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There's just 11 days left in this short month to get your entry into "Quotation Inspiration: Official Contest"  ! Remember, 1st place gets $100 in WDC Gift Points ... $50 in GPs for 2nd and $25 in GPs or 3rd. Write On, ~~SM |
| Greetings, As previously announced via sitewide email, the site has changed it's background color to white. For those making images, the hex code is FFFFFF.) The biggest concern from our members was from those with visual impairments. We spent some time and developed an option to help these members better to enjoy Writing.Com without straining to view the screen. On the My Account -> Edit Preferences, look for the Darken Background Color setting. Within this setting, we've included both the original pale yellow along with a light grey. For those members with images on the original yellow background color, we've added an option to add a thing grey border around the image. This helps easy the problem of an off-white image background placed onto an all white background. We appreciate the diversity of opinions on the color that were expressed after it's announcement. We're sure that after the change has worn off, the vast majority of old and new members will be very happy that the background color change took place. Best wishes, ~~SM |
| If you're on Facebook and want to show your love of Writing.Com, become a fan! http://www.facebook.com/pages/WritingCom/132194570432 (If this link doesn't work, just search Facebook pages for "Writing.Com"!) Write On, ~~SM |
The following winners for the December 2008 running of "Short Shots: Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 33 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in "Short Shots: Official WDC Contest" . Congratulations to the following three winners: First: "Madison's Peace" by JeffreyDan   Second: "Loving with Class " by Joy  Third: "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor Thanks to all our participants and judges! ~Diane |
The winners of "Season Tickets" have been posted, along with a few thanks and other important information. For more, check out:
Thanks so much to everyone who participated! ~~SM & SMs |
Note: Sorry for the delay in posting these results! My bad.  ~~SMThe following winners for the November 2008 running of "Quotation Inspiration: Official Contest" were chosen from the 38 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in "Quotation Inspiration: Official Contest" . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Balancing Act" by Just an Ordinary Boo!  Second Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor Third Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor |
| The following winners for the October 2008 running of "Short Shots: Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 62 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in "Short Shots: Official WDC Contest" . Congratulations to the following three winners: First: "Invalid Item" by Acme Second: "Invalid Item" by salty_dogusng Third: "Invalid Item" by TimM Thanks to all our participants, judges and special thanks to Diane for managing our site sponsored contest!~~SM |
| We've released a new setting for items called "Membership Restrictions". This setting allows you to restrict access to a portfolio item based on the viewing member's paid membership. The Membership Restriction of an item can be only as high as the item owner's paid membership level. For example, Basic Members can only restrict items to other Basic Members and above... Upgraded Members can restrict to both Basic and Upgraded, etc. (Naturally, by restricting an item to a paid members, you are excluding non-logged in visitors to the site as well.) * Note: Because Free members may not restrict access based on paid membership, the Membership Restriction option will not be shown to members with a free membership. As with other restriction settings, setting up a Passkey will allow you to give other the ability to view the item even if they do not meet the paid membership restriction you've set. This is the initial beta release of this new feature and any bugs should be reported in "Bug Reporting" . Thanks!  ~~SM |
| Greets, We've updated the item listing pages with 3 new formats. The Square format lists 3 items on a row, with basic information about each item. Mousing over the item opens more details. On the "Images" item listing, this format shows a thumbnail of the image... and on the "Photo Albums" item listing, the square format shows a thumbnail of the most recently added photo. The List format shows one item per row with just the basic information. Mousing over the item opens more details. The Details format is most like our original listings. It shows one item per row with all of that item's detailed information. The new default listing format is the Square type. You can change your default listing format by clicking the format of your choosing next to the "Display Types" text found above the listing area. ~~SM |
| If you're keeping your Nano work on Writing.Com, you can now add it to your NanoCounter. A link to your NanoItem will show up right beneath your word count. In addition, your NanoItem will be linked with your spot on the Nano'er List! (And fear not... If your Nano Item is private, no one will be able to access it -- the link on the list is just like any other and will point the visitor to an "access restricted" page.) ~~SM |
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