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Gay Authors - The Next Update and Survey Discussion

What We’re Hearing from the Community Survey — and Where Gay Authors Is Going Next First, thank you. We asked members to take time out of their day to tell us what is working, what is frustrating, and what would make Gay Authors better. Many of you did exactly that. We have heard from daily readers, occasional visitors, authors, editors, Premium members, longtime community members, and people who mostly enjoy the site quietly in the background. That range of feedback matters. Gay
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Story Tags and Genre Updates

If you saw the announcements, I have been tweaking both Genres and Tags as we lurch ever closer to our major software update going to version 5 of Invision Community.  Invision has altered how they are handling tags and as such, we have to change Stories as well.  One of the nice things coming is that readers will be able to subscribe to genres and tags so when new stories get posted in the genre or with a tag, they'll get notified.  Though I'd only follow the more obscure ones, so you are burie
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What is he up to now? Setting things up for the Future

As you signed on to the site today, you were asked to fill in your favorite genre, second favorite genre, and third favorite genre.  For a certain age group, you were no doubt cursing at the surprise.  Sorry about that.  Everyone else is probably wondering why.  Every Saturday morning, I collect our stats on active members, Premium Subscribers, etc.  As we get ready to move to the new forum software, I am working to set up our data collection and usage to better serve our members.  In marke
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Stories 3.8 Update - Rolling out Now

We are happy to announce that Stories 3.8 update is now active on Gay Authors.  This has a couple of Quaility of Life updates and a major new feature. Quality of Life Updates for Reading We have added a new "Reading Progress" bar that appears at the top of the page when you are reading and shows your progress down the page.  (it shows progress to end of page, which does include comments). You can also turn off the progress meter in your story settings under the Stories tab if you so de
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Status Updates - Discontinued

Invision Community 5.0, which will be released soon, has decided to discontinue several features. One of those features on the front-facing part of the software was Status Updating posting from your profile. We are shutting off the feature to get ready for future upgrades.  With the next release of this software version, they will start nagging us to do so, and I don't need more nags in my life. I have opened a new forum to allow for status and chatty content. https://gayauthors.org/fo
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Stories 3.7 Software Update

It's that time again.  We've been working on a new update for stories as we get closer and closer to the major forum version change later this year. This update included a major rewrite of the recommendations page, expansion of the reading history system, addition of story awards (a blast from the long past), and some underlying work to prepare for the future. Recommendations It is now possible to view all recommended stories as we have added the ability to change pages.  We have also
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Server Update and Story Archive Updates

Gosh, it's been busy around here lately.  We have done a number of updates in the background and some front facing.  First up, if you didn't click on the announcement banner, Gay Authors has switched from our own dedicated server to our own cloud dedicated server.  From a technical standpoint, that means we abstracted one layer giving us future flexibility and ease of upgrades. This also got us off a server we could no longer upgrade who's Operating System was going unsupported in June.  As
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Story Archive Tech - What do you need?

Fellow Site Members: Welcome to 2024!  There are going to be some big software changes this year as the software that powers our website, Invision Community, goes from version 4.X to 5.0.  The big key under the hood changes for this version will be modernizing the software and removing some of the legacy weight it has been carrying for a long time.  Their main target seems to be making the software even more mobile friendly. With over 50% of our traffic coming from Mobile, more speed, better f
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Notifications on Your Phone - Now Including iPhone/iPad iOS 16.4+

For people that want an App-like experience on your smartphones or tablets running Android and iOS 16.4+, you can now do so. This will make your phone buzz just like a text for each notification you'd get on the site. Tech details: https://invisioncommunity.com/news/invision-community/iphone-notifications-web-app-and-more-r1278/ How to do it... On your Android/iOS devices in the web browser, go to Gay Authors. The words vary by device and browser, but can be "Add to
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