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I don't mind the limit because I agree with the intent behind limiting us--but I do think FREE and PREMIUM shouldn't count against our overall number. Just a thought.

Sol, this is what I'm seeing on the site homepage most of the time when I log in:

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Page not found
Exception information:

Message: Invalid controller specified (index.html)
Stack trace:

#0 /usr/local/Zend/ZendFramework/library/Zend/Controller/Front.php(954): Zend_Controller_Dispatcher_Standard->dispatch(Object(Zend_Controller_Request_Http), Object(Zend_Controller_Response_Http))
#1 /usr/local/Zend/ZendFramework/library/Zend/Application/Bootstrap/Bootstrap.php(97): Zend_Controller_Front->dispatch()
#2 /usr/local/Zend/ZendFramework/library/Zend/Application.php(366): Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap->run()
#3 /var/www/vhosts/thenextbigwriter.com/httpdocs/index.php(46): Zend_Application->run()
#4 {main} 

Request Parameters:

array (
  'controller' => 'index.html',
  'action' => 'index',
  'module' => 'default',
)

Future wishlist addition

Please consider upping the word limit in the IL review box. The summary box at the bottom is best for just that--summarizing the overall reading experience. But because those inline box limitations are so tight, I find myself having to use the bottom box to do all the clarifying of the inline comments--which sort of defeats the IN-LINE purpose, doesn't it?

If the only measure of success is a number, maybe. But if you're measuring the success of TNBW (old) it by member longevity, and active participation, I couldn't disagree with that assessment more. Most of us have been members of multiple internet sites. Lord knows I've belonged to many. The ONLY site I've remained loyal to is this one. The main reason is this site wasn't originally designed to be trendy or gimmicky. It was a place where serious writers connected with other serious writers for the purpose of learning and growing. The community in that sense, was unparalleled. 

With this redesign, Sol has decided to shoot for some of the flashy trends. Only time will tell if the spirit of this site will persevere the change, or if this will become another in a very long line of writing sites that die from having too much gimmick for gimmick sake.

I'm on it.

Sol, while you are in the portfolio area making changes, can you look into something else?

I uploaded but didn't publish several chapters of my current wip when this site launched last week--today I went back to publish the first of them and spent twenty minutes navigating through the various portfolio views to try to find them. Once, I did manage to see them on a list, but since I couldn't remember the last of my published chapters--I tried to navigate back to my published novel to check. This of course made me lose the place where I found that drop down menu that showed the unpublished chapters.  UGH!!!  I spent another 10 minutes trying to find it again before getting frustrated and coming here.

Two main things are very confusing and/or annoying about the portfolio and publishing....
1. Every time you click on a 'Post Your Writing', it takes you to the list of your projects. I find the one I wish to amend and click it. Instead of taking me into a place where I can choose what I want to do--it automatically takes you to the "update main information" page instead.

2. If I choose the EDIT option instead of 'post your writing', it STILL takes me to the same "update main information" page when I choose edit from the list of drop down choices.

3. The update main information page should be an edit option, not a place the navigation defaults to.

I still haven't figured out how to get into those unpublished chapters I uploaded last week.

Wouldn't an uncomplicated way to fix this to be award more points overall? If everyone were earning more for the reviews they do, the cost of small tweaks (which is what most of us are talking about) wouldn't matter in the grand scheme. Significant tweaks that ADD to the total word count, should be assessed based on the # of words added, not the total word count (thus not paying for those original words twice). The points awarded for review should always be based on total word count at the time of review. If tomorrows word count is different because the author tweaked, the amount rewarded should appropriately follow suit.

I don't think title tweaks, authors notes, or changes to covers should be assessed any cost. Those are all mechanical necessities not falling under the perusal of the review.

Edited to add: would it be possible to add a box that tells us how much a tweak will cost, and how it will effect the reward amount for review?

Thank you, GP!

Seriously, this was a tough one to write. I think I'll go treat myself with a little Irish whiskey now...okay, so not a little, a lot!
Thanks for being part of the wonderful cheering squad jp. I only hope I can do half as much for you!

They're trying to push us away from having central places to congregate. On one hand, if you are heavily involved in a diligent group, not having stragglers poking their nose in at every turn could be a blessing. But that is about the only benefit I see to forcing us all into groups. Otherwise it's very fragmented and yes, clique-ish. I think this is going to hurt the newer membership in a rather large way as time goes on. We'll see.

And to answer Rebecca's question, the only way I've seen a 'list' of any type of new content is to click into the Premium group and use the navigation arrows to see all the new postings on the list. This of course, is assuming that most people are sending their uploads to be viewed by the Premium group.

What njc is bringing up is one of my largest critiques of this site in a general sense--on the user side, everything is TOO BIG. Get as big and fancy as you like on the public side, but it's just wasted space that causes a ton of extra searching/clicking on the user side. Lists and/or much smaller images would be so much more convenient to navigate.

I know some of what we're asking for, or saying is a case of needing to adjust. But tons of extra clicking around, or having pages navigate you somewhere you don't want to be (reviews, messages) has nothing to do with adjustment and everything to do with extra work.