Wow, more new site features were announced by Hoop.la today, a mere five days since the last announcement!
Again, many of these features are ones that only admins will care about. But there are three enhancements that I think you will like - if not love. One, in fact, was a suggestion made by a Cookie Connection member many moons ago. Here they are:
1. Unified "Post Content" Button: Now, you can quickly post content to any area of the site just by clicking on the "Post Content" button in the upper right corner of the home page, as shown here:
This saves you the step of having to click on the right area in the main navigation line. Once you click on the button, a set of quick links will pop up (see below) that direct to each posting area. I love shortcuts, don't you?
2. Ability to View Any Clips Page as a Slideshow: To this point, when you clicked on a clips page or the "See All" link under any of the site photo trending widgets, the photos revealed in a patchwork format something like this:
Now, they'll reveal this way too, but . . . you also have the option of viewing them in a larger-than-life, easy-to-scroll-through slideshow format. Just click on "View As Slideshow" in the upper left (blue bar), and the following format should reveal (which, BTW, you can click through as long as you want or close at any time).
Note, however, that you cannot click on the image in the slide show to like or comment on the image; you have to be in the patchwork viewing mode, as before, to do all of those things.
3. Slideshow Viewing Option in Photo Widgets: Admins like me also have the option of displaying any photo widget as a slideshow, rather than as a series of small thumbnails. You'll see this feature now in use in the "Today's Top Ten Cookies" widget in the top center of the home page. I think the larger photos show off your lovely cookies so much better. But please let me know what you think!
Addendum: If you click on images in any of the widget slideshows, all of the image details WILL come up; they just don't in the slideshows available through "See All" links. (The latter issue is a shortcoming that I've asked Hoop.la to fix; ideally, if you click on any photo, all of the detail should come up . . . But I have no ETA for that fix.)
Enjoy - and, again, I'd love your feedback on these features and those announced last week. Are they helpful - or not helpful - to you? Thanks!