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    Stories System Updated 4/15

    By Myr,


    Technology Archive
    We have patched the site with the latest update.  There are a handful of requested changes in this update.
    Story System Reputation
    First up, on the Authors listing, we can now sort by "Highest Story Reputation"

    Under an author's icon, you'll now see 2 numbers.  The Green number is the Site Reputation Total.  (The likes across the entire site).  The number in the gray box is the Story Reputation. (This is the likes from just the stories/chapters/comments in the story system).  You can now view the most popular author based on positive feedback on their story content.
    Story Types
    The next feature we've added is a new filter in the stories system to allow you to select stories of a specific size.

    Some special notes about "Story Type":
    This filter is only showing live data in the story system The titled story type is only a range of story word count as it exists at the moment you use the filter. We used the Wikipedia definition of story types while adding the last 3. Since this is live data, when an author posts new content with sufficient word count, then the story type will change. And to repeat... Story Type is number of words in the story at the moment you use the filter.  
    Stories List for Fan Clubs
    There is now a way to list an authors stories in a Fan Club.  This makes getting to the author's stories that much easier when you are hanging out in their Fan Club.

    The listing is the same as you'd see visiting the author in the Stories section.
    (I've gone through and added the stories list to all of the open fan clubs)
     
  13. Myr

    New Stories Update Mar 5, 2020

    By Myr,


    Technology Archive
    By now, you have probably noticed that we have upgraded the Stories software on the site.  There are a bunch of what I would call quality of life updates and a major new feature.
    There is now an easy way to update your Author Profile area:


    For promoted author, you can now update your logo here yourself.  Banners need to be 848x121 pixels. All authors will be able to add their website link and author bio.  This is also where future Author Profile fields will show up, if/when we add them.
    There is now an Author Discussion link directly under the author detail on the author profile page.

    This link is defaulted to the "Promoted Author Discussion Forum" for Signature, Classic and Promising Authors.  It defaults to the Story Discussion forum for Authors.  For Poet's it defaults to the Poetry Writers Discussion forum in the Poetry Club.
    If you set this link to be a topic, it also appears at the end of each chapter, unless you override it by setting a specific topic on the Manage Story menu on each story.

    Manage Story -> Add Discussion Topic -> Type Title of Topic to prompt the search.  It shows you the Title, the Forum, and the date it was added.  Select the correct one and you are all set.
    Signature Authors that have Fan Clubs, that fan club is listed here. 
    This puts the forum discussion links right in front of the readers.  It is our hope this helps tie our forums back into the stories more, for those that are interested in more than just the story.
    Authors can set their own topic/forum/club by hitting the Change button.
    The major new feature is Story Recommendations.  I thank everyone that provided Reasons for the Recommendations both on the public blog and privately.  Cia and I reviewed them and took the most popular along with the ones we felt covered a range of options.  We have 8 currently and might re-evaluate those in the future.  I've noticed that people have discovered the feature and started using it I've been writing this... so score.  It's easy enough to use and figure out that I didn't have to explain it.
    For those looking for the listing, the official page version is here: https://gayauthors.org/stories/top/recommended/
    The link is also located on the side menu on the story pages.  Some very important points to this new system. 

    The recommendations are time-based!  You can only recommend a story once. You can change that recommendation at any time or remove it. The main purpose of the time based item is that in order to stay at the top of the listing, you need new readers recommending you on a regular basis to stay there.  You can, of course, hit the other tabs for timeframes, including to see which story has the most recommendations.  The list also allows you to recommend a story or remove a recommendation right from the list.

    Story recommendations show up in the box below the meta data/description on the story.  The recommend button is in the center there on the story listing.  Clicking it will pop up the Story Recommendation Reasons.  What makes the story good for you? You can select as many reasons as you like.  The Story Recommendation count is number of people recommending.
    We also have Widgets (those little side bar items) that show Top Recommended Stories and Top Recommenders.  I have both deployed on the Forum Side bar for when you are in say "The Lounge".
    I hope you enjoy these new features and they help you find more great stories by our great authors!
  14. Myr
    With the latest update to the Stories archive, you can now assign default discussion locations for both Author and Stories.  This gives authors one more change for interacting with their readers.
    I have added FAQ entries for these two new options:
     
  15. Myr

    Recommending a Story Using the System

    By Myr,


    Technology Archive
    I have updated the FAQ for the Stories Archive system to show how to use the Story Recommendations. 
    If you have questions on how to recommend a story or change or remove that recommendation, these topics should help.
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