release #17
Lucky number 17. As always, the items listed here may not be released immediately; if you don't see something you're looking for, give us some time and check back in later. ;)
Update @ 4:10pm PDT: All done!
Updates/Enhancements
* Launching the new customize pages: http://www.livejournal.com/customize/
* Adding a search box and better pagination to the customize pages
* Added a bunch of NaNoWriMo and Thanksgiving v-gifts
* A bunch of new Expressive themes
* Adding the site search box to the navigation strip
* Moved the ad placement option from Ad Settings to the Customize pages
* Moved the nav strip option from Viewing Options to the Customize pages
* Updating layouts to allow you to customize the "Tell a Friend" text
* Force (?) icons to display in new windows to prevent people from losing their entry/comment
* Adding ads to site pages and notification emails for Plus and logged-out users
* Enabling graphical previews for all Basic/Plus users who haven't explicitly turned it off yet. (You can change your setting at the Viewing Options page)
Bugfixes
* Fixing the display of birthdays in the module on MyLJ
* Fixing the community join email notifications for people who don't want them
* Fixing profile editing for communities with birthdates that make them under 14
A Note About Email Notifications
We've recently seen an uptick in email providers blocking mail from LiveJournal as spam, starting about a week and a half ago. (This includes Hotmail, Cox, and Juno, and a couple others.) When this happens, we try to contact the providers to request that we be unblocked; unfortunately, this is something entirely out of our control -- we can't force them to unblock us -- but we have verified that we are sending out the notifications properly, and we've verified that we're getting errors back from these providers.
I know this kind of sucks, and I'm very sorry for the problems caused by this, but I'm afraid it's not something we can directly control, so we can't fix it as readily. If you aren't receiving notifications, you should talk to your provider to see what's going on; failing that, you might want to change your email address instead.
Update @ 4:10pm PDT: All done!
Updates/Enhancements
* Launching the new customize pages: http://www.livejournal.com/customize/
* Adding a search box and better pagination to the customize pages
* Added a bunch of NaNoWriMo and Thanksgiving v-gifts
* A bunch of new Expressive themes
* Adding the site search box to the navigation strip
* Moved the ad placement option from Ad Settings to the Customize pages
* Moved the nav strip option from Viewing Options to the Customize pages
* Updating layouts to allow you to customize the "Tell a Friend" text
* Force (?) icons to display in new windows to prevent people from losing their entry/comment
* Adding ads to site pages and notification emails for Plus and logged-out users
* Enabling graphical previews for all Basic/Plus users who haven't explicitly turned it off yet. (You can change your setting at the Viewing Options page)
Bugfixes
* Fixing the display of birthdays in the module on MyLJ
* Fixing the community join email notifications for people who don't want them
* Fixing profile editing for communities with birthdates that make them under 14
A Note About Email Notifications
We've recently seen an uptick in email providers blocking mail from LiveJournal as spam, starting about a week and a half ago. (This includes Hotmail, Cox, and Juno, and a couple others.) When this happens, we try to contact the providers to request that we be unblocked; unfortunately, this is something entirely out of our control -- we can't force them to unblock us -- but we have verified that we are sending out the notifications properly, and we've verified that we're getting errors back from these providers.
I know this kind of sucks, and I'm very sorry for the problems caused by this, but I'm afraid it's not something we can directly control, so we can't fix it as readily. If you aren't receiving notifications, you should talk to your provider to see what's going on; failing that, you might want to change your email address instead.