So we had a power outage this morning and I realized just how crappy an iPhone battery is. I mean, I lost 10% of the power in 30 minutes of trying to sort emails and tweets. Anyway, the kid and I are doing a play date at a zoo, so we’re out for the morning. Just wanted to get a few things off my chest:
- What in the world happened to WordPress? The like and reblog stuff are somewhere else and there’s a toolbar in the bottom right corner. I already accidentally unfollowed a blog and then had to scramble to re-follow. Sorry about that, John. We really do live in a world where if it’s not broken, change it and possibly break it.
- I keep getting ideas for the comedy/action/blockaded USA story. Even researched the area around Rikers Island to get an idea of location for the first chapter. Unfortunately, I’m not getting to the writing. Probably not until next Wednesday when the kid goes back to school. By the end of the day, my mind is simply shot and I have no motivation to do more than watch TV. Also I kind of feel like I wouldn’t get very far in the 2 hours that I have.
- Think I finally figured out how the finale of Legends of Windemere is going to go. All the survivors, fatalities, injuries, scars, mistakes, and victories have been chosen along with who gets the killing blow. So that’s my success.
- Don’t you hate it when you have a weekend coming up, want to do something, but you can’t because there’s an event with no locked in time/day? Ugh.
- August sucks. Horribly.
Well, I’ll be back later. Off to do stuff. Hope people are having a fun week. Questions 3 will be going up at some point.
Legends of Windemere 
So where is the reblog and like buttons now Charles? I noticed that this morning when I tried to follow someone. That’s missing too. ~Elle
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I found them at the bottom of the post. Maybe this was done to make people read or skim stuff? The follow one I found by accident. When you’re on another person’s blog, you’ll see a faint toolbar in the bottom right with a checkmark. That’s the follow thing. If it’s a check then you’re following and a plus sign is not following. Thought it was the new like spot and hit it on John’s blog. Oops.
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The Like button was always available at the bottom, but I never used that one; I always used the top one. I was as confounded as you this morning. Took me an hour to notice the new bottom-right Follow/Following menu. Strewth!
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Right. I used it when the upper toolbar was giving me issues. The reblog move was disorienting though.
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I often wonder too why they try to fix things that aren’t broke. I see a post coming up on that subject! Thanks for the help Charles. Have a nice day at the soo! ~Elle
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Looking forward to that post. I’m not going to touch the subject. Lest they switch it again on me and say ‘he told us to’. 😛
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It would then be all your fault Charles and that would not be a good thing! ~Elle
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Wouldn’t be the first time I was blamed for something.
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*zoo!
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My iPhone battery is awesome. I just upgraded and got the iPhone 6. I don’t know what kind you have. And WordPress is super annoying with all the changes.
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I have a 4, but I’m hoping to upgrade in a year or so. It was a cheap buy when my old phone couldn’t hold a charge for more than an hour. WP is really obnoxious right now. I can’t even get the app to work.
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That’s what I had before and it was my dad’s old phone and the battery on there was great as well. I don’t know what to tell you for that one.
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Weird. Guess we’ll see what happens when I get a new one.
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The new follow thing disappears when I scroll, but returns if I head back up. There are supposed to be three dots that do more things if you click them. I haven’t messed around with those yet.
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I clicked on it, and it opens a menu to do one of five things:
Use the theme of the blog you’re looking at for yours,
copy the shortlink,
report content,
manage the blogs you follow,
and collapse the bar.
Hope this helps!
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Thanks. I was wondering what the theme thing was for. After the unfollow oops, I was kind of scared to touch anything.
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😀 Been there…
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Interesting. Thanks for pointing out the scrolling thing.
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Yeah, that new WP look is not great. Funny; had you not posted about it, I wonder how long till I would have noticed? 🙂
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Only reason I noticed was because I went to one blog and hit like at the top. Then I walked away for 10 minutes and came back to open another. The two screens were different until I refreshed the first. Lucky timing I guess.
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I got the notice you had followed me. I assumed something weird with WP was going on. Have a good day.
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A day at the small zoo with friends. Hope you had a good day too. 🙂
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Editing (ugh spit)
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Beats the alternative. No editing and bad reviews. 😉
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Ha ha ha. Been there.
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How do you get the menu to show up? It doesn’t for me??? ARGGGG!!!
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I think you click on the 3 dots. At least if we’re talking about the tiny thing in the bottom right corner.
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Gotcha! Thank you! I had no idea! 😦
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How frustrating!!!
But I’m glad you’re getting ideas for your blockaded USA book in the midst of all of this.
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It’s not as good a thing as you think. I can’t write any of it down since there’s no way to hand the kid off during the day.
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Sigh. Do you dictate notes into your phone?
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Nope. Can’t really do that also since I don’t get any quiet. It’s more big, detailed scenes too. So it wouldn’t really work.
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Seriously, what happened with the “Like” button at the top where it was convenient and easy to find? Buried now. The idea is to make things easier for the reader to do things with the site, not difficult. Anyway, ‘nough of the venting!
Congrats on the finale. You’ll love the lifted weight from your shoulders. At least–that’s what I found.
And, yes. I’ve had that happen to me where I’ve had to wait around all weekend for something to happen where it didn’t actually happen. Awful. Just awful.
I’ve never liked August either.
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I’m wondering if people complained about too many readers liking without reading. So this is the answer. For some reason, most odd changes seem to come from a vocal minority.
I still fill iffy on the finale, but only because I haven’t written it yet. Probably won’t get to it until next fall or something. Still need to write Books 12-14 before I tackle the last one. 🙂
What is it with August being a ‘bad’ month? February too at times.
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I can’t find a reblog button anywhere. Been off a few days. Not something I want to deal at the start of new edits. Argh!
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It’s down at the bottom with the other social media tags. Should be next to the ‘like’ button and those who already liked the post.
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I never even noticed the changes to WordPress until you said – says something about my state of mind! I hope you had a nice time with your son 😀
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It’s only a few days old. Oddly subtle too.
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