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July 2011 has thus far been a great month for reviewing. If it weren't for the database failures earlier this month, we probably would be well over 4,000+ reviews by ...

Logging out problems can be caused by any number of things, and I've never been able to pin down why it happens with some members of YWS but not others. ...

Well, as it turns out, the site has been actually slightly faster since the database change. The average page is now loading in about 2.75 seconds whereas it used to ...

Overeasy ->> You're not the only person to report that problem, so it's not just you. Unfortunately, I have been unable to trace down what the problem could be. But, ...

It seems like every time I squash one problem related to our database, another one pops up. This time around, the culprit was the query used to calculate the Recent ...

Keep the responses going! Thank you to all who have taken the time so far. If you haven't taken the time, why the heck not? It's five questions! ;)

Today, July 9, 2011, YWS underwent an unscheduled maintenance operation. This was a result of the database failing twice in two days. What I've done is to convert the database ...

Earlier today, the Young Writers Society crashed due to a corrupted temporary file system. In other words, there was a RAM / memory failure. I managed to fix that, but ...

Thanks everyone for the responses! Keep 'em coming :)

Heh, you only need to report the bug once! In any case, everything should be fine now. Regarding Opera Mini, it's a very buggy browser.

These are just some questions designed to give me a better understanding of how people use the site. If you have the time, please answer them! 1. Should we continue ...

Mmm, a quick question: Is there anyway to export your YWS blog to your computer? Like, if the internet were to one day die in the nuclear fires of cyberwar, ...

I used to have a post on our old blog, Writing Gooder, called "First Publication Rights and the Internet" that touched on this subject. Still have it saved on my ...

The idea that posting your work online will ruin your chances of publication is more or less an urban myth. There is actually no evidence anywhere that posting your work ...

When I hover my mouse over the YWS button on the black bar near the top, the dropdown menu doesn't seem to appear. :| Aye, I got rid of it. ...