authoradvance

With a new website, not every feature that's planned for the initial launch is able to make it in time. Some are delayed in favor of other features, some just take a little extra time to perfect. This week saw the inclusion of two such features, the first of many enhancements that are currently being planned and developed for AuthorAdvance.

Now that AuthorAdvance is finally up and running, you may be asking yourself where to start. The new site has lots to do, and it's easy to lose yourself in all the options. Here are five suggestions for things you can do right out of the gate to get up-and-running with AuthorAdvance...

1) Update Your Profile

I had a rare free moment as a batch of submissions are being uploaded to the new site, so I decided to use it to update everyone on the status of the data migration.

In short, the process is going well. Users and Titles have been converted and imported successfully. Submissions are underway, and should be completed late tomorrow. We've also made some changes to the fonts and artwork, and will continue to make tweaks right up to the launch date.

It's been a while since my last preview. Work on AuthorAdvance has been keeping me busy, but I'm taking advantage of a momentary lull to write a little about one of the most powerful features of the new website: Groups.

Groups are simply collections of user who have united around a specific topic or interest. But beneath this simple concept lies a robust way of interacting with other users and sharing information.

The thing is, I already have a blog, here, and don't think I want to write two. Perhaps I could make this a picture blog, and fill it at regular intervals with a nice image. Here is today's: