CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[2.25.0] - Nov 3, 2024

Changed

• Set a maximum width for the displayed Goodreads URL
• Use a reusable <CoverImage /> component instead of repeating code
• Update the instances list in the README and instances.json
• Allow the /search path in robots.txt

Fixed

• Fix similar books section still being shown when there are no books
• Fix book cover images not showing in the series list
• Fix the aria-hidden attribute added to the quotes header link

[2.24.0] - Sep 28, 2024

Changed

• Use a utility function to return higher resolution images
• Stop using separate mobile and desktop review section components
• Made the similar books component fully responsive instead of relying on props

Fixed

• Fix the series title not being centered in some browsers
• Fix some section titles not being the same color in dark mode
• Fix similar books titles being cut off on hover

[2.23.2] - Sep 21, 2024

Fixed

• Fix "+" in the search query returning no results - (ISSUE)
• Fix page shift when switching from light to dark mode - (ISSUE)

[2.23.1] - Jun 22, 2024

Changed

• Update the user agent in .env.local.example
• Update the instances list in the README and instances.json
• Use id attributes for sections in the about page

Fixed

• Fix page height when there is no contact form is used

[2.23.0] - May 10, 2024

Added

• Add a "View on Goodreads" button to 404 pages - (ISSUE)
• Add support for viewing individual quotes

Changed

• Use the 301 status code (permanent) instead of 302 for server side redirects

Fixed

• Fix books URLs with /vi/ returning a 404 error - (ISSUE)

[2.22.0] - Apr 29, 2024

Added

• Add the authors tab to the library page and saving authors functionality

Changed

• Separated the database initialization function into its own file
• Move the "empty library" message to its own component
• Move the "add to library" button to its own component
• Update the version Number of the IndexedDB database

Fixed

• Fix certain series book covers not loading properly
• Fix book meta titles not being capitalized

[2.21.0] - Apr 16, 2024

Added

• Redirect search requests in the query parameter format - (ISSUE)
• Add a meta title tag to the loading page

Changed

• Make the author image smaller
• Improper use of <a> tags in the about page

Fixed

• Fix certain series book covers not loading properly
• Fix book meta titles not being capitalized

[2.20.0] - Mar 2, 2024

Added

• Add support for unanswered book questions

Changed

• Update the contact form to be off by default
• Update the instances list in the README and instances.json
• Improve the questions page on smaller screens and when there are no questions

Fixed

• Fix the version saving code causing excessive logs

[2.19.0] - Jan 14, 2024

Changed

• Update the instances list in the README and instances.json

Fixed

• Fix "Get A Copy" dropdown obstructing the similar books section - (ISSUE)
• Fix the default format returning no results when filtering by edition - (ISSUE)

[2.18.0] - Dec 26, 2023

Added

• Add support for multiple tabs on the library page
• Add the library page link to the footer
• Add error handling to the database code

Changed

• Improve the scraper error response
• Improve the sessionStorage error text
• Update robots.txt to only allow the about and homepage
• Change the book page loader text
• Split library code into multiple components

Fixed

• Fix the addToLibrary button appearing in the wrong location when the cover fails to load
• Fix the close icon not appearing in toasts
• Fix a version mismatch causing indexedDB errors

[2.17.0] - Dec 20, 2023

Added

• Add the library page and saving books functionality - (ISSUE)
• Add the option to save and list locally stored books.
• Add a toast component

Changed

• Encode search text
• Update the privacy policy to reflect IndexedDB being used

Fixed

• Fix HTML and UI inconsistencies

[2.16.0] - Dec 18, 2023

Added

• Add get a copy/buy links - (ISSUE)

Changed

• Change the dark mode image background color

[2.15.8] - Nov 25, 2023

Added

• Add cache headers to API responses

Changed

• Improve CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
• Rename the session storage version item and include the version in the value
• Update the privacy policy to reflect session storage being used

[2.15.7] - Nov 9, 2023

Added

• Add CONTRIBUTING.md - (ISSUE)
• Add Code of Conduct - (ISSUE)
• Add a pull request template for new instances - ISSUE

Changed

• Remove outdated instructions from the FAQ and README

Fixed

• Fix typographical issues
• Fix similar-scraper being called multiple times
• Fix the version being logged multiple times in the console

[2.15.6] - Oct 22, 2023

Changed

• Improve the disclaimer grammar - (ISSUE)
• Update the instances list in the README and instances.json
• Remove unneeded query parameters for book search results

[2.15.5] - Oct 9, 2023

Added

• Add Q and A before book questions and answers
• Add a hover effect to the link on the About page

Changed

• Change the maximum text limit for titles in the author book cards

Fixed

• Fix a spelling error
• Fix text showing up in the avg rating section

[2.15.4] - Aug 3, 2023

Changed

• Update the instances list in the README and instances.json
• Update the default contact form success redirect URL

Fixed

• Fix the similar books section being blank
• Fix no edition results being shown

[2.15.3] - Jul 24, 2023

Added

• Add support for questions that include spoilers
• Add a cleanup function to the search and quotes tag page
• Add meta information to quotes search results

Fixed

• Fix the book result appearing again in the similar books section
• Fix blank questions
• Fix a typo on the about page - (ISSUE)

[2.15.2] - Jul 17, 2023

Changed

• Move the small loader to a global component
• Update the similar books section to have a more consistent design
• Update README text

Fixed

• Fix the similar books section

[2.15.1] - Jul 16, 2023

Added

• Add a small border around most images

Changed

• Make the author name appear clickable on the search page
• Make the "View More Editions" link appear more clickable
• Process image URL modifications client side instead of server side
• Remove the default image being shown for most image loading errors
• Remove eager loading for images that don't need it

Fixed

• Fix author books list text overflow

[2.15.0] - Jul 15, 2023

Added

• Add "View More Books" option for author books - (ISSUE)
• Add the author book list route
• Add a loader to the BookList component

Changed

• Change the author scraper file location
• Remove unneeded fragments

Fixed

• Fix incorrect fallback URL for errors on the list route

[2.14.2] - Jun 30, 2023

Added

• Add more details to book editions

Fixed

• Fix spelling errors

[2.14.1] - Jun 25, 2023

Changed

• Update the instances list in the README and instances.json

Fixed

• Fix an author page bug
• Fix the author appearing clickable on the search page (Added back in 2.15.1)

[2.14.0] - Jun 25, 2023

Added

• Add the book editions route - (ISSUE)
• Add "View More Editions" link to the book page

Fixed

• Fix "open source" term inconsistency in the README - (ISSUE)

[2.13.1] - May 13, 2023

Added

• Add Goodreads lists (Listopia) searching
• Add option to disable the contact form using an env variable

[2.13.0] - May 6, 2023

Added

• Add the lists route

Changed

• Rename the path for question page components
• Update default scraper user agent

[2.12.2] - Apr 5, 2023

Added

• Add a search button to the about page

Fixed

• Fix unhandled scraper errors
• Fix search for a tag prompt when loading quote tags
• Fix missing alt tags for img elements

Changed

• Retry until a successful response is received when the book page scraper encounters a 504 error
• Remove "-components" from component subfolder names
• Change button name from "submit" to "search"

[2.12.1] - Mar 23, 2023

Added

• Add quotes page to the header and footer

Changed

• Retry until a successful response is received when the book page scraper encounters a 504 error
• Remove unneeded route index pages

[2.12.0] - Mar 13, 2023

Added

• Add quote tags search and show popular tags - (ISSUE)
• Add quotes search - (ISSUE)
• Add GreaseMonkey Userscript to the README - (ISSUE)
• Add the documentation issue template - (ISSUE)

Changed

• Only show quotes book image if there is image data
• Update the placeholder image
• Change wildcard import for DOMPurify
• Update search page hero
• Move search scrapers to their own folder

[2.11.0] - Mar 9, 2023

Added

• Add questions works route

Changed

• Only show instance information on the privacy page if the env variables are set
• Move works scrapers to their own folder
• Only show view question/quotes button on the book page if there is data
• Change book quotes page layout
• Add book questions page Redirector info to the README

[2.10.0] - Mar 7, 2023

Added

• Add "View More Books In This Series" buttons to the book page - (ISSUE)
• Add "Quotes" buttons to the book page - (ISSUE)
• Add the book link to books listed on the quotes page - (ISSUE)
• Add configurable instance information on the privacy page - (ISSUE)
• Add quotes works route
• Add new env variables to .env.example
• Add book quotes page Redirector info to the README

Changed

• Use next/link with links in more components
• Use dark mode colors for images while loading

Fixed

• Fix extra trailing slash in the quote page POST request

[2.9.1] - Feb 26, 2023

Changed

• Improve user error handling when no results are found on the search page
• Remove duplicate .env file

Fixed

• Fix ESLint errors and warnings

[2.9.0] - Feb 26, 2023

Added

• Add instance specific configurable privacy information - (ISSUE)
• Add new env variables to .env.example
• Add information about adding a new instance to the README

Changed

• Hide review breakdown if no reviews exist
• Rename "Go To The Top" to "Back to Top" in the footer - (ISSUE)
• Update the instance issue template
• Update the .env.local.example file with new environment variables

Fixed

• Fix incorrect quotes pages redirection example URL in the README - (ISSUE)

[2.8.0] - Feb 25, 2023

Added

• Add quotes route
• Add quotes page Redirector info to the README
• Add influences to the author page
• Add info about using the search box to the FAQ

Changed

• Only show "...read more" button in the author, series, book descriptions and reviews after a certain character limit
• Make links in series description clearer - (ISSUE)
• Change scraper response json message from status: "Success" to status: "Received"
• Improve home page color gradient
• Update README screenshots
• Replace the question mark with an invisible character when a review has no stars

Fixed

• Fix incorrect loading message on the series route
• Fix text color of rating information on the series page in light mode
• Fix series description appearing when there was no series description
• Fix author links on the series page
• Fix incorrect external link in the FAQ
• Fix text under the home page hero being hidden in light mode

[2.7.1] - Feb 22, 2023

Added

• Add book series redirector info to the README
• Add search by buttons and path forwarding for search types (Functionality not implemented yet)
• Add Codeberg information for issues on the privacy policy

Fixed

• Fix author links on the series page
• Fix images & media not being proxied in reviews
• Fix : appearing while loading search results
• Fix search page error location
• Fix invalid DOM property stroke-width in the search icon

[2.7.0] - Feb 21, 2023

Added

• Book series route
• Add html body color

Changed

• Rename book scraper and change the scraper path

Fixed

• Fix author link width on the search page

[2.6.1] - Feb 16, 2023

Fixed

• Fix empty Genre heading when there is no data - (ISSUE)
• Fix slug not being defined in /genres/[...slug]

[2.6.0] - Feb 16, 2023

Added

• Add custom Error 404 and 500 pages
• Make the version number in the footer link to the Changelog.md file on GitHub. - (ISSUE)
• Add "View on Goodreads" button to error pages - (ISSUE)

Changed

• Include error code in the route not supported message - (ISSUE)

Fixed

• Fix bug when there is no author description - (ISSUE)
• Fix the separation of author names and individual author links - (ISSUE)
• Fix review searching - (ISSUE)

[2.5.4] - Feb 14, 2023

Added

• Add more unsupported routes

Changed

• Move ErrorMessage.js component location
• Centralize version info to the footer component

Fixed

• Fix bug in the number of reviews shown when there is only 1 review on the book page - (ISSUE)
• Fix description and genre section still being shown even when there is no content

[2.5.3] - Feb 12, 2023

Added

• Add pagination to reviews
• Add search page Redirector info to the README - (ISSUE)
• Show message when there are no search results

Changed

• Remove Search link from the header - (ISSUE)

Fixed

• Fix search box remaining visible underneath the loader when loading search results
• Fix <a> cannot appear as a descendant of <a> error on the author page
• Fix review text overflow on mobile screens
• Fix review breakdown width on mobile screens
• Fix placeholder image being show on search page
• Fix review loading performance - (ISSUE)

[2.5.2] - Feb 11, 2023

Changed

• Improve website accessibility

Fixed

• Fix <title> element not being shown for the search results page
• Fix search box not appearing on the search results page

[2.5.1] - Feb 11, 2023

Added

• Add search icon to the header - (ISSUE)
• Add addressed issue links to the CHANGELOG

Changed

• Make search box width larger when hovered/focused - (ISSUE)
• Update book page screenshot in the README

Fixed

• Fix <a> cannot appear as a descendant of <a> error on the book page

[2.5.0] - Feb 10, 2023

Added

• Add review breakdown - (ISSUE)

Changed

• Don't show search result components when there is a scraper error
• Dark mode review background color - (ISSUE)

[2.4.2] - Feb 5, 2023

Fixed

• "More screenshots" link in the README not working on Codeberg - (ISSUE)

[2.4.1] - Feb 5, 2023

Added

• Add search link to the footer
• Add author death date info - (ISSUE)
• Update Redirector info and screenshots in the README to reflect new updates - (ISSUE)

Changed

• Improve footer spacing on mobile screens

Fixed

• Fix author series book covers not displaying correctly
• Fix hover effect in light mode

[2.4.0] - Feb 5, 2023

Added

• Add search page and search route - (ISSUE)

Changed

• Allow search terms and URL input on the hero page

Fixed

• Fix default triangle icon for the <details> element being shown in the FAQ section - (ISSUE)
• Fix hero overflow bug

[2.3.1] - Feb 4, 2023

Fixed

• Fix version numbering
• Fix unescaped-entities
• Add empty alt string for img elements

[2.3.0] - Feb 4, 2023

Added

• Add author route - (ISSUE)
• Add version info to footer - (ISSUE)

[2.2.0] - Feb 4, 2023

Changed

• Remove chrome-aws-lambda and puppeteer, go back to using only Cheerio
• Codeberg link in the FAQ and the Codeberg logo in the footer/header - (ISSUE)

[2.1.1] - Feb 3, 2023

Changed

• Optimize scraper

[2.1.0] - Feb 2, 2023

Added

• Add chrome-aws-lambda dependency

Changed

• Remove unneeded eslint rule

Fixed

• Fix the scraper not working after the latest Goodreads update - (ISSUE)

[2.0.0] (Oreki) - Feb 2, 2023

Added

• Use Puppeteer to scrape content

Changed

• Move the scraper error to the ErrorMessage.js component

Fixed

• Fix the scraper not working after the latest Goodreads update - (ISSUE)