976 Reply by SolN

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Linda Lee wrote:
Mrs. Piddles  --you can click on the forum name of any writer and get the option to connect that way. OR you can type their name into the little magnifying glass search bar up on the top of the screen and type the name of the writer you want to connect with. Once their page comes up, hit the connection button.
I get no button, only a menu of that person's profile page. If I click on connections it just tells me that this person has no connections and I should send them a connect request, but I can't find that button. I'm using internet explorer.

Are you able to watch the Connections video on this page? It shows you how to make a connection.
https://www.thenextbigwriter.com/member … help-guide

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977 Reply by SolN

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I'm still not able to leave an inline review. This is a function I was able to do just fine on two other critique sites, which I stopped using long ago, but when I highlight text, nothing happens. There is no way I can leave an inline review and I haven't seen any inlines on anything I've read yet. Of course this is just the first few hours. And when I'm typing something in a forum, the site keeps freezing. Is it that busy today?

I may know your problem.  I'll reach out to you to troubleshoot further.

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978 Reply by SolN

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You might consider grandfathering existing posts to list in points groups for a brief duration just while everyone gets settled in. OR give us the ability to post only specific chapters to new groups. That way, we can pay for only new content to appear.

We can grandfather some content in. Maybe for the next week. If you want that, let me know which group you want that for.

You can also do the other alternative. The best way to publish select chapters to a different points group is to create another version of the manuscript and only publish those chapters to the points group you want. That way, you only have to pay for those chapters.

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979 Topic by SolN

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Believe it or not spammers have already attacked the Groups section and created some Spam Groups. We're aware of the situation and will delete them as soon as we see them. We're also working on a solution to prevent it from happening in the first place. I just wanted to alert everyone that we are aware of the problem in case you see the spam.

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980 Reply by SolN

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My latest book, developed in the TNBW workshop, was published three months ago. When I uploaded its front cover page, its image was distorted by extra text that was not on the cover. When I tried to remove the picture so I can try it again, I found that there was no way to remove it.

I'll look into it. You may have had the title generation on when you uploaded your image. There should be a way to delete images. If not, we'll add one pronto.

Sol

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981 Reply by SolN

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I believe he said the old site would be accessed by  www.oldthenextbigwriter.com
eventually.....

That is correct. It will be back up tomorrow at old.thenextbigwriter.com.

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982 Reply by SolN

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Did anyone save the link to the old forums?  All my links are redirected here now.

The old site and forum will be back up tomorrow.

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983 Reply by SolN

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Major problem - In the old site, you could click on any of the posted chapters of a novel. Now you have to start at Chapter 1 and keep advancing until you get to the chapter you want.

The chapter header is a drop-down that will take you to any chapter. Also, on the Read listings you can pop the chapters open and navigate to any chapter. Does  this solve your problem?

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984 Reply by SolN

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Edited to add: found some controls, however when I went to publish one of my books into my group....it wanted over 300 of my 600 points to do it. WOWZA. So I went to change it to a non point thing and couldn't. Why would you not give the founder/mod the ability to change their mind? Do I need to start the group over?

Once you start a group and decide points/no points, it can't be changed. You can delete the group and start over. To delete, go to the group and then Members and delete yourself. Then you can recreate it.

Sol

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985 Topic by SolN

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Hello,

Welcome to TheNextBigWriter Free Group Forum. This is the place for members of the Group to meet, discuss writing, share writing tips, share success, and more.

For those that came over from the old site, welcome. I put together a conversion document which you might want to read over. It provides an overview of how this site differs from the old one.

https://www.thenextbigwriter.com/member/conversion-help

For those that are entirely new to the site, welcome also.

For both groups feel free to post questions in this forum. You can also visit the Help tab to get answers to many of your questions.

https://www.thenextbigwriter.com/member/help-guide

Lastly, start a thread and post hello. Others on the site are looking forward to meeting you.

Sol

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986 Topic by SolN

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It's been a long two days and the site is launched. Whenever you bring a site live though, new bugs show up so I won't pretend there aren't any on the site. We tested, re-tested, and tested it again but I can already see a couple of bugs. As you use the site, it's most likely you will experience a few over the next few days. Please report them below. We will resolve them quickly. Thanks for your patience. By this weekend, the site will be running smoothly.

Sol

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987 Topic by SolN

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Hello,

Welcome to TheNextBigWriter Premium Group Forum. This is the place for members of the TheNextBigWriter to meet, discuss writing, share writing tips, share success, and more.

For those that came over from the old site, welcome. I put together a conversion document which you might want to read over. It provides an overview of how this site differs from the old one.

https://www.thenextbigwriter.com/member/conversion-help

For those that are entirely new to the site, welcome also.

For both groups feel free to post questions in this forum. You can also visit the Help tab to get answers to many of your questions.

https://www.thenextbigwriter.com/member/help-guide

Lastly, start a thread and post hello. Others on the site are looking forward to meeting you.

Please keep the topics in the Premium Group focused on writing-related topics. If you wish to discuss other topics, please find a Group open to that discussion or create one of your own.

Sol

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