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| Greetings Folks! Many of you have noticed some updates around WDC. (If you follow my notebook updates, you've seen a few of them there.) Here's some info on the visible and not so visible "new stuff"! We updated the review area of items a few days ago to put more of a focus on the review side of things. It also needed a fresh look after having been essentially the same for over a decade. And after gathering a bunch of feedback, the new floating Review this item tab starts just below the item header area and then floats up to the top of the screen. Yesterday, we added to this is a new window icon (  ) which launches the review tool pop-up, all ready to review the current item.And, while we're working on some other bigger changes related to images, I tossed in a few other minor but excitingly useful updates. Least interesting is that the "Edit" screen for Image Items now shows you the image you're editing (and its dimensions) in the area where you can upload a new one. This is a big convenience factor update for those who work on images often. The addition of image scaling to the WritingML image tag is a useful update. You can now scale an image item like this: {image:######-NN%} where the NN is a scaling factor percentage, from 1 to 100. Here's a side by side example of an image and then two scaled counterparts... {image:1434340}  {image:1434340-63%} {image:1434340-35%} It even works with animated images...  And, yes! The documentation on scaling has been added to the WritingML help system: WritingML Help That's all for now, but there's more to come!  ... Write on,~~SM |
| Hello Members! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We're doing a little special this weekend that we've done only once before, and it's something we think will help get everyone in the spirit of holiday gifting.  Buy yourself a membership, gift one to someone else for free! Purchase yourself an Upgraded Membership or above, use the special CyberSale Weekend -- Friday thru Monday -- coupon code (found below) and Writing.Com will gift a paid membership to a member of your choice, on your behalf! The length and type of membership gifted will be based on your purchase. We'll gift the same type of membership you purchase - Upgraded for Upgraded, Premium for Premium. When you purchase: 12 months, we'll gift 3 months... 6 months, we'll gift 2 months... 3 months, we'll gift 1 month. For example: Buy yourself a 12 month Premium, gift someone else a 3 month Premium for free. Buy yourself a 6 month Upgrade, gift someone else a 2 month Upgrade for free. When checking out, enter the coupon code: GIFT: username * Please make sure you replace "username" with the username of the member you'd like the bonus gift sent to. Don't have anyone in mind for the added gift? No problem! Use the coupon: GIFT: RAOK ... and we'll gift 20% of your paid membership order to "RAOK Upgrade Brigade Group"  ! Spend $49.95 on a membership for yourself and RAOK gets 99,900 in Gift Points! Important Notes & Rules: * Applies to all purchases in "The Writing.Com Shop" for Upgraded Memberships or above and purchased for your own account. This offer does not apply to gifted memberships, our "Basic" level or memberships less than 3 months in length. You must enter the coupon code on the checkout page of the shop.* This offer is only valid on purchase made between Friday, November 23 through Monday, November 26th @ 11:59pm eastern. * Any payment method is accepted and valid for this offer! * Mailed payments must be postmarked by Tuesday November 27th for the coupon to be honored. * To keep things simple, if your giftee has a higher level than the gift, we'll send them the Gift Point equivalent of their 1, 2 or 3 month gifted membership instead.  * Only one coupon per order -- you can not use the coupon to gift a membership and the coupon to gift GPs to RAOK on the same order.  * I'm processing all the gifted memberships by hand, so it won't be instant. I'll take care of each one as soon as possible. Thanks in advance for your patience! I think that covers it. Any questions? Post a comment! Thanks for your support and happy gifting! ~~SM |
The following winners for the October 2012 running of "Short Shots: Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 29 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in "Short Shots: Official WDC Contest" . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Free Fall" by fyn   Second Place - "Dead Run" by Indelible Ink  Third Place - "Nonna's Story" by Bikerider  ~Diane The contest for November is "Journey Through Genres: Official Contest" |
The following winners for the October 2012 running of "Good Deeds Go Noticed" were chosen from the 204 entries submitted. Congratulations to these three excellent reviewers! First: Spawn of Sylvia Plath  Second: Jeff  Third: hopelesslyoptm~Diane Need inspiration? Check out "Journey Through Genres: Official Contest" ! |
| Greetings Folks! ... A quick note that we're A-OK out here in PA ... But there's no power and all forms of cell, phone and internet are out making it really hard to get online. Ventured out today and drove around till we found a spot with cell 'net access to check in and get a quick post out. Writing.Com's web hosting provider is also located in our area of PA, but they have huge generator capacity and rock solid connections to the internet via various teleco utilities. They've been running off their backup generators for 2 days and have a new "primary power" generator coming online tonight. They're ability to handle this type of event is exactly why we chose them as our hosting provider over a decade ago. Our thoughts and wishes are with everyone hit by Sandy -- good luck and stay safe! [UPDATE: We received power and internet service back on Friday 11/2!] Best wishes, ~~SM |
| The following winners for the September 2012 running of "Good Deeds Go Noticed" were chosen from the 296 entries submitted. First: hopelesslyoptm Second: blue jellybaby Third: vampsevi 9 Randomly Chosen Reviewers to receive a Merit Badge and 25,000 Gift Points in honor of WDC's Birthday! Elisa: Middle Aged Stik  Annette  evertrap lee. Cynaemon Lornda  JACE - Sightseeing  Brooklyn  sandybays Thanks to everyone who reviewed. As we all know, the real winners are the authors receiving the feedback on their writing. Review On! ~Diane |
The following winners for the September 2012 running of "Quotation Inspiration: Official Contest" were chosen from the 21 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in "Quotation Inspiration: Official Contest" . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "We Need to Talk" by Raine Second Place - "Obsessed with Olivia" by deemac  Third Place - "One for the Books" by Mara ♣ McBain  ~Diane |
| Greetings and Happy October! We've got some spiffy new emoticons to share:  is {e:monster1} is {e:monster2} is {e:monster3} is {e:monster4} is {e:monster5} is {e:monster6} is {e:monster7} is {e:monster8} is {e:monster9} is {e:monster10}~~SM |
| Greetings Members! We finally have the winners from our 12th Birthday contest, "Limericks! Limericks! Limericks!" We're sorry it took so long, but there were a record 49 entries and, as much as anyone loves limericks, that's a lot of them to read, meter and weigh against one another to pick a few final winners. After much deliberation, here's the top 3 plus 1 honorable mention: 1st Place: ßlueyeʐ   "Reflections" I was checking out faces one day as I dined in a crowded cafe. A strange woman I spied who was dining outside, wore her curls in complete disarray. I then laughed to myself and chastised — what a fool — such disgrace — I'm surprised. When I looked back to see, she was looking at me, with a smirk that I soon recognized. At the window's reflection I stared with a look of disgust we both shared. For we two were the same — I'm that crazy ol' dame who'd forgotten to brush her own hair. 2nd Place: ♥Hooves♥  My Boo My Basset Hound lies in the sun, She's six but she's done that since one. Her dog chow awaits, She hastens her gait, But her legs are too short for a run. My Basset Hound swallows, then chews. Three helpings are better than two. When dividing the cup, Remember the pup Needs to keep her pounds down to a few. 3rd Place: hopelesslyoptm "Invalid Item" I remembered my very first kiss, The one with the sweetheart I missed. On Facebook I traced her, And exchanged some banter. Said reunion with her would be bliss. An email said Tanya agreed, And suggested we go for Chinese. To meet over a meal, It seemed so unreal! "You won't recognize me," she teased. I walked into the Chinese at two, And searched for that young girl I knew. But she wasn't there, And I had to stare, When I found out 'her' new name was Stu! Honorable Mention: Asferthecat A pirate Captain called Hugh Had only one eye and not two. When his crew said Aye, aye. He replied with a sigh "Dont remind me that Im pas de deux." Thanks to everyone who answered; we hope you all had fun writing your limericks! Best wishes, ~~SM & SMs |
The following winners for the August 2012 running of "Good Deeds Go Noticed" were chosen from the 145 entries submitted. First: Jeannie  Second: hereismymind Third: theimagecriticThis month, in honor of Writing.Com's birthday, there will be 12 winners instead of the usual three. It's not too late to review and submit your entries! ~Diane |
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