Today's entry is about some big changes, and some little bug fixes.
First the bug fixes...
Old entries were not showing reader comments. I have no idea when this bug was introduced and I only noticed it today when searching through some older DD1 entries here on this diary. The bug is now fixed and ALL entries will show reader comments again. If you come across any weirdisms with comments please let me know!
The inspirational quote system has been broken for a few weeks on the live server. I thought it was Zen Quotes that was down so didn't look too hard into it, but then noticed that on the development server it was working fine. It should be working nicely on live again now too.
And then the new features...
Private comments now show a nicer display icon next to them instead of just the [Private Comment] text.
A new tracker has been added for Plus users. A weight tracker which allows you to track your weight (no, surely not?) - in kilograms or lbs (though the database stores in kilograms because, you know, civilised numbers and all that 😉). You can also set a target weight and a date by which you wish to reach that weight. These are of course associated with individual entries in the same way the mood and sleep trackers are.
A dashboard graph will show the progress of your weight changes.
And we now have 'Reminders and Prompts' which is a system whereby you can have DD send you a browser popup if you haven't written an entry since a pre-determined timeframe (1 day, 3 days, 7 days etc.) or the system can send you an e-mail reminder if you prefer. Or both.
This is a fully OPT-IN system. DD will not remind you unless you specifically ask for reminders to be sent. You can also switch it off simply by clicking the relevant link in any reminder e-mail, or by using the Reminders and Prompts settings in your diary dashboard.
The system is per diary - so if you have more than one diary you can ask the system to remind you about each one individually, or only for specific diaries.
Finally, the system can now, if you choose, give you a little writing prompt if you're not sure what to write about today. Plus users can choose to filter the prompts by certain categories. Of course there's no obligation to follow the prompt at all but it's there if you want it 😊
At the moment the writing reminders will be sent once per day at 0900 GMT but I intend to modify the system shortly to send at 0900 in each users timezone. But that requires a little more code work to implement 😊
As always - any issues at all please let me know!
Comments (6)
I noticed the writing prompt! Though it was a bit obscured by the background. What a nice idea!!! Might come in very handy in the future! And I noticed about the old comments. That will be nice to have fixed because it will remind me of the old days and friends we had back then.
Ditto
A suggestion (and not a complaint for a change 😊): I like to look back in my diary and see things like when the ice went out on the lake the previous year, or when the swans last had their babies, weird stuff like that. At the now closed OD site, I could search my diary with a keyword or I could tag the entries. Either option on DD would be wonderful and much appreciated!
Heya,
I do plan to bring in hashtags at some point. Searching by keyword already exists 😊
On your dashboard, on the Community card, hit the search tab then you can type natural language searches, and if you only want to search your own entries, flick the switch underneath the search box 😊
Hope that does what you want? Let me know if you need something different though!
Yes, that works! Thank you for the instructions on where to find it!
No worries at all!
Under the orange pencil on mobile, there's a new Help menu item with the new Help & Guides which goes over hopefully all the latest new features and the original ones too 😊