Hi everybody, Jsimmons here. Protagonize officially goes down today, which means that this site may just get a bit more popular.
So far, we already have several stories posted and everything seems to be working well. But because things still are so rough, I would appreciate any feedback.
I was curious so I installed NoScript on Firefox. Running Noscript on Protag, theres 159 scripts. That's partly why Protag crashes all the time. Getting to the forums depends entirely on Javascript, as anything requiring an arrow has it's own script.
Interestingly enough, the "You" tab leads to your profile, the write page leads to the write page, but the posting of a writing page is impossible, because the "Tags" section of the write page is coded in Javascript. The writing page has 26 scripts, a profile page has 26 scripts, and the story page has 24 scripts. So, what am I trying to get at?
Your site is much more well optimized than Protag ever was and you threw it together on a whim while barely knowing programming (I don't either) while Nick obviously knew programming and shoved 159 scripts in the site….It also looks clean and nice so, that's a plus.
Please keep up the excellent work. There's no criticism of your site I have, but my only advice is, add only what you need to add. This is actually perfect as it is. Protag was designed to be Wattpad and sent to investors for profit. This isn't a bad thing, but it made the site unresponsive as hell because Nick didn't know when to stop. Again, I'm as shocked as you probably are, this site is better coded than Protag. XD
Hey J,
As you know, I'm not the most technical guy, so I might not know what I'm talking about, but I think people might start to use the discussion page, namely the reborn collaborative corner, if there were personal notifications for each of the members.
Like I said, I have no idea how complex that would be; if it would make people use the forum here. Otherwise, I'd suggest that you link it to the chat on discord or some other site.
Maybe not a helpful suggestion, maybe you've already thought about it and are working on it now, in which case, I'll shut my mouth and leave you and eilidhan to it.
Suggestions are always welcome, and yep, it is on the to-do list to add a proper notifications page. I'm still unsure of the coding for it, but rest assured, I will get to it as soon as I know even a little bit.
I really only have the two questions, but is there a way to use Italics in the 'Create a Chapter' page? I see the options here in the comments, but not in the chapter page :)
And is there a way to mark stories as mature?
Ellie,
There is a way, though I am unsure yet how to re-add the buttons that you see here to the text boxes in our Write pages. Until then, use "//" at the beginning and endings of the phrase/paragraph/word that you wish to italicize.
And there is not yet a way to mark stories as mature. That feature will be added alongside a Favorites button, and potentially a proper notifications page.
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