One In a Million.
This is related to Thirteen Ribbons. Trust me.
You see, I'm running the official 13R site on a WordPress framework. This means that the basics are there for posting and commenting, but extended functionality requires plugins. "Extended" includes OpenID logins, automatic database backups, spam catchers, et cetera. I've recently added a couple things which should directly boost the reader experience, namely:
I'll also raise a second question here. A couple folks have asked me if it's really necessary to block commenting on LiveJournal and Dreamwidth just to shunt everybody over to the official 13R site. My original reasoning was that I really wanted to encourage folks to have the access to additional materials (FAQ, reader's guide, and more) available on that site, and to take part in discussion. Every single part of the story has at least one comment from one of the members of the Six Below racing team, and often more. Readers are free to interact with them, ask questions, whatever. I can't really synchronise the comments with LJ/DW, so it seemed the sanest thing just to disable comments here and point over there. Most importantly, I intended to stop directly crossposting the parts and instead point at the 13R RSS feed and 13r_feed (though I still have to tweak that some). How would that impact folks? Do the new enhancements to the 13R site help make the transition more comfortable? Am I missing something important that should stop me from doing this? Please don't be afraid to let me know here.
Anyhow, that's a lot to slog through, and thanks for reading it. Oh, and the most important reason for me to post: Be sure to check out this post on the 13R site for the super-secret thing I was promising. You won't be disappointed.
You see, I'm running the official 13R site on a WordPress framework. This means that the basics are there for posting and commenting, but extended functionality requires plugins. "Extended" includes OpenID logins, automatic database backups, spam catchers, et cetera. I've recently added a couple things which should directly boost the reader experience, namely:
- a convenient login widget which means you don't have to leave a page to log in and comment on it
- automatic (but optional) e-mail notification of responses to your comments, set to notify by default
I'll also raise a second question here. A couple folks have asked me if it's really necessary to block commenting on LiveJournal and Dreamwidth just to shunt everybody over to the official 13R site. My original reasoning was that I really wanted to encourage folks to have the access to additional materials (FAQ, reader's guide, and more) available on that site, and to take part in discussion. Every single part of the story has at least one comment from one of the members of the Six Below racing team, and often more. Readers are free to interact with them, ask questions, whatever. I can't really synchronise the comments with LJ/DW, so it seemed the sanest thing just to disable comments here and point over there. Most importantly, I intended to stop directly crossposting the parts and instead point at the 13R RSS feed and 13r_feed (though I still have to tweak that some). How would that impact folks? Do the new enhancements to the 13R site help make the transition more comfortable? Am I missing something important that should stop me from doing this? Please don't be afraid to let me know here.
Anyhow, that's a lot to slog through, and thanks for reading it. Oh, and the most important reason for me to post: Be sure to check out this post on the 13R site for the super-secret thing I was promising. You won't be disappointed.