Sneak Peek at Chyoa 2

[Friedman]

Hi folks,

here are the first screenshots of the Chyoa 2 project. You can see that we get a little more color, user avatars and cover photos for stories.



Stories will consist of 3 pages: The main story page (where you read and write), the story map (where you can from then on manage all threads, approve them, etc.) and a meta page (where you can see statistics about the story and recent activity around the story).

A new element is the sidebar where you can change story preferences and leave comments. This is one approach to increase the interaction of users within stories.

Best regards,
Friedman

 

[madmaniac]

Looks good so far!

 

[Squelchapron]

Gorgeous. Two questions: firstly, what can we expect in the way of disruption/reformatting for existing works? Second, how will this play out on mobile devices?

 

[Yarkoz]

You are incredibly awesome Friedman, hands down. It looks fantastic.

 

[Aniett]

I'm new here and already impressed with the current format. The new one looks amazing.

 

[lordxorph]

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[android1966]

Really impressed with the fresh look and new features excellent work Friedman.

 

[Friedman]

Thank you all!

Gorgeous. Two questions: firstly, what can we expect in the way of disruption/reformatting for existing works? Second, how will this play out on mobile devices?

1. There shouldn't be formatting issues. But I still have to solve the encoding problem of the older stories.
2. It should also work on mobile devices. Chyoa 2 has a responsive design, with a slightly modified format.

 

[mixermix]

This looks so cool. Can't wait for it. Good job

 

[machoninja334]

Looks great! Can't wait to see the new format in action!

 

[pois1]

Very nice! Looking forward to the new site!

 

[mixermix]

Any kind of idea when the site will be up and running?

 

[Friedman]

Any kind of idea when the site will be up and running?

My self-imposed deadline is July 10. So less than 1 month.

 

[mixermix]

Thats brilliant not long to wait then.

 

[dearnise]

So how will the idea of using cover photos for stories work? Not everyone is a pro with photo editing software.

 

[Friedman]

So how will the idea of using cover photos for stories work? Not everyone is a pro with photo editing software.

Cover photos are optional. It's just another way to differentiate between stories and potentially attract more readers.

 

[pervold]

Cover photos are optional. It's just another way to differentiate between stories and potentially attract more readers.

I like the idea. I often found myself seeing stories with similar titles getting updated and go to read and find it's not the story I thought it was.

 

[Semeny Licket]

What's the highest resolution the cover images can have? 1080p? Do they go up to 4k? It's vital for my narrative integrity. How much does it cost to ask someone to draw or take a photo, because I'm not a part of the one percent bourgeoisie and don't have money to throw away on the internet? Or will there be one stock photo that everyone uses repeatedly?

 

[Murakami]

Looks awesome. Didn't realize this thread existed.

Will there be capability to add a photo or photos to each thread, or just to the cover page? There are arguments for both options.

 

[Friedman]

Looks awesome. Didn't realize this thread existed.

Will there be capability to add a photo or photos to each thread, or just to the cover page? There are arguments for both options.

Glad you like it.

We'll start with cover photos and integrate photos to threads later.

Regarding the resolution: You can upload almost any resolution but it will be resized to fit the screen. Similar to Facebook's cover photos.