{"id":5288,"date":"2008-05-09T11:51:36","date_gmt":"2008-05-09T10:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/softonic-launches-new-user-profiles-and-features\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:31:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:31:25","slug":"softonic-launches-new-user-profiles-and-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/softonic-launches-new-user-profiles-and-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Softonic launches new user profiles and features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you thought it had been a little quiet around here of late, that&#8217;s for a very good reason. We&#8217;ve all been hard at work implementing and testing a new codebase for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.softonic.com\/\">Softonic English<\/a><\/strong> which makes the site smarter and easier to use, as well as adding some great new features for users.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/05\/postcore2.png\" alt=\"Softonic program page\" align=\"right\" \/>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.softonic.com\">homepage<\/a><\/strong>, while appearing quite similar to its previous version actually includes numerous changes and enhancements, including a new high-visibility zone for blog posts like this one; much better category listings; dynamic charts which show whether programs have moved up or down since last week and a smoother, cleaner design.<\/p>\n<p>Our <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/vlc-media-player.en.softonic.com\/\">program page<\/a><\/strong> has also undergone some important changes. Apart from some cosmetic adjustments and enhancements, we&#8217;ve also made it much easier to interact with programs, meaning that the tools that let you rate, review, bookmark and track your favourite software are always easily accessible.<\/p>\n<p>But the biggest new feature for the site is our <a href=\"http:\/\/en.softonic.com\/users\/elena-6\"><strong>new user profile page<\/strong><\/a>. Visitors to the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.softonic.es\">Spanish Softonic<\/a><\/strong> will already be familiar with the features available in the new profile page. Now you can pick an avatar, visit other profiles, see your visitors and more. We&#8217;ve also got the Soft-O-Meter, a popular feature on the Spanish site which shows your level activity on Softonic.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/05\/postcore3.png\" alt=\"Softonic user profile page\" align=\"left\" \/>Finally, we&#8217;ve launched <a href=\"http:\/\/en.softonic.com\/deluxe\/promo\"><strong>Softonic Deluxe<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; a premium edition of Softonic designed for true fans of software. Deluxe members get access to a special edition of Softonic, free of advertising and with 100% guaranteed high-speed and secure downloads. For more info about Softonic Deluxe or to get a free trial, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.softonic.com\/deluxe\/promo\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re always working on more features and already have loads of exciting new stuff in development&#8230; but we&#8217;ll let you know about that later. For the moment, take a look at the new, improved <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.softonic.com\">Softonic<\/a><\/strong>. And as always, please let us know if you&#8217;ve got an opinion on the site or an idea for making it even better!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you thought it had been a little quiet around here of late, that&#8217;s for a very good reason. We&#8217;ve all been hard at work implementing and testing a new codebase for Softonic English which makes the site smarter and easier to use, as well as adding some great new features for users. The homepage, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/softonic-launches-new-user-profiles-and-features\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Softonic launches new user profiles and features&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2020,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-5288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336138,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5288\/revisions\/336138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5288"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=5288"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=5288"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=5288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}