New Features! Blogs, Favorites, Reading list and more!
It's been a long weekend, what with the extra hour and all, so I thought I would put it to good use and get some of the features on Lit.Org's to do list done. So, lets get down to them.
BBCode - You can now format your posts using BBCode, exactly the same way you do on many forums. Use BBCode to add bold, italic, color or even font changes to your submissions. Learn more about BBCode
Blogs - I'm happy to say we finally have Blogs here! You have your own personal blog at
http://www.lit.org/blog/username. If you want to add an entry to your blog, simply post it to the "blog" category and it'll show up in your blog. Read the recently upldated list of blogs to keep up with them. I've added a few entries to mine to serve as example: Crowe's Blog
Author Pages - You can link to your own "Author" page to let people view your profile, read your work, read your comments or view your blog. Just link to
http://www.lit.org/author/username. For example:
http://www.lit.org/author/crowe
Lit.Org Login - The system that powers the control panel is now available through out the site. The login box is in the top right hand side of the page and if you login you'll have access to extra features. If you are logged in, you won't have to fill in your username and password to submit items or post comments.
Favorites & Reading List - When you view an item on the site you'll now have the ability to add it to your Favorites or your Reading List. The favorites folder is designed to give you easy access to your favorite works. The reading list is meant to be used as a "bookshelf" of items you want to read but don't have time to just yet. View the item, add it to your reading list so you don't lose it or foret it, and read it later. You can view and update your Favorites and Readling List in the Control Panel under the "Read" Tab.
Site Clean up - I did some general clean up of the site, tweaking the design a little to move everything higher up on the screen. There is more clean up to be done over the next few weeks so stay tuned. I also managed to squash a few bugs and while doing it I removed the ever useless "Reset" button, to which I've lost many good replies. I only had it on there because it's a throwback to the old Web design days. It won't happen again!
