Know how when you go to someone's profile, you see a tab called "Portfolio" in the middle? Have you ever been annoyed that you couldn't better manage your own?
Well... now you can! Three new features have been introduced to help you out.
First (and already announced in a prior, now deleted, announcement), you can now order the items in your portfolio. This way, what you want read is up top.
When ordering, it is best not to do: 1, 2, 3, 4... If you do that, then you have to change every single one around every time you want to change the ordering. Instead, it's better to do something like: 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000. This way, if you want to add a new story between 1000 & 2000, you can place it as 1,500 (or anything else), and you don't need to change anything else whatsoever! You can use any number up to 8388607, so don't be shy about using large numbers.
Second, you can now choose to make some items invisible in your portfolio. This is really useful for someone like me who has a lot of topics (e.g., the "Rules - Must Read" threads), which appear in the portfolio by default, but don't really want there.
However, this only makes the item invisible in the portfolio; not the forums!
Third, the second new feature makes it necessary for an author to see how their portfolio looks normally. Thus, you will now see "Portfolio - Normal View" in your profile.
What's more, all the above is done using AJAX, which means it's all completely and utterly seamless. No reloading of pages, no back and forth, no unnecessary anything.
[s]So once again, this just goes to prove that YWS is not only the best site for young writers (none even come close to offering something like this), but the best site for writers in general. Sure Writing.com still has a better portfolio system, but we allow unlimited items for free! And really, who can beat free? Or user subdomains, or fully configurable blogs, or user chosen featured works, or the dozens of other things YWS has to offer?[/s]
EDIT 1: May 31, 2008
You may now organize your portfolio into folders! That's right: folders! How does it work, you say?
First, create the folder by going to your own profile then to "Portfolio." You'll see a section called "Folder Management." Read the information over, then when you're ready, type in the name of a new folder, and hit "create."
Once created, the folder is automatically added. But to see any changes, you do need to refresh the page (there is no possible away around this). Go to the items you wish to place in folders, choose the folder from the drop down menu, then click place.
Then to view what it all looks like, just go to "Portfolio - Normal View" in your own profile. What you see there is what everyone else sees.
Note that this is not the last update to the portfolio system. My first priority is to make it look cleaner for when you're managing it (it works for now, but I imagine it's getting pretty confusing), but there's a couple more cool features in the works as well. What you got is already far and away better than anything else out there, but it's about to get even better.
EDIT 2: June 1, 2008
The portfolio system has gotten so complicated now for me to code, that this is really the last update. There'll be a few minor things added on after this, but they'll be quite minor.
Given that, this is a pretty major update. It does not add any new functionality, but it can give your portfolio a very distinctive character. That is, you can now change the folder and item icons.
Changing is, as with everything else, very, very easy. Just go to "Portfolio" in your own portfolio, and you'll see drop-down boxes under all the images. Select the drop-down box, then select an image. The icon image then automatically refreshes right there on the page! Cool, eh?
There are 25 different folder icons you can choose from, and 17 different item icons.
Have fun!
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