Not many changes in SOTM 16, so no need to send it back for a second review by Roust. All that’s left is to format it for Lit and submit it on Monday. So, keep your eyes peeled on Thursday, but there’s always a chance it could be Wednesday or Friday.
On the website front, I’ve finished the “story codes” feature for the “My Work” page, and all is working well. I finished entering all the codes for my stories as Les, and now just need to finish the data entry for Dark.
As far as the launch features go, that’s pretty much the last one. I have one more little thing to add, but that’s more or less adding a column to the database and a template edit to display the field on the “My Work” page. Still need to do a little editing on the forum — just setting up actual forums for public use, rather than the default forum that’s automatically installed.
I do have a little bit of work to do with double-checking things for the launch, though. Soon, you’ll actually be on the new content delivery system, though you probably won’t notice. It should look exactly as the page does now while I check all the links and functionality in the background.
Once I’m sure that everything is working, the front page will switch over to the new version, and you’ll be able to explore the new stuff + sign up for the forum and adjust your viewing preferences for the website images. Unless you’re signed in, any adult images will be hidden. So, you can default to a ( imagewise ) Safe For Work page just by logging out before leaving the website.
If I do this right, I’ll be able to check all new features behind the scenes, and then simply activate them on the front page as I finish them.
That does mean that you’ll have to sign up to see most of my cover images, but it’s free, anonymous, and I will never use ( or sell ) any information you enter for anything you don’t tell me to. The only information really required will be a username, password, email ( necessary to make sure you’re a real person and not a spam-bot ) and the NSFW settings. Anything else you choose to enter will be your business, and won’t be required. Email is hidden by default, so about the only thing anyone other than you can see is your username, if you don’t choose to divulge anything else.
The forum software even has settings to let you be invisible while signed in. Forum participation isn’t necessary to view the website, though I certainly welcome anyone who wishes to post 🙂
Off to format SOTM 16 for Lit. Think I may take a look at Lowborn and see if I’m feeling it. With the website so close to ready, I’m getting a serious itch to write again.
Good to hear your muse is back for good as it seems. I’m looking forward to your new webpage, as I’ve had difficulties understanding the chronology so far.
That’s the next little branch of the “My Work” page I’m going to add. It will appear as a link in the series header whenever you view Danica, Nobles by Deed, Ebon Offerings, etc ( any story in set in Danica’s World ) It will also be a part of a drop-down menu of “Extras” for the “My Work” page.
I’d actually forgotten about it until this comment *laugh* The front page is actually running on the new content system right now. Everything I already had programmed is up and running just fine behind the scenes. I’m fiddling with the mailing lists right now, figuring out how to utilize my custom profile settings to populate the built-in mail feature.
The default filters for the mailer suck =P Very limited. I’m going to see if I can’t build a custom page that do the filters the way I want them. Hoping that I don’t have to actually mod the software to do it. That’s the beauty of everything I’m doing right now. It makes absolutely ZERO changes to the default software. So much better than the previous version of the software.
Only going to fiddle with it for another couple of minutes now, though. I need to get cracking on that chronology page *laugh* I can always forget about the mailing lists until I find the proper solution. The chronology is something that really needs to be ready as a launch feature. I’d forgotten about adding it, the Laresa’s World and ARS pages to the Extras dropdown as well.
Extremely useful comment. Thanks! Where’s the frikkin’ Like/Reputation-Up button on this thing! *laugh*
Glad to be of service, sir! (snaps a crisp salute)