Josh started a facebook group for all of us at About Heroes, and I would like to invite anyone who has facebook and has yet to be either mine or Josh's friend to add the group. It is a quick and easy way for me to get news out to people who I think probably don't frequent the site as much as "you" faithful watchers do. It shouldn't be hard to find, just search groups and type in "About Heroes." Or, you could use this link: About Heroes on Facebook.
I've uploaded a lot since the relaunch of the site, including pictures, our cartoons by Omar, and the comic strip by Omar. Check it out!
You made it! Wonderful! Since you're reading this, you're seeing About Heroes on its new server. There have been a few changes around the site, such as:
Reconceived category structure and tags
To your right, you'll see a list of categories. Our category structure is now much more flexible, as the site's logic is no longer dependent upon maintaining strict categories. We'll be breaking down reviews into their respective companies, and adding tags to entries to make things easier to find. Also, we now have room to add categories for things like the webcomic and joshiebear's pics of the week, among other things. Also, we'll be going back through the archives, recategorizing entries and adding tags little by little as time goes on.
Forums and comment registration
One of the largest changes is that we've done away with the old forums. A big thank you goes out to everyone who participated in them; unfortunately, since the forum had been languishing from inactivity and spam, we've closed it for now. Instead, we're going to focus on the comment mechanisms that everyone already uses for feedback. Since these will now be the primary mode of discussion, we've changed comments so that you have to register to comment on an entry. This extra step, which is only annoying once (you can set a cookie so the site remembers you), will not only protect the identities of our commenters, but will also do a lot to stop spam before it gets started.
There are still some changes going on, and I know that Internet Explorer 6 fucks up the page when it tries to render it (if you're still using IE 6, it'd really be in your best interests to at least upgrade to IE 7). I'll be fixing that and some minor aesthetic and content issues over the coming days. If you have any questions about the new site, sound off below.
Writer extraordinaire Fabian Nicieza is joining us for a podcast interview Monday October 8th at 9pm (Eastern time). Over twenty years writing comics Fabian's work has graced such titles as Action Comics, X-men, Nightwing, X-force, Cable, New Warriors, Thunderbolts, Nomad, Alpha Flight, Captain Marvel, Deadpool, New Mutants, Justice League, Turok, Troublemakers, Gambit, and of course the almighty Cable and Deadpool! These are just a few of the comics he has worked on over the years. We love for our listeners to participate and ask questions. All you have to do is leave your questions in the comment section. Please feel free to ask as many questions as you wish. We will try to read as many as we can. This again is brought to you by the magic of Skype, Wi-Fi, and Jeff (drwhofan) Hartz!
