State of the Box Address in Site Updates

w00t w00t!!!! This is all Sunshine & lollipops from here on out!!!! :)

Wonderful ideas. And after today's drama trying to download my last few OD entries, a download feature would be much welcomed.

Thanks for all you've done. You've made the loss of OD much easier to deal with.

Now I've got the munchies.

Proud to be froma state that not only legalized pot but is going to the Super Bowl! Coincidence? I say no!

You are good peoples, Simple Mind :)

Awesome, great job! I vote YES on a little more personalization, like the background (but yes, with more transparency). It's just necessary in 2014 so the site doesn't feel old-school. Thanks for all your do, and hosting us OD transplants. :)

You're doing a great job, and I'm glad you're having fun with it. I think the point when "diary master" type dudes stop having fun is the point when things start to go downhill. of course it's early days so no wonder you're still having fun. ha.

maybe in 15 years you'll not be quite so enthused! for now i'll take it!

I like you already. TY for giving us some love..we werent getting it from OD :)

Looking forward to all the awesome things to come! squee!

I'm so glad you're here. I don't know what would have happened to us otherwise.

All sounds good to me. Editing comment feature I will get the most outta heck I can hardly spell my name without messing up lol

Thoughts on a mobiles site? It works pretty good now but I notice the floating box thingy (yes girl talk) gets "stuck" now and again

I hate ads and will happily pay an annual or 6 month fee regularly to keep them away!

Standing Ovation.

Congratulations on your success.

THANK YOU!!!

I need to save my money to buy my weed so um not sure if I will have enough to buy a subscription on PB ;)

But if the price is just right .......

Fantastic. I'm excited to be a Proseboxican and can't wait to see the evolution of the site. Thanks for giving us all a safe and welcoming place to build a community around. You're the best!

I'm glad that there is another option now that OD is shutting down. I've been on PB for a little bit, and I'm horribly inconsistent, but hey... at least now I know where I can go when I have my "I NEED TO WRITE THIS!" moments.

Thanks for doing what you do, and I hope PB has better luck than OD.

:-)

Thank You so much for having this site.

I love the simplistic look to the site. :)

This IS very awesome. I really am happy how you write every day, and you interact with us!! Yes, OD is going away, and I honestly am VERY sad about it, but, I am slowly getting used to it here, OH, it's not P.B. it's ME. I am 70, and kinda set in my ways, lol. But, I do have the joy of knowing a whole LOT of my faves/friends are here. I am thankful for you doing this. I have to wonder, do you run a one-woman show? Or, do you have "ghost helpers?" lol. Yes, I have quite a sense of humor most of the time, LOL. Again, T.Y. for EVeryThing, Lois

Thanks for creating this space for us to have!!!

Just wanted to say thank you. Like a friend said to me the other day, "It's okay, we're just moving across the street."

Thank you for this site and for moving our "home" into a nicer, better functioning, non-dilapidated neighborhood.

Awesome stuff! I had downloaded my diary in txt but I will go download it in xml as well. Definitely would be willing to purchase a premium account to keep the site profitable as well. Thank you so much for creating this space! I would be lost if open diary had kicked it and I had no other place to go. I used to use the circles quite a bit, particularly when I was younger, and was wondering whether hashtags or offering a limited number of tags to choose from on posts might be able to serve a similar purpose? I have no idea how easy or difficult that would be to integrate though.

1. I agree that Proseboxian rolls better off the tongue. (although that too is apparently not actually a word)
2. I know I joke around a lot, but you have my heartfelt gratitude for everything you have (and continue to do).
3. A blog site that is easy to read? Now THAT'S just crazy talk!
4. One of my "pet-peeves" (if you want to call it that) is that text doesn't wrap around the pictures to give it more of a "published" look. But, this was also the case at the Other Diary.
5. I am technologically challenged (by that I mean I don't know how to write code), but I have a pretty good "business sense" and management/organizational skills. If you need help in those (or other) areas, I'd love to be involved in some way. I need a new hobby to keep me off the streets. That just leads to no good.

Hey, Simple:

Thank you for creating this site! I really appreciate that we ODers have a space where we can continue to write.

I really am starting to like this site more and more as I use it. I like the simplicity which feels really refreshing. It just easier to post and quite simpler to follow, in my opinion.

Here are the components I like on your site:

1) I LOVE the BOOKS. I also love that EVERYONE who joins has access to them. At OD, you had to have the paid subscription to have "Chapters" which got really confusing a lot of times. Also, the way you have the books setup is really friendly using.

2) I like that you have buttons to follow and become friends with someone. Functionality wise, it is easier for me to click a button than to drop down and select a choice.

3) The comments: I like how you respond to a comment, but on the left side of the menu, you also see updates of comments you receive. OD NEVER had this, and this is a great feature.

Keep up the good work, Friend. If you need anything, just holler!!!

Cheers, S

Good gods, I hope people don't waste the bandwidth archiving their ODs here.

Also, you rock. Thank you for this place. In lieu of payment, please accept this lapdance.

I don't know what else to add that others haven't already stated in their "shower of love", so....DITTO! :)

I've been blogging for years and I've gone through two sites in the past year that have shut down for good, so I'm really happy to have found Prosebox and know that it's going to be around for a while. You've done an amazing job with this website!

I wandered onto this site from O.D. like a lost deer on I-95, but so far I'm liking what I'm seeing.

9/10, pretty excited.

I think the bi-directional blocking is FANTASTIC. Nothing like getting blocked by an asshole who can still leave you notes. And if you really want them to have nothing to do with you, you shouldn't be peeking in on them.

• trumpet fanfare *

I'm grateful for your work on Prosebox and I look forward to many happy years here. OD was awesome for a while and, that's what we all get...a while. Enjoy it where you can, while you can. Make the most of it!

Sounds great! Put exporting at the top of the list. (I am such a bitch)

i moved over here last november before od went legs up. i cross posted for as long as i could. i'm very grateful that you've set up this site. i need a place to write. and you provided a safe place to do it. depends on the perks... that will determine if i pay for writing here. the ads don't bother me so much. i could stay like this forever. take care,

how about when reading entries, you can see the past one on the page that you are currently readin and jump over to it by mousing over

Oh fer crissakes, just take our money!!!

Bookmarks by author. That's it. I can get anywhere if my friends home pages are bookmarked. If the latest entry is also bookmarked, we have heaven.

Thank you for having a haven for those of us who are displaced refugees. How about Proseboxasarians not !!

One thing I enjoyed in OD was the option to sort diarists into general age catagories. Perhaps a sort could be compiled, if the names had ages/ geographical locations/ interests or something. Currently it's a crap shoot... I just click on an interesting name, and see if I like what I'm reading. Not really a problem, but it would be systematically simpler if such sorting were permissible.

Fabulous! Thank you for this. Really and truly.

You rock. I'm so glad you made this place for us to rebuild the community that was OD so it doesn't have to die! Thanks for all your hard work :)

As an Od refugee, I just wanted to say thank you for the open arms welcome. I can tell by your writing that you're someone I could easily get along with. but really is there even such thing as "enough cannabis" :p I love your site already and I've only been here since yesterday, but I already feel I can put my feet up and get comfortable here & love it. So just wanted to say in addition to my earlier thanks.... Thank you for everything that you do, I'm sure it takes a lot of work to maintain such an awesome place.

Bravo! Great job!

Top stuff!

Sounds great

I actually like that layout/background picture a lot. When people get fancy with different windows and music and neon flashing colors, I tend to press the back button once or twice (just in case the first hit didn't register) I think that's wise. thank you for taking your time and getting it right instead of winging it and losing that greatness you currently have! :)

I kind of feel like the State of the Box should have included a little section letting people know that you've managed to attract and win the loyalty of a certain OD legend which is pretty much the stamp of approval for truly having arrived but if you want to make it all about you and not mention me at all, that's fine too, I guess. ;)

you hit on everything i was thinking but (and someone probably mentioned it and i didnt read all your notes) search feature at some point would be awesome. and....hmm something else, now i cant remember. ::thinks:: OH! i was going to ask for a "back to top" link at the bottom of the pages....but what do you know, while i was thinking i noticed it was right there ----->

so yeah, awesome blossom! thanks! :D

You have made the loss of OD much easier.

Thanks, dude. Srsly.

I like the background image option. Can the text box have some sort of gradient option? So that the image background can kind of be seen through it? But still be opaque enough so that the text can easily be seen and the whole page doesn't make your eyes want to bleed. lol

Perhaps this has already been suggested, but maybe a collaborative book option? A user could create a prosebook, then set other members of the community to be able to add entries to it, like for a writer's group or fan group type thing. Or would that be too convoluted or set up for a security breach kinda thing?

Thank you!

You are certainly not a "Proseboxican't"!

LMFAO. You are truly the best.

Awesome :) I would be willing to pay for no ads, my own backgrounds and spell check :) I am done with OD

Sounds like you will be keeping up with the site unlike the OD creator.