Ask Team Vox
We're going to start posting to the Team Vox blog more often, so we need your help.
What do you want to ask Team Vox?
Send us your questions! They can be technical, personal, serious, funny -- whatever what you're curious about. We won't be able (or perhaps willing) to answer all of your questions, but we'll do our best to answer a few at a time on a regular basis.
We'll start with our own question:
Q: Is the Vox Hunt tag one word ("voxhunt") or two words ("vox hunt")?
A: That's a good question! We had a bit of confusion when we launched it earlier this week, but we're working on the two-word tag being consistent everywhere. So double check your past posts, mobile settings and feed readers (we just corrected yesterday's post) and make sure you're pointing to and watching for the tag: "vox hunt".
UPDATE: We got a ton of questions, thanks everyone! Stay tuned to Team Vox because we'll be answering some of your questions in the coming weeks.
Comments
Love the product, thanks for developing. But how to add HTML code, to an entry or even better to a column?
is it possible to link the photo uploading from imageshack.us too???
Q: Whenever I think of elephants, I sneeze. What's up with that?! :[
Q: How will we know when you answer the question when there isn't a reply to comment option?
Q: What does the <b>[this is good]</b> dialog box do?
Could we get a way to add links to other sites as an asset? I have many I would like to put in my collections?
Q. What the heck is a Vox? I know it's the name of this site, but what exactly is one? :D
Will we be able to add images from our own personal hosting in the future?
Q - Possibly that we the bloggers could actual change our backgrounds to something of our making/creation instead of various designs created for Vox?
Mena Trott wrote: "Integration with other services (especially LJ) is definitely on the feature roadmap."
Q. Does that mean that LJ's Scrapbook will be integrated as well?
Can you please create a Vox theme based on this beautiful MySpace page?
From the Knowledge Base: Bandwidth and storage information for an account. Currently, our limits are undefined and we won't be monitoring them until those are set.
Q: Will there be a premium service to upgrade this option if limits are defined?
Why won't vox give me any more invites ?
Do you guys like muffins or cupcakes better?
Oh and yes! Will livjournal be intergrated with Vox? I love vox more than LJ and I have tons of scrapbook images I would love to shove over here rather than try to move each image one by one.
Threaded/direct commenting would be muchly appreciated.
Also, maybe some sort of widget/plug-in module type of thing (?) for sites like LastFM would be cool.
I noticed Blogger just did a little "upgrade", ha ha. They are getting blown away for real now.
I'd also like some chili-cheese fries, if possible. Thanks.
God knows it late... i cant think of a bleeding thing.... are you always this demanding?.... :-)
I have a couple of questions. I'm greedy.
1) How many people are currently using Vox?
2) I wrote an email yesterday about audio files I'm trying to upload that have been "processing" for over 48 hours now. Is this normal, or am I being impatient?
3) Could we possibly have a link in our profiles that allows us to pimp our own websites?
4) Do you like laundry lists that end on even numbers or odd numbers?
imkwazy: I hope you're being sarcastic, or else I'm going to track you down and slap you. No offense. I think you're being sarcastic, but this is the internet. You never know...
And now to be relevant! Q: Is the anonymous comment feature anywhere on the roadmap? :) That's the only thing I'm really hurting for right now, but I can definitely understand why the feature hasn't appeared yet (what with Vox still being in "beta" and having a closed membership). It's really the only thing I'm curious about. Threaded comments would be okay, but outside of LJ, what other blogging service allows threaded comments? None that I can think of, so it's not bothering me.
pengie: i'm guessing the reason you want anon comments is for people not using vox to be able to comment on your blog (good reason), but i find that feature to be an excuse for immature people to act .. well, immature. i really wouldn't like to see this feature implemented unless we had the option of turning it off.
Q:Why does my curser jump back to the beginning of the line after typing only 3 or 4 letters? Is this a browswer issue or VOX issue? [I use Opera browser].
Q: Can someone treat me to dinner? I'm starving.
Q: If not, will there be a non-WYSIWYG editor coming up? Occasionally, it can get pretty buggy. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Also, how about allowing us to edit the html in posts, so we can embed the YouTube videos directly,for example. Sometimes I have a hard time finding the video I want when trying to add it through Vox. It''s great that you don't have to know html here, but sometimes it's just easier if you do.
Although, it seems like having vox just like lj is what everyone wants or expects. If all those features are what you want, then why not go get an eljay!?!
Silly people.
imkwazy: Good to know I don't have to hit you, lol. And I definitely agree: if you want LJ, go to LJ and leave those of us happy with Vox alone. People are pretty rediculous sometimes.
As for the threaded comments, I also agree that the option to disable them should be present. I could see it causing some change in the privacy settings--i.e. "Who can comment on this post?" "Anyone" might end up meaning "Vox users and anonymous comments" instead of "any Vox user." Or allowing anonymous comments could be simply selected on a post-by-post basis.
I thought I had another question, but now I can't remember it. Oh well, I'm sure it'll be asked.
I was one of the winners in the coloring contest, and I would love to be able to help out on the site somehow.
Also, I guess because of the block quote at the beginning, you don't get to see anything more than the question on that page. It would be better if you could actually see the beginning of someone's answer so you could figure out if it's something worth reading or not.
Other than that, and wanting to be able to add a little html of my own like most others seem to do, I absolutely love Vox. You've all done a great job, once again. Thanks to all those at Six Apart!
I have been a paid member of live journal for almost 5 years now. I was wondering if we will ever be able to transfer our things from there to here. I love the VOX Journal but hate to leave all those years behind over at live journal. Any ideas??
Is Vox going to remain invite-only? Will it introduce paid accounts? Why does the editor add extra space between paragraphs, and more importantly, why does it do so inconsistently? Are we likely to see other typographical widgets available (think drop caps)? Will you please let us type in our own URL for image links and so forth (perhaps with an "HTML on/off" button so that <this> wouldn't disappear in an HTML-less entry)? Who are the actual humans that post as Team Vox, and what are their jobs (besides doing so)? When did Vox go live? When will it leave beta? (I understand that last is probably less a date than a list of criteria.)
I've seen a few references to the idea that Vox is intended to be positive and friendly, as opposed to the--let's face it, fairly well justified--whiny emo kid reputation of Livejournal. Is this a conscious effort? If so, how are you going about it? (My two cents, if they're even worth that much, is that it's a noble cause but I can't imagine how to accomplish it. I mean, this IS the internet. It's not known for the maturity of its average participant.)
Last, but not least, a question for each of you individually: Creme brulee, eclair[e?], or flan?
Thanks!
Thanks, Norbert
Thanks, Norbert
I have seen themes around that aren't on the customize page.
Is there any way I can 'build my own' page? That would be neat
Please. (I don't want to see a million "pimped" pages. This community should take a different approach.)
And another question: Q:Will I be able to transfer my Blog psots from my Blogger and have my vox alos be my blogger or not?
Can we get threaded comments to posts?
thisisavideolalalanowicanfinditonvox
then you can search for that from the insert video box, and your vid will be the only one to pop up. Not the best solution though, I suppose.
I quite enjoy vox thus far, and can't think of any questions I have, offhand.
o wait i lied!
Nob Seki said:
"The Japanese version of Vox will have the same basic features and fun as Vox
US and we are also planning to add new features for the Japanese audience."
I'm just curious what the new features for the Japanese audience would be. My Japanese is a bit crap, but I'd take part in the Japanese language beta if there were some features relevant to my life in Japan. Stuff like mixi integration, or something bizarre like that. I'm just curious, I'm not gonna turn into one of those "HAY THEY GET BETTER STUFF, WE WANT THAT BLEEH" people. I understand what you're meaning to do, and it's a good idea.
Is there any way to change this?
1. The ability to write HTML in our entries and user profile. I really love the Vox rich text editor, but could we have a "view source" thing so that we could add our own HTML? I don't need a full-blown plain text editor; Vox is too cool for that. =)
2. Threadable comments, please.
3. Instead of making Vox layouts 100% customizable (and thus, Vox turning into Livejournal), how about you have a moderated Layout Submission section? All average Vox users can have an opporotunity to submit a layout template design, and the Vox moderators pick the best to make available on the site. That's something that could make Vox very unique.
I'd like to be able to upload audio files to Vox that are already on the web, as opposed to my HD (or at least be able to point to them). Will we ever see a function like this?
Sincerly
Chris Danyael X
2. I am in love with the color pink, and i know you guys already have pink layouts.. but maybe more varieties of pink layouts could be goood also ;)
3. it be nice if we can use some html in our entries like-> ♥
4. I love the privacy options you guys added thanks!
5. you know what would be awesome if you guys integrated a lastfm.com thing so people can see what we are listening to! <3
thanks!
-Melanie
it be cool if vox had mood and music options like livejournal with smileys :)
Will there be comment notifications in the future? And...will users be able to create their own themes?
Thanks!
Would you Vox-y admin types say that you prefer pancakes, or french toast?
With or without fruit and whipped cream adornments?