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Okay, looking into it.

Hi Michael,

Welcome. Adult romance is allowed. Depending on how explicit it is, you can post it to Premium or create a new group for it. If you create a new group, it might start of slow initially but I suspect you'll have a large crowd before long. In the group description, just put it is an 18+ group. This is a great application of the groups functionality. Let me know if you need assistance whichever way you decide to go.

Sol

This is a test of the bbc system.

It seems to work with some code but all. I tried italicizing a portion of the sentence. We'll get it fixed.

Sol

Looking into it.

I believe the problems members are having is equating groups on this site with the Groups section of the old forum. They are not the same, other than the fact that the groups on this site have a forum. On the old site, by far the most popular thread was the Member Announcements. In fact, 90% of the forum traffic went through this one thread. So, for the sake of simplicity, we said that instead of giving each group an entire forum like on the old site, we'll just limit it to one forum thread. People now have one place to post topics for that group. The topics can be announcements, genre issues, writing tips, successes, etc. This is what was already happening on the old site. We consolidated a lot of forums into one for each group. The community keeps telling me they want everything simplified, except on the forums. What this is starting to tell me is that people just want it like it was on the old site. That the change itself is what is tough, not the actual usability of the site, etc.

People are struggling to recreate the old forum system using the groups. Why? If you have a general question or comment, post it in TheNextBigWriter Premium. Post your fantasy, or sci-fi or whatever questions there. You don't need to join a specific group for that. We have sci-fi and horror and romance writers in Premium.

And if you want to take a smaller subset of people and try something different, that is when you create a group. Or if you think Premium lacks something and you want to try moderating and creating your own writing workshop, go for it. Of course, the system is yours to do with as you please, within the guidelines of the site. But that is why we have limited it to 5 groups for now. Because we don't need a million different groups all doing the same thing. After a month or so, we'll reevaluate and see if we should tweak the number.

Sol

What's the correct number? 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 1,000? Within six months we may have 1,000 groups. Do you want to join all of them? Should anyone be allowed to create as many groups as they want? 

I do want to make one comment. The site is as open as the members want it to be. If someone wants to create a restrictive group, that is totally within their right. At the moment we have several hidden groups, started by members who want to remain more aloof from the rest of the community right now. Is this not within their right or should the site force them to be open? Writing can be a very private affair and I don't think anyone should be forced to share with a larger group if they are not willing or ready. In some cases we will have high schools and students who also may want to remain segregated.

The group system is designed to support those who are ready to be open and also those who need a more private environment. I think this is a good thing.

BTW - I realize that many of you became accustomed to the old forum and are finding it hard to let it go. Don't. It is still up. You can access it using the link below. Feel free to post away. I will no longer be moderating it though so please don't come to me about arguments, fights, etc.

http://old.thenextbigwriter.com/forum/index.php

Sol

I see it in those groups. It looks like the last chapter was published on November 13 (Chapter 26) so the sorting is near that date (there's actually a bug in sorting so it should be that date but is actually November 16). Did you publish a more recent chapter?

Changing the publishing settings doesn't change the date or pop it back to the top of the list.

It's the actual first-time publishing of the content that sets where on the lists it displays.

I see it on the Read - Groups (at top of page click Read and then Groups Content)  list as well as the Free eBooks list:

http://www.thenextbigwriter.com/free-ebooks

Sol

Is it set to publish to Groups and Connections? If so, it should have published. I will take a look.

We're still working on this. Right now there is a bonus for new users (less than 1 month on the site). I think we will also extend it back to content with 3 reviews or less. We'll put a nice bonus indicator on this content. I like the idea of making it searchable also.

Sol

Here's what to do:

1. Go to your content again and the Publish settings page.
2. Go to the section titled: Choose who can see your content.
3. Change the drop-down from Group Members, Connections, and Internet to Group Members and Connections.

Click the red Update Publish Settings button.

Your content will no longer be out on the Internet.

Sol