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Li'l Owl wrote: "I type up my posts (like reviews) in an email draft then cut and paste to GR, or, the other way around. I cut it and paste it off GR page every so often to my email draft so I keep the format but d..."Similarly, Owl, I've learned from bitter experience that it is far better to type up reviews in another mode - I use Word - then copy and paste into GR. The problem with the particular post I attempted last night was that it related to the year-long challenge, which meant 26 links to title, 26 links to author, 26 links to book cover, plus additional formatting etc. You can't do that in Word or other modes of communication.
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Brenda wrote: "Another thing you can do is hit post, then go back and edit - keep doing that and you won't lose what you've already posted :)"Good points Brenda
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I do both of those things, too, Brenda. I also post my year long or large challenges on my safe mode as I go along, Mary, then when you're ready to put it on GR you can just copy and paste when It's complete it. (Like I did for my yearly series challenge that I just posted. ت saves a whole lot of time I can tell you that!
Have you had GR send you to the app link when clicking on people's reviews rather than the online page? It stays on the web link when clicking on the book in the same post. It's doing it on everyone's posts. I'm frustrated with it! it's never done it before and I haven't changed anything I usually do. I hate the app format!
Li'l Owl wrote: "I do both of those things, too, Brenda. I also post my year long or large challenges on my safe mode as I go along, Mary, then when you're ready to put it on GR you can just copy and paste when I..."
I don't like the app either. I deleted it & now just use the on-line link.
I've no idea why it suddenly wasn't working like before, perhaps when the app was updated?? . I didn't realize that I could uninstall the app but I was thinking that I needed it for GR to work?? Whatever. Silly me!
Now it's back to working only online now!! Yea!!
Thanks Anne! ت
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Li'l Owl wrote: "I've no idea why it suddenly wasn't working like before, perhaps when the app was updated?? . I didn't realize that I could uninstall the app but I was thinking that I needed it for GR to work?? W..."
I could never get used to the app after using the on-line for years. So glad everything is hunky dory for you now :D
Icewineanne wrote: "Li'l Owl wrote: "I've no idea why it suddenly wasn't working like before, perhaps when the app was updated?? . I didn't realize that I could uninstall the app but I was thinking that I needed it fo..."It's really awful, isn't it! I don't understand why the app is so user UNfriendly. Doesn't make any sense. I do everything here on GR on my phone and have never used it. Do you think many people use it?
Li'l Owl wrote: "Icewineanne wrote: "Li'l Owl wrote: "I've no idea why it suddenly wasn't working like before, perhaps when the app was updated?? . I didn't realize that I could uninstall the app but I was thinking..."Perhaps if someone has only used the app, then they'd be used to all of its quirks. But for me it needs a major overhaul before i'll use it again LOL
I don't go for pretty. Just type it up in a word document - or note - and then copy and paste.
I have just tried, three times, to add a 2019 challenge. each time GR deletes my post and tells me I need to very my email. BUT I AM LOGGED IN ALREADY! AND IT GIVES ME NO SPOT TO DO SO!really?
Help??
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Can someone tell me how you reply to comments on your reviews?? I’ve seen things that say there’s a reply button but i don’t have that? Thanks so much!
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Not sure where to post this, but did Goodreads remove the 'Most Read Authors' stat page? I can't find the link on my shelf page?
Mell wrote: "Not sure where to post this, but did Goodreads remove the 'Most Read Authors' stat page? I can't find the link on my shelf page?"Yes they did. Here is the thread in the Feedback Group where they announced it. A lot of people complaining about it so maybe they might bring it back
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Zoey wrote: "Yes they did. Here is the thread in the Feedback Group where they announced it. A lot of people complaining about it so maybe they might bring it back"Looks like they have made a final decision to keep it retired. Hopefully it comes back one day! It wasn't something I checked every day, but sometimes!
Question for the GR Brains Trust - I want to add some badges to my profile, but for a few months now when I try to do this I get the message below. Is it just me? Have I done something wrong and been blacklisted??I used to have badges on there, but went to update them and got the error and haven't been able to do anything since. ☹
"Error
About me URLs have been temporarily disabled. Please remove the URL."
Kylie H wrote: "Question for the GR Brains Trust - I want to add some badges to my profile, but for a few months now when I try to do this I get the message below. Is it just me? Have I done something wrong and be..."I think they are disabled most of the time. A couple of years ago they were briefly allowed and I added a badge, but since then - nothing! It’s not you.
Kylie H wrote: "Question for the GR Brains Trust - I want to add some badges to my profile, but for a few months now when I try to do this I get the message below. Is it just me? Have I done something wrong and be.temporarily disabled..."
I wonder how they define "temporarily". It's been like that for months
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Brenda wrote: "Yes you're right - it's been unable to be used for months :( Kylie, might I suggest you email support@goodreads.com and ask the question of them, then perhaps come back here and let us know their r..."Thanks for the reassurance that it is not just me. I have emailed support as you suggest and will let you know what their response is.
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Here is the response from Support regarding the badges. It makes sense now that I know why they are doing this.Thanks for writing in. Unfortunately, we've been dealing with increased spam activity on the site recently, so we disabled certain targeted fields, like the URL field, on the profile page as part of our efforts to deter the spammers and protect our members.
Our first priority is maintaining a safe and welcoming environment for our members, and I really apologize for the inconvenience. This is why you've been experiencing trouble adding badges to your profile page, though we hope to have this feature restored soon.
We appreciate your patience in the meantime. If you have any additional questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to let me know! For answers to commonly asked questions, I can also recommend visiting Goodreads Help.
Have a lovely rest of your week.
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Question about the genres that appear on the right side of a book's page:do these happen when members add the book to one of their shelves?
If I wanted to mark a book as paranormal, would I have to have a paranormal shelf to which to add it?
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Brenda wrote: "Yes they are. And yes you need to create your own shelf to add a book to a particular genre. I have many shelves - Aussie authors is a main, then the varying genres, plus the year of publication. I..."Thanks, Brenda, don't think I'll bother with it, but good info.
A quick question here. For some reason, every time I try to add a picture, Goodreads tells me it doesn't go to external sites anymore. Is there any magic way of adding pictures that's new? I used to upload them to imgur, and then put in the link in the 'some html is OK' style.
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< img src="PASTE IMAGE ADDRESS" >
leaving out the two spaces each end (between < and > )
Good luck!
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Brenda wrote: "Awesome pic Leonie! Good job :) Cuteness overload!"Yes, they were 'helping' me with the Christmas tree.😂
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This may have been covered off elsewhere, but I just discovered how to search a book by the country in which it is set! :0oFor those who don't know (I think you need to do this on a desktop rather than the app - but don't hold me to it!) - you go to the Browse tab and select 'all genres' under 'favourite genres' then in the 'search' bar type the country, state or city/place you are after and voila!!!
https://www.goodreads.com/genres
I may be preaching to the converted but this is a game changer for me who manually tries to research the country in a slow and cumbersome way!
This will also help me enormously with a 'Beanstack' challenge I am doing through my local library called 'Everyone Belongs' where you have to read your way around the world but cannot duplicate countries.
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Brenda wrote: "And it worked! Thanks again Kylie :)"Yes, I found it on an obscure help thread and couldn't believe my eyes. I am even more amazed that I have discovered something that you didn't know about Brenda- but glad that it helps you too.
Oh and I have been experimenting, you can also type in things like 'red cover' or 'weapon on cover' - I just need to now figure out how to filter that down somehow.
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Yes, I found it on an obscure help thread and couldn't believe my eyes. I am even more amazed that I have discovered something that you didn't ..."
Haha! I certainly don't know everything and it's great to learn something new - thanks!
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Another great too for Phrynne's challenges ;)
Kylie H wrote: "This may have been covered off elsewhere, but I just discovered how to search a book by the country in which it is set! :0oFor those who don't know (I think you need to do this on a desktop rather..."
Brilliant! You've saved me (and others) a massive amount of time. Drinks on me if/when we catch up.
Hi all. On my laptop, if I click on any review of post in the newsfeed it will not automatically revert back to the previous page, meaning it goes back to top of news feed and I have to scroll down to get where I was. I've tried the arrow left etc. but nothing seems to work.This doens't happen on the mobile (cell phone), but I do prefer the laptop as it gives more information.
Any tips out there, good friends?
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Colin wrote: "Hi all. On my laptop, if I click on any review of post in the newsfeed it will not automatically revert back to the previous page, meaning it goes back to top of news feed and I have to scroll down..."I tend to right click on the link and open up a new tab to read the review and then close the tab when I am finished, that way I don't lose my place. I hope that makes sense.
Alex wrote: "Kylie H wrote: "This may have been covered off elsewhere, but I just discovered how to search a book by the country in which it is set! :0oFor those who don't know (I think you need to do this on ..."
You are very welcome! Cheers :)
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Indeed Icewineanne, I have often written my reviews in Word, then cut and pasted into the GR comment box. Then go through the document and add the formatting, change plain text titles to links etc. Only way to go.