WHAT’S NEW IN FANDRAFT

Below are some of the new features and enhancements in FanDraft. We are constantly making updates and improvements, so this list will continue to grow. To view the full changelog, click here.

2024

Features

2023

Features

  • New “Player Queue” feature for remote drafters.

  • New “Custom Player Videos” feature

  • Added a Draft Started Sound FX - Customizable sound effect that plays once the “Start Draft” has been initiated.

  • Added option to use PPR or Regular ADP for Player Rankings

  • Added improvement to the area of Auction Bidding where the commissioner performs all bids, to more easily expedite the process of rapid bidding

  • Added “Total Draft Time” per team to “Draft Roster Grades” report for non-auction leagues

  • Improved "Team Grade Report Card" to better support deep-keeper leagues

  • Bug fix to "Team on Fly" into an auto-draft team

  • Added option to "Skip & Return" for 'when the clock hits zero'

  • Audio alert when the nomination has been processed

  • "In-Draft Trades" Report - Not available to drafts completed prior to the release date

  • Improved the UI of the “Keepers” area

  • Added “Player Cell Mode” option to show both “Bye & Team”

  • Added ability to "Change Announcer Voice" via the Draft Preferences drop-down

  • Launched support for fantasy baseball, basketball, and hockey.

  • Improved Player Rankings, now provided by FantasyNerds.com

  • Commissioner Announcement tool

  • New Report: Available Players List (Cheat Sheet)

2022

Features

UI Improvements

  • “Commissioner Mode” is now defaulted to “on” for all Admin users.

  • Minor updates to MFL Integration

  • Increased size of logo for “team on deck” in the draft room.

  • PreDraft: “Keepers” area only appears for leagues that use keepers. Increased size of the team logo and owner image.

  • Improved clarity to display if remote/invited owners are already joined in the league, and how to provide instructions for these owners to log in again.

  • Major improvements to the end-of-draft “Report Card”

  • Addition of an informational “alert” for users who use Apple Music Integration, and aren’t logged into their Apple Music account prior to their draft.

  • Major improvements to the "Share Draft Results" page for Auction drafts.

  • “Copy Settings” from the prior year, now includes PreDraft notes.

  • More visible (easier access) to “Reset Draft” tool.

  • Allow line breaks in the PreDraft Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug with the Auction Draft “Change Nominator” tool, which would not properly show the logo of the new team nominating.

  • Fixed a bug that would set the default cell colors to black when adding new positions for use.

2021

Features

  • Ability to customize Position Cell Colors.

  • Support for 3rd Round Reversal and other non-traditional Pick Order types.

  • New "Draft Report Card", which automatically appears at the end of the draft, and gives Draft Roster Grades to each team.

  • Chat: Added ability to direct message other owners in the draft.

  • The ability for the commissioner "Hide Player Rankings", and not allow filter view "By rank" for owners.

  • Added option for "Veterans Only" and "Playoffs Only" to Player Pool options (previously only "Rookie Only" was an option).

  • Added a shareable link to a draft board report following the conclusion of your draft, which users can post to social media or email to outsiders.

  • Removed the need to "Activate"(via email) your PRO account after purchase. Users will now immediately receive PRO access following purchase.

  • Added support for SuperFlex (QB+RB+TE+WR).

  • Added additional (optional) fields to TEAMS, which populate team slides in the PreDraft area.

Audio

  • Added a new "Audio" tab to the Dashboard access customization for all audio portions of the draft experience.

  • Audio SFX played by the Commish now sync to remote users.

  • Added ability to customize "Team Song" as either: "Continue songs where they leave off", "Start songs over for every pick", or "Stop songs (fade out) after 15 seconds".

  • Added option to "Cycle team songs" every round, so song tracks will be automatically changed at beginning of each new round.

  • Added customizable "Phonetic" input for team names (for voice announcer).

  • Voice announcer now states who is now "on the clock" after stating the last pick.

  • Team Song compatibility fixes for Safari browsers.

  • Added ability for Remote users to turn off Team Songs.

Auction

  • Added ability to do decimal bidding.

  • “Bid Increments” are now customizable.

  • Owners can now customize their opening bid amount.

  • Added ability to customize “Wrap-Up” time.

UI Improvements

  • Can now customize ticker speed.

  • Changes to font size and board sorting are now preserved on the exit of the draft room.

  • Filter by Position now groups as an individual option for combined positions.

  • Stability improvements for Team Songs to prevent song cut off.

  • Added slider component to Team Song volume control.

  • Auction teams with $0 won't get skipped during the nomination process when Min Bid is $0.

  • Improved compatibility with iPad tablets.

  • UI improvement separating Draft Order and Traded picks for improved clarity.

  • A more sophisticated “Auto-Draft” algorithm.

  • New cell stylizing for "Traded Picks".

Full Changelog

  • Added “Positions Board” board display to auction drafts (08/27/2024)

  • Bug Fix: Auction prevent changing “Starting Budget” in Settings via different browser tab once draft has started.(08/27/2024)

  • Bug Fix: Auction “Commission Bid Paddle” + and - (accessible via ellipses) now increases/decreases by bid increment. (08/27/2024)

  • Bug Fix: Auction draft “PICK [#] OF [#]” would inadvertently increase if user exited draft and made changes in SETTINGS area. (08/27/2024)

  • Added ability to test/preview Walk-Up songs after being added to a team. (10/11/2023)

  • Bug Fix: Fix bug that could cause song volume to go to zero when using Player Videos in combination with having Walk-Up songs that were incompatible. (10/9/2023)

  • Auction Draft Tool: “End Team’s Auction Draft”. Allows commissioner ability to end a team’s auction. Useful in some auctions where owners aren’t required to filled out a complete roster, nor spend all of their bid dollars. (10/5/2023)

  • Modified the Pick Modal (pop-up that displays after a pick is made) so the team logo and owner image are much larger (10/2/2023)

  • New “Positions Board” board display: Shows a breakdown of positions and teams and how many picks they have left at each position. (9/28/2023)

  • Copy League Settings now imports “Last year’s First Round Pick” and populates that field in each of the Teams setup areas. (9/24/2023)

  • Quick Change Position Boards: If you turn off the “Ticker” in the draft room, you have buttons available to quickly swap between different position boards, for quicker ability to change the Player Board by position (9/24/2023)

  • Combo Drafts - Allow change of Order Type during transition: Users who start with Auction Draft and then switch to a Regular style draft can now proceed with a Serpentine or Customer order type during the Regular style draft. (9/22/2023)

  • Color Differentiated "Traded Picks" teams now shows color difference for better readability in a cell where a pick has been taken by a team who received a traded pick (9/21/2023)

  • Added “Remaining Bid$” values to the Roster Report for auction drafts (9/20/2023)

  • “Allow Owner Editing” option: Admin Commish can control whether remote owners can edit their team name, logo, and owner image (9/20/2023)

  • Fixed bug not allowing proper editing of “In Lieu of” for keeper picks (9/18/2023)

  • Added ability to change Voice Announcer in the Audio/Video setup area (9/18/2023)

  • Color Differentiated "Traded Picks": For traded picks on the draft board, it now shows the team names in different colors in the cell for each team for better readability. (8/10/2023)

  • Bug Fix for Player Videos: There was a conflict when users use Player Videos in combination with both Team Songs & Voice Announcer, which could occasionally result in Team Song audio cutting off after a Player Video played.
    Bug has been resolved. Note that Voice Announcements will purposefully not occur if a Player Video plays for any player selected to prevent these conflicts.

  • Added a new Display Board Display: Player List. This is a mobile optimized view with remote drafters in mind. (7/24/2023)

  • Added new REPORT: Available Players List (Cheat Sheet). This provides the top available players, automatically removing any keepers. (7/20/2023)

  • Auto-populated emails in emailed reports: If teams have supplied email addresses, emails addresses will now automatically be populated when attempting to send a report via email (7/20/2023)

  • Added more “Player Cell Mode” options for Auction Draft, to be able to display bid$ along with combinations of BYE and team. (7/5/2023)

  • New “Commissioner Announcement” tool: Tool for commish to force an informational announcement message to all users. (7/5/2023)

  • Added ability for auction drafts to show “Roster Slots” available on the auction board, which is accessible from the Preferences drop-down menu in the draft (7/3/2023)

  • Bug fix to prevent remote auction owners from nominating a player with a bid that didn’t meet league “Bid Increment” rules (7/3/2023)

  • Bug fixes related to “FULL” rosters, which could become incorrect if adding/removing keepers after draft started, or In-Draft Trades/Keeper on Fly was utilized at certain points (7/3/2023)

  • Improved Player Rankings, which are now provided by FantasyNerds.com (6/23/2023)

  • Minor updates to Auction Draft view in collapse mode (6/21/2023)

  • Bug fix for “Last Pick” player image not changing after keeper auto-pick (6/13/2023)

  • Minor improvements to “In-Draft Trades Report” (6/4/2023)

  • Minor layout improvements to Share page (6/1/2023)

  • Added Owner Image to the pick modal (5/19/2023)

  • “Player Queue” now automatically opens after adding a player to it (5/6/2023)

  • Added ability to "Change Announcer Voice" via the Draft Preferences drop-down. (4/8/2023)

  • Added a customizable “Start Draft” Sound Effect (3/27/2023)

  • Launched support for fantasy baseball, basketball, and hockey. (03/04/2023)

  • New “Player Queue” feature for remote drafters. (02/15/2023)

  • New “Custom Player Videos” feature (11/21/2022)

  • Added option to use PPR or Regular ADP for Player Rankings (11/21/2022)

  • Added improvement to the area of Auction Bidding where the commissioner performs all bids, to more easily expedite the process of rapid bidding (11/21/2022)

  • Added “Total Draft Time” per team to “Draft Roster Grades” report for non-auction leagues (10/26/2022)

  • Improved "Team Grade Report Card" to better support deep-keeper leagues (10/09/2022)

  • Bug fix to "Team on Fly" into an auto-draft team (10/09/2022)

  • Added option to "Skip & Return" for 'when the clock hits zero' (10/09/2022)

  • Audio alert when the nomination has been processed (09/19/2022)

  • "In-Draft Trades" Report - Not available to drafts completed prior to release date (09/19/2022)

  • Improved the UI of the “Keepers” area (09/14/2022)

  • Added “Player Cell Mode” option to show both “Bye & Team” (09/02/2022)

  • Bug fix for “Draft Roster Report” not showing IDP position (08/29/2022)

  • Bug fix for Auction Draft /Share page, which was previously not populating picks (08/29/2022)

  • Added ability to email and download “Draft Roster Grades” report (08/29/2022)

  • Draft Summary Report now displays all picks (and traded Picks) prior to the beginning of the draft (08/29/2022)

  • Added a “Whammy” pop-up for mobile browsers (08/23/2022)

  • Player Board: Click on a player cell and can now select “Draft Player” from the pop-up (08/23/2022)

  • Refined “Traded To” cells for better readability, for traded up-and-coming draft picks (08/23/2022)

  • Auction Draft: In-Draft Trade, players that were drafted now have their bid$ transferred with them if traded during the draft (08/17/2022)

  • Minor changes to Auto-Draft algorithm (08/17/2022)

  • Change the song track and it automatically players (instead of needing to click the play button) (08/15/2022)

  • Bug fix for Auction Drafts who trade bid dollars (traded dollars reset if user exited draft and changed league settings)

  • Minor bug fix for post-draft “Roster Grades” (08/12/2022)

  • Allow the ability to change the font size for the Player Board display (8/10/2022)

  • Added Keeper Info to Draft Archive Reports (8/10/2022)

  • Added additional Bid History to auction draft (8/4/2022)

  • Bug Fix: The voice announcer in an auction draft was delayed (8/4/2022)

  • Added ability to “Delete” teams (7/27/2022)

  • Added support for Apple Music integration for users outside of the US (7/18/2022)

  • Minor change to Whammy random player selection, to select less obscure (higher ranked) players (7/18/2022)

  • Minor bug fixes to the Accounts page, when updating email/password/etc (7/18/2022)

  • PreDraft tweaks to better display keepers. If teams have more than 12 keepers it doesn’t show them. (7/11/2022)

  • Update the Max Roster Players to 60 (7/11/2022)

  • Added “Draft Whammies” features (7/11/2022)

  • Bug fix with Player Board display, where the header wasn’t fixed when scrolling (6/19/2022)

  • Updated the subject line in Email Reports, adding clearer details (6/19/2022)

  • Added “Share to Twitter” link, to share results at the conclusion of the draft (6/19/2022)

  • Minor changes to Keeper badge on draft board, which was covering player names (6/13/2022)

  • Added integration of line breaks to PreDraft team notes (6/13/2022)

  • Bug Fixes to Player Board sorting/filtering related to IDPs and position titles (6/13/2022)

  • Bug fix where Pick Modal wouldn’t display when choosing a player via +Pick

  • Minor fixes/updates to MFL Integration (6/13/2022)

  • Adjusted Draft Board Display - Cell Height with oversized last names (6/6/2022)

  • Added Line Breaks for PreDraft notes (6/6/2022)

  • Added Ability to hide/turn off the draft clock (6/6/2022)

  • Added Ability to View "Rookies" as Filter By for Player Board Display (6/6/2022)

  • Added “Pick Is In” graphic improvements (04/27/2022)

  • Added graphic improvements to Draft Room, prior to starting draft (04/27/2022)

  • CSS Mobile Improvements to Pick Modal, and various player cell improvements. (04/26/2022)

  • Added “Keeper on the Fly” draft tool (4/06/2022)

  • Add Mobile-friendly browser capability (03/31/2022)

  • Added ability to import Custom SFX (03/19/2022)

  • Major improvements to the Draft Share page (03/13/2022)

  • Added ability to set “Draft Date” (03/01/2022)

  • Major improvement updates to the Auto Draft algorithm (03/01/2022)

  • Several major UI improvement updates (03/01/2022)