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BootStepper Changelog

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December 2025
Dec 15feature

Mixlists and polls for BootStepper resources

  • Launched Mixlists: create curated collections of BootStepper resources including dances, choreographers, songs, playlists, and other mixlists.
  • Added voting support to Mixlists so you can run polls and let dancers vote on their favorites.
Dec 15improvement

Social links for Mixlists and Playlists

  • Extended social link support (Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, custom website, BootStepper link) from choreographer profiles to Mixlists and Playlists.
Dec 15improvement

"Also on" links for dances

  • Introduced "Also on" links for dances so you can reference the same step sheet on other sites like Linedancer, Kickit, Everything Line Dance, and CopperKnob.
Dec 15feature

Submit to sites dialog for choreographers

  • Added a "Submit to sites" dialog that crafts an email template to help choreographers quickly submit their step sheets to other line dance websites.
Dec 15feature

Crystal Boot Awards 2025 mixlist collection

  • Created a dedicated Crystal Boot Awards collection at /cba with Mixlists representing all 2025 CBA categories and nominees.
Dec 15maintenance

Initial changelog page

  • Created a public changelog page so you can follow the latest changes to BootStepper.
Dec 13feature

BootStepper Identify - Music recognition

  • Added music recognition feature at /identify to identify songs from audio recordings.
Dec 12feature

Choreographer bio and charts improvements

  • Added bio field for choreographer profiles.
  • Added 'Most Playlisted' chart showing dances by playlist count.
  • Added 'Most Tracked' chart showing dances by tracker count across all groups.
  • Added 'Tracked by Type' charts (Knows, Taught, Wants to Learn, Learning, Requests).
  • Improved dance search ranking with playlist and tracker count factors.
Dec 11feature

Alternate links for dances

  • Added support for linking dances to CopperKnob, Linedancer, Kickit, and Everything Line Dance.
  • URL validation ensures links match the expected platform format.
  • Auto-approve for dance owners, pending review for others.
Dec 10feature

Smart dance creation with AI

  • Added AI metadata extraction from step sheet PDFs (title, difficulty, counts, walls, tags, restarts, choreographers, songs).
  • Improved dance creation form with step sheet language support.
  • Added social links field to choreographer creation.
Dec 10feature

Public API with API keys

  • Launched public API for third-party integrations.
  • Added API key management (create, list, delete, update status).
  • API keys track usage with last used timestamp and request counter.
  • Rate limiting and status controls for API access.
Dec 10improvement

Dance AI image generation improvements

  • Added prompt preparation endpoint for dance image generation.
  • Improved prompt building with dance details, lyrics, and optional counts/walls.
Dec 10feature

Embeddable dances

  • Added ability to embed dances on external websites with a customizable widget.
  • Embed supports full view, step sheet only, or compact card modes.
  • Added embed code generator with live preview.
Dec 10improvement

Settings redesign

  • Redesigned settings area with dedicated pages for Account, Security, API, Reviews, and Notifications.
  • Improved navigation structure for user settings.
November 2025
Nov 29feature

Groups (Beta)

  • Launched Groups (Beta) for dance communities and clubs.
  • Features include group playlists, social links, invite links, and member management.
  • Added Facebook share links for group playlists.
Nov 22feature

AI Dance Images

  • Launched AI Dance Images: Generate unique, artistic images for your dances using AI.
  • Powered by Google Gemini.
  • Includes a gallery of recently generated images for inspiration.
Nov 16improvement

Search improvements

  • Implemented full-text search across the platform.
  • Added search by step name (experimental).
Nov 15feature

Analytics dashboard

  • Launched Analytics dashboard for tracking dance views and engagement.
  • Added charts for trending dances and user activity.
Nov 10feature

Song Swaps

  • Formalized 'Song Swaps' as a dedicated feature for finding alternative music for dances.
  • Added ability for users to suggest metadata fixes for dances.
Nov 8feature

Notifications system

  • Released notification system for keeping users updated on dance approvals, group invites, and more.
Nov 1feature

AI Music

  • Introduced AI Music identification.
  • Added advanced filters and sort options for playlists.
  • Improved footer and sidebar navigation structure.
October 2025
Oct 31improvement

Dance approval workflow

  • Added email notifications for dance approval status changes.
  • Streamlined dance submission and review process.
Oct 28feature

Charts & Visualizations

  • Added 'Most Playlisted' chart to highlight popular dances.
Oct 21feature

Saved Playlists

  • Added ability for users to save and bookmark playlists.
Oct 15improvement

Print-friendly views

  • Optimized dance step sheets for printing.
  • Added dedicated print view with QR codes.
Oct 14feature

Advanced search filters

  • Added ability to filter dances by creation date.
  • Added experimental step search capabilities.
Oct 11feature

Collaborative Playlists

  • Launched Collaborative Playlists allowing multiple users to edit and manage shared playlists.
  • Added support for social media links on playlist pages.
Oct 10feature

Pinned videos

  • Added ability to pin videos to the top of dance pages.
  • Pinned videos now appear first, followed by demos, then sorted by view count.
Oct 10improvement

Original step sheet PDF support

  • Added support for linking original step sheet PDFs to dances.
  • Improved Facebook profile URL handling for choreographers.
Oct 10feature

User preferences system

  • Implemented user preferences for onboarding dialogs and cookie consent.
  • Added persistent storage for user preference settings.
Oct 8improvement

Auto-approve videos for dance owners

  • Videos submitted by dance owners or choreographers are now auto-approved.
Oct 7feature

Line Dance - Song Swaps

  • Added ability to see which songs are commonly swapped for a dance.
  • Added ability to see which dances use a particular song as a swap.
Oct 7improvement

Playlist search improvements

  • Added full-text search for playlists with relevance-based sorting.
  • Improved search ranking with title, description, and dance count factors.
Oct 4feature

Playlist display settings

  • Added customizable display settings for playlists (counts, walls, tags, restarts, views, videos, labels, difficulty, choreographers, song display, date).
September 2025
Sep 26feature

Step sheet editor with AI support

  • Launched public step sheet editor at /stepsheet-editor.
  • Enhanced AI step parsing with common dance step reference data.
  • Improved step recognition for standard line dance moves.
Sep 25feature

Song creation for everyone

  • Any logged-in user can now create songs (previously admin-only).
  • Added 'Create New Song' option in search dialog when no results found.
  • Song creation opens in new tab for seamless workflow.
Sep 23feature

Featured section on homepage

  • Added Featured section to landing page with hand-picked dances and playlists.
  • Featured items are curated and can be updated for different periods.
Sep 15feature

Playlists containing this dance

  • Added a section on dance details pages showing which public playlists contain that dance.
Sep 14feature

Spotify playlist generation for choreographers

  • Added one-click Spotify playlist generation for all dances by a choreographer.
  • Support for updating existing Spotify playlists with new dances.
Sep 13feature

Two-step verification

  • Added support for Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) using authenticator apps.
Sep 13improvement

Choreographer page improvements

  • Added search and advanced sorting to choreographer dance lists.
  • Added YouTube playlist generation for choreographer dances (Music, Teach, Demo).
  • Added user profile editing capabilities.
Sep 5improvement

Create Dance form redesign

  • Completely revamped the 'Create Dance' form with a modern, card-based layout.
  • Added support for adding labels during dance creation.
  • Improved Step Sheet AI importer integration.
Sep 5feature

YouTube playlists for collections

  • Added ability to generate YouTube playlists (Music, Teach, Demo) from any BootStepper playlist.
July 2025
Jul 31feature

Dance embedding

  • Added ability to embed dances on external websites.
Jul 31feature

Quick Find URLs

  • Introduced short URLs for quick access: /d/ (dances), /c/ (choreographers), /p/ (playlists), and /s/ (songs).
Jul 30improvement

Analytics dashboard improvements

  • Expanded analytics dashboard with detailed stats for dances, choreographers, songs, videos, and live sessions.
Jul 29feature

Playlist Sessions 2.0

  • Major update to Playlist Sessions with dedicated views for requests, settings, and DJ controls.
  • Added QR codes to sessions for easy joining.
  • Improved navigation for both DJs and audience members.
June 2025
Jun 21feature

Playlist song overrides

  • Added capability to override the default song for any dance within a playlist.
  • Visual indicators for overridden songs in playlist views.
Jun 21improvement

Playlist management improvements

  • Enhanced 'Add to Playlist' dialog to show which checklists already contain the dance.
  • Fixed drag-and-drop reordering logic for playlist entries.
Jun 21improvement

Enhanced song search

  • Song search results now display the number of associated dances.

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