Author: Brant Tedeschi

I'm Brant Tedeschi, a web developer and entrepreneur, from New Jersey with a degree in history from Monmouth University. I've been developing start-ups for the past 6 years and am the founder and lead developer of FantasySP. Follow me on Twitter or Google+

Ad Free Friday #adfreefriday

You know what users hate?  Advertisements.  From now on FantasySP will be participating in #AdFreeFriday.  Every Friday FantasySP users will browse the site without advertisements.

Sure that sounds great, but wouldn’t it be nice if we replaced that ad space with something useful?  Well, in place of the top banner ad are Player Trends.  Player Trends show in realtime which player’s have the most important news based on user’s viewing habits.  The darker the name of the player, the bigger the news trend.

Derek Fisher & Bobby Abreu are Trending

On this particular day Bobby Abreu is trending because he was nearly traded and still might be traded.  Derek Fisher has news because tonight he returned to Staples Center after being traded and was greeted with a video tribute and a standing ovation.  No wonder they are trending!

I encourage all other sites to adopt this policy to make the internets a better place each Friday.

March 26th Weekly Release Notes

This week has some fairly noticeable fixes and additions.  The biggest change behind the scenes is that the server has been updated to something a bit beefier.  As the site grows, the server needs to stay one step ahead to allow for future growth.  I think this current server should do just fine for the coming months, and even up to a year.

Now for the rest of the changes:

  • Documentation on the site has been updated, including faqs, advertising, etc.  Long overdue.
  • Fixes for CBSSports Baseball leagues (number of teams and duplicate transactions).
  • Our footer has been updated. It’s better organized and has a bit of color.
  • The fantasy assistant’s team’s dropdown box now only moves the current selection instead of all of them.
  • Fix for fleaflicker (thanks dusty)
  • The billing page now has a loading icon when the payment transaction is being processed. (small change, but huge for the user experience)
  • Users will now be notified if their credit card information needs to be updated automatically via the User Panel. (Email reminders will be added next week).
  • Update Billing information page has been created.
  • Updated footer links in billing invoices to include update card info link.
  • Updated free account feature access and table breakdown on the billing page.

March 19th Weekly Release Notes

This past week FantasySP acheived the most traffic in it’s history.  This was due to the NBA trade deadline and the awesome week of NFL free agency that is still ongoing.  This is truly an exciting time and I wanted to thank everyone who is a part of the site.

Now switching gears to this weeks release notes:

  • NEW! Fleaflicker league syncing support.
  • Behind the scenes tweaks to depth charts to further enhance longterm accuracy.
  • Fix for daily/weekly email opt out link
  • Mockup for yet to be announced sister-site completed. (This will be cool, I promise)

March 12th Weekly Release Notes

Many more bug fixes have been implemented this week.  Some bigger than others.

I’d like to also mention that I am working on something rather cool that is based off of FantasySP data.  I can’t say what it is quite yet, but it went from a ‘cool idea and might one day try to do’, to something that I will most likely implement and launch.  Stay tuned for a future announcement of that.  In the meantime, here are this weeks release notes:

  • Foxsports syncing has been fixed and updated to reflect roster moves and lineup changes. (thanks dusty)
  • mlb.com syncing has been fixed and updated to reflect roster moves and lineup changes. (thanks dusty)
  • major behind the scenes work has been done to ensure depth charts remain accurate
  • synced fantasy leagues will be updated from the past year or so only. (This is to prevent outdated leagues from updating and taking up resources.)

March 5th Weekly Release Notes

This week’s changes include improvements to the Fantasy Assistant and various bugs to the site in general.  One major bug has been fixed with the Fantasy Assistant and one new feature has been added.  Onto the list:

  • Various font tweaks throughout FantasySP, as I try to find a a bold and readable font.
  • Trial expiration email has been updated.
  • Various CSS fixes throughout the site.
  • Major bugfix for Fantasy Assistant. Clicking on player breakdown analysis no longer causes box conflicts.
  • NEW! Fantasy Assistant now allows the user to view other teams in his league. Click on the dropdown arrow to view more teams. (thanks Ben)
  • Fantasy Assistant has an updated navigation bar to show league name.
  • NEW! Fantasy Assistant “My Roster” screen now has sortable columns. (thanks Ben)
  • Additional dupechecks added.
  • Modified landing page for Fantasy Assistant when logged out.
  • Bugfix for Weekly/Daily Trending player query. It is now more accurate.
  • Many smaller bug fixes that aren’t worth mentioning.
  • Fantasy Assistant now has longer caching for certain queries to reduce the amount of resources it consumes.