YWS: Apollo

Nate · 2011-11-29T00:08:24Z

Over the past few months, I can't imagine how many posts, blog entries, and - worse of all - reviews have been lost due to the constant problems the Young Writers Society has been experiencing. I tried an initial fix a couple weeks ago, but it proved to be of no help. I should have responded sooner, and I apologize for not having done so. However, problems present opportunities. They remove us from our complacency, set up new challenges, and allow us the rare privilege to set off in a new direction. And a new direction it shall be. It is quite clear to me now that fixing the bugs that are causing the malfunctions would take up a lot of time. So instead, I'm going to be rushing development of YWS v. 5 (nicknamed "Apollo"). Originally, I had planned to begin development on it at some point in 2012 (maybe even as late as December 2012), but that's proving increasingly untenable as the malfunctions increase not only in their frequency but also in their duration. As I'm rushing development, certain items will take priority and not everything will be ready once it goes live. That is, some sections will be available at the start and some sections will not. Nonetheless, those sections that are available will be 100% functional. So what that means is that at the start, only forums and literary works will be available. Then as time goes on, I'll add first advanced profiles then blogs then clubs. Last but not least will be the contests area. Ideally, I'd like to wait until all this stuff was ready at the same time, but that's a luxury I don't believe YWS can afford. At this time, I hope to have Apollo done in time for Christmas. However, by done I merely mean the forums and literary works aspect. It's likely the rest won't be done for many months.

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Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:54 am

Lava says... · Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:54 am

Charlie II wrote:The banner for this is fantastic. I should never have doubted the chemical composition of the moon...

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Thu Dec 01, 2011 11:55 am

thestorygirl says... · Thu Dec 01, 2011 11:55 am

I direly hope you'll make storybooks available in the first version.

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Thu Dec 01, 2011 4:41 pm

Tenyo says... · Thu Dec 01, 2011 4:41 pm

Thanks for the hard work Nate, you're awesome!

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Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:21 pm

Skydreamer says... · Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:21 pm

NICE!! I am excited!

And I totally agree the banner is amazing!

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Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:00 pm

Blues says... · Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:00 pm

AzaleaLexis wrote:
Charlie II wrote:The banner for this is fantastic. I should never have doubted the chemical composition of the moon...

Fromage, mon ami, fromaaage.

Camembert?

Mmm. Camembert.

(I agree. The banner looks amazing!)

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Fri Dec 02, 2011 5:54 am

EnchantedPanda says... · Fri Dec 02, 2011 5:54 am

Yay, I'm so pleased that all the problems will be over soon and we're all so grateful to you for this Nate! We all love Young Writers Society and it's so great that everything is going to be upgraded and fixed.

Keep up the fantastic work and thank you so much once again!

The banner for this is fantastic. I should never have doubted the chemical composition of the moon...

Yes I'm beginning to see what you mean! Haha, the banner is awesome!

Want a review? Anyone?

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Fri Dec 02, 2011 5:58 am

Snoink says... · Fri Dec 02, 2011 5:58 am

What a lovely Christmas present! You're the best, Nate.

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Sat Dec 03, 2011 4:20 pm

KindredSpiritBee says... · Sat Dec 03, 2011 4:20 pm

Thank you so much Nate! That's great! *is so terribly excited*

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Sat Dec 03, 2011 4:29 pm

Day says... · Sat Dec 03, 2011 4:29 pm

I back this completely. Good decision making Nate.

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Sat Dec 03, 2011 5:14 pm

Nate says... · Sat Dec 03, 2011 5:14 pm

Thank you all for the well-wishes, but I'd hold back on them until we all see (including myself) what becomes of YWS: Apollo. In order to solve the database malfunctions sooner rather than later, YWS is going to be returning to a very simple site at first. That may please some, but there is going to be quite a lot missing, and I doubt that few will like that for very long.

To answer just one question, this is going to be a complete makeover. Not just internal code wise, but also the entire site design.

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Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:56 am

Skorpionne says... · Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:56 am

*Hugs the YWSversion that she joined*

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Sun Dec 04, 2011 4:41 pm

CelticaNoir says... · Sun Dec 04, 2011 4:41 pm

I likey this idea. <3 We're still gonna have chat though, right? Right?

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Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:04 am

hudz96 says... · Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:04 am

Hi, Nate your awesome, thank you for making this site. Because of this place i now am the happiest person on earth and if you had never created this i would have never met the awesome people i met.

Thnx
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Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:49 pm

youngwolf1105 says... · Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:49 pm

I don't know if I like this or not....

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Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:54 pm

Blues says... · Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:54 pm

Nate wrote:Thank you all for the well-wishes, but I'd hold back on them until we all see (including myself) what becomes of YWS: Apollo. In order to solve the database malfunctions sooner rather than later, YWS is going to be returning to a very simple site at first. That may please some, but there is going to be quite a lot missing, and I doubt that few will like that for very long.

To answer just one question, this is going to be a complete makeover. Not just internal code wise, but also the entire site design.

Well it's coming back soon so I'm willing to wait

When you say simple, is it simple like the YWS back up site?

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