About retro.directory

After visiting a few retro related places I realised my only source for finding these places were podcasts and lucky Google finds, so I decided it was time these were all brought together, so, on the 1st June 2022, I purchased this website domain (retro.directory) and built a free directory to help find all these amazing places.

Want to help? Well, please feel free to submit information about any missing places, or, better yet, add them yourself. You can also help out by spreading the word, and also donating to help with the cost of running.

Lets keep this amazing retro community alive...

V2.03 Change Log

• Fixed problem where "Create New Plan" didn't work from event editor if you didn't have any plans
• Hopefully fixed the issue where tickets go off sale a day early

V2.02 Change Log

• When managing tickets (admin) booking IDs are now shown and tickets grouped together (with colour coding)
• Fixed issue with events over multiple days rendering the date range with visible HTML tags
• Changed some padding rules to give you more space when viewing on a small screen
• Improved the PunchCard ticket system text filtering
• Added a very short summary about tickets purchased
• Added a way for ticket sellers to send tickets to customers if they are experiencing difficulties receiving emails

V2.01 Change Log

• Events can now have a ticket go live date for PunchCard tickets
• You can now temporarily disable ticket sales for PunchCard tickets
• You can now ask for additional information during PunchCard purchase
• You can now add your own privacy policy and terms and conditions to the checkout process for PunchCard tickets
• There is now a universal contact form for support for each event

V2.0 Change Log

• Rebuilt the map from scratch, now using Leaflet
• Integrated search
• improved filter
• Filter by attribute
• Places, Events and Memories counters for whats currently in view
• Automatic dark mode
• Animations
• Mobile-responsive design
• Removed radius circle from groups (was confusing)

New Features

• PunchCard: Free Integrated Event Ticket service with optional features including donations, discount vouchers, multiple ticket types and more, fully managed including ticket scanner for admission
• Banner advertising system, not intrusive, one per page, not in your face. Site needs to start earning some money to cover it's cost
• Memory Lane (Upload pictures and videos of places that once were)... Take a trip down memory lane :)
• New search engine with much better results based on Sphinx-search
• Event Calendar now available from the main map and inside the directory to help find upcoming events
• Event Alert System: Subscribe to be notified about new events created in an area you specify
• Added Bluesky to the list of social media's supported
• Automatic dark mode.... everywhere
• Events can now be stand-alone - ie: you don't need to create a listing to create one. Useful for one-off events.
• Now pushes info about upcoming events each weekend to Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky!

Other Improvements

• Events can now use the banner image from a listing
• New events created under a listing are automatically populated with data from the listing
• Switched all PNGs to SVGs for better performance, quality and faster load
• Automatic compression of css/javascript/svg for faster loading
• Listing/Event icons can now be 64x64 to improve quality on high DPI devices
• Re-skinned inner pages and added automatic dark mode
• Standard HTML5 date picker now used for events
• Fixed browsing Youtube/Twitch/Podcast lists page selection not working
• Improved handling of banner images / cropping resizing when uploading
• Events editor will now list events that clash with the dates you have entered.
• Events API updated to support new features (does not support stand-alone events)
• Removed the "show owner" item on events. Not needed now as you can create standalone events
• All email messages are now sent via PostmarkApp to help reduce the chance of them being detected as spam
• "Submit for Approval" is now ticked by default
• Deleting listing, events and memories confirmation has changed for better experience
• Added support for OpenSearch (add the retro.directory search engine to your browser)
• More share buttons, with improved short links, plus QR Codes too!
• Listings are also randomly sent to bluesky @retrodirectory.bsky.social account too
• Can now click on individual listings small map to jump to full interactive map