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@thp wrote:
I always get a little scared when I see these “starting from scratch/trashing it all” threads that pop up occasionally.
Amen.
To be honest, I suspect suggestions that we’re about to toss out everything we’ve spent so much effort building and charge off in a new direction (no matter how new and sexy, technology-wise) are harmful to the network. They certainly can’t be very encouraging to those either just starting out or still thinking about it.
I’d be very glad to do some paid marketing, too, but I don’t have any idea how to go about it and haven’t had time to research it.
Has anybody found a good online tutorial for such things?
@redneck wrote:
Last night I had the first sale of a repeat buyer that came back after a little more than a month.
This is good to hear. Keep it up, Redneck!
@joannsnover wrote:
It may not be as much fun to fix the bugs, finish the missing features, polish the “fit and finish” of what’s there, etc., but I think that’s the approach to take.
Amen to that, Jo Ann.
Leo, I have been doing exactly as you suggested a while back. Enjoying the stability. It’s pure bliss not having to make constant technical changes. I’m happy with my SYS site right now and don’t want to face a complete overhaul, with all its inevitable bugs, revisions, etc.
These last couple of months, I’ve been able to focus on uploading and improving things I got wrong in the early stages (like a lousy header and watermark, both now wonderfully improved thanks to design help from “Shelma”). My site looks and functions better now than I ever dreamed it could.
Like Jo Ann and Imago Borealis, I’d like to see bug fixes and more refinements (like the wonderful new zoom preview you concocted). Like DP, I’d like to see improvements to the customer’s experience.
Like everybody else in this network, I’m grateful for what you’ve given us. However, I don’t hear a loud clamor to junk what we’ve spent the better part of a year building and set off like intrepid explorers into yet another brave new world.
Your images are beautiful, Melinda, and they’re a great fit for my site. I’ve just added you to my network! 😀
Sooooooo glad to know it’s not just me!
I was working on that fun little challenge (and wrote my note of frustration) during the wee hours last night, after I woke up with something else rumbling around in my brain and went to the computer, hoping to accomplish something and get tired enough to go back to sleep. Well, the “authorship project” certainly worked in that regard, to be sure.
Probably will take another crack at it this evening. Helped along by a nice, stiff drink. 😆
Thanks for putting all this together, Jo Ann. I’m trying to get my own authorship set up. It’s not a project for the faint of heart!
One problem I’m having, repeatedly, is of getting my domain-specific email (contact at bestnaturestock.com) validated. I get the confirmation email from Google, but when I click the VERIFY button, it consistently gives me this message:
There’s something wrong with the link you clicked to verify your email address. Try pasting the entire link into your browser.
I’ve tried pasting the link into my browser, but nothing happens. It just sits there. I appear to be stuck at this one seemingly simple step.
EDITED TO ADD: I just noticed that on my profile page, that newly added domain-specific email is now showing up with a check mark beside it. Perhaps that’s my problem? Could it be it’s already verified? I think that must be it but… Gadzooks! Why can’t the robo-message just say that??
I have this feature on my site, as you can see on this or any of my other images pages:
http://bestnaturestock.com/image/two-backlit-snow-geese-stock-photo/
You’ll find the small page counter under the description box, right above the “tweet” icon.
The plugin that does this is SYXtra, which was developed for Symbiostock early in its existence but doesn’t seem to be maintained any more. This feature is actually the only reason I’m still using from that plugin, but I like it very much and don’t want to lose it.
By “permalink”, I’m quite sure Hans is talking about the URL, not the slug.
You can edit the title without changing the permalink (URL). In fact, if your permalink has already been up a while and indexed by Google, it’s not a good idea to change that, even though you can change the title.
Yoast wants the permalink (URL) and title to be the same, so that’s what I’ve done since starting to use Yoast last summer. Occasionally, I discover on my site a mis-match between those two things, but it’s always with one of the first images I uploaded… when I didn’t have Yoast guiding me through it. In those cases, I always leave the permalink (URL) as is and change the title to match that.
Hope this helps you, Hans.
Sounds good. Thanks, Steve.
I look forward to what this new Timeline tool will do for the network effort.
Here’s one link to the subject:
http://www.symbiostock.org/community/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=423&hilit=zoom+previewThere probably have been more threads on the subject than just this one, but it’s the one I remember most recently.
@christine wrote:
Can you explain more – I did not understand “Lupe” – it seems to be a fruit, place in France and a name, none of which fit ?
I think he/she meant “loupe”… and it’s the same discussion we’ve had many times over, about wanting the ability to zoom preview images.
Thanks for your reply, Steve. I’ll try to explain what I found confusing last night.
I started on the Main Menu page by clicking View Timeline, which took me to this page: http://cascoly.com/games/chronos/list.asp?list=10
I didn’t find a Timeline there, but right in the middle of the page are two bold links: Main Menu (which I had just come from) and Help.
I clicked Help and went to this page: http://cascoly.com/games/chronos/help.asp, where I found a link to the FAQ page. On the FAQ page, I found a link to another section, “How do I add information to Chronos?”
That seemed to be what I was looking for, so I clicked it and went to this page: http://cascoly.com/games/chronos/faq-additem.asp Here’s the text from that section:
Cascoly Chronos: Windows in Time
How do I add information to Chronos?Last Rev: 18 Dec 2013
Philosophy:
To make this as open a system as possible, anyone is allowed to suggest new items. Items are listed as probationary until they receive 10 votes from other users within a month. After that time they may be deleted [at the start all items will be left online for a longer time]
Add an item:
Each user receives points that can be used to vote for items to add, or to add more items.
It costs 5 points to vote, 10 points to submit an item.
Items are accepted when they receive 10 votes. The submitter then receives an additional 25 points.
Each user starts the week with a minimum of 100 points.We’re open to suggestions for improving & streamlining this system. We do reserve the right to delete any item we decide is inappropriate. Mostly, that means nothing derogatory or offensive.
Use this form for other questions, bugs, comments or to provide additional links or images to existing items
So, under “How do I add information…” it tells me about points to be received, points needed to vote or submit an item, etc. But it doesn’t tell me how to go about submitting an item for the timeline.
I clicked a link saying “Use this form for other questions, bugs, comments” and went to this page: http://cascolytravel.com/games/betatest.asp?game=chronos That took me to the Cascoly Betatest & Bug Report”, which perhaps I should be using now… but my confusion was much greater than a simple bug report. 🙂
This morning, retracing my steps, I discovered two small, not-bold, almost unnoticeable lines on the left side of the “View Timeline” page:
Using selected s and current date span
New timeline created Show TimelineI clicked that “Show Timeline” link and it took me to — Bingo!!! — the actual Timeline. At last!!! But I think the Main Menu’s “Show Timeline” link should go directly to the Timeline, not bury it two more layers down under a barely noticeable little link.
Also this morning, starting from scratch on the Main Menu, I did see the “Submit new person or event” links, so that’s obviously where I should have gone to start with. I began again with that link, and it took me to the right place. If I’d gone there first thing last night, I’d have reached the right spot right away. Unfortunately, that link is located at the bottom of the Main Menu. My eyes got pulled away the first time in, before I noticed it.
So, this morning… I started filling out the form, only to discover that I had no idea what the URL to my minipic image was. I left the form page and navigated back through the layers to Main Menu > Help > FAQ again, where I found a previously unnoticed link to this page: http://cascoly.com/games/chronos/faq-addlink.asp And there was the information I needed. Hooray!
So… I navigated forward again from the Main Menu to “Submit new person or event” and found the form, which had lost the information I’d just put in. But no matter. I filled it out again, adding in the minipic URL and the full-image URL.
And that’s where I am right now. I’ve got the form all filled out with a new event dated 1085, description included, and links to both the minipic and the full image page. What I can’t find now is a SEND button to click and move it on its way to you and the Timeline. If I navigate away from the page, I’ll lose the info on that form. But I can’t find any way on the page to send it to you. Can you advise me on that, please?
Steve, I’m glad you’ve created this intriguing timeline project. I’m sure once all of us figure out how to use it, we’ll enjoy it and benefit from it. But for now, it’s confusing to figure out and use. I have a few thoughts about how to better organize the setup, and will be glad to share those privately with you, if you like.
Martha
So, OK, I’m back.
I managed to add on to the beginning of your time line, starting at 1000 AD. A good start, I think.
I’ve read the FAQ page and don’t understand it. 🙄
If I want to add an event plus a photo linked to that event, do I PM that info to you directly? Do I somehow send it via the beta test page? It’s really not clear at present how one is supposed to go about proposing a specific addition to the timeline.
The event I’m trying to insert is the massive volcanic eruption that took place in northern Arizona some time between 1040 and 1100. I have photos of the volcano and the mass of black ash it sprayed around a vast area of the southwest, plus images of the Wupatki civilization that was overwhelmed and ultimately destroyed by refugees fleeing the eruption.
Please advise. Thanks!
