Ask Lorie and Jayne

I've added one book review, kind of just testing this new format & site.  How do I add anything to favorites & how does our team work now?

You are all going to get so many questions! I'll try not to be to much of a pest.  Really!! 

Donna, there's a little button on the right below the room description click on it to add to favorites.

Got my book blogging all caught up.

Oh I almost forgot is there a way to put bookcovers in our book reviews?

Place looks good! Well I'm back to exploring.

Okay .... I was going to ask about the Teams and how they would work ....... I'll wait for you word on that Lorie .....

btw, everything here looks marvelous darling!   

are we going to get more formating tools? ... there isn't a tool to add pics 

I'll wait to hear about the teams, thanks.  Did you know mountain climbing was a requirement for Hosty?  Hang in there. 

I would very much appreciate knowing the correct image code to use on the new site. The old code does not work, or at least it does not show in the preview.

Thanks for the help, Katherine! I've fixed the problem.  There has to be an idiot in every village . . . since I got half right, does that make me a half-wit?  (Remember the well scene in The 10th Kingdom?  I still laugh when I think about it.)

... on the book reviews, I've noticed that some people have a blurb under the title of the review ~ actually I do as well on my second review.  But all the rest just show the title, that I reviewed the book at such-and-such a time.
  So my question to all you other savvy computer people ~ Lorie and Jayne I really, really don't want to bother you 'cause I know that you're probably being run off you feet... figuratively speaking of course ~ is:
"How do I get that little blurb-y thing back under the title?"

That's it... and now I'm going to hide in embarassed silence. 

is really a glutton for punishment isn't she?

Lorie or Jayne

Can I go into account settings and change my email address or wait til some more bugs get sqashed

I suppose you just have to be you, Lorie. :wink:

Lorie or Jayne could one of you pop by Suziheaps blog reviews ..... I think she's posting "regular blogs" as book reviews?    .... I don't mean that as a tattle ... I think we have to clarify some things about the "types" of blog entries

I was thinking that it is so easy to click on "book entry" when you really want "blog entry"  ......... working on a "custom" acctg program with the developers, we set up a control ..... how that control would work here would be .... when you click on "book review" a small pop up comes up and asks if "do you want to create a book review?"  or it could happen when you hit "submit", just a verification that this is a book review ... this would give the blogger a chance to hesitate and confirm their intentions  ...... I know, we all hate the extra clicks, but I think in this case it may be necessary ...

....... also, we need to discuss how to post a grouping of "minis" or "novellas"   ....... what do we put in the title bar?   ...... it's easy when the novellas are published in an Anthology, as the anthology title would sufice ..... but do we put all the titles in the title section when we have a grouping ....... or do we simply put ... "Five eBook minis by various authors"  that sort of thing

Actually, I was busy being enchanted by that lovely video on the RSS feeds page that explains how to do that .......... that company is ingenius! ..... that explained it all so very easily   ..... (maybe eHarl should make a few videos like that to explain things to us technically challenged!)    ....... someday when you have loads and loads of time, and before next October -- you really must see their video explaining what a Zombie is!  ... I laughed so hard DH thought I'd lost it ROFL  .......... in case anyone is interested in knowing what I"m talking about, there's a video explaining RSS feeds on the RSS feeds FAQ .... it's made by a company called Common Craft who offer other very informative videos .... some are just plain fun!

.......... okay I rambled

Lorie, I do think the techies should add a "confirmation" of sorts to make bloggers think before they post  ...

Heyla

I would like to add a blog to my favorites.  Not just a specific blog entry, but the entire blog (e.g., Sadhbh's blog) so that I can find it when I want it. Is this currently possible?  If not, can you ask the techies nicely to make it possible?

Thanks

FF 

Sadhbh when we were kicking tires we discovered that pasting from a doc. file usually didn't bring the doc formating .... esp. if it was done in Word ...... that's what the little icon with the clipboard and W is for -- if you're usuing Word paste on to that clipboard first  .... that will remove any Word formating and make it acceptable for the new boards    ........ or if your pasting from another rich text doc use the eraser icon to remove formating

unfortunately, this site was designed to use the formating / editing tools provided, and not ones from other programs  ...... personally, I think that's a design flaw, if external formating can effect a site that significantly

Testing

Most of the new community is fantastic and much nicer and easier to navigate and makes for more "community" feel. 

However, the main Challenge blog is like those dreaded teasers only multiplied and moving at warp speed.  Once the dust has settled, it would be really nice if there was something in between the main Challenge blog and the buddy system to see whole blogs which does not rely on the buddy system or a mere snippet from the Main challenge to draw people to new bloggers and Harlequin newcomers.  Half the fun of the 2007 Challenge was discovering new bloggers and new books and lines which get lost in Main Challenge blog merely due to the activity level and the teaser form.

Is there a way to bookmark the spot in a thread, so that when I go there I only see the new posts?

Sandi