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Something New!

February 16th, 2009

In case anyone didn’t notice, Heavy as Hell got some updates this evening! Here’s a quick rundown of the new features.

1. Automatically parse and retrieve story titles and descriptions during submissions - You know when you’re submitting and you have to fill in the title and give a description for your submission? Well now if you just want to copy paste, that’s pretty much all taken care of for you. Upon submitting a website, it should pre-populate the title and description for you. You can then either modify them to your liking, leave them as is, or if you want to enter your own, just clear the fields and enter your own. This might not work for every site, but for the majority it should.

2. Dupe Detection - Tired of seeing what is essentially the same story 5 times? Well now upon submitting a story, Heavy as Hell will search for potential duplicates as to try to lessen duplicate stories. Don’t worry if it pops up for your and your story is original, there’s a link to submit your original story instead…it’s a computer its not always perfect, but we’re trying to make it as perfect as possible.

3. Change and Canceling Your Vote - Accidentally vote a story up or down when you didn’t mean to? Well have no fear, now you can change your vote or if you want to cancel it, you can do that too. To change your vote, simply click on the opposite arrow. Cancelling your vote is done from either the story’s page or from your user profile.

4. Bands - Now bands can have their own profile unique to them. Bands can register on the site and create a profile letting users know their website, MySpace profile and more. Sorry, but as a band you can’t vote on stories, but if you want to participate as well, just create a user account! Now what do these bands mean for users? Simple, as a user, you can become a fan of the band. When you become a fan of the band, your sins transfer over to them (don’t worry, you keep them too) so try to get your favorite bands at the top of the sins list! To view what bands are registered with the site, just click the ‘Bands’ link in the category bar and you’ll be given a list of the bands registered.

As always keep enjoying the site and have fun promoting music that rocks!

If you happen to stumble across a bug, please let us know at http://www.heavyashell.com/about/bugreport

-Keith (DarkNemesis618)

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What would you like to see?

October 28th, 2008

Well I’ve started work on the next version of Heavy as Hell / SocialVoter and I’m curious to see what people want to see in the next version. So go on, comment, let me know and you just might get your wish when the next version rolls out!

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One Slightly New Feature…Well It is New

September 10th, 2008

I’m not sure if anyone noticed, but Heavy as Hell was down for about 15 minutes today while I worked on incorporating a new feature into the site.

On your account page, you will see a new field called “Favorite Bands”. In here you can enter in your favorite bands to let your friends and fellow Heavy as Hell members know what bands you like and listen to the most. Simply enter the bands seperated by commas.

The cool thing is that when someone views your profile, they’ll see your favorite bands and by clicking on any of them, it will take them to a page that shows all articles tagged with that band’s name!

So, go on, update your profile and let us know who you like listening to the most!

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Good News Everyone

August 3rd, 2008

Good news! Avatars are now working. If you still have problems uploading your avatar, please let us know.

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