Some Recent Changes

Posted May 13th, 2008 by admin

There have been some changes to the site:

Disabled Mandatory Preview - You can now submit without having to preview first.
Disabled Smileys - Users were complaining of issues. They also "dumbed down" the look and feel of the site.
Added a Site Information Forum - Use this forum for all questions, ideas and discussions of Autism Blogger.
Simplified Video Uploading - It is now easier to upload videos from Youtube, Google, etc.
Added Voting for Videos - Now the video page allows you to vote for the best videos. Most popular appearing towards the top.

Hopefully, these changes improve useability and ease for everyone.

Stay tuned to this forum for more information regarding upgrades and improvements.

On May 23rd, 2008 admin says:

More changes:

Featured Post - Created a spot for featured posts. Featured posts will rotate every few days.
Featured Members - Created a spot on the home page for featured members. This will show 12 members, images and usernames to build a community feel.
Members Page - The members page allows you to see all members, pictures, day they joined, and the last time they logged in.
User Photos in Comments - User photos will now display in comments.
Default User Image - Each user now displays a default user image. This should encourage users to upload their photo.

It's a long weekend and there are plenty of other things to try, so stay tuned for more changes.

Events

On May 19th, 2008 admin says:

More changes:

Newsletter - There will now be a monthly Autism Blogger newsletter.
Removed CAPTCHA - You no longer have to answer any math questions.
News Stories - There is now a Story Link content type. You can share news stories or blog posts from other sites with the group.
Locations - You can now enter location information into your profile and see related Google maps.

On May 17th, 2008 admin says:

Lots of changes lately:

Menu Items - Moved and added some links on the top navigation as well as the sidebar.
Image gallery - You can now ad images to the Image Gallery. Members can vote for their favorites.
New Content Types - Content types have been broken out into their own individual areas: blog, image, video, event, poll, link.
Events - You can now ad events to the Event Calendar.
Manage Content - There is now a page for you to see all of your content at a glance.
Dashboard - New and improved dashboard.

Some of these changes may affect the way that you were acustomed to using the site. Please pay careful attention when creating new content.

On May 16th, 2008 admin says:

Some more changes:

Removed Ads - Autism Blogger is now ad free!
Disabled Forums - Autism Blogger is moving to a forum free environment. You can reply to current forums, but all new threads should be blog posts. Eventually the forum will be closed.
Updated Help - Autism Blogger help section will be much more up to date and robust.
Added New Memebers Block - A block displaying brand new members.

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