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News:
June 26, 2009 -- Minor update: Storymarks, when applicable, are now accessible at the top of every page.
June 22, 2009 -- Minor updates:
- Incorrect dates in Storymarks have been fixed.
- We are trying to isolate a Firefox browser issue where accessing Storymarks from multiple tabs/windows can
sometimes cause storymarks to disappear.
June 16, 2009 -- Minor improvements:
- Chapter title information is now included in review alerts.
- Fixed a problem where you can lose storymarks data if you have multiple browser windows open and add/remove storymarks within each
window.
June 5, 2009 -- New Feature Announcement: We have just launched the "Storymarks" feature. Storymarks are
bookmarks for stories/chapters and is one of the most often requested feature. With storymarks, any user
can save their current spot and return to continue their reading at a later time. Members do not need
to login to access this feature.
To access the storymark feature, use the "View" and "Add" links at the top right
of story pages. Clicking view will allow you to access your current storymarks. Please note there is currently a limit
of 20 storymarks and we will remove the oldest one if you attempt to add one over the limit.
May 8, 2009 -- We have improved the PM (Private Messaging) system in response to member feedbacks.
- When replying to a review, the review is displayed below the composition form. A link to the review
is automatically prepended to the PM message. A link pointing back to the reviews page is now shown after
posting reply.
- When replying to a previous PM, the 5 most recent messages/replies are displayed below the composition form.
- Fixed a problem where you could not reply to a PM when you have removed it from the inbox but
there is a record of it in the outbox.
May 5, 2009 -- Members now have the option to remove messages from their Private Messaging (PM) Inbox. Please note
the old review reply feature has been replaced by the new messaging system.
If you are a member and is currently experiencing issues with receiving email alerts, please login and visit the Alerts
section for tips. We have put up configuration guides for Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, and GMail users to ensure
alert emails are not incorrectly filtered by your email provider.
May 3, 2009 -- Readers can now toggle a "light" or a "dark" theme for the story pages. The dark theme can offer
enhanced eye comfort when reading for an extended period of time.
May 2, 2009 -- In addition to story font size, style, and alignment, readers now have
a new customizable option: line height/spacing. Readers can increase/decrease the spacing between sentences to satisfy every
personal preference to enhance reading comfort.
April 29, 2009 -- We have just launched a redesigned Private Messaging (PM) system. In addition to email delivery,
messages between site members are also accessible through an "Inbox" in the login area. Please note the
new PM system is threaded meaning replies/conversations to the same subject is grouped together. In order
to reduce inbox clutter, we highly recommend all users to utilize the threaded feature
and to always use the reply link to respond to PMs.
April 17, 2009 -- Document Manager has been upgraded to support faster and larger user uploads. Plain text (.txt)
file support has been improved. Please note
we do not recommend submitting stories as html (.html) files.
Search feature has been upgraded for speed and will continue to receive updates over the next few days
as we introduce crossover support.
Misc: In an ongoing erffort to reduce page clutter, we are removing the display of updated date tag
in story listings if a story's published and last updated date are the same.
April 1, 2009 -- In response to member feedback, readers now have the option to browse all crossovers to one category
without having to select both sections.
We have fixed a problem within crossover archives where filtering by properties such as length did
not work as intended.
March 29, 2009 -- We have just launched full browsing support for Crossover archives. Please send
any and all feedback to our support email.
Our goal is to ensure crossover writers are treated as first-class citizens. Search engine
and Community support for crossovers will be ready within the week.
Notes:
- The ordering of the two categories for a crossover story is not important
to the way it is displayed or archived. A crossover story for category A & B
is displayed in the exact same archive/location as one with ordering of B & A.
The site treats both categories as equals but may flip your crossover's visible category ordering
in the admin area to maintain consistency.
- A crossover story with categories A & B is displayed in the crossover section for A & B and B & A.
Crossover stories are not displayed in the standalone sections of just A or B. We have made this distinction to
make crossovers an unique story type. With this distinct separation, readers have a much
easier time searching for the content they want.
Our latest crossover browsing features, including
cross-linking from standalone categories, ensure that crossover entries will get a much higher readership
than a scenario where everything is crowded together.
- We have resolved an issue with crossover admin/submission
using Internet Explorer 7/8 browsers.
March 27, 2009 -- Feature Announcement: We are happy to announce the first-phase launch of a
comprehensive support for "Crossover" fanfiction. Crossovers, as defined by the site,
are stories contaning themes and/or characters from two distinct categories.
Members may now login to create a crossover story or convert an existing story to
a crossover. We encourage everyone to start submitting their crossovers and those using
"Misc/Crossover" categories as a workaround to properly convert their entries.
We are spreading out the launch of crossover support over the next 2 weeks.
Second phase launch which will introduce public browsing of crossover archives is
due on March 29.
Due to the amount of changes, we ask users to be vigilant and report any bugs/errors to
our support email.
Misc notes:
- New Story/Chapter email alerts have been updated to include pairing/character info.
- Most of listing pages will now dispaly pairing/character info when applicable.
- An issue yesterday causing the incorrect rejection of uploads to Document Manager has been fixed.
March 25, 2009 -- Upgrades for both Traffic and Document Manager servers have been completed as planned.
The new feature unveiling is now rescheduled for Friday, March 27th.
We have fixed an issue with the sort by published date option in which
the ordering of entries was off. Please allow up to 12 hours for the changes to effect.
March 19, 2009 -- We will be peforming the following site upgrades
over the next 7 days. Expect short-term growing pains
while we sort out any lingering issues as result of the improvements. We ask uses to report any
broken links or errors during this time.
- Traffic gathering servers are being refreshed. Tracking data will be down for up to 8 hours. Eta: Saturday, March 21.
- Adding a Document Manager server. Document submmissions will be erratic for a few hours. Eta: Sunday, March 22.
- The most requested feature will finally make its debut. Stay tuned. Eta: Wednesday, March 25.
March 15, 2009 -- In response to popular request,
members will now be able to sort favorite stories, and stories on their alert list by last update date
in the administration section.
We have squashed a bug which resulted in some qualified members not properly showing
up in the beta-reader search engine.
March 5, 2009 --
A new "Plays/Musicals" top-level category has been created in response to growing interest. All play/musical related sections from the "Misc" category have been relocated to the new home. Due to this update, some category specific links have changed.
Reader Traffic feature has been extended to both forums and communities. Respective administrators can login and visit the traffic area for access to these two new features.
Forum/Community traffic data collection started in February of 2009.
Please note we have updated the website Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. Translations of the two documents in both Spanish and German have been provided with French versions forthcoming.
We have resolved an issue which affected Reader Traffic access and collection on the first day of every new month
and a problem which caused timed-out errors for large file uploads in the Document Manager.
December 19, 2008 -- A discrepancy between the actual number of Community subscribers
and the value displayed has been fixed.
December 18, 2008 -- Category selection interface has been restored to the search engine
and we have fixed a problem with the dictionary not returning results.
Profile images/avatars are now displayed at a larger size of 150x150 pixels.
To correct blurry images please re-upload your profile avatar in the login area.
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