I've mentioned this on the boards before when looking for an eBook format, but I've finally got my beta version of Jammrock's Story Center (J.SC) up on my website. Either above link will take you to the same place. In the main menu area to the left is "TheStoryCenter" link, which brings up a submenu with 2-4 options (2 if a guest, 4 if you are a logged in as a member).
I am looking for opinions and ideas to improve the design and features of J.SC. I've been working on this idea for a long time, and hope to do something big with this project in the future. I've looked around the net quite a bit and I've found that no other website offers what I'm going to do ... at least not for free and in an easy to use format.
Some specific questions that I'm seeking opinions on are:
-Would it be helpful to add a 'story length' feature? It would allow people to narrow down their search criteria even further, but is it feature you would want, or would it be a waste of query time? Examples would be: novel, novella, novellete, short story, etc.
-Do you like the idea of a warning system? I will post some content on the site later today that gives more detail about the warning system, but if you read through the 'Guidelines' link on the home page you will get the basic idea of what it's all about.
-Is the genre break-down (you can see the genre and warning breakdown by going to 'Story Finder' and scrolling through the lists) intuative and well organized? I've made it so stories don't have to fit into specific mold and can be cross genre, and hopefully make it easier to find what you're looking for when searching and submitting.
-Do you like the idea of making genre and warning 'quick codes' (the codes are in () next to the genre/warning in the lists)? It's designed save space and make scanning through lists of stories easier.
That just about covers it. I would greatly appreciate anyone's input. Two final comments: 1) the graphics and layout are still in rough form, I will clean them up in the near future, 2) 'Will destroy evil empires for food...' (so far the only submission, and my own work) is NOT complete, only about 10% done - I just needed something to test post with - but you are welcome to read what's there and give your opinions on it either here or there.
Thanks a million,
Jammrock
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