🎉 Ghost eShop: Pro Web v2.4.0 - Landing Page, Games Hub & Enhanced User Experience
New landing page for visitors, games hub for console selection, improved home dashboard, breadcrumb navigation, image preloading, email notifications, and comprehensive UX enhancements across the platform.
After several months of work on the pro version.
After fixing the console mismatch issues, customer support…
Today I want to announce the future of Ghost eShop PRO, a major new step in our platform’s evolution. This version 2.4.0 marks the beginning of a new era with the opening towards new consoles, while significantly improving the user experience for everyone.
🎯 Landing Page - First Impression
New Visitor Experience
- Beautiful landing page for non-logged users : Showcasing platform features with a modern design
- Hero section with clear call-to-action buttons : Easy registration and login access
- Games catalog preview : Animated counter showing total available games
- Features highlight section : Presenting key platform benefits
- Pricing information and premium benefits overview : Clear presentation of subscription advantages
- Trust badges and social proof elements : Building confidence for new users
- Fully responsive design : Optimized for all devices
- SEO optimized : Proper meta tags and robots.txt configuration
🎮 Games Hub - Centralized Access
New Hub Page
- Dedicated games hub page (
/games-hub) : Easy console selection from a centralized location - Visual cards for each available console : Nintendo Switch and more
- Quick access to content request functionality : Request new content directly from the hub
- Console information dialogs : Detailed specifications for each console
- Games count display : See how many games are available for each console
- Coming soon section : Preview of future console support
- Smooth animations and modern card-based design : Enhanced visual experience
- Breadcrumb navigation : Better orientation and navigation
This new Games Hub page represents the first step towards the multi-console expansion of Ghost eShop PRO, preparing the platform for the addition of new consoles in the future.
🏠 Home Dashboard - Major UX Improvements
Enhanced User Experience
- Complete redesign of the home page : Modern interface for logged users
- New welcome header : Personalized greeting for each user
- Quick actions section : Tinfoil access and subscription management
- Recent games carousel : Smooth scrolling and touch support
- Drag and drop support for desktop
- Touch gestures for mobile devices
- Auto-scroll with pause on hover
- Quick game preview modal
- Consoles overview section : Only shown if user has consoles
- Improved news section : Better carousel functionality
- Premium benefits showcase : For non-subscribed users
- Features preview section : Highlighting platform capabilities
- Better visual hierarchy and spacing : Improved readability and navigation
🧭 Navigation - Breadcrumb System
Better Orientation
- Breadcrumb navigation added : Across multiple pages for better orientation
- Consistent navigation pattern : On games hub, Nintendo Switch games pages, content requests, consoles, library, and settings pages
- Clear visual hierarchy : Showing current location at all times
- Clickable breadcrumb items : Easy navigation to parent pages
- Responsive design : Adapting to mobile screens
📱 Mobile Experience - Menu & Interface
Mobile Menu Overhaul
- Complete redesign of mobile navigation drawer : Modern and intuitive mobile menu
- Better organization of menu items : Improved structure and grouping
- Improved touch targets and spacing : Better usability on mobile devices
- Smooth animations and transitions : Enhanced user experience
- Account navigation improvements : Better access to account features
- Settings migration : From
/accountto/settingsfor better organization - Separate pages : Profile, security, preferences, and payments
🖼️ Performance - Image Preloading
Optimized Loading
- New image preloading system : Faster game page loading
- Priority-based preloading : Icons and banners first, then screenshots
- Parallel image loading : With concurrency control
- Progress tracking : For image preloading stages
- Better user experience : Reduced loading times
- Automatic preloading : When game data is available
📧 Notifications - Email System
Content Request Updates
- Email notifications : When admins respond to content requests
- Automatic emails for approved requests : With content links included
- Rejection emails : With admin explanations
- Professional email templates : Proper formatting and design
- Email includes all relevant details : Title, TID, type, console
- Non-blocking email sending : Doesn’t affect request processing
📋 Changelog - Better Browsing
Improved Changelog Page
- Pagination system : 12 items per page for better performance
- Loading states : With progress indicators
- Better organization : Of changelog cards
- Smooth page transitions : Enhanced user experience
- Improved mobile display : Better readability on small screens
- Better performance : With large changelog lists
🎯 Game Quick Modal - Enhanced Preview
Improved Game Preview
- Enhanced quick modal : For game previews from home page
- Better mobile experience : Bottom sheet design for mobile
- Drag-to-dismiss functionality : On mobile devices
- Improved game information display : Better layout and readability
- Screenshots gallery integration : Easy browsing of game screenshots
- Download links and game details : Quick access to all information
- Responsive design : For all screen sizes
📦 DLC Support - Better Display
DLC Name Handling
- Improved display of DLC file names : Better readability
- Full name display on mobile : Multi-line support for long names
- Truncated display on desktop : With tooltip for full name
- Better text wrapping : For long DLC names
- Consistent styling : Across download dialogs
🔍 SEO & Discoverability
Search Engine Optimization
- New robots.txt file : With proper crawl directives
- SEO meta tags configuration : In Nuxt config
- Better page structure : For search engines
- Proper indexing rules : For public and private pages
- Crawl delay configuration : For respectful crawling
🎨 UI/UX Refinements
Visual Improvements
- Auto color adaptation : For better theme consistency
- Improved responsive layouts : Across all pages
- Better spacing and typography : Enhanced readability
- Enhanced card designs : With hover effects
- Improved button styles and interactions : Better user feedback
- Better error states and loading indicators : Clearer user communication
- Consistent icon usage : Throughout the platform
🌍 Internationalization
Translation Updates
- New translations : For landing page content
- Games hub translations : In all supported languages
- Home page improvements : Translated across all languages
- Breadcrumb navigation labels : Localized
- Comprehensive coverage : Across all new features
🔧 Technical Improvements
Under the Hood
- Better code organization : With new composables
- Improved error handling : More robust error management
- Optimized API calls and data fetching : Better performance
- Better state management : Improved application state handling
- Enhanced type safety : Better TypeScript integration
- Performance optimizations : Faster and more efficient operations
📊 In Brief
This release focuses on improving the first-time user experience with a beautiful landing page, while enhancing the dashboard for existing users with better navigation, faster loading, and more intuitive interfaces. The new games hub provides a centralized entry point for accessing different console libraries, and the breadcrumb system makes navigation more intuitive throughout the platform. Combined with performance improvements, email notifications, and comprehensive UX enhancements, version 2.4.0 delivers a more polished and user-friendly experience for everyone.
Key highlights of this release:
- Landing page : Beautiful first impression for new visitors
- Games hub : Centralized console selection, preparing for multi-console expansion
- Enhanced home dashboard : Major UX improvements for logged users
- Breadcrumb navigation : Better orientation across the platform
- Mobile experience : Complete menu and interface overhaul
- Performance optimizations : Image preloading and faster loading
- Email notifications : Better communication for content requests
- Comprehensive UX enhancements : Polished experience throughout
💡 Why This Update Matters
Ghost eShop: Pro Web v2.4.0 represents a significant milestone in our platform evolution:
- Better first impressions : Landing page showcases platform value to new visitors
- Foundation for expansion : Games hub prepares for multi-console support
- Enhanced user experience : Improved navigation, faster loading, better mobile experience
- Professional communication : Email notifications keep users informed
- Performance improvements : Optimized loading and better responsiveness
- Future-ready architecture : Technical improvements support upcoming features
This version lays the foundation for the opening towards new consoles, while significantly improving the current user experience. The Games Hub is the first concrete step towards this expansion, offering a centralized interface for console selection and preparing the platform for the addition of new consoles in upcoming versions.
💬 Thank You
A big thank you to everyone who supports our development and preservation efforts.
Your engagement helps us continue to improve Ghost Land services and provide quality tools for all users.
Ghost eShop: Pro Web v2.4.0 is now available with a beautiful landing page, games hub, enhanced user experience, and comprehensive UX improvements, ready for the future of multi-console support.
Your Ghost eShop Team 🖤