Coming Soon - New Feature - Timeline

Next feature release is a still a couple of days away - but if you are logged in and go to this URL -

https://www.photo.net/my/timeline

I like it. The button "only my content" didn't work but I guess it's work in progress.

I like it. The button "only my content" didn't work but I guess it's work in progress.

 

yes - it is just a mock up not functional yet - but was shared to give you an idea as to what is coming.

Will we be autodirected to our timeline when we log in, or will we need to navigate to it?

set as default when you log in is certainly a possibility. we could also allow users to set their own default login page for those that dont' want that.

This is good as long as there is a modal to be able to set as personal default view or not. Me, pretty tired of ending up at the Library all the time when logging in. Much more informative--just as long as these pictures and notices do not become mine... :rolleyes:

 

BTW, glad to see things moving along here and there! Are all of you on the admin/dev side taking some sort of new medication? :p

This is good as long as there is a modal to be able to set as personal default view or not. Me, pretty tired of ending up at the Library all the time when logging in. Much more informative--just as long as these pictures and notices do not become mine... :rolleyes:

 

BTW, glad to see things moving along here and there! Are all of you on the admin/dev side taking some sort of new medication? :p

 

Vitamin L - makes all things well.

Glenn, if the timeline will enable me to view critiques of other photographers' work, I'm all for it. (Currently, in the interest of keeping my homepage simple, I didn't opt for automatic notifications.)

Glenn, if the timeline will enable me to view critiques of other photographers' work, I'm all for it. (Currently, in the interest of keeping my homepage simple, I didn't opt for automatic notifications.)

 

Glenn:

 

I don't get it, what is Timeline suppose to provide that is not already being shown in Trending? I'm interested in what other photographers find appealing but I don't necessarily care to have it pointed out by listing every new like, comment, etc. generated by someone each time they sit down at their computer. It's a frivolous and overly complex function that, as Michael noted, could have been better utilized by a long overdue reprogramming of the Critique Forum.

 

I know you think I'm a negative and somewhat belligerent poster here, but I really did examine Timeline and tried to find a useful function there, but it's empty. Revamping the Critique Forum would've taken a fraction of the time spent creating this fluff.

 

We're still waiting......

 

Mike

Edited October 8, 2017 by Not Here

Doesn't do anything for me and I hope it does not pop up as default when I open PN.

Each time I log in I get the timeline page defaulting to "complete network" with someone else's photos (naked women, women with guns......it's not what I'm here for....and I have nudes blocked, but it doesn't seem to apply to rear nudity). "Show only my stuff" doesn't get me anywhere, as mentioned above. Can we have a default page in our portfolios that we choose to open upon logging in.......please. Or, can we have a default page of our choosing anywhere on the site?

Laura, I believe there's an option you can choose for nude women with a glass of wine and high heels, gunless! :(

I believe there's an option you can choose for nude women with a glass of wine and high heels, gunless! :(

 

How about a setting for naked men with chainsaws, cameras with big glass (around the neck, of course), and greenery in a zigzag? :p

if your account preferences have nudes blocked, they will be blocked. Also - modal will be added so if you click on a photo within the timeline you can easily navigate back to your timeline. "Complete network" is a stream of all activity - "my network" is only those you have followed.

Glenn, as Laura said, she has nudes blocked and still sees these photos.

What I'd really like to see is an option to have the screen of MY choice open when I sign in. Right now, mock up or not, the new timeline feature opens when I sign in and I can't change it.

 

From what I've seen over the years at pnet is that the nude block only blocks front shots, not rear. I've ignored them all along, and I've never said a word, but I won't ignore it in my own portfolio.

 

Back on track......Glen, will we have an option to choose the page that we see when we sign in? Is the timeline mock-up only temporary as the default page upon signing in?

I don't like it. I was happier with the page I had before this nonsense arrived. If I want to search PN for trite photos, I can choose to do so on my own, please do not decide for me what I want to view.

 

Also I have to mention that on a site where basic functionality like being able to see all of the folders in my portfolio or being able to upload an image to a forum without erroneous error messages still has not been addressed more than six months after launch, your priorities are seriously askew if more pointless bells and whistles are the sort of things you have your team of crack programers working on.

set as default when you log in is certainly a possibility. we could also allow users to set their own default login page for those that dont' want that.

YES! Please do provide a feature that allows us to set our own default page after sign in.

When I log onto PN it opens to Timeline but it's blank. It showed pictures in the past though it didn't seem to make much sense as I couldn't figure out how I was connected to some of the entries.

I've actually grown to like having to sign out and sign in myself when I leave and return to this site because when I leave the page open without signing out I get alerts popping up from threads I've participated in (which I like), I just don't like having activity going on with my browser so I sign out. I have enough trouble with speed issues with my digital imaging editors.

 

Also it gives more accurate member visit counts.

"I couldn't figure out how I was connected to some of the entries."

 

I was wondering the same thing. Just now upon arrival I was subjected to a long string of photos which someone I do not know and have never interacted with had chosen to "admire". The fact that I did not find even one of these images admirable adds to the annoyance.

"I couldn't figure out how I was connected to some of the entries."

 

I was wondering the same thing. Just now upon arrival I was subjected to a long string of photos which someone I do not know and have never interacted with had chosen to "admire". The fact that I did not find even one of these images admirable adds to the annoyance.

I got the same page but noticed the top three buttons where one was automatically selected as the main site wide activity "Complete Network" (what you and I are seeing) compared to the buttons "My Network" and "Show Only My Stuff". Those last two can't be selected. I get a constant spinning wheel after clicking on them.

About nude women. I see the nude photos on my timeline as well. No matter what setting I choose (nudes off or on), they don't go away. And, here is the ironical part. If I click on one of the nudes, a new page opens saying 'its a NSFW photo, blah blah', and hides the actual photo (again irrespective of the setting). While I pass on most of the nudes on PN, today I actually wanted to see one of the nudes taken by Svetlana Koryova that appeared on my timeline, but the damm thing won't let me open her image.

 

In hindsite, I can't stop thinking what this is doing to all the people who increase the view counts of the nude photos on this site. They must be going crazy!!

Tim, I also noticed those buttons and like yourself soon determined that they serve no useful purpose.

Unfortunately they didn't include a button for opting out. It's the only one I would use, but then, it has to work.