# Announcements **URL:** https://community.citystrides.com/c/announcements/5.md?page=3 [Latest](https://community.citystrides.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.citystrides.com/categories.md) **Page:** 4 --- ## [New: Pause syncing](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-pause-syncing/20299)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-pause-syncing/20299 "2021-06-06T23:33:23Z")
From Pause/Stop sync toggle You can now pause a service from syncing new activities from your Settings page (top right menu). This is useful if you’ve connected multiple activity trackers (because each of them has a di… --- ## [Single-Activity Syncing](https://community.citystrides.com/t/single-activity-syncing/19800)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/single-activity-syncing/19800 "2020-07-08T15:30:53Z")
If you are only missing one activity in CityStrides and it is not present in CityStrides then you can use this feature to add just that one activity to the queue. Visit your Settings page (in the top right menu) and you… --- ## [Updated Map Style](https://community.citystrides.com/t/updated-map-style/19296)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/updated-map-style/19296 "2020-04-18T03:30:00Z")
I updated the underlying map style to a slightly customized version of Mapbox Streets style. The changes remove some labels for buildings, points of interest, highways, exits, and stuff. It also “flattens” the image by… --- ## [Alpha: Challenges (request for testers)](https://community.citystrides.com/t/alpha-challenges-request-for-testers/19185)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 2:38am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/alpha-challenges-request-for-testers/19185 "2021-01-31T02:38:57Z")
I have a completely horrid version of Challenges (based off Time based filtering and challenges - #2 by JamesChevalier) that I’m about to test on myself. After I’m convinced that it works enough, I’d like to invite a few… --- ## [Updates from January 2020](https://community.citystrides.com/t/updates-from-january-2020/19124)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/updates-from-january-2020/19124 "2020-02-17T21:56:17Z")
Updated the completed/progressed street display on activities Major LifeMap improvements for Supporters (time filter, display info on over, massive performance improvement) New: LifeMap performance & filtering for subs… --- ## [2019 Recap](https://community.citystrides.com/t/2019-recap/19123)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/2019-recap/19123 "2020-02-01T16:06:42Z")
Here’s a quick recap of the changes from 2019. The global data project was the big standout for me. Thanks to everyone who helped with that! The idea of flagging Streets came and went :grimacing: Added NodeHunter New… --- ## [New: LifeMap performance & filtering for subscribers](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-lifemap-performance-filtering-for-subscribers/19075)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-lifemap-performance-filtering-for-subscribers/19075 "2020-02-15T15:55:24Z")
:tada: The Beta: LifeMap performance has completed! :tada: There’s a brand new LifeMap delivery system that is now enabled for all subscribers. This update handles your activity data in a completely new way, which provi… --- ## [New: Status Page](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-status-page/18898)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-status-page/18898 "2020-05-26T22:01:49Z")
I’ve set up a Status page to (hopefully) make it easier for everyone to see what kind of load the background system has & where things stand with Strava API usage. I already have some changes that haven’t been released … --- ## [Beta: LifeMap performance](https://community.citystrides.com/t/beta-lifemap-performance/18653)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/beta-lifemap-performance/18653 "2020-01-28T00:24:03Z")
I’m working on a new version of the LifeMap that manages data differently. This version is way faster, and fixes an issue with some people’s LifeMap being blank (you all run too much :smile:). This is only available to… --- ## [Better Data Is On The Way](https://community.citystrides.com/t/better-data-is-on-the-way/18349)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/better-data-is-on-the-way/18349 "2019-10-03T15:59:39Z")
There’s a new system behind the scenes that imports all streets for all cities in a given country. Many of you have helped collect the details required to make this happen. There is still some expansion possible, if you … --- ## [New in the forum: feature voting](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-in-the-forum-feature-voting/18262)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-in-the-forum-feature-voting/18262 "2019-12-29T20:18:21Z")
I’ve added a voting plugin to this forum, and enabled it in the #ideas category. I’m not entirely sure if it’ll be better than using :heart: as “voting” or not :man\_shrugging: but we’ll find out! I think there are limi… --- ## [Logged-In Homepage Update](https://community.citystrides.com/t/logged-in-homepage-update/18109)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/logged-in-homepage-update/18109 "2020-02-27T13:02:24Z")
The homepage while you’re logged in has been updated. I’m aiming for this to be more of a go-to stats page for yourself: latest activities recently completed streets default city progress some site-wide competitive sta… --- ## [Updates from December - May](https://community.citystrides.com/t/updates-from-december-may/18108)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/updates-from-december-may/18108 "2019-06-02T01:43:56Z")
December Imported some more cities UAE Hungary some more from VT, RI January Updated the site to work with Strava’s updated token usage & email removal February Flagging & reviewing Flagged Streets is now availab… --- ## [Updates from November](https://community.citystrides.com/t/updates-from-november/17500)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/updates-from-november/17500 "2019-01-04T15:14:25Z")
Added two decimal places to city completion percentage Many people were stuck at a certain percentage for a while, and it would take many streets to jump 1% so it was kind of boring to go for run after run and not see … --- ## [New: Node Hunter](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-node-hunter/17451)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-node-hunter/17451 "2023-06-17T13:12:19Z")
This feature started here - thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts over in this thread: The basic idea of it is that you can go to your LifeMap page, and click the magnifying glass button in the map controls. Th… --- ## [New Privacy Settings](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-privacy-settings/17428)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-privacy-settings/17428 "2020-04-30T19:44:15Z")
Up until today, CityStrides used the privacy settings from your run tracking service. So, if you were public there then you’d be public here. If you were private there then you’d be private here. This is very simple, an… --- ## [New: ReRun Activities](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-rerun-activities/17419)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-rerun-activities/17419 "2018-11-03T19:19:23Z")
There was a short discussion about this over in the Rerun/replay animations thread. There’s now a ReRun button on the page. When you click it, a marker is animated along your activity path. I’ve had to make this a Subs… --- ## [Updates from October](https://community.citystrides.com/t/updates-from-october/17417)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/updates-from-october/17417 "2018-11-07T00:56:32Z")
Fixed street count for cities PostgIS upgrade Updated Mapbox to 0.50.0 Display the street count for each user in their city page, so you can see their percentage complete as well as the number of streets completed in … --- ## [Updates from June - September](https://community.citystrides.com/t/updates-from-june-september/17416)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/updates-from-june-september/17416 "2018-11-03T14:09:12Z")
June Fix map interaction in mobile browsers Fix some issues with the tabbed interface Rails upgrade July Increased size of database (lol you all run too much) August Redis upgrade Updated Mapbox to 0.48.0 September … --- ## [Fix: Weather data is back](https://community.citystrides.com/t/fix-weather-data-is-back/17110)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/fix-weather-data-is-back/17110 "2020-09-29T20:28:54Z")
I had to stop adding weather data to activities a while back because the process was too heavy on the database. I’ve cleaned that process up, so weather will start appearing in the site again. I’ve only re-added this ab… --- ## [New: LifeMap Live](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-lifemap-live/17087)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-lifemap-live/17087 "2024-09-25T18:27:28Z")
This one is for the people out there who need to double check their LifeMap while out on a run/walk. Maybe you planned a route, and need to double check that you’re still following it. Maybe you’re out on a run/walk, an… --- ## [Updates from January - May](https://community.citystrides.com/t/updates-from-january-may/17054)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/updates-from-january-may/17054 "2018-05-10T17:23:44Z")
January Increased the size of the database server This didn’t affect costs much, because of some internal host updates This improves performance a bit Updated Mapbox to 0.44.0 Enabled this changelog service Minor rec… --- ## [Improvement: Leaderboard View](https://community.citystrides.com/t/improvement-leaderboard-view/15254)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/improvement-leaderboard-view/15254 "2018-11-24T18:34:42Z")
I just updated the Leaderboard view so it displays the top runner in each city around the world. The list includes runners who are leading in their city and have completed more than 30% of it. Check it out - this map i… --- ## [Improvement: Updated "Become A Supporter" Flow](https://community.citystrides.com/t/improvement-updated-become-a-supporter-flow/4056)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/improvement-updated-become-a-supporter-flow/4056 "2022-04-29T02:47:25Z")
I feel a little awkward announcing this, since it’s a bit self-serving, but I have had people inquire about subscriptions & I do need to pay for all this… So… I used to use a separate site for contributions. (It’s actua… --- ## [New: Fresh coat of paint](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-fresh-coat-of-paint/1783)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-fresh-coat-of-paint/1783 "2017-01-22T22:41:35Z")
I just pushed out an update that overhauls the design. I still see a lot of improvements that can be made, but I like this overall look and feel a lot more. Let me know if you notice anything that looks off or is outrigh… --- ## [New: Interactive experience in your city page](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-interactive-experience-in-your-city-page/183)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-interactive-experience-in-your-city-page/183 "2018-04-30T23:32:33Z")
I’m really excited about this one! The Streets Run, Streets Left, and Fellow Striders tabs on your city pages are interactive now! Go to your city page (or one of your city pages, if you’re active in more than one city… --- ## [New: Multiple services per account](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-multiple-services-per-account/91)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-multiple-services-per-account/91 "2017-08-01T12:36:33Z")
Some people have started running with one tracker, then later on switched to another. This was a bad experience in CityStrides, because those people would have two separate maps to look at. No more! You can now connect… --- ## [New: Connect Twitter](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-connect-twitter/87)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-connect-twitter/87 "2015-08-23T03:43:57Z")
I just released a minor update that lets you connect your Twitter account to share your progress. You can get to it in your Settings page (the link is in the gear menu in the top right of http://citystrides.com). This w… --- ## [New: Track walking](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-track-walking/80)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/new-track-walking/80 "2018-01-26T02:12:05Z")
CityStrides now syncs walking & hiking as well as running The activities are syncing over now, but I expect there to be a lot of them. It could take a while for everything to be copied over & for maps/progress to be upd… --- ## [Fix: Completed Streets now match the right Activity](https://community.citystrides.com/t/fix-completed-streets-now-match-the-right-activity/33)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/fix-completed-streets-now-match-the-right-activity/33 "2015-10-20T03:30:56Z")
Before, a completed street was associated with the first activity that touched it. :disappointed: Now, a completed street will be associated with the last activity that touches it. :smile: I also went through the exist… [Previous page](https://community.citystrides.com/c/announcements/5.md?page=2) [Next page](https://community.citystrides.com/c/announcements/5.md?page=4)