Well, I kind of like the way it looks now, any comments?
Hugs,
Erin
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quickcuts
:-)
Love,
Paula
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
The Coda
Chapterhouse: Dune
Paula
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
The Coda
Chapterhouse: Dune
Excellent!!!
Nice contrast of color and ease of use. Thank you!
"She was born for all the wrong reasons but grew up for all the right ones."
Può il mio Dio vi benedica abbondantemente, Andrea
Love, Andrea Lena
I like it, I like it!
I think it looks great. I also like the fact that it shows me which ones I've read already as well.
Huggles,
Winnie
Huggles,
Winnie
Looks great!
I can already see that I'll get a lot of use out of it. The only problem I see...is that I'm so far behind on my reading that the last things I read are way off the list! ;)
Saless
"But it is also tradition that times *must* and always do change, my friend." - Eddie Murphy, Coming To America
Looks Good
I think it looks good.
Now I just have to get used to using it. I keep forgetting and scroll down the page.
- Terry
I Say
It's WAY OOL! let it stay
May Your Light Forever Shine
May Your Light Forever Shine
A minor nitpick.
Okay, first of all, I really love the feature!
But, there is always a but...
This morning (8.00 AM local) I booted up my PC and have noticed a recent post - Venus Touch VI
I went to study in the university
This afternoon (4.15 PM local) I returned, booted up my PC and this post is way down below near the end of the page, and nowhere to be found on Quickcuts
I found this a little unsettling. For reference, it is now 4.45 PM local
I guess it shows the most recent additions, and of serials - only the latest chapters. However, with our daily updates some chapters may go MIA on QuickCuts way too fast for comfort. Is there a way to remedy this, Erin? I know you have a site management policy that there should be no more than 2 chapters on the same story on front page at the same time, and I approve of it. Having no more than 1 chapter of a story on quickcuts at the same time for mee is a little to restricting in comparison. It is just me, I appreciate everything you do for us, don't be mad, pweeese! ;)
Faraway
Faraway
Big Closet Top Shelf
Where you can fool around like you want to and most you get is some bemused good ribbing!
Chapters
That's relatively easy to handle. When I find that has happened to me, I simply click on the latest chapter and then select the one I really want to read from the list in the right-hand column. The pointers at the bottom of each chapter then lead you on to the next one, and so on.
The big problem comes when the whole thing has scrolled so far down you've forgotton what it's called :) I think that's what Bookmarks are for.
Hope this helps,
Penny
*smiles friendly*
I know it. The only problem that may arise is that it may be a homungous dosens-of-chapters-long story! ;)
Besides, there is an easy option of visiting Latest 3 Days link from More Shortcuts post and voila! Hmmm, is there a Quickcuts list in there? Needs checking! *scampers away merrily*
Faraway
*comes back in a rush, gushes* It's awesome! Exactly what I meant! Squee!
Faraway
On rights of free advertisement: Big Closet Top Shelf - where you can fool around like you want to and most you get is some bemused good ribbing!
Faraway
Big Closet Top Shelf
Where you can fool around like you want to and most you get is some bemused good ribbing!
Stories of this day/week
I normally use the "ThisWeek" link http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/view/thisweek . There I see not only all stories of this week, but also if there are any new comments.
Firefox shows the visited links in a different color, so I can easily see, which stories I still have to read.
M
Martina
Devil's Advocate
Isn't this just a repeat of what you find below on the front page, only with artwork and intro blurbs?
I liked the little grid of boxes you had a while back better for some reason,
though I guess that was kind of a hassle to keep updated.
Maybe if it was more colorful I would like it better.
Say that brigher aqua from the Shortcuts box
with a contrasting border or something;
but I'm kind of a magpie about
bright colors & shiny stuff...
~~hugs, Laika
What borders on pure insanity?
Canada and Mexico.
.
Simple and less busy
Yes, it's just the first 20 stories on the front page, or less. And the it isn't colorful or busy with artwork because the rest of the front page, is. :) I've tried to make it as readable as I can without taking up too much space. I did try aqua and tan as the bg colors but the pink and sky seem to work better. I don't have the margins quite where I want them yet but there's already about six hours work in this. :)
P.S. I switched it back to mint and buff, just to see what people think. I may change it back to pink and sky if no one says anything that they think this is better.
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
quick cuts
It really helps navigation. Thanks
Looks Good, but Just One More Thing
I wasn't crazy about the quick cuts when I first saw them, but the feature is growing on me. It would be cool to have the story teaser appear as a mouse hover over box (says the person who has no clue how much work that would be).
Thanks Erin. Nice add.
Little more work than I want to tackle
And it would slow the site down because of how much code you would be loading just for the top part of the page.
Sorry.
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
It's Ok Fine
You never now until you ask. Thanks for the response. The feature is good just the way it is.
Since you asked
It really doesn't do anything for me. Except in the case of a very few authors, I don't click on a story unless I can see a synopsis and the tags to get an idea as to whether it will interest me. All this does is require me to scroll down more, sorry.
Scott
I cried for her.
I cried for me.
I cried for a world that wouldn’t let her be.
-- from Luna by Julie Anne Peters
http://genomorph.tglibrary.com/
Bree
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
-- Tom Clancy
http://genomorph.tglibrary.com/ (Currently broken)
http://bree-ramsey314.livejournal.com/
Twitter: @genomorph
Oh, well
Can't please everyone, and it's no taller than the taller of the old shortcuts. But surely if you see a new chapter of a story you're following, you don't wait to see the blurb before opening it?
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Hmmmm...
You saw my objections (Needs more neon! It's new, I don't like it! Ewwwww, the juice from my spinach is running into my mashed potatoes!), but come to think of it I did use the thing when I saw VENUS TOUCH 8, so hmmmmmm...
And even if I never come to like it, it's fairly innocuous. One thing on the "dislike" side of the page while there's 1000 things on the "I LOVE IT!" side regarding this story site I think of as home:)
~~~hugs, Laika
What borders on pure insanity?
Canada and Mexico.
.
Ooooooh purty!!
Love the alternating pale blue and white bands that appeared here suddenly 10/14!
That's what I was sorta talkin' about, tho subtler (+ better)than my flashing day-glo idea.
~~~hugs, Laika
.
(Or am I hallucinating this?)
What borders on pure insanity?
Canada and Mexico.
.
Um, no
But I don't really 'follow' stories. Except in a few rare cases, I read single post stuff or wait until all the parts of a story are posted before I start it. It's not a big deal though; I can scroll down more.
Scott
I cried for her.
I cried for me.
I cried for a world that wouldn’t let her be.
-- from Luna by Julie Anne Peters
http://genomorph.tglibrary.com/
Bree
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
-- Tom Clancy
http://genomorph.tglibrary.com/ (Currently broken)
http://bree-ramsey314.livejournal.com/
Twitter: @genomorph