Where is it? Am I finding a different page? Are there two pages alike except that one has the reply/no-reply indicators and the other doesn't? Am I in a twisty maze of little web pages and one of them is not like the other?
This column does not show on mobile due to space constraints. You are not going crazy 
. We can try to put it back but we are trying to make mobile a bit slimmed down because of the screen size.
Sol, I'm sure I posted specifics on this issue the first few days or so after the new site went up, with specific issues. As I recall, you said you'd be addressing them. However, after seeing this post, I thought I'd reiterate:
1. Cursor jumping to the top in the panes, whether in reviews or forums, is an ongoing issue. My cursor bounces to the top, or off the edge of the bottom.
2. Scrolling is also a continuing problem.
Did you have this problem on the old site with your iPad or with the forums? Do you have it on any other sites when you fill in a text box? We're troubleshooting this now.
Thanks,
Sol
I wanted to announce that we'll shortly be opening up our online writing university, unofficially dubbed TNBW Classes. The goal is to provide writers with a variety of high quality online writing classes from outstanding teachers. The first class will be taught by former agent Anita Mumm.
http://www.anitamumm.com/about-me/
Anita's class will be entitled:
Your Strongest Start:
How to Hook an Agent—Or Any Reader—With Your Opening Pages
The class is scheduled to begin mid-January. More details to come but if you are interested, let me know. Space will be limited. As an aside, it dovetails nicely with the Strongest Start Novel Competition which will also be launching in January.
This is the first of many classes and programs we are planning in the new year.
Best,
Sol
Here's how it works. If you create a No point group, it means that the group does not require points to be posted in it. But, if content is posted to a group that requires points, and then also posted to your group, it will still pay points. Once points are paid once, they are attached to the content, regardless of where it is posted.
So if you choose the group to be free:
Points are not required to post but content posted to another group that requires points will still pay points.
If you choose to make your group require points:
You will need to pay points specifically to that group in order to post in it. If you want to post to two groups that require points, you will need to pay points x 2.
Sol
Got it. You're not getting the scroll bar. Okay. And you are still having problems with the Connections page?
They should all be there without having to click All. I see Thrillers. I do think they need to be alphabetized though.
The list exists. If you go to Read and Groups or Connections content there are a series of search boxes above the results. You can use them to search by type, genre, and group.
Sol
I have a poem "Drought" which I originally published in Free Verse Poets group and the TNBW Free group. Today I revised the Publish Setup to also publish the poem on the Premium group. This was successful. But now the Poem appears twice in my Portfolio. Is this a bug? Seems to me it is.
This does sound like a bug. So, you didn't actually enter the poem twice but instead simply added the Premium group? If that's the case, you shouldn't have two versions of the poem. I'll try testing this a bit more.
Extended characters: The new software seems to take exception to valid characters outside the USASCII range. I've been using Greek letters as placeholders and they are being turned into question marks. For me this is a ruddy nuisance, but for people writing science fiction or anything technical, it could be a lot worse. Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Zeta, Sigma, Kappa, Epsilon and the rest all have valid codepoints, upper and lower case, in the Basic Multilingual Plane.
Ok. Looking into it.
Edited to add: Hello, Sol, I'm just bumping this up and including your name since I'm thinking it might ring some type alert with your name in it; I say that because you've answered other posts since this one went up without your name specifically mentioned. Just playing the odds.
Hi Vern,
We'll add that to the list. Thanks,
Sol
We'll be looking into all of these over the next week. I'll have updates to report shortly.
Sol
The site needs to incorporate a feature independent of auto save that saves in process reviews and doesn't t post them until the reviewer is ready.
I agree. It's something we'll add over the next couple of weeks.
I noticed that if one wants to search for regular reviews to which they have/have not responded, there is a function to do so; I don't see the same function for in-line reviews, nor do I see any way to know which review you have responded to other than simply going through them and looking. Am I missing something?
There is currently no similar feature for in-line. We just upgraded the regular reviews section and wanted to make sure everyone liked it. We'll now do the same with in-line over the next week. There is a slight chance it could take a bit longer because we have a few other changes we are working on for in-line reviews and we may roll them all together.
Sol
I find it difficult to type in an extended comment. I can only use the space given in the text box. I can't scroll down, and the enter key won't take me further down.
We'll take a look at this and other iPad bugs and get them fixed.
If you have a problem, please provide very precise information on what the bug is. Loulou what you provided is a good level of specificity. Even more detailed information, like does this happen on every comment box or just certain ones is also helpful.
Thanks,
Sol
It depends on the group's setting. If the group's Visibility setting is set to No, then forum threads are not visible for non-group members and the general Internet. If they are set to Yes, as they are for TheNextBigWriter Premium and Free right now, then they are visible.
Have you fixed the take-off-points for edits?
That was fixed last week .
Hi all,
Over the past week, we've been doing daily releases of enhancements and bug fixes. Today, we released two oft-requested changes.
1. The groups limit for Premium Members has been increased from 5 to 10. It remains 3 for Free Members.
2. The regular review page has been modified based on your feedback to make it more table-like. You can view the new format here:
http://www.thenextbigwriter.com/comments
We have only placed this format on the Regular Reviews Received page for now. Once we receive positive feedback, we will roll it our on the Sent and then also work on the in-line review page.
We have a bunch of other enhancements under development for in-line reviews, publishing, and more. Stay tuned and for all our U.S. users, have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Sol
Cobber's account had a problem and I logged in (with his permission) to diagnose the problem. I forgot to log out and accidentally posted. Sorry. It happens sometimes .
1. The logo at the top right is the home button. This is specified in the Conversion Instructions and the overview video. It can be clicked on from any page.
2. There is no forum button so where would the forum button bring you? On the old site you had to click a specific forum button but here you have the most recent forum threads on the homepage.
3. We'll look to add a print function over the next week.
On the nice-to-have list, versioning should have some way of filtering the list to only see one version at a time so as to avoid confusion between substantially different drafts. Also on the nice-to-have list would be the old reading list functionality (I know you're working on it), but with an automatic increment to the next chapter with the same version number. So, if someone is reading chapter 4, version 3, their reading list increments to chapter 5, version 3. Either that, or some easy way to see in the drop-down list which chapters someone has already read, so they know to pick the next one in sequence.
So, let me understand what you are saying. You'd like to be able to have two or three, or four different versions of your work up on the site and depending on which version a reviewer starts with, they would be pathed down that particular version automatically? If you want all versions live yet separate, I think the way you are doing it, with separate posted books is probably a superior solution.
*** Lastly, will I be able to change version numbers on all my existing chapters without incurring cost in points? My old v2 book has all of the chapters labelled v1, which is how they came across from the old site. I'd like to fix those to have the version numbers match the version number of the book.
You can change without incurring points.
I agree with JP Lundstorm that it'd be cool to have a feature allowing the author to see all the in-line comments together, for re-writing purposes, on top of being able to view them one by one as it is now.
Wer're working on this and more. Remember, this is just version 1. We have some big plans for this tool and a few other related review and editing tools.
Sol:
Talking about points, posting version 2 costs like posting a complete new chapter, am I right?
Kiss,
Gacela.
It's just like posting a new chapter.
Versioning allows you to post a new version of the chapter. So, for instance, you can have Chapter 1, v1 and Chapter 1, v2. Both can be active at the same time, or if you want you can deactivate v1. You'll still have access to it if it is deactivated.
It will say v2 on the content and you can add a note letting readers know this is version 2.
I would definitely give the version system a shot. If you have questions using it, let me know.
Sol
This is version 1 of the in-line review system. Rome wasn't built in a day and many of the features you see now will be built out further in the coming months. We didn't want to delay the site indefinitely as it already took too long to roll out. Thanks for your feedback.
Sol:
I'm very fond of my iPad as I believe anybody owning an iPad is. Are you planning to upgrade the site to a more iPad-friendly environment.
Kiss,
Gacela.
We've done a lot of work to make the reading and reviewing experience work well on tablets and phones. If that's not the case, let me know specifically where the problems lie.
In terms of editing and publishing, are users doing a lot of that on their mobile devices (tablets and phones)?
Sol
