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This Weekend: Portland Zine Symposium

I know I've got several readers in the Portland area, so I thought I'd share a bit of news with you.

Julie Engel of Jezebel Press will be featuring my poem Love is Jello in a zine at the Portland Zine Symposium this weekend.

When: Saturday, Aug. 28th, from 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday, Aug. 29th, 10 am to 4 pm
Where: Peter W. Stott Main Gym, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon

The Symposium is open to the public and free to attend, so if you're in PDX and looking for something to do this weekend, it looks like a fun event.

For more details, you can check out the Symposium's website at http://pdxzines.com.

Follow-Up: Pictures of the Julie's zine: Portland Zine Symposium: Pictures

What's New At GabrielGadfly.com

Welcome to the latest incarnation of GabrielGadfly.com. As you can see, there are some big changes a'foot (and at hand!). The old design, launched in April 2009, was feeling a bit dated and Drupal 5, the content management system I was using, wasn't really providing the tools I needed, so I've given everything a major overhaul.

We're now running Drupal 6 with a host of new and useful modules that bring a lot of new features to the site, including a better system to run the e-commerce functions of the site. Because of these new tools, there'll be lots of new types of content coming to the site, including video blogs, poetry reviews, a weekly round-up of online poetry, and more.

IMPORTANT: If you're a returning member of the site, it's vital that you read this. All member accounts have been purged. I'll explain why within.

Read the full article for a list of changes. Read more »

Gabriel Gadfly in Four and Twenty


One of my poems, titled "For Your Shadows," was published in this month's edition of Four and Twenty, a literary journal devoted to short poetry -- no more than four lines, and no more than twenty words.

"For Your Shadows" hasn't appeared anywhere else, so if you want to read it, be sure to check out the issue: page 9. It doesn't cost a thing, and you can download this month's issue as a PDF viewable right from your browser.

How To Support Your Favorite Weblit Writer

Jan Oda over at ErgoFiction has a fantastic article with 6 Tips For Webfiction Fans that want to promote their favorite writers, but may not have the funds to support them financially. Hop over there right now and read it (and bookmark the main site for later -- ErgoFiction is turning into a great e-zine for fans of weblit and webfiction), if you haven't already, then I'll share a few tips of my own.

Ready? Good. Read more »

How My Traffic Increased By 1500% In One Month

No, that's not a typo.

In November 2009, I had 1,508 unique visitors.
In December 2009, I had 22,507.

And I did it with just one poem: How To Greet Death.

Here's how: Read more »

A Basic Guide To Drupal's User Points Module For Weblit Writers

Earlier I gave a general overview of point-based incentive systems as used by weblit writers. I'd suggest giving that article a read first if you aren't familiar with point systems and their usage. Today I'd like to discuss Drupal's answer to the point system: Khalid Baheyeldin's User Points Module.

This article will walk you through the installation and basic usage of the User Points Module.

Read the full article for more. Read more »

The Weblit Writer's Guide To Point-Based Incentive Systems

Point-based incentive systems have long been a staple of the Weblit community: MeiLin Miranda uses them, Irk & Char use them -- there's even been a few incarnations here at GabrielGadfly.com.

What is a Point-Based Incentive System?
A Point-Based Incentive System is a system in which you award users points for interacting with and promoting your website; users can then redeem those points for prizes -- premium content, profile badges, extra permissions, etc. Point systems can be manual, semi-automated, or even complete automated, depending on what you want to do with it.

Read the full article for a full explanation of point-based incentive systems and how you can use them in your site. Read more »

Use Digital Bookmarks To Make Your Weblit More Convenient To Readers

Just today, Char over at The Peacock King added bookmarking functionality to their site. Registered users of The Peacock King now have the ability to bookmark any post on the site, and anything you bookmark shows up under a "My Bookmarks" section of the user's control panel.

Read the full article to find out how you can implement your own bookmarking system. Read more »

A Guide to Facebook Fan Pages For Weblit Writers

Facebook can be a fantastic tool for weblit writers: it can help draw in readers and it can allow you to interact with the readers you already have. The primary venue for this interaction is through the Fan Page. Unfortunately, Facebook doesn't make it incredibly easy to use fan pages, so I hope this article will help explain the ins-and-outs of Facebook fan pages. Read more »

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