A new way to update bios :)

Posted Wednesday, March 21, 2007 10:37 PM

I know some of you Knotties and Nesties are HTML mavens.  I've seen your genius on display in your beautiful bios--perfect formatting, multicolored borders, dozens of pictures.  I, however, am not so savvy and never got around to building a bio.  The thought of entering all those "a hrefs" and "img scr" in the tiny bio field was just too daunting, and the pictures I tried to upload would always be red X's no matter how many times I reviewed my links.  I even tried to use one of the online bio building templates but was overwhelmed by choosing a background that matched my inner border color, that matched the outer border, that didn't compete with the picture border...ahhhh! 

Lucky for me, we just launched a new feature that lets you update your bio in a much more user friendly fashion.  And, have you checked out your My Knot or My Nest profile page?  Your bio is right there.  You can view it full screen or be a little more discreet (boss walking by?) and keep it in the pane.  To edit in the new location, you just double click on the page.  Yes, it really is that easy.  There are even helpful icons that let you add links and pictures without inserting any of your own HTML code.  If you're already blogging, it's the same edit box you have on your new blog and trust me; it's a lot better than our old, tiny bio field. 

So, just to prove how easy the new bio building process is, I'm going to give it a try myself.  I'm getting a new digital camera for my birthday this Sunday (shameless plug for "Happy Birthday" comments) and will take some pics to add to my bio, and of course to my photo gallery.  Maybe I'll even chronicle a day in the life of Knot Jen for you...imagine such images as Knot Jen at her computer banning trolls, Knot Jen buying 3rd Diet Coke from vending machine, Knot Jen praying that message boards stop giving errors...I bet you can't wait!

 

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re: A new way to update bios :)

Hey KnotJen!

I saw on the feedback board that the message boards were supposed to be running better, but unfortunately I can't post anything anymore! I tried to leave you a message over there, but couldn't.

Also, double clicking my bio box doesn't work for me. Is that because I have my bio set up as a IFRAME tag. Also, if this is the case, how can I edit it? If you need to have IT delete my bio code, that is fine. I have it saved elsewhere.

You can page me on the Feedback board.

Thanks!

Posted by eisor    Thursday, March 22, 2007 11:24 AM


re: A new way to update bios :)

Ummm... if you were upset by how small the html edit box was for making your bio, why didn't you just make the box bigger (as it used to be) instead of wrecking the whole system?  I'm hoping by posting on your blog you MIGHT actually read a comment about how bad the bio changes are.  Would it really be so horrible to give people the option of not having your version of MySpace come up every time you click on someone's name?

Fix what needs to be fixed (the message boards) and leave the things that work alone!  That's what my grandfather always said, and he lived a life I really admire.

Posted by sarahstl    Thursday, March 22, 2007 7:29 PM


re: A new way to update bios :)

XP from board 417:

Bio edit with double click

From: Chad_n_Jared  

Date: 3/23/2007 at 12:19 AM

Is a huge NO. I do too much with my bio, since it's actually a reference tool and not for pics. Please remove any "double click this content" stuff and just give us a button like before.

Thanks.

I can't even copy/paste from my own bio anymore!  The button was better.

Posted by Chad_n_Jared    Friday, March 23, 2007 1:14 AM


re: A new way to update bios :)

Note really all that user friendly, cannot even change my siggy, or have a background image... which is a bit of a bummer.  A lot less room for being unique... also, if you have read any of the post that I have been seeing now one is really all that happy with this bio change stuff.  

I am all for change, but not when the new version is like a really bad beta program.

Posted by NickandNora    Sunday, March 25, 2007 10:21 PM


re: A new way to update bios :)

Hi Jen,

It's K.M.T. You left a comment on my blog asking for my link to my old blog so IT could work on transferring over my old posts.  

I was KMT previously and here is my link:

http://blogger.thenest.com/Blogger/3248656911254654/Default.aspx

Thanks for looking into this for me.  Oh, and is there an easy way to respond to a comment?

Posted by K.M.T.    Tuesday, March 27, 2007 1:02 PM


Thank you!

Didn't know where to post (not so good at this yet), but thanks for the online help! :)

Posted by katie102006    Thursday, April 05, 2007 12:51 PM


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I need to get this stupid thing out of my bio! help! ;0) I just want to clear it out and I can't find the code pasted anywhere. If you can help that would be great. riccimarie@gmail.com

Posted by riccimp    Thursday, April 12, 2007 4:40 PM


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