepage focused on selected artwork instead of opening it to every post.
• Uses a light cached shuffle so freshness does not come at the cost of slower browsing.

Navigation simplification

Simplified the header while upcoming competition experiences are being reworked behind the scenes.

• Temporarily hid Competitions from the public header navigation.
• Kept the underlying page available so the experience can return when ready.
• Shipped the change as a versioned Splot release for reliable cache refreshes.

Contact form resilience

Hardened the Contact page form embed so it keeps rendering cleanly while we continue removing unused form-related weight.

• Normalized copied smart quotes before the form embed renders.
• Protected the Contact page from showing raw embed text during future cleanup.
• Shipped the hardening as a clear versioned Splot update.

Global asset trim

Removed a second layer of unused front-end assets that production was loading on pages where visitors are not shopping or submitting forms.

• Stopped unused form assets from loading on public pages that do not need forms.
• Removed product-vendor and checkout-field-editor styles from simple browsing pages.
• Kept Marketplace, Checkout, and Contact on the assets required for those flows.

Non-commerce asset trim

Continued the performance cleanup by keeping shopping scripts and styles off pages where visitors are browsing rather than buying.

• Removed store-front assets from the homepage and simple static pages.
• Expanded the lean static cleanup to About and Contact while preserving form compatibility.
• Kept checkout, marketplace, product, credit, mint, and drop routes on the full commerce stack.

Lean static page asset pass

Started trimming scripts and styles from simple informational pages so they do not carry commerce, carousel, or grid behavior they never use.

• Removed forced countdown loading from pages without countdown timers.
• Stopped static pages from loading store, grid, carousel, modal, and submit assets.
• Removed checkout debug payloads from public checkout HTML.

Updates page layout polish

Gave the Updates page a calmer reading layout so the intro card and changelog cards have more breathing room.

• Added a larger desktop gap between the left intro card and the update list.
• Made the intro card sticky on desktop so it stays anchored while reading updates.
• Kept the layout stacked on smaller screens for easier mobile browsing.

Homepage action icon polish

Refined the homepage quick-action cards so their right-side buttons feel more native to Splot.

• Replaced the plain arrow glyphs with the Splot icon.
• Bundled the icon with the Splot release so the homepage does not depend on a media-library path.
• Bumped the Splot release version for reliable cache refreshes.

Footer and checkout polish

Cleaned up a couple of details that were adding friction or maintenance work without improving the buying experience.

• Made the footer copyright year update automatically.
• Stopped requiring street address for Pagado NFT purchases that do not ship physical merch.
• Kept the stricter address requirement in place for merch and non-Pagado checkout flows.

Grid image optimization groundwork

Prepared the site to serve lighter 640px grid images on homepage and marketplace cards instead of leaning on oversized original uploads.

• Added a dedicated splot_grid image size for card layouts.
• Updated card thumbnail templates to prefer grid-sized media when available.
• Built a safe admin thumbnail regenerator and diagnostic tool for production media.
• Confirmed production needs PHP GD or Imagick enabled before thumbnails can be generated.

Homepage and marketplace performance pass

Reduced the amount of work required before the first page view becomes usable, especially on the homepage and marketplace.

• Reduced the homepage’s initial post query to keep the first response lighter.
• Removed the heavy homepage slider in favor of a simpler custom feature strip.
• Stopped extra homepage and marketplace scripts from loading where they are not needed.
• Kept public route checks healthy after each production upload.

Cleaner production deployment flow

Shifted optimization work into versioned release packages so production changes can be uploaded, tested, and rolled forward more predictably.

• Moved performance changes into versioned release packages instead of editing production directly.
• Versioned Splot releases so CSS and JavaScript cache busting stays reliable.
• Created separate diagnostic packages for media checks rather than bundling everything together.

Cleaner marketplace and homepage markup

Reduced repeated decorative Millix icon image tags across high-traffic homepage and marketplace views. The icon now renders through shared CSS, which keeps the same visual treatment while reducing DOM and image noise.

• Homepage image tags reduced from 386 to 12 in local testing.
• Marketplace image tags reduced from roughly 386 to 2 in local testing.
• Marketplace links now stay on the current site instead of hard-coding production URLs.

Local cleanup baseline

Removed local cache, log, and backup debris from the development restore so optimization work starts from a cleaner baseline.

• Removed temporary upload cache and store log folders locally.
• Documented active modules and major media-size hotspots.
• Confirmed key public routes still return healthy responses after cleanup.