The Tin Whistle Menagerie

I do hate announcements, but I have some news to share:

As some of our authors are already aware, in the coming weeks we will begin a massive overhaul of The Tin Whistle Menagerie. The new format will be a weekly art magazine that will share the talents of our contributors as well as news, reviews, and artist features. We will also unveil several new community features which will allow our readers to participate in the fun.

In more current news, you may have noticed the brandy new theme we’ve implemented. Unfortunately, we cannot take credit for this one, but it is pretty sweet. One cool new feature, and the primary reason I’m drawing attention to this theme, is the new photoblog section!

AUTHORS: When posting photos, you MUST MUST MUST tag your posts with the tag “photoblog” in order for your pictures to show up in this section.

This new section is really cool and a fun and easy way to scan though the amazing photographs we have on our site, all taken by our talented contributors.

That is all for this announcement.  Until next time, always wash your hands after you shit on them.

heeeeyyyyyyy guys

so i signed up for this a while back.  but i am a bad friend!  and a terrible poster!  and i didn’t write anything.  i left dan b in horrible, terrible suspense!!  i left you all hanging, wondering when i was going to come out of my shell and finally say something.  and i believe i have found my moment.

soooo yeah.  just wanted to thank you all.  really, you people are fantastic.  almost TOO fantastic.  and we should probably all get together and have a jolly good time right soon, yea!

Sincerely

Current AND Future contributor

Matthew Majestic Devers

I can finally write more than 140 characters… yup.

After the previous post, all new posts about toast are contraband, along with the phrase “Toast Poast”.

I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Love,

The MGMT

Not that anyone fucking cares, but I’ve just recently upgraded to WordPress 2.5 which, according to the fine folks who make WordPress, is a “milestone” in WP’s development.  I can tell you that the back end is violently different than before, and in a very good way.  I’ve reactivated most of the plug-ins that we had previously and so far none have reported any errors, however, this is just in the initial run.  If anyone notices any bugs, please please please report them to dan@tinwhistle.org immediately!

In other news, we have two new authors, Kelly and Lee.  If either of them would like to post any time soon, that would be splendiferous!  I’m keeping this short because I hate making announcements.  Taa!

Since I’ve been getting lotsa lotsa McQuestions about how to use the site now that registration is open, allow me to provide you all with this easy to follow, step-by-step guide.

Step 1:

• Click “Register” in the navigation bar right under the pretty picture.

Step 2:

• Fill out the pretty form with all the appropriate information.  Make sure it’s something you will remember because while the system can email you lost log-in information, that’s just plain embarrassing.

Step 3:

• I’ve added a new fancy-schmancy log-in box on the left side of the site.  Once you’ve completed your registration, you can use this box to…well…log-in.

Step 4:

• Because I’m awesome, I’ve set the site up to provide you with an awesome administration toolbar that will appear at the top of the page once you’ve logged in.  From this toolbar you can access links to important tasks like writing and editing posts and logging out.

And that’s all there is to it!  If you have trouble following these very easy instructions, please don’t hesitate to not register.

You may notice that a new link has magically appeared in the navigation bar. If you don’t know where the navigation bar is then perhaps its better for us all if you just leave.

Here’s how it goes, lads:

Registered users, by default, are grated the title of “Contributor” (con-trib-yew-tore).  What does this mean?  Well maybe if you would shut the fuck up and stop asking so many god-damned questions, I’d be able to tell you.  Contributors may create and submit new posts.  These posts are NOT published, meaning they will not appear on the site, until they are approved by an Author (of which there are four).  Images and other file uploads are disabled.  Certain members may be promoted to Author as the Admin (of which there is one) sees fit.

I’ve even gone out of my way to set it up so you can choose your password at registration instead of using the system generated password and then changing it later.  I’m such a sweetheart, you know you love it.

My only real condition for keeping this system open is that spam-bots and fucktards don’t register/abuse it.

So there you have it, kiddos.  Register now to be a part of something!  We’ll pretend to love you slightly more than your parents do.

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Last night I ate ice cream at late o’clock and then slept and then dreamed of cabbage fish. I caught cabbage fish with my fork tied to a pipe-cleaner and then made the water really hot so they boiled. Then I saw a very scary looking orange with a psychotic smile and I felt afraid. I dug out his stem spot and threw him away. Fruit and Veggies.

I’ve come across a fun little site that I simply had to share with everyone.  It’s called Jyte.  The premise of Jyte is to make a claim, any claim, and let the community vote on your claim.  They refer to votes as “cred” which is simply jive for people agreeing with your claim or otherwise.  For those of you naysayers who naysay, “That’s stupid! There’s no point!  Well, you’re right, but who cares?  It’s fun!