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| Introducing: The "Insert" WritingML Tag |
| Greetings Members, In traversing back through "Suggestion Box"  , I came across the Insert WritingML tag, which I see was never mentioned outside the forum. So, I wanted to more formally introduce it here!The Insert tag allows you to insert a Static Item into another item, email, book entry, forum post, etc. This is useful when you need to include the same "stuff" in a lot of places. Group leaders may find it useful to help keep navigation amongst various pages up to date and centralized. Authors may find it useful for creating navigation within their portfolio items. I'm sure the uses will be interesting and varied. Usage: {insert:#######} where ####### is a Static Item's ID number. Some small caveats:  The insert item must be a static item. The static item must be in your portfolio (it can be public or private, doesn't matter). It requires that you have an Upgraded Membership or above. It will not work in Campfire items. It's not yet in the WritingML documentation!It's been in the system for a long long time, just undocumented and unannounced... We do use it in a few documentation places within Writing.Com and it was previously released in "Suggestion Box" . It hasn't been thoroughly vetted it for a full release, so please do let us know if you run into any troubles.Write on, ~~SM |
| Paid Memberships -> Now Wishlistable! |
| Greetings, Another suggestion that's come up a few times in our "Suggestion Box" was for the ability to add Paid Memberships to one's "The Writing.Com Shop" Wish List. And, I'm happy to say, this is now available!(As a side perk to this, you can also Wish List memberships to be gifted to anyone; friends who you know need some help, group leaders who could use a hand keeping up or increasing their membership level for the group's features, etc. Just select a membership type and length, then add their username to the "Gift For" field and click "Add To Wish List".) I've tested this feature a number of different ways, but I certainly appreciate feedback if anything appears to be 'off' with it. Enjoy! ~~SM |
| A small update for Book Items |
| Greets, A quick note that we've added two new "Table of Contents" Entry Formats to Book Items... Numbers Only No Numbering Similar to the existing Table of Contents layouts but: - "Numbers Only" shows a entry's placement within the book only; rather than "Chapter #10: My Chapter", it's just "#10: My Chapter". - "No Numbering" removes the numbering completely, showing just "My Chapter" A couple small things off the todo list!  ~~SM |
| cNote Fee Direct Deposit To Groups |
| Greetings, Another very popular request in our "Suggestion Box" has been for the ability to "direct deposit" earnings from cNotes (community notes) right into a group's Gift Point account... And, I'm happy to say, this is now available! For obvious mail swamping reasons, please note that no email notifications are sent about the GPs deposited from cNotes. The group's GP log is the only place to find the earnings. And to help insure other donations don't get lost in the logs, there is also an option there to hide these new cNote fees from showing. I've tested this feature a number of different ways, but I certainly appreciate feedback if anything appears to be 'off' with it. Enjoy! ~~SM |
| Good Deeds - July 2012 Winners! |
The following winners for the July 2012 running of "Good Deeds Go Noticed" were chosen from the 157 entries submitted.  First: Sandybays ~ Off Radar  Second: C.Evil-busy with school  Third: ☺ Marsha  ~Diane Want your shot at winning gift points for reviewing? It's easy! Just add the following line to your public reviews: {b}My review has been submitted for consideration in {item:451035}.{/b} Then submit the review IDs to "Good Deeds Get CASH!" . The more you enter, the greater your chance to win a prize. |
| Journey Through Genres - July 2012 Winners! |
The following winners for the July 2012 running of "Journey Through Genres: Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 13 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in "Journey Through Genres: Official WDC Contest" . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Desolate" by Elemenopy  Second Place - "Cracking Branches" by Jali~mostly on hiatus Third Place - "Weapons for Naught" by Secret Ninja Willis Thanks to the judges for their time spent reading and reviewing the entries. ~Diane |
| A Hidden Email Gem ... |
Greeting Folks! I come with more good news. A whole bunch of months ago, I added a beautiful little time saver to email. Unfortunately, I tucked it away, defaulted to off... and forget to announce it really anywhere. The good news is ... I remembered all of this tonight! While some of you may have found it on your own, here it is: From your "Email", click to the Options tab. On that page, look for: MouseOver Subject Show Preview  I suggest clicking to turn it on. It does what you might expect -- that is, it shows you a preview of your email message when you mouse over its subject line in the email list; no clicking preview. When you move off the subject, the preview disappears. The feature is defaulted to off because I didn't want to overload the servers with email previews without testing it more, and then I forgot about it. ... Or don't turn it on. It's up to you! But I find it makes email browsing much more graceful and enjoyable. I apologize for forgetting about it for so long.  (By the way, this might also be a good time to consider if you're showing enough emails per page. If you find yourself going from page to page in email looking for things, consider upping your "Per Page" amount. The maximum is 200.) Enjoy! ~~SM |
| Group Gift Points For Rewarding! |
| Greetings, Another popular request in our "Suggestion Box" was the ability to reward reviewers on the Public Review Page directly with Gift Points from group accounts... And, I'm happy to say, it is now available!Members with access to spend group Gift Points can use this update. On the pop-up to reward a reviewer, a new selector menu lets you pick the group to award from. The system will remember your last selection and automatically set the last group to be the funding source. Please note that this is a session based thing and not an account preference thing -- that means if you go away and come back, it won't remember your preference and default back to your personal GP stash. Along with this update, comes a link to show or hide reviewer rewarding within the group's Gift Point log. One issue I had with this originally was the idea it would flood the GP logs and this filter solves that issue. Based on that, we'll probably take care a few of the other "would flood the logs" requests folks have made. Review and Reward On, ~~SM |
| Introducing: The Blog Board |
| Greetings Members! We've added a brand new item to the Things To Do & Read menu: "The Blog Board" The board is a new area where members and visitors can find new and interesting blogs to read on Writing.Com. Of course for them to be found, we need bloggers to post about their great content! It's already seeing a good amount of traffic since being added to the menu about two days ago. If you're a Writing.Com blogger looking for exposure, you're definitely going to want to promote your most interesting entries there! Thanks to the folks in our "Suggestion Box" for stirring up the idea of getting more exposure for WDC bloggers!Write On, ~~SM |
| Good Deeds - June 2012 Winners! |
The following winners for the June 2012 running of "Good Deeds Go Noticed" were chosen from the 128 entries submitted. Congratulations and thanks to all for reviewing! First: Kasia✎Feeling better  Second: Jeannie S.  Third: ☺ Marsha ~Diane |
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