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More New Options in the Ape Apps Account Portal
A few months ago I did a complete revamp of the Ape Apps Account Portal, and now I have expanded the account customization options even further, and also added the beginning back-end for cool things to come. Let's take a look!
Since I first launched the Ape Apps Account system, the two biggest requests I have gotten were a) ability to change e-mail address, and b) ability to change username. I checked off the e-mail address bit on the last update, and now I have come up with a solution for the username bit too, the new Display Name field.
To let users actually change their base username was going to be a lot of work and would also break a lot of older apps that rely on the username staying constant, so I have come up with the next best solution. You can now set your account Display Name. You will still log in to Ape Apps using your registered account username, but over the coming months, your Display Name will start showing up in various apps and games instead of the username. What's more, the display name can have spaces, some special characters, and more.
Note that the individual apps and games will need updated to take advantage of the new display name feature, but you can go ahead and set it up now and it will start showing up in the weeks and months ahead.
Be reasonable with what you pick for a display name!
I generally do not like doing account moderation, but if my hand is forced I will reluctantly need to crack down, so please use common sense when choosing a display name. Kids are on here too.
In addition to the display name, you can now also set an About Me string and a Profile Header Graphic. Currently, the Ape Apps forums (this website) supports an About Me tag, but it is not tied to the overall account. It will soon be replaced by the new global About Me tag from the Accounts Portal, so if you want to customize yours, you need to set it there. This will eventually show up in various places, such as the Ape Apps Launcher and when you select a friend from your friends list in-game.
The Profile Header graphic will also be used in the Launcher and various other places. If you have used Twitter/X and seen the little background header image at the top of people's profiles, you know what it is for.
Finally, I am going to be implementing a user feed into the Ape Apps Launcher, that will show things like unlocked achievements or screenshots taken in-game. When you open the launcher, the home page will now, instead of the all apps listing, show your friends user feed. The feed is based on the ActivityPub/Fediverse specs, and in theory it can be viewed by third party fediverse apps such as Mastodon.
I say "in theory" because it only sort of works right now, based on my testing. Your Ape Apps account address for Fediverse stuff is @{username}@accounts.ape-apps.com. So for example, mine is @bastecklein@accounts.ape-apps.com. So if you log in to something like Mastodon and do a search for that account, it should show something like this:
Some things show up, some don't. I haven't been able to get test posts to show up, but frankly I am not overly concerned with Mastodon or the larger Fediverse outside of Ape Apps, what is important is that the feed is coming for friends lists in the Ape Apps Launcher and that is what this is primarily for. If there is strong interest to get the Mastodon stuff working I will spend more time on it, otherwise I am not going to worry about it too much.
So that is it for this round of Account Portal updates. I am planning a complete revamp of the Ape Apps forum/website at some point that will start tying a lot of the new account features in, and everything is going to be coming to the Launcher as well. So stay tuned for all that, and feel free to check out the new Account Portal updates and update your profile information!
https://accounts.ape-apps.com/
#apeappsaccounts
Since I first launched the Ape Apps Account system, the two biggest requests I have gotten were a) ability to change e-mail address, and b) ability to change username. I checked off the e-mail address bit on the last update, and now I have come up with a solution for the username bit too, the new Display Name field.
To let users actually change their base username was going to be a lot of work and would also break a lot of older apps that rely on the username staying constant, so I have come up with the next best solution. You can now set your account Display Name. You will still log in to Ape Apps using your registered account username, but over the coming months, your Display Name will start showing up in various apps and games instead of the username. What's more, the display name can have spaces, some special characters, and more.
Note that the individual apps and games will need updated to take advantage of the new display name feature, but you can go ahead and set it up now and it will start showing up in the weeks and months ahead.
Be reasonable with what you pick for a display name!
I generally do not like doing account moderation, but if my hand is forced I will reluctantly need to crack down, so please use common sense when choosing a display name. Kids are on here too.
In addition to the display name, you can now also set an About Me string and a Profile Header Graphic. Currently, the Ape Apps forums (this website) supports an About Me tag, but it is not tied to the overall account. It will soon be replaced by the new global About Me tag from the Accounts Portal, so if you want to customize yours, you need to set it there. This will eventually show up in various places, such as the Ape Apps Launcher and when you select a friend from your friends list in-game.
The Profile Header graphic will also be used in the Launcher and various other places. If you have used Twitter/X and seen the little background header image at the top of people's profiles, you know what it is for.
Finally, I am going to be implementing a user feed into the Ape Apps Launcher, that will show things like unlocked achievements or screenshots taken in-game. When you open the launcher, the home page will now, instead of the all apps listing, show your friends user feed. The feed is based on the ActivityPub/Fediverse specs, and in theory it can be viewed by third party fediverse apps such as Mastodon.
I say "in theory" because it only sort of works right now, based on my testing. Your Ape Apps account address for Fediverse stuff is @{username}@accounts.ape-apps.com. So for example, mine is @bastecklein@accounts.ape-apps.com. So if you log in to something like Mastodon and do a search for that account, it should show something like this:
Some things show up, some don't. I haven't been able to get test posts to show up, but frankly I am not overly concerned with Mastodon or the larger Fediverse outside of Ape Apps, what is important is that the feed is coming for friends lists in the Ape Apps Launcher and that is what this is primarily for. If there is strong interest to get the Mastodon stuff working I will spend more time on it, otherwise I am not going to worry about it too much.
So that is it for this round of Account Portal updates. I am planning a complete revamp of the Ape Apps forum/website at some point that will start tying a lot of the new account features in, and everything is going to be coming to the Launcher as well. So stay tuned for all that, and feel free to check out the new Account Portal updates and update your profile information!
https://accounts.ape-apps.com/
#apeappsaccounts
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