Suggestion Box, December edition! in Suggestion Box

  • Dec. 4, 2013, 12:32 a.m.
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OK, so before you mention them, a few things:

  • Ad sizing and placement is non-negotiable. These are for my own benefit and compensation. However, there is work going on behind the scenes to get an ad-free subscription plan up and running. That has always been the plan, so please bear with me while I make it happen.

  • I've just launched some code to start tracking what entries you read. What this means is, I can change the bookmarks page to tell you what's been read and what hasn't. So that's coming.

  • As somebody mentioned earlier, experimentation leads to perfection. I've already received enough feedback on navigation that I know what I want to do, and I think most people will like Navigation 3.0. So wait for it.

  • Replying directly from your comments page and blocking users will be available in the future as premium features.

  • There's still really dumb things I haven't addressed yet, like seeing and changing your email, resetting your password without using the Forgot Password link, and the feature I hope none of you really want, fully removing your account. So that's on the radar too.

Thanks to everyone who has left me complimentary and supportive comments. I haven't had the time to reply to everyone, but I read them all and appreciate them. :)

Thanks and good night. :)


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Teflon Superhero December 04, 2013

Uhhhhh I'm still waiting for the complimentary smoothie button, but go ahead and do your thing, brah.

hahahah I have nothing to add, really.

simple mind Teflon Superhero ⋅ December 04, 2013

I'm sorry, we only offer complimentary coffee and beer (icons). ;)

Teflon Superhero simple mind ⋅ December 04, 2013

SIIIIIIIIIGH I'll take the beer...

....the crap I put up with around here...

xD

Lobbastah December 04, 2013

Take your time. You don't want overwhelm those folks who fear change. Let them adjust to one change at a time. Heh. :D (Not me.) (I only fear spiders and ceiling fans.)

simple mind Lobbastah ⋅ December 04, 2013

On the other hand, scaring people IS kind of fun (and my toddler son has had an obsession with ceiling fans since he was old enough to focus his eyes on them).

Phade December 04, 2013

I HAVE ONE!

Is there any way, you can do a delete comment after it's been posted by the commenter, however short it is. OD has one for, what, three minutes? I mean, even if it's like for 30 seconds. I have a shitty mouse at work (that I'm too lazy to replace) and sometimes I accidentally double or triple post and it's just gives me tics to not be able to delete a comment.

simple mind Phade ⋅ December 04, 2013

Ah yes. Everyone and their nephews has mentioned this, so it's definitely on the list.

OneSassyLadyNKY December 04, 2013

Got my credit card ready ... just tell me when LOL

Emmy Lou OneSassyLadyNKY ⋅ December 05, 2013

My block finger is itching

ThisIsME December 04, 2013

Any chance of being able to change text placement??? I would kill a spider like a big girl to be able to center my text :(

simple mind ThisIsME ⋅ December 04, 2013

<p class="text-center">Centered text</p>

Which gives you (if I did it right):

Centered text

ThisIsME simple mind ⋅ December 04, 2013

Thank you I was wondering if I was just over looking it. You are awesome!

crafty_tori December 04, 2013

I am just happy that this is a place where you frequently make updates and improvements. Hopefully (not saying it won't, but you know...) it will stay that way! One entry in, and I think I'm liking it here.

*Mrs_Bolen* December 04, 2013

<3

Deleted user December 04, 2013

Not happy blocking is going to be a paid feature.

simple mind Deleted user ⋅ December 04, 2013

I'm reconsidering.

Emmy Lou simple mind ⋅ December 04, 2013

The block button is the only thing keeping me a little bit on OD.

Cat Mommy December 04, 2013

For the first time I don't really have any suggestions. Everything you've got listed and have added recently covers just about everything. Can't wait for the subscription option!

banker chick December 04, 2013

Any word yet on downloading entries/books?

simple mind banker chick ⋅ December 04, 2013

No update there. It's dropped a bit on the priority list since I've got so much going on.

Rerrin December 04, 2013

Good job!

Rerrin December 04, 2013

Good job!

Rerrin December 04, 2013

Good job!

Rerrin December 04, 2013

Ok, is there an option to delete comments once posted?

simple mind Rerrin ⋅ December 04, 2013

Not yet, unless it's your entry.

Deleted user December 04, 2013

This all sounds great, but it does kinda suck that we'll have to pay to block any possible troublemakers. That much doesn't seem right.

simple mind Deleted user ⋅ December 04, 2013

Yeah, I'm still on the fence about that. I want to have good premium features, but I want non-paying people to be comfortable. So I'm reconsidering.

auburn_girl December 04, 2013

What happened to the navigation bar that let us move to the next bookmarked entry? Glitch or permanently removed? I dislike having to go back to the bookmarks page to get to the next one to read. :(

simple mind auburn_girl ⋅ December 04, 2013

Yeah, it's a work in progress. Going to change that up again.

auburn_girl December 04, 2013

Oh wait ... it's at the bottom now I see. Hmmmm ... this is gonna take some getting used to. lol

EvequeFou December 04, 2013

Ad sizing negotiation anyway, since this one doesn't affect your revenue: Is it possible to include enough sizing info in the HTML before the ad loads that the ad loading doesn't make below-the-fold jump?

Something is throwing off the phone view if I scroll down as soon as the page loads, and I think it's that.

And scrollbars in entry/comment boxes would be really nice, still.

simple mind EvequeFou ⋅ December 04, 2013

Ah yes, hadn't noticed that on my end but I can certainly style the containers to avoid that.

Silverstar46 December 04, 2013

You've been so busy - you better take some time off for the holidays!

RoseS December 04, 2013

Thanks :)

perfunctory December 04, 2013

You've built an incredible site. I hope you're as proud of your hard work as we are!

NeonLady December 04, 2013

Sounds great! Thanks for all your hard work!

hoops December 04, 2013

compliments and support!

Emmy Lou December 04, 2013

Please please please can we have a block button? Sorry I asked again.

scout_finch December 04, 2013

Love it! Can you consider changing the location of the "save draft" button to idiot proof it? I keep accidentally saving draft instead of publishing because the 2 are right next to each other.

Deleted user December 04, 2013

Never let us leave...muah ha ha haaaaa!

Seriously excited about all of this. I can't wait for you to roll out the premium feature subscription thinger-ma-jig.

simple mind Deleted user ⋅ December 04, 2013

You can check out any time you like but... you can never leave. Thanks, now I have Hotel California in my head. ;)

Deleted user simple mind ⋅ December 04, 2013

Yay, me too! Besties forever.

banker chick simple mind ⋅ December 14, 2013

insert kickass guitar solo here

Deleted user December 05, 2013

Is there a way of being notified when a reply has been made to a comment we left on a PB outside our own?

simple mind Deleted user ⋅ December 05, 2013

You get notified of any replies you receive (this comment, for example).

Deleted user simple mind ⋅ December 05, 2013

Hmm. I must've missed the one that brought the question to mind then. Thanks!

Deleted user December 05, 2013

Hi There, I know we're in beta and you've done amazing things to keep this community going strong, and I thank you for caring about it and us. But..... hahaha... it's a small one. Is there any thought for connecting people through interests? I seem to be losing friends in the switch and I was hoping maybe I could find new ones... but aside from reading newest entries or manually going through peoples books, there's no way to find kindred spirits. :) Just a thought, and not a pressing one. Thank you again for doing all of this!!!!!! You're rad.

Indigo December 05, 2013

Hi :) Just wondering if there will be a mobile version? I know this site works great, but that went through my mind while thinking about how quickly is growing with people.

hoops December 05, 2013

Hey, did you change the shade of the separator lines back to a lighter shade of gray? They were awesome for a while, but then they seem to have gone almost transparent again now.

simple mind hoops ⋅ December 05, 2013

I stripped out a bunch of my own customization to reset things to my framework defaults. Otherwise the themes would have been all messed up when I added them.

Deleted user December 05, 2013

I would like to be able to write friends only entries in any book, instead of having a book for only friends only stuff

Deleted user December 05, 2013

I would like to be able to write friends only entries in any book, instead of having a book for only friends only stuff

Deleted user December 05, 2013

hahaha you will get around to the email changing thing eventually ^_^

I think blocking should be available to everyone though..especially in case we have any younger users, who can't afford to get a subscription and would be more vulnerable to harassment.

I agree with the suggestion someone made above about connecting via groups and/or interests.

but I do love prosebox immensely. those are the only things I would change, but it's easy for me to say that and have no clue whatsoever how to create something like this >.<

woman in the moon December 06, 2013

Tonight/this morning actually I'm noticing big rectangular empty spaces at the top and bottom of every entry. Are places for the ads that I don't get because I accidentally have ad blocker? They're a little irritating and they weren't there yesterday. Maybe if you could put a little picture of a kitten or something fuzzy and cute for me and any other ad blocker people.
I suppose I'm willing to pay to write here. I make donations to 750words. I like voluntary giving better than required paying but I suppose if you have FEATURES for paying people then donations won't work.

Also I have no interest in blocking anyone. Actually I'd like a feature that forced people to read and note me. Can you do that? I think it should be an option. Maybe people could just send the troublemakers to me.

Jane Says December 06, 2013

Please let me give you money to get rid of those HORRIFYING ads. :)

Lepetit pumpkinesque December 07, 2013

downloading our diary!

Mermy Cullen December 07, 2013

I tried to upload a video using a Photobucket link and it would not post? Anyway to fix that...

Katren...In Conclusion December 08, 2013

I truly misss the little Next and Previous navigation bar that used to be on a page I was reading and allowed me to move backward or forward in the same userr's same book. Often someone alludes to the previous entry and , with my senior memory, I want to check that entry. Now it is a little daunting and I jst shrug and quit reading. Also, I sometimes "discover" a book I haven't read and want toreadall of it. Please return paging back and forth in a book.

tempid December 09, 2013

Thanks for this site! I just celebrated 10 years at OD.... and I've given up on it. It's good to know I had somewhere new to go. Here's to at least ten years here!

nursegirl December 09, 2013

I want to thank you for this service. It is so much smoother, so much more competent a site that the one I have been using for the last 12 years.

simple mind nursegirl ⋅ December 09, 2013

Thank you! Compliments are always appreciated. :-)

Marieko December 12, 2013

I'm curious if there's a way to add pictures from iCloud? :)

simple mind Marieko ⋅ December 12, 2013

I'm not that familiar with iCloud. If they do image hosting and provide a URL for the image, then yes. If it's just storage, possibly not.

Deleted user December 12, 2013

So glad to have a place to move to... thanks for all your work on this! It's delightfully refreshing. This has probably been discussed but... although the round pictures look nice, I think lots are avoiding adding a photo to their profile because they don't have a square photo to use.

Sagittarienne December 12, 2013

Love this site. Thanks for your hard work!!

It would be great to have an option to find writers with similar interests, either via a group we could post entries to, or via user selected "interests" that can be searched.

Deleted user December 13, 2013

Just wrote my first entry. It feels so clean and quick... thanks! I missed the editing toolbar... a lot. In particular I missed viewing the html and seeing images without having to go to 'Preview' mode. I may not have figured it out completely yet though, so I'll keep exploring. :)

Deleted user December 15, 2013

I like the changes so far! I do have a couple of suggestions, though. I often use the 'preview' feature to look at spacing and how my pictures look in the entry, but it would be really nice to be able to get back to editing without having to first 'save draft' and then go back and edit draft. If I could edit AND see my preview on the same page, that would be awesome! Or even just having a 'continue editing' button from the preview page would be lovely.

The other thing I'm having a bit of a problem with is resizing pictures. I'm not sure if it's because of the code itself (it's from Flickr which is terrible about hyperlinking) or if it's Prosebox, but I was trying to post a panoramic picture and make it a bit bigger and wasn't able to. It just looks tiny.

(Also, thanks SO MUCH for help logging in!!!)

simple mind Deleted user ⋅ December 15, 2013

I need to make this more intuitive, but simply clicking the Preview button again will get you back into edit mode. :)

Loki December 15, 2013

  • I would like to make a suggestion concerning the colour themes: Can there be any green-themed themes? Like, green and black fonts with a white background? And one that is black background with green and white fonts? Just wondering. That would be glorious!
.Java.Junkie. December 17, 2013

I am sure by now many have suggested... a "delete" button on notes....

aglow December 19, 2013

AAAAHOMG, I just noticed the rad feature where, when you go in to your bookmarks, the ones you've already read are darkened and the new ones aren't.

Hi, you're a genius. HIGH FIVES EVERY DAY FOREVER.

simple mind aglow ⋅ December 19, 2013

*grin*

Pow December 19, 2013

Have you thought about adding communities [with features similar to those found on LiveJournal] to Prosebox?

Deleted user December 20, 2013

Would love to see a "random" feature on the front page..click to be taken to a random entry.

kimmythingy December 22, 2013

I am LOVING PB. I flounced over from OD, and am unlikely to be wiggling back any time soon!

A couple of very minor things... since I like adding pics. ;-)

1) Can we align pictures that we add, to center? Do I need to learn HTML beyond creating paragraphs!eek

2) Could we eventually resize pictures that we add (by dragging the handles in preview mode) please? I can't

Deleted user kimmythingy ⋅ December 27, 2013

Hi, you can use thumbnail templates to do this kind of thing.

https://www.prosebox.net/entry/32980/prosebox-faq-how-to-resize-and-caption-images-and-video-using-thumbnails/

If one of those templates in the entry doesn't do exactly what you want, tell me and I'll add one that does.

kimmythingy December 22, 2013

Not sure what I can't do.... I lost my train of thought, and apparently forgot to delete the last two words! :P

Deleted user December 22, 2013

What's the check box by comments for? Can we delete a comment we sent in error? Can comments be previewed? Is there a place one could look up the answer to questions like this without bothering you?

Deleted user December 24, 2013

This http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/starduck/0screen_zpsd4a875ac.jpg is the checkbox I mean. What, if anything, does it do? Is it some cool feature that I'm unaware of?

simple mind Deleted user ⋅ December 24, 2013

It lets you check comments that you want to delete or privatize. After you check one or more boxes, a button appears at the end of the comment listing to delete, or privatize if you use the little select arrow on the button.

Deleted user December 25, 2013

This is a question rather than a suggestion since there's no way to PM anybody here. If I add someone as a friend but they haven't added me in return, can they still see Friends Only books? Also, would I appear on the main page to those I add as friends if all my books are Friends Only?

Halcyon December 26, 2013

app for phones :3

Deleted user December 27, 2013

What do you think about making the various panels in the layout draggable/hideable? That way people who like them on the bottom or the top or stacked on one side can put them where they like, and the site could remember where they were placed.

mirrored.life December 28, 2013

Maybe I just can't see this option anywhere because I just signed up and if so can someone please point me in the right direction but coming from OD I was very fond of the "diary circles" they have (where you choose if you want to post your entry in a certain category, like poetry or advice or depression or eating disorder just to name a few) so you can more easily find and read diaries written by people who are going through or experience the same things as yourself so you can find support a little easier? Because I would love this place if it had that sort of option.

Deleted user mirrored.life ⋅ December 28, 2013

This isn't a feature that's available yet, but hopefully it will be included eventually!

We could have "community books" just like current personal books but ones that anyone could post an entry to. That would be cool :)

Deleted user Deleted user ⋅ December 29, 2013

Community books are a fantastic idea. I second this!

Deleted user December 29, 2013

The more I play with this site, the more I love it! I have a few questions/suggestions

Is there any way to make coding easier? I am liking being able to choose the orientation of my pictures and wrapping text around it, but it would be really great if I didn't have to enter the code to do this.

My next two questions may just show my ignorance of HTML, and if so I apologize!

  1. Can I add a background to my blog?

  2. Is there a way to change the width of my blog, or is this a function of my computer settings? I know there are ads (though I would be very happy to give you money in exchange for an ad-free format!), but I feel like the whole entry is such a narrow column. Maybe I'm just computer ignorant?

Cat Mommy Deleted user ⋅ December 30, 2013

We will eventually be getting a WYSIWYG editor similar to what OD has. As for your two questions both are answered with no. The width of the blog is the same for everyone and nowhere to change it. Backgrounds are going to be available when the pay subscription option comes. It's going to be a pay feature only though. If you want to see what that will look like check this out:

https://www.prosebox.net/entry/14288/nothing-to-see-here-nothing-at-all/

There are quite a few different layout styles/colours to choose from under settings for now though until the pay option is available. For wrapping of text check out this entry because it is doable:

https://www.prosebox.net/entry/1600/prosebox-faq-putting-images-into-your-entries/

Deleted user December 29, 2013

This is a little petty, but before you moved the 'next' and 'previous' links, it would display the title of those entries, which I actually found helpful. Any way we could bring that back?

Deleted user December 29, 2013

I've been thinking about the floating nav bar to the right. What about putting that stuff in more compact form into the breadcrumbs bar across the top, and giving that real estate up for entry space?

Deleted user December 29, 2013

Plus, does the "My Prosebox" panel on the left have to be so wide?

Cat Mommy December 30, 2013

I second both of G's comments above. :)

Deleted user December 30, 2013

I would love a "star" rating for entries that works like this:

http://shorts.quantumlah.org/entry/superpose

(By the way, vote for that guy, he's proseboxer NotKieran).

Mermy Cullen January 01, 2014

Hey, none of my photos from photobucket are working on there right now? There working fine on other sites and I was on here like 20mins ans everything was fine...

simple mind Mermy Cullen ⋅ January 01, 2014

Hang on, I'll take a look....

simple mind Mermy Cullen ⋅ January 01, 2014

Check it now.

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