User Profiles Have Just Been Updated

Nate · 2010-06-10T05:53:46Z

User profiles on the Young Writers Society have just finished a huge update. Indeed, the entire format has changed and a lot of new stuff has been added. Now, this is a huge update. Everything about user profiles has been rewritten line by line, which is something I've never done before. Even the portfolio system received a total re-write, which was an incredibly frustrating and tedious task! Since this is a total re-write, chances are that there's a few bugs. I've done my best in testing it out over and over again, but there's always a few I miss. If you come across a bug, please report it. In any case, start fooling around with them! Edit 1 Okay, one bug. You can't go any further than the first page of the guestbook (now the 'wall'). Will fix this later. Edit 2 Now that I've had some sleep and feel somewhat rested, I thought I'd share what's coming next. The new profiles are actually just the first of three features/updates that are designed to make YWS feel more like a social network than it has before. The second feature will be a notifications area, and this will let you know when you've received a new comment on your wall, a reply to one of your comments on someone else's wall, when someone has started following you, comment to a topic you posted, reply to a blog entry you made, etc. The notifications area will be on the front page of My YWS, and there'll also be a small place afforded to it in the header (next to the search box at the very top). The third feature is the newsfeed, which I've talked about a lot recently. Whereas the notifications area is all about you, the newsfeed is all about the people you're following. You'll be notified through your newsfeed when someone you're following has made a status update, posted a new literary work, made a blog entry, liked something, etc. Once it's all implemented (probably by the end of this month), YWS will feel a whole lot different. Up until now, the entire site has revolved around the forums. Pretty soon, it may feel like the entire site revolves around the profiles.

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Thu Jun 10, 2010 6:21 pm

BenFranks says... · Thu Jun 10, 2010 6:21 pm

Oo, it's facebook in YWS style!

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Thu Jun 10, 2010 6:27 pm

Day says... · Thu Jun 10, 2010 6:27 pm

Found another bug for you Nate. (Am I awesome or what?) When you go to donate to another member it donates to yourself.

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Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:23 pm

Rosendorn says... · Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:23 pm

And I found another one!

I checked a couple profiles for the date last visited, including mine, and they're a bit off. Conrad Rice's says "Wed May 26, 2010 9:43 am" and mine says "Thu Jun 03, 2010 7:01 pm". Demeter's however, says the correct date, as does Snoink's.

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Thu Jun 10, 2010 8:09 pm

Tenyo says... · Thu Jun 10, 2010 8:09 pm

The new profiles look awesome!

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Thu Jun 10, 2010 8:53 pm

Juniper says... · Thu Jun 10, 2010 8:53 pm

Holy, whoa, Nate, this is a brilliant change. I love it.

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Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:18 am

silented1 says... · Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:18 am

YWS's facebook is easier to use than Facebook's facebook! It's true! I was there!

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Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:50 am

Jiggity says... · Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:50 am

Awesome! Tiniest of bugs to crush - it says (0) next to my blog linky? I has more than zero...many more. The link seems to work though. Actually don't mind if it stays that way, but thought I'd mention it anyway.

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Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:08 am

Navita says... · Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:08 am

Oo, it's facebook in YWS style!

My thoughts exactly.

(Seriously, though, this makes the profiles look LOADS better! Well done, Nate!).

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Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:03 pm

Leja says... · Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:03 pm

Everything is so very sleek and very well done!

I guess I'm just not a fan of the social network direction though; I really like the forum setup! I realize that might not always be the most practical setup, though.

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Sat Jun 12, 2010 11:53 pm

Nate says... · Sat Jun 12, 2010 11:53 pm

Leja wrote:I guess I'm just not a fan of the social network direction though; I really like the forum setup! I realize that might not always be the most practical setup, though.

I think there may be a mis-understanding. The forum setup isn't changing.

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Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:00 am

Jiggity says... · Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:00 am

Hey Nate,

Got this message on my Wall:

Removed

It looks like spam. Dangerous, virus-y spam. So I didn't click the links, but thought I'd mention it incase it's a bug from you and if not, definitely an area we're going to have to keep an eye on.

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Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:13 am

Nate says... · Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:13 am

Jiggity wrote:Hey Nate,

Got this message on my Wall:

Removed

It looks like spam. Dangerous, virus-y spam. So I didn't click the links, but thought I'd mention it incase it's a bug from you and if not, definitely an area we're going to have to keep an eye on.

Yikes; that was a rather large security hole. Fortunately, it looks like only your profile got the one spam comment and I've plugged the hole.

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Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:29 pm

Jiggity says... · Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:29 pm

o.O

Only mine? That's...both remarkable and terrifying. If the internet were a house, I'd lock my doors and windows and huddle up beneath a blanket. But! Threat removed, so yay. Thanks.

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Mon Jun 14, 2010 2:45 am

Evi says... · Mon Jun 14, 2010 2:45 am

Got a bug!

If you go to a user's profile under the Gifts tab and click on the link for "Give this user a gift", the user's name isn't automatically filled into the recipient box; instead it says {USERNAME}.

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Tue Jun 15, 2010 5:08 pm

lilymoore says... · Tue Jun 15, 2010 5:08 pm

NATE! It’s me opening my mouth again! But it’s a bug, sort of.

So, whenever you click on the “View All” under Followers on the left, it lets you see who’s following you. But when you click the “View All” under Following on the left, it also takes you to see who’s following you…not who you’re following.

Okay, I’ll stop opening my yap now. >.>

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