Update Log
A high-level summary of what has changed on Rhododendra.
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Updated the Contact-Page text and layout so support details are easier to find.
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Cleaned up stale placeholder items so the About-Page guidance stays accurate.
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Launched a fullscreen photo viewer for photos in: browse, detail, and high-resolution views. Added cleaner mobile presentation and clearer link styling.
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Added a new Donate-Page to help support the project.
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Refined contribution and moderation flows so pending plant edits and photo updates are easier to review and safer to accept.
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Improved site reliability during busy periods and added protections that slow repeated automated requests.
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Refreshed the look of plant pages, search results, and browsing screens, with larger layouts and more responsive photos.
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Reworked the rhododendron index so paging is easier to scan and smoother to use, especially on phones and tablets.
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Added the foundation for contributor accounts, profiles, invitation flows, and admin tools for future community updates.
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Strengthened backups and restore tools so the site can be recovered more safely if something goes wrong.
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Moved database changes into a more reliable migration process and tightened the way site maintenance is deployed.
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Clarified the project licensing for code, data, and photos, and improved how browsers receive updated site files.
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Improved mobile layouts, page spacing, buttons, headings, and the back-to-top experience across the site.
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Fixed a display issue where some hybridizer photos could be missed.
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Preserved old plant links while modernizing the internal page structure, so existing bookmarks keep working.
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Added early editing tools and sign-in groundwork to support future community-contributed corrections.
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Upgraded the site's search and data foundation so plant information can be indexed and retrieved more flexibly.
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Sorted the hybridizer result list alphabetically.
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Enabled HTTPS for more secure browsing.
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Added hybridizer data and hybridizer search.
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Added taxonomic search and included taxonomy details in result cards.
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Added parent and children search, refreshed styling, and improved search result cards.
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Improved scientific naming style across the site.
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Corrected a plant record affected by a data parsing issue.
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Improved species selection sorting and refreshed the About, Contact, and synonym displays.
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Added species and cultivar filters, picture-only browsing, and additional styling updates.
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Fixed duplicate entries and clarified natural hybrids.
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Added the full high-resolution photo collection.
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Improved page titles for scientific naming style.
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Moved photos to a content delivery network so they load faster.
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Added the first site styling, index pagination, picture filters, hybrid data, and parent-child relationship links.