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- Column: Luke, I am your Father at allpoetry
Some pictures of my beloved Luke! - Column: Security updates, spellcheck, etc at allpoetry
I made some pretty major updates today to various aspects of site security. If you notice errors that say 'contact kevin if you get this repeatedly', please let me know And please be patient, as its unfortunately a - Column: I'm a father! Announcing baby Luke Matthews-Watt, born May 20th at allpoetry
6 pounds 14 oz, 19.5 inches long, and a beautiful bundle of joy! Check out the pictures - Column: Allpoetry is connected to Facebook! at allpoetry
Now, when you connect your allpoetry and facebook accounts, new poems added by you will be announced on your facebook page. There's also a 'like this on facebook' link in the 'view options' of any poem, to add a link to your facebook page.
As wi - Column: More updates! Challenges, Forums, Anti-Spam at allpoetry
Contest challenges: some people have wanted to hold contests without trophies, this is now an option - check the instructions on the right side of the new contest page.
Forums - now show 75 posts per page in a topic. The " - Column: Small updates at allpoetry
The 'add' page has been simplified, with some of the options moved into an 'advanced' area. Also, the maximum depth of board replies was increased drastically again. Return the favor now will show one of your most recent poems if the user hasn't comment - Column: Congratulations to our top Chat-Act commentors! at allpoetry
The winner of the last week's 'most-active' contest was x-Black-Butterfly-x with 455 comments. 2nd was Jasmin Minx with 447 and Priest of Pain with 422. 10th place was Danzy007 with 126 posts. Read more for the full list! - Column: April is National Poetry Writing Month at allpoetry
a.k.a. NaPoMo, the goal of this is that you write a poem *every day* for the month of April. If you write one for each day this month, we'll give you a free month of silver membership! Join the - Column: Chatact is for Role-Playing! at allpoetry
If you've thought about giving role-playing a shot, or you're a big fan already, you'll want to check out our newest sister site: ChatAct.com.
You can join a "Group-Act" (like a group here), rolepla - Column: Free Gold! And bug fixed causing email notifications to be reset at allpoetry
As you've probably noticed, there's free gold membership features for everyone through Sunday. Enjoy, and hopefully you'll get hooked and ask for a membership for christmas.
Also, some people have been having problems with their notification set - Column: Minor updates at allpoetry
User images for short replies in forums are now only shown for their first post - after that will hide the image, resulting in a much more compact view.
Also, the link on the 'x commented on your topic' notes, actually send you to the right pag - Column: Updates - Chatterbox & customize new poems list at allpoetry
You'll notice a 'customize' link next to your 'new poems by friends' list on the front page. Click it to choose which of your friends you'd like to have included. There's also a 'fast' link in the chatterbox - click it to make it 'live', so you'll see u - Column: Simplifying friends vs. Favorites at allpoetry
I haven't been too happy with the new 'friends' junk, so am thinking of getting rid of it. For those with many favorites, but who just want to see a few on the front page, I'm thinking of adding a 'customize' link that lets you choose which favorites sho - Column: Proposal for changing how favorites vs. friends works at allpoetry
Some ideas for splitting up favorites from friends, and calling them "readers" and a "reading list". - Column: Notification System Updates at storywrite
More tweaks to the notification system. Briefly: default no longer emails @ new friend adding a poem, option to stop favorites from being emailed when you post, joint settings across sites. - Column: Notification System Updates at allpoetry
More tweaks to the notification system. Briefly: default no longer emails @ new friend adding a poem, option to stop favorites from being emailed when you post, joint settings across sites. - Column: NaNoWriMo is now! (November) at storywrite
Learn more about it at wikipedia, but the basic idea is to attack attack attack writing a whole novel in November. You can do it! Get a basic plot and start writing! - Column: Notification system live, and other fixes at allpoetry
The email notification system I mentioned in my last post is now live. Some of you will be irritated by the email you suddenly get, but hopefully some of you also find it useful. It's designed to be easy to disable - there's a link in 'my account' for n - Column: A message from Barack Obama about Healthcare Reform! at allpoetry
- Column: Old top commentors of the day at allpoetry
- Column: ChatAct - A site for role playing at allpoetry
I'm excited to announce the 'beta test' version of Chatact, Allpoetry's newest sister site. It's targeted at role-players, with groups and journals being the main focus. There are contests too. Please be patient with any bugs - Column: Site Info at
Welcome! - Column: More updates! Poems by online users, Return the favor at allpoetry
Poems by online users has replaced rewards as the default for when you click the 'read' link. I've also cleaned up the sidebar when browsing poems, and simplified the 'add a feature' page.
When making a comment, you can choose a poem of yours to - Column: Sharepoetry Updates at sharepoetry
You can now comment on archived poems. The max number of unarchived poems for free members is now 10 - we really want you to focus on poems you're currently editing.
Detailed comment ratings weren't being shown for awhile - they should show up a - Column: Comment Ratings, take 3 at allpoetry
The comment rating system has been updated again. Now you can rate a comment however many stars you like - that's up to you, as it should be. The points given are based on the length, so a small (<100 letter) comment gets 1 point per star, medium gets 2 - Column: Changes to comment ratings at allpoetry
Comments of 100-130 characters now have a maximum rank of 3 stars. 130-200 character comments can be awarded 4 stars. 200 characters isn't really that long - just exactly as long as this paragraph is!
The goal of this is to encourage people to w - Column: Site updates at allpoetry
Lingering bug from the database upgrade should be fixed, for example with addlines. The featured box now attempts to hide adult items from users who can't view them, and will display a '*' at the end of the title if something is adult. The "chat with t - Column: Updates - Friends, Featured clicks, and more at allpoetry
With this update we introduce the idea of 'friends', which are favorites that have also added you as a favorite. Also, when you click on a poem in the featured box, you'll be encouraged to comment before leaving the page. And much more, please report an - Column: Freewriting to think of new poetry at allpoetry
We call it writing "practice", in the menus here. I've just moved some of my favorite topics to the top of the list, so if you're looking for inspiration check them out. - Column: April is National Poetry Writing Month at allpoetry
a.k.a. NaPoMo, the goal of this is that you write a poem *every day* for the month of April. If you write one for each day this month, we'll give you a free month of silver membership! Join the - Column: April Fools Day 2009 at allpoetry
April fools day is one of my favorite days of the year. Here I chronicle this year's attempt at humor, along with some (anonymized) responses. - Column: SW April Fools Day 2009 at storywrite
April fools day is one of my favorite days of the year. Here I chronicle this year's attempt at humor, along with some (anonymized) responses. - Column: American Life in Poetry: Column 201 at allpoetry
At 14
To be shy,
to lower your eyes
after making a greeting. - Column: American Life in Poetry: Column 200 at allpoetry
- Column: Site Updates! at sharepoetry
Sharepoetry has reinvented itself! I've added some fun features that work better with a smaller site and could never work on a big one like allpoetry. I hope you enjoy!
