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A Few Updates and Key Tips from DailyStrength

AdminTeamDS
TeamDS

Hi DailyStrength Community,


We hope that you had a great July 4th.  We have been reading all of your feedback and we greatly appreciate your taking the time to let us know what you are seeing and what changes you want to the site.  We did want to let you know about a few upcoming fixes and answer a few questions that have come up about how to access and use certain areas of the new DailyStrength.


First, we fixed many of the login and password issues some you have been experiencing.  We are continuing to identify and fix a few remaining bugs. Fixing the login/password issues are our number one priority. 


One note:  If you have the password saved in your keychain (or if you see a pre-filled in password when you go to sign in)  you will need to override that and type in your new password when you come to the site.  You can, then, have your computer remember your new password.


We have been listening to your feedback and are making some immediate changes to provide you with a better site experience. Some of the changes that will be rolling out over the next week or so include: 


- Increasing the sign in time to be two hours rather than one.  Having timed sign-out is there to protect your privacy but we know that it can take a while to write a journal so we will increase it.


-The news feed will be fixed so that you will see fresh content when you click the “show more” button.


- After you post a comment on journal or a discussion topic you will be redirected back to the last page of comments. 


- Some font sizes will be changed, making it easier to view content on the site.


- Changing the order of your friend list so that members who are online will show up at the top of your friend list.


- We will also be adding paragraph breaks to replies and making the reply font larger. 


After these changes, we will immediately go to work on some of the other site issues including making reply boxes larger, adding support group titles in the newsfeed, and a number of other issues that have been identified by the community. 


We have also seen questions about how to access your support groups quickly.  Once you sign into the site, you will see a bar at the top of every page of the site.  The middle section of that bar says "support groups". You can always click on that to quick get to your group list.


Finally, a note on your signed in newsfeed.  That is only your friends and your groups.  If you have tagged something to just appear to your friends, it will only show up in their newsfeeds, not the feeds of the community-at-large.  


We will continue to update as we make changes.  Please reach out if you have questions and remember you can always access the FAQ to get answers.


Thank you again!


Team DS

bigtimefun
bigtimefun
I am still unable to receive the password reset link on my original billwfriend account email...it is not in spam or anywhere....also something with the journal only being able to see just first ten replies needs to be expanded to give access to additional pages of replies which it does not and anything after ten replies on those is gone for viewing...
LuckyEmpath
LuckyEmpath
Thank you. Your hard work is greatly appreciated.
patti22
patti22
Thanks, this is the type of feedback that we really need. I think we all understand that you can't do it all at once.
................Another tip I've figured out. The reply boxes are really small but if you go down to the lower right hand corner, right click and hold on the double lines, then pull down and out...you can expand the reply box greatly. The type is then much bigger and you can see your whole (or most) of your reply as you type it.
DixieBlue
DixieBlue
I appreciate your efforts and the fact that you are communicating with us, the users of the site. I would like to know if the friends list can be made into smaller icons. I only have 40 friends but I have to go through 6 pages to find some of them. I did see that the online friends will appear first, can they and our offline friends (each group) not be offered in alphabetical order as well?
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke
It's a hit & miss most days, I can post, I can invite, then cannot & Show More is crap, never works unless I log out & in. Please fix.
Elively
Elively
I am extremely frustrated that I can't access my old account. I had to start a new one with a new user name because I was told my old information was already taken. Now I can see my former profile but can't get into it as it is private.
Doo
Doo
Thank you for the update. Many of my friends, myself and others I have seen are asking for the forum topics only, not the preview of the post on the main board. I think this is driving people away from posting. I understand you are working on things, I am hoping these can be added to the list for later.. Profile info: Having the ability who we show our activity to. If the option becomes available to hug or message people with profile set to DS (not private) it would be great to be able to set our activity to who we like (DS or just Friends) This is really great information and communication. Thank you
Community LeaderLeo
Leo
All good changes to see coming. I do miss the old long list of threads, but know not all do. On the other hand, the fear of having our info in a preview pane? As Doo said, not encouraging us to post. Those who are here b/c of abuse at home, or similar, end up fearing that an abuser or scary person will see something on DS. It's a little paranoid, but a lot of us have reason to worry. Thank you for thinking about that! And getting fonts fixed will be a huge blessing! Ease of reading is so important.
MyTrueColors
MyTrueColors
Thank you for the update. It is much appreciated! As for the friends list, PLEASE make it sortable or have more options - at least so we can list alphabetically. Right now, we could be looking for someone and miss seeing them because it's out of order and we wouldn't know if they were online or not. Thank you!
MsViv
MsViv
will you be losing that psoriasis elbow/tit? I find it offensive
Community Leaderbobinmaine
bobinmaine
I use to work as a computer programmer years ago before GUI technology was invented and we would usually fix all the bugs before going live.....not doing so is like putting the cart before the horse......I remember when Microsoft came up with windows 8 and nobody liked it so we all went beck to windows 7, or we switched to another operating system like apple or Linux. I still cannot change my avatar photo. I don't see any command that will upload it. Please advise
Doo
Doo
A few more things? Notifications are stuck again and I am wondering if we are going to be seeing group posts in our own news feed can we have notifications our friends wrote a journal? They are getting buried by groups posts. I have to join and unjoin groups to keep up with my friends. Thank you
AnnNY
AnnNY
Also, this really needs some redesigning. All the DS boxes and banners are too big. The photos are ugly, depressing and have nothing to do with the purpose of the site (at least to the posters).
jarca1
jarca1
I still can not sign in to my original account. The temporary password you sent on 6-28 will not work. The request button tells me you sent one & won't let me request again. Its says to look in my junk email for the one you sent. REALLY? Do you imply I am too stupid to have looked & tried the temporary? Also, I have received NINE emails asking if my issue was resolved. I have replied to that email NINE times; telling you that my issue has not been resolved and to please send me a new temporary password to no avail. Why won't you help your members that have been loyal for a number of years? My journal was my diary since I joined in 2012; and now I am supposed to accept that 5 years of my disease history is just gone because you cannot email me a temporary password? Some support group! DS sure doesn't care about it's members. :( I am very unhappy with the treatment you have shown to terminally ill people.
polarbare
polarbare
I replied to a post in bipolar support group twice and it is not posted.... I press send an it does not show up.... ?????
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