Changelog

New members can complete signup without interruption

We fixed a problem that could stop a new member partway through creating their profile and prevent them from continuing. Anyone who ran into it can now move through signup from start to finish without a hitch.

Your years of experience is now yours to choose

During profile setup, your experience level now starts unselected rather than defaulting to the lowest range, so you choose the one that genuinely fits you. You cannot continue until you have picked it, so a profile is never left showing an experience level its owner did not actually choose.

A couple of essentials are now required, and required fields are marked

To keep every profile complete and easy for clients to find, setup now asks for your country and at least one working language before you continue. And required fields throughout profile setup now carry a small marker, so you can see at a glance what is needed.

Setup now asks for your legal name, kept strictly private

Profile setup now asks for your legal name. It is never shown publicly and is used only to confirm that a real specialist stands behind each profile. Your chosen display name remains the only name clients see.

The directory is now entirely real, reviewed members

We have removed the example profiles and the option to show them. Everything in the directory is now a real, reviewed specialist, with nothing to toggle. Otto and the sample profile are still there to show what a strong profile looks like.

A little life on the homepage

The stacked cards on the homepage now drift gently on their own and lean towards your cursor as you move across them, a small piece of polish to greet you.

A refreshed, more consistent look across the site

The site has had a careful visual pass from top to bottom. Backgrounds moved to a cooler, calmer palette that sits better alongside the navy, and headings, labels, buttons, cards, and form fields now follow one consistent type scale, colour system, and shape on every page. Nothing changed about how anything works, it simply feels cleaner and more cohesive.

Easier to navigate by keyboard

Buttons, links, and form fields now show a clear outline when they are focused, so the whole site is easier to move through using a keyboard alone.

Website fields now fill in https:// for you

When you add a website to your profile or a contact form, you can type just the address, like yoursite.com, and we complete it to https:// for you. One less small thing to get exactly right.

A range of visual polish and spacing fixes

A batch of small spacing, alignment, and consistency fixes across profiles, the dashboard, and forms, including tidier dropdown menus and corrected spacing in the referral section.

Delete your account anytime

You can now permanently delete your account and all your profile data yourself, from your dashboard, whenever you want. Deletion is immediate and removes your legal name, public profile, photo, portfolio cards, uploaded images, bio, specialisations, tools, scripts, languages, file formats, availability, badges, referral history, and feedback, along with any contact messages addressed to you. A short confirmation step, where you type the word DELETE, prevents accidental removal. Once deleted, your profile no longer appears in the directory and clients can no longer contact you through LPN.

Clearer about your data and your control over it

The homepage now states it plainly: privacy-first, no commissions, no bidding, and account deletion anytime. The privacy policy now explains exactly what is removed when you delete your account, and the limited technical records that may remain for a short period for security, abuse prevention, or legal reasons.

You can now see your password as you type

Every password field has a show and hide toggle. Passwords stay hidden by default and reveal only when you choose, so you can check what you typed before signing in or saving.

Logout and account deletion are easier to find on your dashboard

Logout now sits at the top right, and deleting your account has its own clearly marked section at the bottom, styled so it is easy to find but hard to trigger by accident.

Clearer guidance when choosing your specialisations

The specialisations section of your profile now explains what the primary specialisation is for and gently suggests keeping your selection focused. A soft note appears if you select six or more areas, not a hard limit, just a prompt to consider whether that range represents you accurately.

A reminder about portfolio uploads

A short note now appears above the portfolio upload area as a reminder to only upload work you have the right to share publicly and not to upload confidential client material.

Ask LPN

When a search finds no one, or a category has no specialists yet, clients can now send LPN a short request describing what they need: the kind of specialist, the languages or scripts involved, the tools, and how soon. It is a fallback request channel, not a job board and not a guaranteed match. Requests that used to end at an empty page now reach us directly, so we can respond and use what we learn to grow the categories clients ask for most.

Otto is easier to reach from the directory. A "Need help? Otto is here" link now sits at the top of the directory at all times, and when a search returns no one, Otto appears with his curated resources next to the option to send a request.

Confirmed projects now appear as individual cards on your profile. Each card shows a project-type icon along with the project date, the confirmation status, and your description if you added one. The card background adapts subtly to your profile colours.

The confirmed projects form now shows a worked example for each project type. Selecting Media Localization shows a subtitling example with language count and delivery format. Selecting Accessibility shows a PDF remediation example with page count and standards. The examples follow the same structure across all eight types: what was done, scale, and format.

Portfolio and confirmed projects now appear earlier on your profile. Both sections now sit directly after your bio, before your specialisations and skills. The work itself is now the first thing a client reads after your introduction.

Specialist category pages now show only real, approved member profiles. The pages at /specialists/dtp, /specialists/accessibility, and the other categories previously included example profiles alongside real ones. They now show only profiles from actual members. If a category has no members yet, the Otto module appears instead.

Visual consistency across the site. The directory search area, the How it works page, the For clients page, and the specialist category pages have all been redesigned to use the same layout width, section structure, and visual language as the homepage.

Senders now verify their email before your message arrives. When someone contacts you through LPN, their message is held until they click a confirmation link we send them. Every message in your inbox now comes from someone who took a deliberate step to send it.

Trust labels on every message. Each message now shows whether the sender confirmed their email, whether they use a business or personal email domain, and whether they have contacted LPN members before. Some messages are also reviewed by LPN before delivery.

Senders now say who they are. The contact form asks whether someone is reaching out as an agency, a direct client, a fellow freelancer, or an in-house team, and optionally their organisation, website, and project type.

Client-confirmed completed projects

You can now add completed projects to your profile and invite a past client to confirm the work happened. The client receives one email with a simple confirmation page where they can confirm, decline, or flag a concern. Confirmed projects appear on your profile showing whether the client used a business or personal email domain. No stars, no written review, no client name shown publicly.

Badge notifications. You are now emailed when you earn a new community badge, so you know when a referral, bug report, suggestion, or piece of feedback has been recognized.

Platform rules page. A short page explaining what the contact form is for and what counts as misuse. It is linked from every contact form and the site footer.

Community badges now sit higher on your profile, just below your basic information, so they are easier to see.

Community badges now stay visible on every profile color scheme. Previously they could disappear when a member's accent color matched their background.

More tools to choose from. We added subtitling, video, audio, and accessibility tools to the list, including EZTitles, OOONA, DaVinci Resolve, Pro Tools, axesPDF, and more.

Suggest a tool we don't list. If you use a tool that isn't in the list, add it on your profile. We review it and add it to your profile, and genuinely new tools earn you a badge.

Meet Otto. A friendly guide who helps you find the right specialist, with a curated set of trusted, official resources for each type of localization production work.

Profile photo upload. Add a photo to your profile so clients can put a face to your name.

Suggested by Tugba

Portfolio image upload. Upload images straight to your portfolio cards, including before and after comparisons, instead of only linking out.

Guided profile setup. New members now build their profile through a simple step-by-step flow.

A For clients page. A clear guide for agencies and in-house teams on how to find and brief a specialist.

Buyer guides on every specialist page. Each specialist category now explains what the role does, when to hire one, and the typical files and tools involved.

Clearer specialist category names across the site.

Refreshed wording about who LPN is for, so it reflects everyone who belongs here, including terminology, transcreation, and post-editing specialists, not only layout and engineering.

The directory now shows an accurate count of reviewed specialists.

A range of profile setup and editing fixes for a smoother experience.