update notes

[denise]

Notes to self for this week's update:

* synthesis of the invite code discussion from last week
* new-default-layout poll
* NaNo promo (say that 10 times fast)
* What else does the spellcheck dictionary need?


Who else has stuff?

Comments

[mark]

* Free user email posting, and icon counts for all users.

I will probably have more by the end of the weekend, we'll see how much coding I can get done.

[zarhooie]

A promise that all News posts containing more than one item of business will be placed under a cut lest the userbase rise up against you.

[azurelunatic]

Or at least an advisory that it is the plan, although if circumstances warrant, etc., but you are totally aware of the need for a) a summary, and b) not to take up acres and acres of screen space

[azurelunatic]

anti-spam seems to be ticking away merrily.

A State of the Suggestions?

A "so we opened up posting to dw_codesharing and this is how it's going" and also a "btw, this is how you get that off your reading page if you want to watch the signal and not the noise" tutorial? (Default View, add everything, select dw_codesharing, pick 'NOT tag', pick the 'codes available tag', it is autosaved for you, no need to hunt for the save button WHICH I DID FOR THREE MINUTES)

[foxfirefey]

With a note that only paid users can do that!

[azurelunatic]

Ooooo. Heeeeee.

[cesy]

Promoting some comms and content, if you've got suitable ones?

[denise]

Yup, I've got the list of comm promos to do!

[foxfirefey]

* I think we were talking about removing Weblogs.com notifications, we might want to check and see if anybody really cares much about that.
* I...I think we really need to talk about the status of reading LJ friends pages on our reading lists. I really get the feeling like it's not going to happen, myself, and I think a lot of people are waiting on this feature, and really wanting it, and it's probably best to let them know what's going on with it and why and get it over with.

[denise]

I have to check with Mark. The problem is, he was talking with tupshin about it. :/

[sophie]

Oh, blaaah. :(

If he had to talk, I guess that means that now it can't happen unless we find someone who, by some sort of freaking miracle, is willing to listen to us?

Or can we find a way regardless?

[owl]

Oh, sadface.

[denise]

* how to get inactive userpics to recognize the update

[denise]

* settings card sort
* that moment when Mark and I were both hacking on the same thing! together! like a real grownup business project!

[turlough]

settings card sort

Yes!

[zvi]

We haven't had a TOS update in ages. Anything to report?

[denise]

Happily, zilch! Only things we've gotten since the last one have been anon spam and reports of comm squatters.

[mark]

http://www.dreamwidth.org/latest

I am somewhat against (still) announcing the opt out in a hugely public place. We don't have a widget for it, IIRC? So you still have to go to the console to type it.

But if you think it best to announce that, set latest_optout yes at the console will do the trick. You can do it for your community, too, if you want, although I forget the exact syntax.

Also, if you tell me what tag to use, I can set it up so that we have a 'latest posts for tag X' feed, too. I was torn between nano09, nanowrimo09, nnwm09, or something. Not sure. Thoughts?

Edit: I decided on nnwm09:

http://www.dreamwidth.org/latest?tag=nnwm09

Anybody who tags an entry with nnwm09 (and would otherwise be included in the latest posts feed) shows up at that special URL. And only posts with that tag.

[zarhooie]

Maybe mention NaNotWriMo aka Fu's Crazy Idea? I don't know how full the update's going to be this week (though you've got 18 comments on this post so maybe this can wait until next week?)

[zvi]

I'll try to remember to comment on your real "what's the update" post, but can you explain that support really wants bugs reported. And maybe remind people about the twitter, dw-maintenance, and the Known Issues block. I've seen a couple of people on my reading list lately say, "Is DW having an issue with X?" and "I don't want to bother Support."