1.6 was a large release that was rolled out from the test environment to live this morning. This release consisted of some fixes and more back end improvements ahead of some exciting features that are slated for 1.8 and 1.9.

What’s new

• As a new service, Spudaroo users have gone through their own learning curve and aren’t always timely with closing out their projects and selecting a winner. We’ve made some improvements to the way that we coach users during the process and should they miss their deadlines, unlocking their project as opposed to a full restart which confused our talented experts on occasion.
• Improvements to the way we handle payout requests to winning experts.
• Projects in progress are now displayed first on the main category page regardless of when they commenced. In the past, projects that had ended or were awarded were appearing first based on the date the project was posted.
• Spud Blog feed and the ability to receive a feed for all project categories has been added to the RSS area.

What’s fixed

• Release payment button was performing a Houdini magic trick within the Material Handover area. This button has been stripped of its magical powers – Fixed.
• Feedback tab was causing usability angst on the left side of the website. Moved to the right for all our 2.0 lovers – Fixed.
• Private project thumbnails were displaying a click thru icon despite there being no ability to click thru – Fixed.
• PayPal wasn’t displaying the amount to be paid on the PayPal confirmation page during the checkout process – Fixed.
• Experts were able to see each others submissions when a private project ended – Fixed

As usual, thank you for your feedback. We appreciate it and hope you’ll continue to help us perfect Spudaroo by clicking the feedback tab on the RIGHT side of our webpages!