tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66682164828547372992011-07-08T03:18:42.585-07:00Loving Writing for the Webmcgyverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12682243664344783031noreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668216482854737299.post-90223577998642142712010-05-01T22:08:00.000-07:002010-05-01T22:21:14.809-07:00

We have just launched our new blog under our new sign up site - Online Writing Community (onlinewritingcommunity.com). Be sure to check it out. We'll still be covering updates to the site as well other news regarding writing for the web. Hopefully we'll see you on the flip-side.

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After the flood of requests we finally got our act into gear and made Flickspin a whole lot broader. We've now opened up a whole new fiction area for short stories, poetry and web-novels! This expansion brings some big style changes for these new format types where we've kept things as clean as possible and done our best to make the published work the star of the show. Let us know what you

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The My Desk area is no more. But say hello to Flickspin Central and Spin Links! Flickspin Central is the new portal for accessing your Flickspin tools as well as keeping up with what is going on with the site. And that's where Spin Links comes in; we're now piping a feed of what's going on around the site and making easier to see what the other writers are up to. Spin Links will also list new

mcgyverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12682243664344783031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668216482854737299.post-28605007548473434682009-11-24T18:59:00.000-08:002009-11-24T19:08:54.098-08:00

The ability to blog via email is the latest feature on the site and coolest one we've had the pleasure to announce. This little doozy makes it just that much easier to keep on top of the art they call blogging. In fact, blogging doesn't get much easier. All our writers now need to do is fire off an email and that little message will make it on to the site within minutes. Pretty neat, hey?The

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Today saw the release of some new code to the site. Most of it revolves around little fix-ups and style changes around the site - nothing too major. The main pages adjusted were the about us page, the homepage, the search page and the login page.This release actually leads on from one a few weeks ago that saw the stylised toolbar added to the profile areas. Looks pretty spiffy too and does a

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As mentioned previously, today is the day to introduce the latest changes to the Flickspin writing community.Images - Bigger and Brighter:With some help from some open source code (slimbox + mootools), images on articles, etc. are now displayed in a very user friendly viewer. Readers only need to click on an image to pop-up the viewer where they can then browse through all of the included images

mcgyverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01952611135881659936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668216482854737299.post-13197794071904093652009-09-24T17:19:00.000-07:002009-09-25T13:29:33.343-07:00

The new changes have now taken hold on the site and all writers can now log in freely. Tomorrow we will announce the details in full but let's just say it has a lot to do with the way the images work on the site.Until then.Peace!

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We've got a large upgrade in the works and will need to prevent anyone logging in for at least a few hours. The good news is, there remainder of the site shouldn't skip a beat so all published works will still be accessible and the ads will continue to collect revenue for all those signed up with AdSense.We'll announce the changes once we open the site back up and everything is looking

mcgyverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01952611135881659936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668216482854737299.post-25750504809127338692009-07-30T06:51:00.000-07:002009-09-25T13:02:18.089-07:00

The latest major update to Flickspin now allows writers with a proven record to have the option to self-publish or choose to have work edited. Not only that but there is now a choice as to which editor you'd like to converse with. This also means previously published works can be modified by writers without resubmission for editing, but again the choice is optional.With these new changes in place

mcgyverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01952611135881659936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668216482854737299.post-68713634174984645882009-05-16T13:17:00.000-07:002009-09-25T13:09:07.617-07:00

In the latest round of changes to Flickspin there have been a number of modifications to the category pages. Not only are the pages a little more pleasing to the eye but you might just see a feature writer gracing the odd category homepage. The feature writers have gained their new status by writing frequently for a given category. Not only will they receive greater profile on the site they can

mcgyverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01952611135881659936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668216482854737299.post-18360127694155259662009-04-28T21:27:00.000-07:002009-09-25T13:09:07.617-07:00

The latest feature to the collection is a sprightly one! We can now move away from the default colours of profile area and move into the bright and stylish future.At the moment there are 6 styles to choose from (pictured) and we are open to adding more. If you want to see one, have a look here. If we haven't covered your favourite colour, be sure to let us know and we'll keep adding more

mcgyverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01952611135881659936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668216482854737299.post-33994629674945910362009-04-04T11:15:00.000-07:002009-09-25T13:07:49.155-07:00

Okay, so the title may have given away the news of the new feature on FS but it's definitely worth repeating. Youtube videos can now be embedded into blog posts. Here's an example - Google and the Energy Space.At the moment we are allowing one clip per blog post and the post will automatically appear under the first paragraph. If embedding vids becomes popular on the site we may expand the

mcgyverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01952611135881659936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668216482854737299.post-49835125979911070912009-03-16T22:03:00.000-07:002009-09-25T13:06:15.106-07:00

We've taken a step towards fiction writing with a new category for short stories. This decision lines up with the main goal of the site - to be an awesome place to write and to be read. Allowing short stories on the site could just be seen as a natural progression of this idea.The format is fairly new for the site but we plan to develop a number of features around the idea and treat it as a

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Flickspin is now riding on the Twitter train. By jumping on we'll be looking to promote new content on the site and sharing little snippets of love that come from the land of FS.Update: And if you want to follow the tweets... http://twitter.com/flickspin of course

mcgyverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01952611135881659936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668216482854737299.post-92060225761451179842009-02-23T21:53:00.000-08:002009-09-25T13:09:07.617-07:00

Since we announced the funky new retro layout last month we've been working hard to finish off the job with the blog and profile areas getting a massive overhaul. Having become a blogger of sorts, I knew full well the short comings of the old flickspin blog and profile areas. With the new profile options and custom stylings this thing feels sweet and looks sweet. What a combo!Here's a hint of

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Everyone knows Retro is back. And so moving with the times the site has undergone its 3rd major style change since the launch in March 2008. This new layout style has already given Flickspin a lift with a noticeable boost in page views per visitor. This is based only on a limited set of data but we think this will be the trend because not only does the site look better it's becoming even easier

mcgyverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12682243664344783031noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668216482854737299.post-2170256590232965832008-11-16T04:52:00.000-08:002009-09-25T13:23:13.171-07:00

Just putting out the word for those that may have noticed; Flickspin died for about 9 hours starting at 7:35pm Saturday Nov 16. The failure was due to a script that went horribly wrong and seemingly blind-sided MySQL the DBMS behind the site.It turned out the be a Linux permission issue and I was none the wiser and began tearing at the OS to try and bring it back but to no avail. I tried

mcgyverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12682243664344783031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668216482854737299.post-75863194504780325632008-09-25T13:58:00.000-07:002009-09-25T13:25:18.061-07:00

Flickspin has just received a minor face lift. All external pages on the site, such as articles, fact files and the like, will now be smoothly viewable on iPhones and iPod Touches. This should also mean other mobile web viewers (Android phones, etc) will be able to take advantage of the new layout.Traffic to the site is increasingly coming mobile web browsers. The market for these devices is

mcgyverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12682243664344783031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668216482854737299.post-54762927653649416352008-08-15T08:48:00.000-07:002009-09-25T13:25:18.062-07:00

Have you ever had a problem and Googled your heart out only to find what you were looking for in some sort of convoluted way?Although you may have had to search to the heavens doesn't mean the next person after you has to go the same distance. You now get to help your fellow homosapians as well as make a bit of dosh on the side.This is all possible through the new document type on Flickspin -

mcgyverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12682243664344783031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668216482854737299.post-33360079271661336562008-07-24T07:33:00.000-07:002009-09-25T13:25:18.062-07:00

Google release it's Knol site yesterday, 6 months after its original press release. My first thoughts were that Knol was going to cause problems for existing writing networks but I soon realised Knol is taking an approach to SEO no other Web publishing site could even contemplate. Due to this different approach the Knol platform will exist to compliment other writing sites. The reason this is the

mcgyverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12682243664344783031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668216482854737299.post-66127543992050420962008-05-17T16:05:00.000-07:002009-09-25T13:26:04.403-07:00

The site has had a bit of a change up style-wise. The feel from the style is now fresh and clean with no more cheesy stylings carried through from the 90's.The former styles were developed in an ad hoc fashion were given little thought in regard to aesthetics. Concentration was focused more on SEO and the workings behind the site. The general consensus of the former stylings from the beta team

mcgyverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12682243664344783031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668216482854737299.post-92034339961163301762008-04-29T17:51:00.000-07:002009-09-25T13:26:04.404-07:00

Yes, this is the new "corporate blog" for FS. I know it doesn't look anywhere near as good as the old one but you can blame Blogger for that.The plan behind this blog is to give one and all an indication of what is going on behind the scenes of that awesome new site FS. I'm sure there will be posts regarding modifications, possible new features, general direction of the site and other odds and

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