Hello and Happy Wednesday! I hope this week and life, in general, is treating you well, my friends. The reason for my post today is to update you on some changes around here that I hope are for the better. As I list what I’ve done and am planning to do, I will provide explanations.
1.) I added a new commenting editor! I was really irritated by the fact that the WordPress comments weren’t showing line breaks, that is, paragraphs, properly. This may be a little thing, but it irks me to no end. Anyway, I was searching through some plugins and found a solution! Now, I’m using the “Ark Comment Editor.” This editor uses Tinmyce which is what the old WordPress post editor was prior to the recent update.
Now, you can spruce your comments up using different fonts, colors, links, pictures, and all kinds of things. Have fun!
This is what the new comment box looks like, and as you can see, it has a lot of options for you to play with. 😀
Please Note: the first time you comment, you have to enter your name and email, then check the box to save your information to your browser. From then on, you can comment as you normally do, without signing in again.
Hint: If you don’t see your information saved, try refreshing your page.
Special Shoutout! I want to thank both Bee and Jes2G for testing out some comments on the new system! You helped a lot and I appreciate it!
2.) The second thing I added was a better navigation system that floats on the right center position on the site. It’s called “Floating Fancy Links” and looks like this:
The buttons are as follows:
Next/Previous arrows
Page Up/Page Down arrows
Home button
Copy URL symbol
Minimize Menu option
I hope this makes navigation more friendly.
Please Note: Next and previous arrows only work on posts, not pages, so will not appear when you are viewing pages.
3.) I added “Google Translate” to the upper left corner of my main menu. Just use the drop-down menu to select your preferred language. 😀
Future Other Updates:
I was going to implement a new color palette using this same theme after Christmas. However, I could not wait. lol This new palette includes a new banner, background, etc. I know I change colors and themes a lot but what I’m doing is trying to create something I like that will stay for a long time. I think I’ve found what I like (finally lol). If any of you follow my “pretty” Tumblr, you know my style. 😀
Also, I am beginning to style my site name as BoomchaSims rather than booomcha.com. This will basically have no effect on how the site runs or finding the site as I’m not changing the domain or anything. I just wanted to give a head’s up on that.
Well, I think that’s everything for now! 😀 I hope you find these changes useful and that you will continue to enjoy your visits here. 😀 I appreciate all the support you’ve always shown me and hope I can reciprocate by writing good stories.
If you encounter any issues with the changes I’ve made such as things not working properly, please let me know as soon as you can either in a comment or by using my contact form. 🙂
Thank you,
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Oooh, fancy. I like it!
Thank you! 😀 I’m glad you like it!
I am very jealous how nice your site is!!
Awwww… thank you so much. That’s a lovey compliment. 😊❤
Testing from cell
It looks like it will be lovely!
Thank you, Lisa! 🙂
**Looks around**
I like it! Your changes reflect how much you care about your readers’ experience and is yet another reason why we keep returning. Thank YOU for doing this. It will be fun seeing all the colorfully creative comments.
I’ll miss seeing your previous avatar but this one is nice and definitely reflects your positive personality.
Odd how my reply looks. It separated one sentence and didn’t move the last sentence so there was a line between the two trains of thought. Most likely user error on my part.
I don’t know, maybe this editor will take some getting used to. Or maybe it doesn’t fix all the problems I hoped it would. lol
Thank you, Addy! 😀 I can’t wait to see the colorful comments, too! I’m so glad you like the changes and I thank you again for your encouragement.
https://youtu.be/NiLXv7aI7bA
Hahaha!! 😂😂 I wish my cat would do that!
Is this thing on?
LOL!! 😂😂
Maybe you will see my comments again! I comment every week, but the last month or more I’ve seen no response from you. I do like this new formatting!!
Oh no!
Actually, I’ve seen your comments up until the last chapter and did answer them. I wonder why you didn’t see the responses and why your last one didn’t show up? It’s not in my spam folder as I check that daily because I do find comments in there often enough that it needs to be checked frequently.
I do like what you did with your comment! It’s so pretty!
Oooooolala, I love the changes! And look – I can leave prettier comments now too!
I’m hating the new WP editor, I’m not sure whether the same things have recently changed for everyone, but it’s all in ‘blocks’. Gone is the standard editor where you do as you please, you now have blocks of text and images in separate blocks, and I can’t for the life of me figure out how to move images neatly to the side of text, only underneath. Hugely frustrating.
Anyway, Boomcha is looking even more fab now!
Hi, Caz! Thank you so much for the kind words! You are always so encouraging and I appreciate it.
YAY to pretty comments! Woot!
As for the new WP editor, there is a popular plugin that may help you. I haven’t used it myself because I don’t use the WP editor at all when I do my posts (I use the Fusion Page Builder for my pages and posts), so I can’t offer a personal opinion. However, it has good reviews and I’ve seen it mentioned in a lot of articles since the new WP editor came out. Anyway, if you’re interested, the plugin is Classic Editor. If you end up using it, I’d love to hear what you think. xo
Love the changes you’ve made, both the comment box (It’ll be so useful when you leave us with cliffhangers and we want to YELL at you! :D) and the floating links to the right. That’s a really neat way to get around easily without having to scroll too much. Your new colour scheme is a delight as well. If it wasn’t because it takes me ages to change colour scheme, I’d probably do it as much as you, lol. It always looks really good when you change it, though, so I can’t complain. 🙂
LOL! Thank you, Louise.
I always love the way your site looks because it’s always done so artistically and creatively! I’m so glad you like the changes, too. I just want the site to work well for everyone and to look nice in the process. lol I think I’ve finally settled on some things that can stay for once. 😂😂
And, yes, if you need to YELL at me, go for it! hahaha
Well, I was surprised by the change of avatar. You’d had that red-headed Sim for soo long! And I like the changes you’ve incorporated. See you on Sunday, maybe the new comment options will come in handy for me, then! 😀
LOL I know, right? That’s been my avatar for years! It’s the only thing I’d never changed before. haha
I’m so glad you let me know you had a problem with the mobile version. Hopefully, that’s all taken care of now. I also hope you have fun on your next visit with your comment! haha
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