Big update!
Portfolios
As a number of people have already noticed, portfolios are back. To edit your portfolio, to the settings tab then profile then edit portfolio. It should hopefully be pretty easy to manage your portfolio.
However, they aren't done yet! A couple of items are in the pipeline that will make portfolios much better. One is the ability to upload cover art for literary works, which will be displayed inline with your portfolio items. The second are folder pages.
The second is the bigger update. Once it's done, each folder will have its own page that you can edit and link to. It'll make it a lot easier to share a novel, and there are some additional features I'm working on as well.
Gifts
For those who were here for YWS 4.0, it's completely the same. For new users, you can give gifts from the settings tab. You can additionally send any user a gift by visiting their profile and looking in the sidebar area.
Profiles
To see what you can do with profiles now, visit mine:
http://www.youngwriterssociety.com/profile/Nate
You can change the background, the title, and add a banner image to your profile. To change these settings, go to the settings tab then profile then to edit profile style.
You'll also notice that profile urls are much more user-friendly. For example, my portfolio is located at:
http://www.youngwriterssociety.com/profile/Nate/portfolio
This will make it easier to share, and it's a change that'll be coming to literary works soon as well.
Coming soon
The 'About' page will be added soon to profiles, as will an optional forum section where you can manage your own mini-forum. After this is completed, clubs will be added.
After clubs, the next item is to improve the literary area. That includes tweaking the submission process, tweaking urls, uploading cover art, and better moderation tools. All of this will be done before the Review Day on the 30th.
Merry Christmas!
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