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[Rennara]

 frisbud, on 21 March 2012 - 05:58 PM, said:

I think you are misunderstanding. You have to "feature" at least 6 separate creations to appear in the pod. It does not matter whether the pod is 2 or 3 columns wide. What matters is the amount of items you have showing in the pod. Going back to my minisite as an example, I use the 3 column wide Featured pod but have 10 Sims1 creations and 8 Sims3 creations that are "featured" in that pod.

Please clairify " You have to feature"...is it what TSR showed as a featured item? It does not appear that I have any choice..at least I do not know how to change it.

[frisbud]

Bukova,

You have to click on the name of the set or on the photo to see the individual items in that set. Clicking on the name takes you to a detailed page while clicking on the photo gives you a quick look window.

The inactive icons are part of the new Achievement system that will be replacing Kudos when Version 8 goes live. That new system has not been activated yet, so at the moment those icons are grayed out for everyone.

[bukovka]

Thank you very much. Soon all are getting used to the new version.

[frisbud]

 Rennara, on 21 March 2012 - 06:12 PM, said:

Please clairify " You have to feature"...is it what TSR showed as a featured item? It does not appear that I have any choice..at least I do not know how to change it.

No, it is not what TSR has chosen as a featured item. It is what you yourself choose to feature on your minisite pods. As you look at your creations, do you see a little black box in the corner of each item that says Admin. If so, click on that button. A list of options should come up. The first option should be Feature on Minisite. Click on that get your items into the Featured pod. Once you have at least 6 items in that pod in version 7, you should then get them showing on Version 8.

[Rennara]

Phew! , I finally got it...V7 is all set just waiting for V8 to load. Just one more question um....how do I remove an item I have featured? You've been a great help Frisbud and I sure it's going to help lots of others

[frisbud]

To "unfeature" an item, go into the Sims1/Sims2 submission area. Look at the list on the left side on the page. Click on Featured. That will bring up a list of all of the items you have featured. Just click on Unfeature link and that will remove the item from your Featured pod. You can also use that page to change the order of the items you have featured.

[Rennara]

 frisbud, on 21 March 2012 - 09:26 PM, said:

To "unfeature" an item, go into the Sims1/Sims2 submission area. Look at the list on the left side on the page. Click on Featured. That will bring up a list of all of the items you have featured. Just click on Unfeature link and that will remove the item from your Featured pod. You can also use that page to change the order of the items you have featured.

Hmm, okay got everything to go on V7 now on v8 if I click on one of my downloads from the main download page then on Rennara ...it takes me to my profile page complete with creations..BUT if I click on my own profile page...nada...no creations.

[Ben72006]

I have feautured 8 to 10 things and i am waiting big picture that frisbud above her creations in v8 profile. I have may creations showing up and my stories but I can not get like it is suppose to be in v8

[Murano]

@Ben72006
The minisite frisbud has is reserved for FAs only.

[MissDaydreams]

 Thomas|TSR, on 21 March 2012 - 01:20 PM, said:

Regarding colors on minisites. The top header area will be recolorable by SA's and can even include predefined patterns provided by us. The gray content area can not be changed by anyone.

The minisites is a work in progress and will develop as we release version 8 to the public. You will at some point be able to turn a few sections on or off (such as studio, creations, about me).

Anyone with a minimum of 6 creations should as default show their latest creations, if not that is a bug we need to solve. You will soon be able to feature creations for your minisite in the submission area (this will be announced when ready).

Thank you for your feedback so far!

That sounds nice!
If it will be possible to move the sections on the minisite like moving pods in v7?

 frisbud, on 21 March 2012 - 09:26 PM, said:

To "unfeature" an item, go into the Sims1/Sims2 submission area. Look at the list on the left side on the page. Click on Featured. That will bring up a list of all of the items you have featured. Just click on Unfeature link and that will remove the item from your Featured pod. You can also use that page to change the order of the items you have featured.

I was wondering some time ago if unfeaturing is possible Frisbud, thank you for instructions!
I guess now I need to wait for v8 to refresh my featured items (I unfeatured all of them and then chose only 8 items), cause right now the "old ones" are showing (on v7 it is updated through Clear Cache).

V7 has an option (in the footer) to "Clear Cache" - that was useful, cause refershing site wasn't working with changes like featuring new items, changing/moving pods. Is there any way to clear cache in v8? (Using Firefox 11.0)

[Deamoa]

Just making sure I understood all this right : If so far I only have 5 published items, I can't feature enough stuff to make anything show up on my minisite?

My profile is going to look boring for a little while then. Can't have that! Good thing there's an easy fix for that little problem. *rushes back to the drawing board to build more lots*

[BBKZ]

I've just changed my background in V8, yahoo!
Now I'd like to upload new banner. What size it should be?

[Murano]

Regarding the featuring of items on your minisite. We will make it so if you don't have any items featured, it will show your latest creations automatically.

@BBKZ
I've sent you instructions for your minisite background via PM.

[BBKZ]

Thanks


Other thing:

http://v8beta.thesim...skipsetitems/1/

Please, take a look at this link.
I'd like to see my Sims 2 downloads/clothing/female/adult/everyday. But... It shows me only my veeeeryyyy old creations.

But when I click at:

http://v8beta.thesim...category/sims2/

Everything looks OK.

In V7 everything works fine and I can see all individual clothes in all categories. But as you can see: in V8 it doesn't work.

[bukovka]

 BBKZ, on 22 March 2012 - 11:49 AM, said:

I've just changed my background in V8, yahoo!

Beautiful! This color change is possible only for a Featured Artists?

[Rennara]

 Rennara, on 22 March 2012 - 02:57 AM, said:

Hmm, okay got everything to go on V7 now on v8 if I click on one of my downloads from the main download page then on Rennara ...it takes me to my profile page complete with creations..BUT if I click on my own profile page...nada...no creations.

UPDATE: It was only a timing issue for the main My Profile page...it is up complete with creations now Yay

[Alxandra78]

To BBKZ: You need to untick the "skip set items" selection from the toggle filters for all the creations to show. This is a personal setting. Everyone will have to be careful as to when to use it and when not. It is handy when you are browsing larger amounts of content from a broader category, but not when you look in a specific category, as it will hide all the individual items published in a set. I notised it shows clothing sets only in the category "sims2", none of the categories more spesific than that will list the sets.
I believe it is like this in v7 too, only difference in v8 is the ability to tick and untick the option to skip set items.

[BBKZ]

Thanks.

[Birba32]

 Murano, on 22 March 2012 - 12:05 PM, said:

@BBKZ
I've sent you instructions for your minisite background via PM.

Could I also have the instructions to change the background and the banner? I tried but did not succeed

[Illiana]

Well, I see a lot of words on my page, and I do have 6 Featured items on my main site...however, I would really like to have LESS writing and more content. Will that be a choice later on in V8? I really enjoyed having the power to display as much content as I wished on my page on V7. I don't really need the "About Me" section. When people are looking for a lot they could care less "about me". They just want to see my lots...er, or gators, or what-have-you. I would prefer the blog be on the side with the guestbook area, and not smack dab in the middle of my page. (Yes, preferences mean nothing...I know...but still...) I guess I would just like to see more content and less writing. I'm not a writer, I'm a creator.