Featuring Other Members' Work

[Raymond Huffman]

Just a quick reminder:
It seems like we have a lot of new active members lately, which is good. You may not be aware or think about featuring another member's work.

If your work has been published on the Front Page, you are eligible to "feature" a work.

Featured Works appear at the banner at the top of the Forums main page in a scrolling manner.

If you are eligible to feature something, you should see the word "feature" in very light font to the right of all the posted pieces in any forum. Simply click on the word "feature" and follow the instructions. If the work has already been featured, then you won't be able to feature it again. Be careful to choose the default 2-week feature instead of the indefinite feature. Once you select "indefinite" you can't unfeature it.

Featuring is not the same as publishing something to the Front Page, but is one step below.

Featuring a work is one way members can have an active role in how OAF looks, and everyone loves to be Featured.

 

[Ray Miller]

I do not see this word "feature" on anyone's poems. I mentioned a while ago that I couldn't italicise any of my poems. This is still the case. Does this make me special?

 

[Raymond Huffman]

I do not see this word "feature" on anyone's poems. I mentioned a while ago that I couldn't italicise any of my poems. This is still the case. Does this make me special?

1. To Feature: Click on "Forums" at the top of the page. Then click on the name of the Forum, as in "Poetry". You should see a page like this (screen shot below). The word "feature" is to the right of each entry. If it is bolded and reads "featured", it means it has already been featured. If it is a very light font, it is eligible to be featured, and it is a clickable link to the feature window where you set the feature.

2.To italicize a post or portions of it, click on edit. Highlight the section you want to italicize. Then click on the I icon at the top of the window. Then click on "save changes" at the bottom of the window.

 

[Ray Miller]

Thanks, Raymond. But there is no "feature" on my pages. There are "Featured" signs on poems which have been featured. Also, though I can see "edit" and "save changes" there are no icons at the top of the window.

 

[silent lotus]

Thanks, Raymond. But there is no "feature" on my pages. There are "Featured" signs on poems which have been featured. Also, though I can see "edit" and "save changes" there are no icons at the top of the window.

if you are viewing a poem on the top right you will see this

click on the arrow
and you will see this

click on the Feature This

then you will see

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[Raymond Huffman]

Thanks, Raymond. But there is no "feature" on my pages. There are "Featured" signs on poems which have been featured. Also, though I can see "edit" and "save changes" there are no icons at the top of the window.

The method silent just posted is another way to feature a piece.

So, you don't see this window (below) with the editing icons at the top for a new post window or in the edit window?

 

[Ray Miller]

Thanks, silent. When I view other people's poems I can see "Watch Thread" but not "Thread Tools", though on my own poems I see both signs.
Raymond, no, I don't see those editing icons.

 

[Raymond Huffman]

Thanks, silent. When I view other people's poems I can see "Watch Thread" but not "Thread Tools", though on my own poems I see both signs.
Raymond, no, I don't see those editing icons.

Then that's an anomaly and something we need to ask Jay about.

 

[Raymond Huffman]

Thanks, silent. When I view other people's poems I can see "Watch Thread" but not "Thread Tools", though on my own poems I see both signs.
Raymond, no, I don't see those editing icons.

@Ray Miller Jay says he's stumped on this problem and can't figure it out. He suggests it might be a browser issue. You might want to change browsers and see if that fixes it. Sorry we can't help further.

 

[Ray Miller]

Okay, so I went to Browsing Preferences and ticked everything that was unticked and now I'm able to see all the editing icons. But I still don't see anything to do with Featuring work.

 

[Raymond Huffman]

Okay, so I went to Browsing Preferences and ticked everything that was unticked and now I'm able to see all the editing icons. But I still don't see anything to do with Featuring work.

That's some progress. I don't have any other suggestions. Sorry. Sounds like it might still have something to do with your browser, though.