Please use this thread to make suggestions on how to improve this site. Gadgets, anything you would like to see in the way of profiles, etc. I'm not making any promises whatsoever, but we'll take things into consideration and see what can be done.

Anemone

Well, I can change the amount of text per post. That's an administrative thing, not a site capability issue.

I decided to leave it smaller, because most of what we post is chapters, anyway. I don't want huge blocks of text, unless you have a particular reason. (I think I had a better reason, but I forget what it was at the moment ...)

Is there a particular reason you want larger blocks of text?

Anemone

Oh yeah, and another thing I was thinking about was the profile picture options.

Why does it zoom in on one part of the picture instead of uploading the whole picture?

Could that just be me and my browser?

If not, could you change it so it gets the whole picture in the same size/thumbnail version?

Heh, I'm just overflowing with possibilities this mornin'.


-Dakoru

Fantastic, thanks Anemone.

I set up a new writer profile on myspace if you would like that. I plan on putting alot on it.

myspace.com/cj_the_author

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ok ppl, I think I'm going to have to initiate a Sparechange point system for those of you who aren't posting enough! And believe me, you don't want negative change, that equals being in debt!!! So watch out!

Okay, everyone, we have a new question in the suggestion box:

We're considering changing the site drastically. This change would prospectively include profiles, blogs, forums, and a defined book / story posting area with a more navigable layout for new readers. Comments would still be possible on chapters, as well as controlled collaboration or single-authorship. There is also the possibility of integrating with other social networks, i.e. Facebook, of which I am a member.

This seems like a good idea to me -- another change that could be made at the same time, however, would be a name change to something shorter and snappier. One suggestion has been www.writtenby.eu, which I'm sure you will see the point of if you read it aloud.

I would welcome any feedback on the subject, as well as suggestions for shorter names or objections to name changes.

Thanks!

Anemone

So, I did some upgrades and changes just now, here is a list of what has changed.

 

1.  A visual text editor was added to the comments section. (This works in all browsers but safari)

This should (Hopefully) fix an issue where certain users were not able to indent or bold as needed. The way to enable this is to Click on "Account" and then checkmark "Visual Editor Preferences"

2. There is now a "Whos online" section that is displayed on the right hand of (most) pages

If you dont want it displaying when you are online, you can hide your name from the function by setting the appropriate option in your settings. This was supposed help move toward the request for realtime communication.

3. Users can now thank an author.

 

There are probably a few more things that have changed, just have a look around a bit and see.

Happy Holidays

Geez, I've missed so much...