Post by kanshu lunchbreaking on Jun 8, 2007 4:49:20 GMT -5
June 7th, 2007 -- Search "Reloaded Part 1" is ready for public testing/consumption. The new search engine is more powerful and easier to use. Reloaded Part 2 is currently in development and will encompass communities (C2s) and forums. There are too many improvements to list so here is a summary:
Search results can be narrowed/drilled-down one filter at a time: indispensable for searches that return a gazillion records.
When story result is drilled down to category level, character filters if applicable are automatically displayed.
Multiple filters of the same field: you can narrow down to 2 selectable genres and characters when applicable.
Search phrase/keyword(s) are fully highlighted within the results.
Phrase searching, using double quotes, are now fully enabled.
New story basic/default option will search within both title and summary.
New submissions are now searchable within ~40 minutes.
Author searches can be narrowed by categories and/or languages they have authored in.
Due to the scope of the upgrade, we encourage all users to submit bug reports/suggestions to support@fanfiction.com. Please be detailed in your report and include full urls when applicable.
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June 2nd, 2007 -- We have discovered a problem with Document Manager and certain type of HTML files. Although a work-around has been implemented, we currently do not recommend submitting works via HTML or Plain Text (.txt) files. If you do not have Microsoft Word, we highly recommend you do download OpenOffice which is feature-rich, free, and fully supported by the site.
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May 30th, 2007 -- Our previous upgrade triggered a bug which caused 500 errors or half-loading pages. Thanks to your reports we have been able to isolate and fix the problem.
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May 30th, 2007 -- Minor but important updates.
Non-moderators will only be allowed to create a new topic to the same forum every 8 hours: designed for forums that wish to be open to the public but want to avoid spammers at the same time. There is no limit on the number of forum threads/replies a user can make.
When blocking a user or adding user to favorites, there is now options to locate/add user by UserID, PenName, Profile URL, or Email. Note for email option only public emails will be searchable.
Search is now able to perform phrase matching. To use this feature, put double quotes around the search phrase.
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May 30th, 2007 -- For the past 48 hours we have been quietly upgrading our backend software and hardware. Unfortunately, the upgrade of this magnitude is not without faults: some pages did not load properly during the last 2 days while the upgrade progressed as fast as humanly possible.
Enjoy the ride as the next few weeks/days will bring new wrinkles and an old feature is returning with a vengeance. It is our goal to surprise and making sure the core needs of everyone on the site is met, one small step at a time. Here are code names for those that can't wait.
Search Reloaded: no secret here.
EyeBalls: lots of them.
Phoenix: fat lady never sings.
Info Overload: got eye-drops?
Your Questions: your answers.
We had hoped to release some of the features during March but our schedule did not permit it. As with all procrastinators, when we get going we go for the home-run. It will be fun.
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May 27th 2007 -- Document Manager has received a major upgrade:
Microsoft Office/Word 2007 (.docx) files are now fully supported by the site with formatting preserved. If you encounter a problem, please email/attach the file to support@fanfiction.com.
Plain Text (.txt) files are now better supported. Before, some files would cause an error. Please note if you write in a language that is not English, we recommend you to avoid using plain text (.txt) files as they might not display properly after upload.
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May 26th, 2007 -- A few improvements to the forum feature:
Links within Topic/Reply alert emails will now bring you to the correct forum page.
Latest topic link within a forum will now bring you to the correct topic/page.
Note you can subscribe/unscribe to Forums and Forum Topics via the same "Subscription" link in both areas.
Forum owners now has the option to decide who can create forum topics: everyone or only moderators. Default to everyone.
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May 24th, 2007 -- The login safe-guard system has been updated to include an audio representation of the image for users relying on screen-readers.
A bug within Document Manager has been fixed which caused some large uploads to fail. If you ever encounter a problem with the uploading process, please attach the file in question to support@fanfiction.com.
Dictionary (also Thesaurus + Spell-Checker) feature has been cleaned up. Previously, the feature would not return results for some word queries.
FanFiction.Net urls/links within forum posts are now automatically clickable to save readers the tedious process of copy-n-pasting.
Search results can be narrowed/drilled-down one filter at a time: indispensable for searches that return a gazillion records.
When story result is drilled down to category level, character filters if applicable are automatically displayed.
Multiple filters of the same field: you can narrow down to 2 selectable genres and characters when applicable.
Search phrase/keyword(s) are fully highlighted within the results.
Phrase searching, using double quotes, are now fully enabled.
New story basic/default option will search within both title and summary.
New submissions are now searchable within ~40 minutes.
Author searches can be narrowed by categories and/or languages they have authored in.
Due to the scope of the upgrade, we encourage all users to submit bug reports/suggestions to support@fanfiction.com. Please be detailed in your report and include full urls when applicable.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
June 2nd, 2007 -- We have discovered a problem with Document Manager and certain type of HTML files. Although a work-around has been implemented, we currently do not recommend submitting works via HTML or Plain Text (.txt) files. If you do not have Microsoft Word, we highly recommend you do download OpenOffice which is feature-rich, free, and fully supported by the site.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
May 30th, 2007 -- Our previous upgrade triggered a bug which caused 500 errors or half-loading pages. Thanks to your reports we have been able to isolate and fix the problem.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
May 30th, 2007 -- Minor but important updates.
Non-moderators will only be allowed to create a new topic to the same forum every 8 hours: designed for forums that wish to be open to the public but want to avoid spammers at the same time. There is no limit on the number of forum threads/replies a user can make.
When blocking a user or adding user to favorites, there is now options to locate/add user by UserID, PenName, Profile URL, or Email. Note for email option only public emails will be searchable.
Search is now able to perform phrase matching. To use this feature, put double quotes around the search phrase.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
May 30th, 2007 -- For the past 48 hours we have been quietly upgrading our backend software and hardware. Unfortunately, the upgrade of this magnitude is not without faults: some pages did not load properly during the last 2 days while the upgrade progressed as fast as humanly possible.
Enjoy the ride as the next few weeks/days will bring new wrinkles and an old feature is returning with a vengeance. It is our goal to surprise and making sure the core needs of everyone on the site is met, one small step at a time. Here are code names for those that can't wait.
Search Reloaded: no secret here.
EyeBalls: lots of them.
Phoenix: fat lady never sings.
Info Overload: got eye-drops?
Your Questions: your answers.
We had hoped to release some of the features during March but our schedule did not permit it. As with all procrastinators, when we get going we go for the home-run. It will be fun.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
May 27th 2007 -- Document Manager has received a major upgrade:
Microsoft Office/Word 2007 (.docx) files are now fully supported by the site with formatting preserved. If you encounter a problem, please email/attach the file to support@fanfiction.com.
Plain Text (.txt) files are now better supported. Before, some files would cause an error. Please note if you write in a language that is not English, we recommend you to avoid using plain text (.txt) files as they might not display properly after upload.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
May 26th, 2007 -- A few improvements to the forum feature:
Links within Topic/Reply alert emails will now bring you to the correct forum page.
Latest topic link within a forum will now bring you to the correct topic/page.
Note you can subscribe/unscribe to Forums and Forum Topics via the same "Subscription" link in both areas.
Forum owners now has the option to decide who can create forum topics: everyone or only moderators. Default to everyone.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
May 24th, 2007 -- The login safe-guard system has been updated to include an audio representation of the image for users relying on screen-readers.
A bug within Document Manager has been fixed which caused some large uploads to fail. If you ever encounter a problem with the uploading process, please attach the file in question to support@fanfiction.com.
Dictionary (also Thesaurus + Spell-Checker) feature has been cleaned up. Previously, the feature would not return results for some word queries.
FanFiction.Net urls/links within forum posts are now automatically clickable to save readers the tedious process of copy-n-pasting.