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And front page design
Hope you like them! The front page top image will change every few months, roughly with the seasons.
Update: some IE6 users weren't seeing the logo nor the 'Read' menu. This should be fixed now.
You may also notice that it is centered on the screen. Over the next week, all pages will be centered like that on large monitors. We'll be upgrading the background chooser so you can choose the 'edge' color. Happy poetry writing! - We're doing an experiment - all bids in the featured box have just been refunded. The base cost is 5, and will of course go up depending upon what people pay. Please join me in attempting to read and comment as much as possible to keep the costs low! Click 'read' just below the featured box to use our new 'quick read' feature.
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Drafts are here! And autosaving every minute while you're adding your poem. To view drafts, click 'add from a draft' on the right of the add page.
Also a new format for browsing notes, advanced mode now defaults to the regular allpoetry header, and the 'Read' button under the featured box goes straight to a 'quick comment' page that should help keep down featured bid costs. - My obsession has carried me towards another set of potential logos. I think one of these will be the lucky one!
- We've had our current awesome logo for several years now, and it's time for a change. I'll present several that I've been working on, as well as my current favorite.
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Below the online list on the right, you'll notice a new menu for 'Your mood is'. You can set your mood as a smiley, and it will show next to your name for your favorites. Your "mood text" will also show below the link to 'View profile' when they hover over your name. We're still testing some things with the latest update, so please be patient with the bugs
- The title bar along the top goes all the way across the screen and is more consistenly colorful. The 'send message' box is now always open, rather than doing it's little hide thing. The IM page got an overhaul, and on your profile edit page is 'edit advanced' and 'allow another to edit'. Ads have been minimized some, especially the ones shown in contests and comments.
- The chatroom is a common source of frustration on Allpoetry, and we've launched a new system where you get to be the chat moderator. Anyone can make anonymous complaints, and users who get multiple complaints will be given a short chat ban. Also, we've lowered purchasing point costs quite a bit, so get 'em while they're hot! And made countless other little site-tweaks and fixes that you will hopefully enjoy.
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American Life in Poetry: Column 161 by TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE, 2004-2006, from KevinThis poem by Jonathan Holden introduces us to a young car salesman
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American Life in Poetry: Column 151 by Ted Kooser, U.S. POET LAUREATE, 2004-2006, from Kevin
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Past top commentors... the 'current' list was getting too long, so I'm clearing it and postin these old winners here
- Now available at Amazon: Feeling is first!
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A new small feature is the browsing history at the bottom of the page. It shows the last 4 pages you've visited. Some seem to find it useful, and some not so much - what group do you belong to?
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I'm very proud to announce that our first book project has gone to the presses! It should be available in Amazon.com and by special order through a local bookstore fairly soon.
This is a stellar collection of the best poetry AP has to offer, and I hope you're looking forward to getting your hands on it as much as I am! Aah, a good chair, a cup of coffee, and a great book of poetry! - Instead of a drop down box containing all of your poems, it now displays your most recent 75 poems, and a search box to search the titles of your poems.
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American Life in Poetry: Column 133 - Afterwards, a funeral by TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE, 2004-2006, from Kevin
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American Life in Poetry: Column 132 - Garden Buddha by BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE, 2004-2006, from Kevin -
As of last week, anyone can add categories to a contests, rather than just the owner.
Is a contest invite-only? Look for 'add' in the category list on the contest page, and add 'invite only' and it'll be hidden from the contest overview.
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We've also changed backgrounds around the site, and are working on adding some new ones to the free backgrounds.
Anyone can now add categories to a contest now, just click 'add' on the right side of the contest page, and help us make the contests easier to browse.
The store is easier to buy gift memberships, or see the 'pay by check' option. -
Click autorhyme while adding a poem - when you start a new line, it'll show you the words which rhyme with the ending word on last line. FREE members get this too
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American Life in Poetry: Column 126 by Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate 2004-2007, from Kevin
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I'm very excited to announce our newest feature - adding a video to your poems? "Wait," you say, "surely this is for gold members only?" Nope, it's for all members! Dust off that webcam, and record yourself now!
Next week, we'll be having a video poetry slam contest for a 3 month gold membership, so start practicing!
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* Poem previews are back to two lines now, without slashes, and you can customize it when you add your poem.
* Logs of where people visited your poem from work now.
* Visits of anonymous people are now counted (separately)
* Lines were added between poem links again, they blended together too much before
* Gold members can now include a chatroom on their author page -
American Life in Poetry by TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE, 2004-2006, from Kevin
- This will be updated with the winner of the top commentor of the day award. First place wins a 1 week gold membership, 2nd and 3rd places a 1 week silver membership.
- Poem 'briefs' are now only one line. Hide them in your author settings. Featured items now really give bonus points for commenting. Added more 'first impressions' links. Go Poetry!
- Top links, featured cost fixed, and lots of fixes. Also: Don't be so gullible, there's no smargrrl15 virus, stop forwarding junk!
- We're trying out a new idea, which is having two featured boxes and reward pages - one for people looking for (constructive) "critical" critiques, and another for "casual" ones. We'll ask you how it's going next week in a poll!
- After researching the various publish-your-own-work sites, we've decided Lulu.com is by far the best, cheapest, and most authentic. I'm happy to announce today that we've formed a partnership. Each new member to register and purchase a copy of their book helps to support allpoetry. If you've ever considered self-publishing your work, I strongly encourage you to Check out Lulu
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Everyone wants more reads, and the best way to get them is by advertising your poetry, either in the featured box, or the 'rewarding comments' page via the poetry tab .
Featured box items now automatically always have a reward for people who click them, so they're encouraged to comment more.
Rewards now *double* the amount of points you get for a comment. Our hope is that this will encourage longer, more critical critiques. - We're having a contest! Win a 3 month gold membership writing about valentines day.
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At long last, you can add background music to your author and item pages!
As mentioned earlier last week, becaues of copyright threats, we can't let you upload your own music
We've included some free music that I think goes fairly well as background music.
Currently, this feature is for silver/gold members - it's always a great time to upgrade!. Read more about how to choose a song.
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One of the features of the upgrade is that comments that are "replied" to, now show up next to the comment they're in reply to.
I propose that since the comment 'conversation' is preserved with this, we show more recent comment at the top, just under the 'add comment' box. What do you think? -
Darkwrite Dec/January issue by Darkwrite, from KevinDarkwrite is a magazine by allpoetry members. Check it out! (external link)
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One of the additions to the site I'm currently working on is the ability to add music to your poems. Unfortunately, it's complicated because we're considered a 'commercial' use - so to get your favorite Justin Timberlake song we'd have to pay them several thousand a year - per poem
I've done a lot of research, and come up with some creative commons licensed music that we're allowed to host and use. It's got a nice background feel and some good melodies, and is from a label called 'monotonic'. -
Happy 2007! Now's the chance for everyone to try out all the great new features Gold members get - we're having a free gold week, ending Tuesday. (Existing paid members will recieve a credit for these days).
20% off sale continues through the week! Buy in at our best sale price ever. -
Here's to a poetic 2007! We're having a 20% off sale, so start the new year out with a bang :)
We have lots of exciting things planned: book projects, simplifying things, music on poems, and much more.
Gold members can how hide the sidebar on their author page too, with the 'advanced editing' option - customize customize customize!
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We're having a 10% off everything sale, through sunday.
Also, win $100 and get published in our first book project -
Today is a great day to be thankful, whether it's for eating a huge turkey, having a great family, or enjoying this wonderful poetry community. Thanks for being a member!
We're celebrating with a 15% off everything sale in our store through monday, check it out! -
Many will remember the 'notify an admin' form below most poem pages on the old site, that let you add a ticket about that poem. This is now a link only, in the bottom left corner of the page. It will let you put in details on the following page.
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