Alpha testing is over, and CriticalBlogs is now open for public beta testing. Sign up and start writing reviews! There are a number of known issues left over from alpha testing — most cosmetic, one functional. Beta testing will certainly uncover more functional issues, so please be aware there may be unexpected hiccups. I’ll do my best to fix these quickly but please have a little patience. If you find any bugs or have any questions please comment on this post, the known issues post, or email me at admin@criticalblogs.com

New features: starred reviews, favorite movies, favorite critics, movie lists, and the AKA title search. Also added two new themes: Back in Black and Copperleaf Plus. As always, if there are any features or themes you’d like to see, comment here or email me at admin@criticalblogs.com

The following are the known issues on CriticalBlogs. I’ll edit this as I fix them. Feel free to add more issues in the comments or email me at admin@criticalblogs.com

• Menu items in the drop-down “Star” section don’t show up with the Zen Minimalist theme in Internet Explorer
• Menu items in the drop-down “Star” section don’t show up with the Back in Black theme in Internet Explorer
• The “Starred X Times” drop-down menu appears only partially and out of alignment with the Wuhan theme in Internet Explorer
• The “Starred X Times” drop-down menu appears only partially and out of alignment with the Jakarta theme in Internet Explorer
• The “Starred X Times” drop-down menu appears only partially and out of alignment with the Letterhead theme in Internet Explorer
• Menu items in the drop-down “star” section don’t show up with the Wordpress Classic theme in Internet Explorer
• Both “Star” section menus appear blurry with the Red-Train theme in Internet Explorer
• Both “Star” section menu fonts are smaller than they should be with the Fresh Bananas theme in Internet Explorer
• The “Starred X Times” drop-down menu runs over the dividing “|” with the Man~Ja theme
• The Favorite Critics and Starred Reviews sidebar tables’ padding is white when it should be transparent with the Copperleaf theme in Internet Explorer
• The Favorite Critics and Starred Reviews sidebar tables’ padding is transparent when it should be pale green with the Connections theme in Internet Explorer
• The Favorite Critics and Starred Reviews sidebar tables’ padding is white when it should be gray with the Rin theme in Internet Explorer
• Lists in the sidebar do not display rankings with the Sharepointlike theme in Mozilla Firefox
• Lists in the sidebar do not display rankings with the Simple Green theme in Mozilla Firefox

So that’s what I know. I’m sure there are a million more problems, so please let me know when you find any.