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Recognition of species/taxa by file names of uploaded photos has become more convenient 09.04.2024 21:13 Peter Khramov

When uploading photos to the website (both by one file and many files in the zip-archives), the system tries to recognize the species in the photo (as well as subspecies and upper taxa) by file name. Previously, the system was quite demanding, now ...

09.04.2024 21:13 Peter Khramov, Recognition of species/taxa by file names of uploaded photos has become more convenient

When uploading photos to the website (both by one file and many files in ...

We changed timeouts for the author to edit some data for his photos on the website 28.03.2024 15:34 Peter Khramov

Now you can edit the identification field (linking a photo to an insect taxon) for an unlimited amount of time — if there are no comments from other users on the photo. But if there are such comments, the possibility of changing the taxon in the ...

28.03.2024 15:34 Peter Khramov, We changed timeouts for the author to edit some data for his photos on the website

Now you can edit the identification field (linking a photo to an insect ...

Insecta.pro and the entomological forum Integration 19.03.2024 21:47 Peter Khramov

Integration is coming to an active phase. An email newsletter should soon be sent to users of the entomological forum with explanations and individual links to establish a connection between accounts on Insecta and ento-forum. In this topic, you can ...

19.03.2024 21:47 Peter Khramov, Insecta.pro and the entomological forum Integration

Integration is coming to an active phase. An email newsletter should soon ...

The website functioning updates 31.07.2023 20:29 Peter Khramov

We are simultaneously working on improving the website in several areas: full redesign (including mobile-friendly version), Google Maps update, Acceleration of the webpages (some of them are too slow now) and we upload new text and graphic data. We ...

08.02.2024 13:23 Peter Khramov, The website functioning updates

We updated the design of comments for photos, species, superspecies taxa, ...

References labeling (including PM) was updated 06.02.2024 19:45 Peter Khramov

The species page now displays more complete information about the sources of information (references) - for synonyms, subspecies and descriptions (previously not all of it was shown). Personal communications are now indicated each with its own code ...

06.02.2024 19:45 Peter Khramov, References labeling (including PM) was updated

The species page now displays more complete information about the sources ...

Autosuggestions by synonyms and local species names when uploading new photos or editing previously uploaded photos 28.12.2023 21:56 Peter Khramov

Earlier, when filling the "taxon" field in the photo upload form (or when editing "taxon" field of a previously uploaded photo), autosuggestions worked only for the main taxon name (full correspondence or incomplete correspondence) and did not ...

28.12.2023 21:56 Peter Khramov, Autosuggestions by synonyms and local species names when uploading new photos or editing previously uploaded photos

Earlier, when filling the "taxon" field in the photo upload form (or when ...

New map mark radius indicating glitch was fixed 18.12.2023 20:54 Peter Khramov

Previously, when setting a new map point, the "Radius" value might not be picked up, and it had to be entered additionally on the mark editing page. Now this problem has been fixed. You can to specify the radius when setting the new point, and it ...

18.12.2023 20:54 Peter Khramov, New map mark radius indicating glitch was fixed

Previously, when setting a new map point, the "Radius" value might not be ...

Linking photos to map marks, unlinking and transferring photos from one map mark to another 06.12.2023 20:34 Peter Khramov

Now you can link your photos to map marks on the map section not only on the photo page, but also on the page for editing the photos you have uploaded. On the edit page a new text field has now been added for each photo: “Map mark”. If you've ...

06.12.2023 20:34 Peter Khramov, Linking photos to map marks, unlinking and transferring photos from one map mark to another

Now you can link your photos to map marks on the map section not only on ...

Now you can change the color scheme of the site 01.12.2023 21:35 Peter Khramov

If you do not like the standard color design of the Insecta.pro website and/or if the standard colors do not have enough contrast between the text and the background for you — now you can switch to alternative colors. And if you get tired of ...

01.12.2023 21:35 Peter Khramov, Now you can change the color scheme of the site

If you do not like the standard color design of the Insecta.pro website ...

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01.12.2023 14:13 Peter Khramov,

Good afternoon. There was a pause in the active work of the website, and ...

Many minor errors have been fixed in the designation of the Author and Year in taxa, as well as in the naming of synonyms 01.12.2023 1:36 Peter Khramov

During November, a lot of work was carried out to correct errors in the designation of the Author and Year for species and other taxa, as well as in the names of synonyms. The changes affected about 37,000 taxa. And yes, the "comma issue" has also ...

01.12.2023 1:36 Peter Khramov, Many minor errors have been fixed in the designation of the Author and Year in taxa, as well as in the naming of synonyms

During November, a lot of work was carried out to correct errors in the ...

Maps for the species you've selected 25.11.2023 22:27 Peter Khramov

Now, on the species page, in the "Distribution" section, it is indicated how many marks are available in the "Maps" section for the species. By clicking on the link, you can go to the maps, where only marks related to this species are displayed. For ...

25.11.2023 22:27 Peter Khramov, Maps for the species you've selected

Now, on the species page, in the "Distribution" section, it is indicated ...

Increasing the size of the insects photos on the website 02.11.2023 22:19 Peter Khramov

The size limit for the photo on the website is 1600 x 1080 pixels now. This means that if you upload a larger photo, it will be reduced to 1600px width or 1080px height (depending on the proportions of the picture). Previously, this limitation was ...

02.11.2023 22:21 Peter Khramov, Increasing the size of the insects photos on the website

We will increase the size of previously uploaded photos to the same ...

The new server for the Insecta.pro website 12.09.2023 14:54 Peter Khramov

Today, the wesite is being moved to a new, more powerful server. As a result, the website pages will work even faster. But in the meantime, do not upload any new data (photos, dots, comments, descriptions, etc.). As soon as the move is over, I will ...

26.09.2023 23:06 Peter Khramov, The new server for the Insecta.pro website

The website server is good as new now, the information can be uploaded to ...

The website pages speed 22.08.2023 11:41 Peter Khramov

From 20th to 21st of August we carried out some works to increase the speed of the website pages loading (earlier some pages would load for about 10 seconds, not mentioning bots raids when things were getting even worse). Now overall page loading is ...

22.08.2023 11:41 Peter Khramov, The website pages speed

From 20th to 21st of August we carried out some works to increase the ...

Insecta.pro is mobile-friendly but not enough 16.07.2023 17:26 Peter Khramov

The website is mobile-friendly only in part (main blocks). We'll make full mobile-friendly redesign (with all design elements) this summer.

16.07.2023 17:26 Peter Khramov, Insecta.pro is mobile-friendly but not enough

The website is mobile-friendly only in part (main blocks). We'll make full ...

New local names 21.06.2023 23:51 Peter Khramov

We upload hundreds of new local insects names to the website database and we change searching algorithms for the local names. So, the manual uploading of the local names one by one is temporary unavailable. We'll turn the manual uploading function ...

25.06.2023 14:32 Peter Khramov, New local names

You can add local species names again.

The maps are in development mode but it's temporary 13.04.2023 21:26 Peter Khramov

To see at least a shaded map click Ok at Google message over the map block.

18.06.2023 20:56 Peter Khramov, The maps are in development mode but it's temporary

The problem is solved.

New: Premaid Selections 10.06.2023 20:41 Peter Khramov

Earlier it was possible to select species in the catalog by general parameters only. Now we have premade selections. Our curators make and expand these selections by particular criteria. Such criteria can be for example locations (not on the level ...

10.06.2023 20:41 Peter Khramov, New: Premaid Selections

Earlier it was possible to select species in the catalog by general ...

Species sorting (Catalog section) 09.06.2023 21:25 Peter Khramov

The species at Catalog section are sorted by last update (not by name) — if you didn't change any default parameters.

09.06.2023 21:25 Peter Khramov, Species sorting (Catalog section)

The species at Catalog section are sorted by last update (not by name) — ...

Autosuggestions are working Ok now 22.04.2023 16:55 Peter Khramov

There was a problem with autosuggestions engine but it\\\'s solved now. The taxa search through all the website (including images uploading and taxa linking) is fully-functioning now. If you still have problems with autosuggestions — just press ...

22.04.2023 16:55 Peter Khramov, Autosuggestions are working Ok now

There was a problem with autosuggestions engine but it\\\'s solved now. ...

If you can't upload your photo 26.03.2023 23:45 Peter Khramov

If your file is less than 5 MB but you get upload error — try to make the file size even less. It\'s temporary but and we\'ll fix it but in the meantime...

26.03.2023 23:45 Peter Khramov, If you can't upload your photo

If your file is less than 5 MB but you get upload error — try to make ...

29--31 of May, 2019 photos upload 03.06.2019 8:59 Peter Khramov

Dear sirs and madams! If you uploaded any photos from 29 to 31 of May, 2019 and you can't find them at the website now, please, upload them once more. It seems like there were some losses in that department while changing hosting servers. I'm sorry ...

03.06.2019 8:59 Peter Khramov, 29--31 of May, 2019 photos upload

Dear sirs and madams! If you uploaded any photos from 29 to 31 of May, ...

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