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[Stewart]

You can now post flags, finally. Underneath the box you type into, there's a box called 'Post Icons' - loads of countries are listed there. Just pick the necessary country and its flag will be assiged. I'll hopefully move it up, above the post box, tomorrrow and perhaps the tags option too.

[Sybarite]

Originally Posted by Stewart

You can now post flags, finally. Underneath the box you type into, there's a box called 'Post Icons' - loads of countries are listed there. Just pick the necessary country and its flag will be assiged. I'll hopefully move it up, above the post box, tomorrrow and perhaps the tags option too.

Cool. I'll remember that next time.

[nnyhav]

I see that PressSpy is a new joiner. I suppose that we'll all become PressSpyterians now, form an order book or order a Book of Forms ... (me, I'm more amenable to the Frisbyterians, who teach that when you pass on, your soul gets stuck on the roof ...)

[Stewart]

Originally Posted by nnyhav

I see that PressSpy is a new joiner.

Yes, because of my blog I get a bunch of press releases emailed to me and I thought, since they are world lit based, I should post them up.

I suppose that we'll all become PressSpyterians now,

Excellent!

[Stewart]

I've turned on the forum's Reputation System, as I think it may be necessary. You can make use of it by clicking the icon at the top of each post that looks like a set of scales:

When you click on this you'll get a pop up window saying What do you think of person's post? with the options of I Approve and I Disapprove, and a comments box. People can see, privately, the comments they received for their posts.

[Irene Wilde]

Are you sure this is a good idea, Kemosabe?

[Stewart]

Originally Posted by Irene Wilde

Are you sure this is a good idea, Kemosabe?

Yes. It's good karma. Like a post, for whatever reason, share the love; dislike it, smite them down. As long as it's not abused, which it shouldn't be, as you can only assign love/smite once per day per person.

[Stewart]

I've made a little addition to the forum regarding flag usage. If you want to use a flag in a post you can now use the [flag] code. The only drawback is that you will need to know the two character internet domain for the country whose flag you wish to use. This shouldn't pose much of a problem with well known domains like UK (United Kingdom), FR (France) and ES (Spain), but may if you want to refer to Algeria (it's DZ). In such cases, all I can really do is refer you to this list of codes for the time being. My hope is to create an dropdown, much like the threads have, from which you can pick a flag to insert. The code between the tags needs to be in lowercase too.

Anyway, to use it, it's a case of putting the code between [FLAG] [/FLAG] tags. Like this:

[FLAG]de[/FLAG]

To produce this:

It's a start.

[nnyhav]

Hey, 10,000th post! I'd say that's news. Well done.

[Stewart]

Originally Posted by nnyhav

Hey, 10,000th post! I'd say that's news. Well done.

Ooh, I hadn't noticed. Saying that, I do need to purge loads of aggregated blog posts that I haven't brought into play. Watch it drop back to 7,500 or so when I get a moment.

[Stewart]

I've attempted to give the forum a bit of a facelift, most notably stretching it out to a full screen. Hope you all like it. Hope you can see it, too.

[Mirabell]

me no likee the nu layout

[Stewart]

Originally Posted by Mirabell

me no likee the nu layout

Why not? It would be nice to know.

At the bottom of the screen (on the left) there's a dropdown option if you'd like to continue using the legacy look.

[Mirabell]

I don't like the color
I miss the old men on top
(i like 'em on top)
I don't like the color

[Stewart]

The colour's a strange one, since the site has always been white, black, red, and grey. And still is.

I understand about the old boys but a few problems arose: one, my computer gave up the ghost and I lost all my old images (and that font) with it; two, finding good images to use in tandem with a quote proved tricky; and three, realising how narrow the forum was at a more common resolution meant I had to stretch it out, and the graphic header being a set width was an issue.

In the meantime, let's see what others think of it.

[Mirabell]

the color

the old version has a thick grey strip on either side, red was restricted to a few lines now and then

the new version has (on my computer at least) more of a red/white look,

[Beth]

Like it. It's clean looking and easy to read. I miss the photos too but understand that if they were stretched too far it would distort them. I like the new widget and the revolving Bolaños. Will we be getting different storefronts from time to time?

[titania7]

Stewart,
I love the changes you've made. As always, you've outdone yourself. Perhaps those who aren't altogether pleased with the site's "new look" will get accustomed to it over time. Change just isn't easy for some people to readily accept .


~Titania

[Stewart]

Originally Posted by Beth

I like the new widget and the revolving Bolaños. Will we be getting different storefronts from time to time?

All the time. Currently there's eighty potential carousels: fifty for UK browsers, thirty for non-UK, following themes of national literature, works by an author, publisher showcase, books by a translator, possibly some more that I've forgotten. I'll be adding to them all the time to ensure variety.

I sort of miss the author photographs too but, without them, I'm able to pack in hundreds of quotes without needing to accompany them with a snap.

[Beth]

Originally Posted by Stewart

All the time. Currently there's eighty potential carousels: fifty for UK browsers, thirty for non-UK, following themes of national literature, works by an author, publisher showcase, books by a translator, possibly some more that I've forgotten. I'll be adding to them all the time to ensure variety.

Outstanding! Yes, right now there are some NYRB titles up there. Very classy!