Welcome to the all-new JpopAsia!

2yr ago · Saturday 13 Aug, 2016 - 10:31am UTC · JpopAsia · 8 upvotes · 72 comments · 2,895 views

Welcome to the new version of JpopAsia! After almost 5 years running on version 4, we build version 5 from the ground up.The most important things you will notice are speed, frontpage, and a new user interface.The lightweight all new custom framework that JpopAsia runs on now, is super fast by itself. Coming weeks we’ll do additional speed improvements that will even cut the loading times by half.Finally mobile friendly! We also prepared a mobile version so it looks great on your phone.The new frontpage is completely redesigned because our focus will shift towards community and relevance. We want you to be able to share the stuff we didn't yet. Everyone can upvote the articles, topics, videos, albums you like and reach the frontpage. With this, there’s another stat called Karma. Karma are upvotes you received on your comments and your shared topics. You can not buy Karma and it reflects the added value you provided to JpopAsia.The other thing we focused on, relevance, is because we intend to increase our news flow with not only more articles, but also direct sources like tweets, instagrams, and youtube videos. If you start following the artists you like, articles, tweets, albums, and videos will have a more prominent position in the feed for you.There are many things to explore. Coming weeks we’ll be releasing our brand new game to encourages more interaction with other members. It’s gonna be awesome.Because of reliability and speed issues we deployed the new JPA prematurely which means some parts that you are used to are still missing. We'll be working coming weeks to get them back like the journals, cards, shares, messages, wallposts etc. Please be patient.For now, don’t be shy to start an interesting topic, upvote an article you’d like, comment and start increasing your Karma and Jpops.It will take a while before you get used to it but we are working hard to make you like it. If you have any questions leave a comment or get in touch with us.Welcome to the new JpopAsia and let’s make it great together!

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BabyPanda93 2yr ago

Something I've noticed is if you don't type the name of the group EXACTLY like how it's used, the database won't find it. For example, looking for "hey say jump" will bring 0 result, I really have to type "Hey! Say! Jump" to find it. This is very frustrating.

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K4R1N4 2yr ago

About the video and lyrics, it could be like before. Now they are separated and we can't watch the video while reading the lyrics. (; . ;)

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

Done, check it out

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K4R1N4 2yr ago Edited

Thank you!!!
Enjoying to watch the videos now!

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hokuboshi713 2yr ago

This is definitely a change that will take some getting used to, but I welcome it, I mean, I've been here 8 years so I've seen the site change once or twice at least. It's for the better so I'm happy. No use really complaining about anything until the site is more finalized. Keep up the good work guys ^^

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OtakuForLife 2yr ago

Can you please re-add the artist list in alphabetical order and also the section which had newest artists (the recently added artists)

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1crazy4drama 2yr ago

Just came back and I was like "WOW"
I need to get accustomed to the new site

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akaro 2yr ago

very nice and clean setup, look forward to its expansive future ahead

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takuyaaoyama 2yr ago

I cant see the artists list in alphabethic order as before! This sucks!

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SaberRider 2yr ago

This definitely will take some time to get used to. But given that the last version was pretty much dead in recent times, it's nice that JPA finally had a makeover. I'm aware there's still room for improvement but hey, I say well done so far!

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WingedSphinx01 2yr ago

It would have been nice if JPA could have allowed us to keep the info from our old profile instead of having us remake it.

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BabyPanda93 2yr ago

Also, another thing I just noticed... there's no way to have the news listed by date, it seems to only be by relevancy which is decided by us by upvoting things. If it's true that's.... dumb.

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Ukiyo 2yr ago

this new look is sucks.. I can't see a posts from my wall anymore and my old private messages...

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Maria69vanilla 2yr ago

I can login with my account and I can't make another account on PC, now I'm on phone :(

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shadownights99 2yr ago

what to my wall messages ?

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SuperJuniorTurtle 2yr ago

What happened to the "New Music" box that showed videos just released for Jpop, Jrock, Kpop, etc;? It was similar to the "Now Trending" box...

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IzuTaka 2yr ago

The layout is ehh. I kinda liked the old look because it was open and easy access in my opinion, but now there are more tabs and more scrolling to find something.

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

Any first things you like or dont?

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SaberRider 2yr ago

The best thing about the site so far is that it's much faster.
Right now, I think it's better to put the profile stats (no of comments, jpops) near the top of the profile page rather than on the bottom. I'll come up with more suggestions later.

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

Yep, gonna fix this too

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elenko94 2yr ago

Might be a good feature to add. The news are more or less always attached to an artist's profile, so if you're a fan you can find it by going to the profile.

Older topics/news won't find itself onto the trending wall, to keep things fresh and hopefully always up to date.

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BabyPanda93 2yr ago

I want to know what's happening in entertainment in general, not just the artists I care about.

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

You don't only see your followed artists just with higher prominence. They are marked with a star btw.

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BabyPanda93 2yr ago

I still stand that there should be an option to make the news organised by date published.
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Mardi999 2yr ago

I just don't like the voting for the news. I don't know which news is new and which is old. Whoever votes for the news they like is up to the top...really confusing!

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elenko94 2yr ago

To make things a bit easier to make suggestions and ask questions, feel free to use this topic here: http://www.jpopasia.com/feed/18284/suggestions-and-questions-about-jpopasia/

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ASAGI 2yr ago

Whyy :(

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dotamadness 2yr ago

is there still going to be a tab for new videos? New site sure runs faster but seems a lil harder to navigate =/

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

Working on it coming days, don't be afraid no data is lost.

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Ukiyo 2yr ago

I hope so. This was great site until you have deleted live feed chat and journals from the start page. Im glad JPA are working better on smartphones so this is plus of this change you did make.

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

We needed to remove the chat because of the server instabilities. With the new version we can consider a new chat again. Journals will be integrated into the frontpage feed again, with enough upvotes you can make it to the frontpage. You'll love it once it's all finished.

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nowhere 2yr ago

That sounds pretty good, I almost thought JPA turned into a simple blog. The styling looks great so far, nice work. I hope the chat returns just as good :)
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JpopAsia 2yr ago

Wallpost are now back. You can also edit the privacy settings to have others post on your wall or not.

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Maria69vanilla 2yr ago

And don't work to make another account on phone too :(

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

Logging in with facebook on mobile doesn't work. We are looking into this.

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

logging in now works

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shadownights99 2yr ago

I mean what happen to my wall messages ?

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

will come back in a couple of days

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

Wall posts are back. In your settings you can also edit your wall privacy.

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

did people really use that? haha we'll fix it

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takuyaaoyama 2yr ago

OF COURSE! it is a way of discovering new artists and songs. Hope to see that soon

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takuyaaoyama 2yr ago

or if you could send me the database that could be great also, I was working on my computer/iphone playlist based on that T.T. yOU WERE THE ONLY PAGE were i could find the complete artist list without problem

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

we will make the video moods clickable so you can find similar songs, and will suggest new artists in the feed too, to encourage discovering new artists this way

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takuyaaoyama 2yr ago

its a start I suppose but it's not the same...anyway I'll find the page where to get what you used to have.
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elenko94 2yr ago

I actually did use it to fix with the profile pictures for artists xD

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Keia 2yr ago

Same here xDD I also used it to check vk bands profiles every now and then when I had too much free time and make them up to date.

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

It's replaced with the trending videos below news. If you change tabs you will see them from the respective genres. At the moment it only shows from the charts because we need to build up the views to determine the trending videos in the new version.

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K4R1N4 2yr ago

* What about true fan list ? (^.^)

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BabyPanda93 2yr ago

Yeah I also loved having the lyrics right next to the video.

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

Check it out now, lyrics next to vids again

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

Gonna look into this, it's also something I miss. But because we have to keep it mobile friendly, it becomes much more of a challenge.

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K4R1N4 2yr ago

Ok! Thank you! ^-^

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

Noted

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

Noted

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elenko94 2yr ago

The front page is based on 7 days of up voting, so there won't be super old news from let's say 6 months popping up.

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Mardi999 2yr ago

Oh that's helpful. I guess that's better. Thanks :)

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

Anything you would like to see improved?

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ASAGI 2yr ago

would be cool if you could add the ' Popular Videos' section like in old JPA version. HERE http://www.jpopasia.com/celebrities/ and would be so nice if u could unblock me from adding videos. I know all the rules already and not going to add short videos anymore. i'm 7 years on JPA after all ^_^

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

Have you tried adding videos yet?

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ASAGI 2yr ago

Yes, i did :) but it still needs an approval by admin:( i remember i was adding videos without approval needed. then i got banned from this feature because i have added few videos that were not full. it was missing like few seconds in videos and i got blocked after that. now i know all the rules of adding and all the stuff,so really hope i can be unbanned from this. it's been many years already that i'm banned from adding videos without crew approval.
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ASAGI 2yr ago

Also, after this new update i see only 1 video added by me in my stats. when in old version of JPA I have added more than 1k videos :3
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ASAGI 2yr ago

Anyways, Thank you so much for responding to my comment! i really apreciate this. thank u always for your hard work!
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JpopAsia 2yr ago

Yes, i did :) but it still needs an approval by admin:( i remember i was adding videos without approval needed.
Everyone needs approval at the moment until you build up reputation. We'll do a recount in the future so the numbers will be synced but atm we have higher priorities. Its noted though.

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

yes looking into the new vids page for now you can use this unofficial page http://www.jpopasia.com/new/

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wintersnowbunny11 2yr ago

I honestly preferred the older version, but maybe I'll get used to it

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SupaahxIndoo 2yr ago

I just want to say that I really like the new version of JpopAsia. Especially how you can 'upvote' comments, and posts... and how it's possible to exchange gold for Jpops. The frontpage looks nice... better than the old one. The speed really improved as well.

Also I didn't had any problems with data being lost.

I think people should be patient, because JpopAsia's still making things work for everyone. Change is good!

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KazuniUchiha 2yr ago

Will the friends list be back up or are you bringing it back?

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eiriniz 2yr ago

SUGOI!!! Well done!! JPA needed this change and hope to get many more followers! Can some new one login without having Facebook or Twitter account?

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

Thanks! Atm not, only fb. This is to prevent spam until we have a better fix.

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eiriniz 2yr ago

Arigatou gozaimasu!!! Ganbatte, to all the staff of JPA!!

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Marisha483 2yr ago

Where is the celebrities list? I only can find artists information after typing their names in the search bar, but it's absolutely impossible to look through unknown artists any more

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JpopAsia 2yr ago

It will come back coming weeks, look for the weekly updates we share

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