I know that a similar item was posted and I don’t mean to steal any of its thunder. I just thought it worth repeating as I am getting somewhat frustrated with the editorial process and some of the technical aspects of the online editor. Thus I will list some things that I would love to see implemented – in no particular order.

1) Triond Forum

I would love to see a Triond Forum where we can all weigh in on issues. I know that forums are quite easily set up and I believe that if Triond editors were too busy, perhaps some of the senior Triond writers could moderate the forum and filter the key issues to the editorial team.

2) Triond Mail

That there is no internal mail notification simply makes me batty. I don’t know how hard it would be to provide an option to receive emails when a writer friend on Triond sends an internal email. I don’t check my Triiond ‘email’ very often and if someone has written I have no idea of knowing. Therefore if I happen to check and someone wrote a week ago I am already considered rude for not responding. Personally I would like the choice to be rude or not.

3) Formatting

This might be me, but every time I center a photo or a caption it never stays centered. Is there an article that explains all the features in the online editor? BTW – all of the numbered headings are centered. I hope they stay centered. The first draft of this article got bumped for ‘readability’ as I had all of the Numbered Headers Capitalized. I see they are still not centering. Drat!

4) A Save As Draft Button

I’d love a save as draft button for every step of the submission / writing process. I once wrote a piece that got lost because when I hit the submit button the site had timed out. I believe I was doing some editing on a submitted piece. That was annoying to say the least. In Blogger there is outside software you can use to create offline, that way you always have a back up. I know I can use msWord but I dislike it – and I can’t get it to format any better than the online formatting that I wrestle with.

5) Financial Monitoring

I would like to see a hit-meter on my own articles – just like you can have when you set up a blog or website. I know there is a counter but I’d like a little better verification of ad clicking and things that are tracked by Triond. Let’s keep everyone honest. I’m in no way suggesting that Triond does anything devious, but this is a partnership and we deserve a full accounting.

6) Authors By-Line

When I have written something and it is published in the various sites I would prefer that clicking on my name lead back to my Triond profile, or that my Triond profile is called into the web where I am published. (And that could be an option for the user.) I would also like to have the option of showing my email if anyone wants to back to me.

Postscript:

Another thing I dislike is the double underlining that acts as advertising for certain words or phrases. It detracts from the links that one creates, making it hard and annoying for the reader. I find that particular type of advertising extremely distasteful. As a last thought, perhaps if ebough of us copy-paste this article and email it to the Triond editors they might respond with some of their thoughts.