5 June 2026
v2026.06.05Faster homepage, privacy controls, Bing integration
- Under the hoodMobile homepage Lighthouse score jumped from 53 to 89 — replaced the full-page loading spinner with skeleton placeholders so content renders immediately and no longer shifts as data loads.
- NewNew /about page explaining what Diecastry is and what isn't here.
- NewNew /changelog page — this one.
- NewPrivacy toggle on your profile — hide your collection value from visitors with one click.
- NewLive search input on every Explore index page (Manufacturers, Brands, Eshops). Filters as you type.
- NewMagic-link sign-in alongside passwords. No password? Just type your email and click the link in your inbox.
- New"Resend confirmation email" button on the login form when an unconfirmed account tries to sign in. No more being stuck because the original signup link expired.
- NewRelated-models strips at the bottom of every model page — "More <brand>", "More from <manufacturer>", "More at <scale>".
- NewThumbnails on reviews written, shown on profile pages.
- NewFeatured profiles sidebar tile on the logged-in homepage.
- Under the hoodBing IndexNow integration — every new model and admin edit is pushed to Bing within seconds instead of waiting for the next crawl. Same data feeds Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Microsoft Copilot.
- Under the hoodSitemap, canonical URLs and OG metadata all normalised to the www host.
- Under the hoodJSON-LD structured data revalidated — Product, Organization and Person schemas now pass schema.org validation cleanly.
- Under the hoodPage titles and meta descriptions truncated at Google's SERP display limits so they no longer get rewritten.
- Fixed"Active listings" count on the homepage now matches the marketplace (was always showing 0).
- FixedSign out actually reaches the logged-out homepage instead of leaving the feed view open under the just-signed-out account.
- FixedCatalogue edits to numeric fields (retail price, edition limit, weight) now save correctly instead of failing with a type error.
- FixedThe "See what collectors are sharing" gallery on the logged-out homepage no longer duplicates the hero polaroids.
- PrivacyAdmin can now manually confirm a user's email if they got stuck on the signup link. One click on the red email in /admin/users.