Lists Phase 1!

Hi everybody.
Today we rolled out our initial phase of Lists being available on SideReel.

https://www.sidereel.com/tracker

When you log in and visit your Tracker page, you'll see a dropdown that contains your lists (displayed in the order you created the list, with most recent list showing first).


By selecting a list, you'll be able to see the shows in that list, and use all of the same filters and sorts (including "Hide Watched Shows") that are available in the Tracker.

Additionally, by clicking on the "Add to List" button on TV Show pages, Episode pages and the Tracker, you can create a new list or add a show to an existing list:

(You will also be able to remove a specific show from a list by un-selecting the checkbox next to that list and clicking the button at the bottom.)

We're still working on the User Profile area and displaying all of the shows in a users list on a standalone page, but hopefully this will give you the opportunity to interact with your lists in the Tracker. Stay tuned.

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Will the new iteration of lists retain the ability to have some lists be private?

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Yep. As of now the Lists will only show up in your individual Tracker page while you are logged in. When we launch standalone list pages, the only ones available to be viewed by the outside world will be Public lists (both the old lists that you had set as Public and any new Public lists you make).

S

Great!

On my lists, none of my watch history is tracked. I had a list made entirely of shows I stopped watching and planned to go back to, and now they're all at S1E1 so I have no idea where I left off. Even my list of Finished shows that are still marked as tracked are showing this way.

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S

Seconded.  This is super frustrating.  I was under the impression that watch data was persistent across the site even for shows not in my tracker.  I use lists to keep track of shows that I'm watching but don't necessarily want in my regular tracker.  This means having the watch data is super important for keeping track of where I am.  I also have shows that are neither in my lists nor in my tracker that I've entered watch data for and I'd hope that hasn't been lost.

Sigh. So it looks like your watch status was kept separate in each individual list as well as in your Tracker. This is a great example of how convoluted the data is on the back end and the kinds of things we keep stumbling into.

We still have all of the data saved so we should be able to attribute your existing watched events to the shows in your lists. It might take us a couple days.  Hang tight.

S

That's really good to know.  And, so long as it's coming back, I'm not worried about how long it takes.  Thank you so much for all the work you've done getting the site back up and running.

Quick question... Are the missing watch events ones you clicked months ago on the old site? Or was this recent watch event activity done on the new site (but is not reflected in your lists)?

Did ANY old watch data carry over from older lists and it's just recent activity (within the past few weeks since the new Tracker went live) that is missing?

S

Ok so this is weird.  If I go to the show page the watches are all correct.  The problem is that the list page has "next episode" as s1e1 for everything.  (Hopefully that makes this easier.)Screen Shot 2020-07-09 at 1.37.47 PM.png

Sara, can you please give us a screenshot of what this show looks like in your Tracker? i wonder if our logic for determining Next Unwatched Episode is not implemented the same way on both views.

S

That show's not usually in my tracker (that pic is from the list it's in) but I can temporarily add it if that would be helpful.

No need to add it if it isn't there already. We'll poke at it from our end.

S

Does this help?  This is in my tracker.

Screen Shot 2020-07-09 at 3.05.01 PM.png

S

I put it in. I'll remove it when you're done.  I'm happy to help.

Thanks! So it looks like the underlying data is in sync but the display mechanism on List pages needs to be corrected to match the way we have it on the Tracker view.

OK. I think we have this figured out.

If your "Next Unwatched Episode" data is not up-to-date between Tracker and your List, please do the following:

1. Do a Hard Refresh of your browser while on your Tracker (this may be different in different browsers. Instructions here: https://elod.in/how-to-do-a-hard-refresh-in-every-browser/).

If that doesn't do it,
2. Log out of SideReel.
3. Clear your browser cache. https://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/
4. Clear your cookies for SideReel. https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-privacy-how-to-clear-cookies.html
5. Log back in to SideReel

At this point you should have the newest fresh codebase and the proper Next Unwatched Episode should match your List.

JG

Accident, suicide, or murder on the oxygen network has not had the last three or four episodes in it.  Also cold Justice does not have is new episode.  Thanks and have a wonderful day.

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BM

Created list and spelled wrong so I created another one. Any way to delete or rename the other one

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We will have a way to delete lists at some point in the future. Thanks.

S

Sorry to bother you but my lists are still broadly showing "next up: s01e01" even when I've watched several eps.  I've tried clearing cache as well as using a separate browser and the problem persists.  (ex show from a list below, it shows next up: 1e1 despite next up being 1e4)Screen Shot 2020-08-04 at 1.35.50 PM.png

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Hi Sara.
And just so I am clear, this is within a list (not just in your standard tracker)?

S

Yes.  It's within a list.  Everything in my regular tracker is showing up properly.

S

One interesting thing about this is that it only applies to shows I'm not tracking.  If a show is in my tracker and the list it shows up properly.  But if it's only in the list this problem occurs.  (Moreover, if I *stop* tracking a show on a list the problem magically appears where it wasn't before.)

Very helpful. I think this may be the thing we were missing (shows in lists that are not being tracked).

OK. I think we have this solved.

Note: you may need to clear your cache
https://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/

 
or do a Hard Refresh of the page:
Please let us know if you are still seeing this issue.
S

It's fixed! Thank you so much.

AR

Quite a few of my Tracker lists have disappeared! I am at a loss and need your help. Please let me know what can be done. I've cleared my browser history and cache to no avail.

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Hi Ann. We see an issue in the Tracker where we're only showing 10 lists in the dropdown.

We'll work on getting that fixed.

Thanks.

AR

Thanks. In reply to your message I can only see 10 lists. When I try to correct it by adding new lists (trying to recreate my lost lists) it results in deleting other lists keeping the number of lists at 10. 

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AR

Hi. It's fixed! Thank you so much! Meanwhile I tried to recreate some of the lists so now I have a few I would like to delete but can't find how to. 

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Great.

If you need to delete a list, you should be able to do so on your Profile page.

You can see more information about your profile page here: https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i279-your-profile-lists-tracked-shows-reviews-and-ratings

MC

Hi! I use lists a lot and they used to be organized alphabetically. Now they appear to be organized chronologically which doesn't really have a meaning to me. Will that functionality return?

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